Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-15
THE LAYMEN'S
MOVEMENT
Bristol is One Among Sew
enty-five Cities to Have
Layren's Meeting.

New YORK, Oct. 15.-UniQue In
the history OF religious movements
is the national missionary campaign
which will be launched this week
by the Laymen's Missionary Move
ment, representing the laymen OF all
the Protestant churches in the Unit
ed States.
In seventy-tive principal cities
east, went, north and south. men s
missionary conventions will be held.
at which an aggregate attendance of
more than one hundred thousand
men is expected. The first meeting
is at Buffalo. \. Y, October 1919.
and Bristol. Tenn, follows on Octo-
Der 1921.
Ten thousand men are now serv-
Ing on local committees In prepara-
ton for the meeting. President Taft
heads the list OF over two hundred
speakers who will be heard through
out the winter. This list includes
prominent public men. officers of
army and navy, newspaper men. min
isters, mission board secretaries and
mi sionaries
The announced object OF the cam
paign Is to arouse the Protestant
churches of the United States TO n
realization that the opportunities for
missionary work all over the world
are greater than ever before and Sc
cure especially the cooperation of the
men OF the churches I'm great in
crease OF support for the missionary
boards and societies The Lay
mems Visionary Movement does not
raise any money but seeks to stimu-
late men OF all churches to give more
generously through their regular
church channel.
me campaign will open at Buff
ialo, y. Y, on October 10th. The
meetings during the first two week J
VIII include Cleveland, and some OF
the cities OF the east and south In
! November the circuit VIII swine
atong the eastern coast and Include
providence, Boston Washington.
VIII swing as far west as Detroit I'm
| December.
Three or four days will be spent
IN each city. The Washington con
vention will BE- of national impor-
tance IT is there that President
Taft will give his testimony TO the
value and success Of the missionary
enterprise as he has seen It I'm the
FAR East. Chef Forester Pinchot is
chairman OF the Washington conven-
ton committee. Ambassador Bryce
and other speakers Of national and
international repute will be on the
program.
a whole week will be devoted to
New YORK City during the first part
OF January. The promoters expect
that the greatest aggregation Of mis-
siOnary speakers ever assembled will
unite In the campaign in Greater New
YORK After this meeting the work
Will be divided between two temae oF
speakers and simultaneous copven-
tions will bo held south and north
the double series eliminating I'm q
great national missionary congress I'm
Chicago May SO. This meeting will
| bd held In the Auditorium and Ave
thousand representative laymen and
ministers will be present. Speakers
from all over the world will be-
heard
Local committees which in most
cases number from one hundred TO
two hundred men have been work
ing aggressively FOR some months.
in many Of the cities the preliminary
completed. Each city will care for
its own local expenses.
The ministerial associations Of
practically all the cities have givon
their hearty approval to tho move
ment and many churches will give
over their service for several weaks
to consideration OF missionary sub
jects Tho conventions themselves
Will last about three days coming in
the midst Of this period OF general
missionary agitation ia the churches
OF city.