The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-08
TO PREACH CHRIST
TO ENTIRE WORLD
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The 500 men who sat md listened to
the words of inspired speakers telt,
many of Them as they had never felt
before. They experienced the desire TO
extend their hand TO the millions VINO
have never known Christ ms they never
experienced that desire before. They
! felt that they. individually and col
| lectively, were the chosen Of God TO
send TO the bcknighted the cnlig ghten,
ment that only the word of God and
the gospel Of Jesus can bring.
Tho Spirit of Christianity,
There were moments in the course
of the addresses Monday night when
men were moved to arise and proclaim
themselves ready and eager to enlist
in the army that is carrying the hight
to those who understand not. and VINO
| will cease not TO he i'll darkness until
the great truths Of Christianity have
been brought to them.
The enthusiasm which was manifest
at the gathering in the FIRST Presby-
teran church auguTs well for The sue
cess of the laymen IS movement III Salt
Lake City. 1T prcsages an attendance
at the sessions that are to follow that
must be gratifying. 1t means that the
Christian men Of this community, OF
every denomination, or Of no denomina-
ton at all-but Christian believers,
nevertheloss-wil become aroused to
the colossal undertaking which IS the
ultimate aim of this mOvecmnt-the
conversion of the whole world to the
doctrines of Jesus of Nazareth, not a
| century hence but now-now while this
generation lives.
Speakers at the banquet said this
gigantic task could be accomplished, and
| furthermore declared that it would be
accomplished. They asserted without
equivocation, and with emphasis, that
the one-half of the world that has never
heard of Christ will have heard Of Him
ere half century ends. and that u
is the layman who will carry the knowl-
edge. 1t was the declaration that every
| great religious movement in all time,
with one or two exceptions. has been
n laymen g movement. 1t is the lay
man, therefore, who, in tins present
movement. will so extend the sphere
of Christian influence as 10 encompass
all the world.
Have Been Successful.
History of recent times was recited
to prove that the laymen s missionary
movement that is now engaging the
attention Of thousands outside the
priesthood is n movement destined to
| grow and enlarge as no crusade has
ever done before. Attention was called
to the marvellous success which has at
tended the conventions that have been
| held in this country and in Canada;
dreds Of thousands of dollars and even
millions, have been made for the pur-
pose Of equipping missionaries In the
| foreign field; how there are six hun
dred millions of people who are cropping
| blindly In the dark, and the bonds of
whose enslavement Will not be struck
down until the men of the Americas
the Anglo-Saxon people mainly-give
them succor.
To be precise, there were 4S2 men at
the banquet Monday night. The ban
quet itself was a grand success, The
viands were the most appetizing, the
service was admirable. Music by an
clallv good The ladies who served
the banquet are to be congratulated
upon their efforts, for there was not
lacking the minutest detail to make
the occasion thoroughly enjoyable.
Noted Men Speak.
Speakers who addressed the gathering
following the dinner were the Rt. Rev.
Nathaniel S. Thomas, Episcopalian
bishop of Wyoming; DR.. M. D. Eubank,
who has served long in the missionary
field in China, and George Sherwood
Eddy, who has been thirteen years
in India.
Judge NJ. L. Ritchie of the Third Judi
cial district bench presided and the
invocation was, pronounced by the Rev,
w. NJ Paden, D. D., pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of this city.
Verses of hymns were sung during
the course Of the evening. including por-
tions of "All Hail the Power Of Jesus
Name,'' "Stand Up, Stand Up for
Jesus and "Onward, Christian Sol
diers -
The sessions of the convention Tues
day ought to be intensely interesting
AT the forenoon session missionaries
will tell of the work done in the field,
in India, Korea, Turkey, Africa and
China.
At 1890 o'clock there will be n
luncheon and conference of all minis.
ters at the Wilson hotel. At the after
noon session those who attend will be
told about the practical work of ex-
tending the work of Christianity, the
actual methods employed. At $50
'clock there will be dinner in the
First Methodist church for the com
mitteemen and the invited guests. In
the evening, at 7:45 clock, DR.. Heber
Jones will tell of missionary work in
Korea. and Mr.. Eddy will discuss the
awakening of Asia. The meetings will
be held IN the First Methodist church.
The galleries will be reserved for wom-
en-. Women may also take all unoccu-
pied seats on the main floor after the
services begin.