Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-10-12
MISSIONARY MOVEMENT
..,r. slled For The First Local
-.,..rfaa OF The Laymen s-To
N.l Here Tomorrow

...f. Ia. been selected for the
T--at convention Of the Lay
vt- .e7ary Movement to be
.t-s year through the State of
,.-.Is. srIer the auspices of the
... .aaroui atioual Committee of
meeting on Sunday of the COM
49,. rarrcsenting the various
a.l.s.tar churches Of Annapolis, it
decided that this convention
s-,rs held on October % and 80.
-~~ittee composed Of five promi-
.-+ Iavrea from each church have
-.r arr-.nted and will meet on
r.rrs3ay evening, October l3, at 8
...o-s n the Office Of the Comptrol-
~ s. q. Library Building. to form
81 executive committees of the con-
..r-ia1 under the direction of Secre-
.e-g Parsons. Of Baltimore.
III Iagmeu's Missionary Movement
.s instituted in 1906 during the
....srrial IF the Hay Stock Meet
.~c held n the Presbyterian Church
New York 20 commemorate the
,,ost-r st the students at William
r,rleqe III 1906. Mr.. Sherman, of
Washington. organized the move
~ast having been infused with the
a.rs of The college students at the
reanrr of the Student Volunteers at
nashville in 1905. He saw the 10y
q.tv af these educated Christian stu
ls1t- 10 the cause Of Christ which
prompted them to give up their lives
fo- mission work, three hundred hav-
inc already gone out "to the front"
M realized the opportunities Of the
.ymen Of the different churches who
cannot leave their homes, to sustain
and snhold these men in their work
ar christianity
The Laymens Missionary Movement
srraal 20 Canada, and during 1907
tbcr. we're large conventions held
rom coast % coast of the Dominion,
ending in national convention at
Toronto. Beginning in Buffalo last
October md ending in national con-
gross at Chicago in May, 1910, there
we're held seventy-iive great conven-
tiaps i'm the large cities of the Uni
tel states. attended by 100, 600 men.
I'm England, Germany and Australia
similar conventions were held and
aally las June there was an inter
national convention at Edinburgh,
which resulted In great movement
teVaul Christian unity. These local
conventions represent the extension
ta an communities.
Tie object of these layman mission
ary conventions is "hot to raise
money. bat TO present the facts
ana work. af missions before the lay
mon ut the hristjan churches, in or
Hor chat they may have an opportu-
nlty 10 Judge { they are doing their
sGar, of the work, consistent with
.bo.r Christian belief. The results
cf these conventions have been to
awaken so enthusiasm and renewed
interest in the extension of Chris
aa-y sait5 -trengthening the indi-
v.ig1', tgith and belief. AS the
aersHtions are always iuterdenomi-
raa0aal hey stand for unity in
Christian work, which appeals to all
men
The LaymaH $ Movement has awak
e1ol many men to the opportunities
&. Christian service in their own
churches Their business meetings
has enabled them to systematic the
aaaa,ja methods, and to tighten the
cad their ministers and the women
o. the ,hurches have had to bear for
s. mary years. There has been q
grea uprising of the men Of the
churches al over the United States.
Now Annapolis has the privilege of
-L-L- .helr ranks.