Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-28
LAYMEN's MOVEMENT.
Evangelical Churches Hear Sermons on
Forthcoming Convention Here.

There was speaking in all OF the
evangelical churches in this city, Ogden
and Provo Sunday in aid Of the Lay
mems missionary movement Rev I.
c. McIntire of the Westminster Pres
byterian church preached on the sub
ject in the First Methodist church say
ing in part:
The success OF the Laymen's mission
ary convention in the eastern cities Is
the astonishment and surprise of the
age The editor of the Detroit News,
the day following the convention IN
that city. in an editorial. said; L had
thought that the men Of this city were
interested In prosperity and tar1n, odt
l see they are more Interested In thc
business OF the church." The biggest
thing in this city this week has been
the Laymen's missionary convention.
The convention in the city of Wash
inEton was addressed by President
Taft. there being present the largest
gathering of Christian men in the MS
tory of the city OF Washington In
New York city six weeks ago, the
most stormy and coldeSt night OF Janu-
thy, there gathered at the Waldorf
Astoria at So a plate 1.S00 men repre-
senting the brains and the enterprise
of the metropolis TO hear these mon
who will be with us In this city. These
conventions have upset the Stereotyped
expressions of the street regarding the
church and proved that the livest ana
most Industrious men OF the country
are in the church and officers of she
church, and that the supreme business
of the church is the greatest enterprise
in the world.
There will be from 10 to Is speakers
at the Salt Lake convention. who are
the most constructive. popular and
powerful platform men In the great
religious gatherings of the world. Hun
dreds of business men have left their
business for two weeks and trave'cd
500 miles at their own expense to hear
them, Students have Travelled from
California to Massachusetts, to listen
to their discourses. Others have cross
ed the Atlantic to hear them. This will
be the greatest convention for Chris
tian men in the history of the inter-
mountain west, and every man ought
to put himself under Its power.
Rev. P. A. Simpkin of Phillips Con-
gregational church, said In referring to
the Laymen's movement:
Every Christian believer must per-
force be an evangelist, first, by personal
message and then by every means thdt
is open to his service and use. For
tunately for the church and Kingdom
no less than humanity and civilization,
this phase of Indirect service by the
laty Is passing. The miracle OF modern
missions has at length reached the busy
mind of our American men and, stirred
by the glory of achievement. the men
of America move to make missions che
scientific instrument of a wider Chris
tian civilization. No modern movement
within the church Is more significant or
welcome than this. 1t speaks more than
a temporary enthusiasm In the mis-
sionary work. 1t predicts a renaissance
of the full sharing by the laity in the
work of Gods kingdom.
The unification of the yellow peoples
we may not look upon without appre-
hension For the meeting of these
problems. as that of an awakened In
dia, the enthusiasm OF a worldwide
missionary campaign holds the solution.
The lands of the orient, near and FAR.
must be overlaid with the love and
spirit of the Nazarene. for the races
uniflcation. and the realization OF the
noblest ideals for the world are only
so possible. In this time when .he
quick spirit of life in commerce. educa-
ton, science and freedom is awakening
class and race consciousness over the
earth, the dynamic OF the highest re-
ligious ideals is needed as never before