The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-19

auspices Of the National Missionary
Movement and is one Of the great
INSTRUMENTATION conventions be.
ing held in rs OF the principal cities
of the country. The campaign has
been in progress since October and
Will terminate with the meeting at
st. Paul April 1929. The elimination
OF the entire movement will be the
immense National Missionary Con-
gress to be held IN the Auditorium at
Chicago May 3-6. Meetings have al.
ready been held in Buffalo, Cleveland.
Washington, Boston. Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, Reading, Richmond, scran-
ton, Syracuse. Detroit and several
other cities and the average attend
ance thus far has been more than
1000.
A Call to Men.
The Laymen's Missionary Move.
ment is essentially a mems move.
ment. 1t appeals to the manhood Of
America to discover and discharge It's
full measure OF Christian responsible.
ity. Christian men must recognize
the trust committed to them. The
call is to the men OF this nation. Els.
PECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE BUSI.
EST AND MOST RESPONSIBLE. to
put first things first. and to so adjust
their affairs as to be able to take
their full share In the effort Of united
Christianity to bring about the con.
version Of the world. What God com.
mands US to do He has promised to
fulfill in US through our obedience.
This movement is interdenomina-
tional, and purely educational and
spiritual in character. and has as its
object to secure from Christians in
America recognition OF the nations
religious responsibility for the world.
At these conventions no attempt will
be made to secure subscriptions. The
movement does not send out mission
aries. Its purpose Is to assist the
churches in charging their mission
airy work to meet the spiritual neces-
stiles OF mankind. and the evangelical.
ton OF the world in this generation.
Amazing Growth Of the Movement.
When the eranest.hearted Christian
men met in the east something over
two years ago and organized the
Laymen's Movement, 1t is possible
they did not comprehend the effect
their action was destined to have in
bringing Christian men OF the nation
to a realization Of their personal re-
sponsibility to God for the evangel.
ization OF the world From this very
same nucleus the movement has
spread with such amazing rapidly
and throughout such q large expanse
OF territory that 1t is hard to realize
Its present scope and possibilities.
This widespread missionary awak.
entng is at once a sign and a prom.
Use. 1t is sign that Christians are
coming to look on the fields white
for the harvest and, on the lack Of
la5orers. It is promise that Chris
tans intend to consecrate themselves
to sacr'Hcial efforts to obey the Great
Commission. II was to accomplish
this purpose that the Laymen's Move
ment came into being. Its growth Is
an indication OF what God will do
when the Christian men OF the nation
get themselves into harmony with
HIS eternal purpose; when they dedi-
cate to His service their brains and
energies as well as their money. It's
results can not be accounted for
apart from the abundant blessings OF
God upon the effort to enlist the
church in her primary task Of evan
geiizing the world
Great Preparations Being Made.
Great preparations for the Hun.
tngton meeting are being made BY
local committees. and the attendance
is expected to be very larg4-prob.
ably reaching $500. That this est.
mate may not be far wrong may be
judged from the size Of the district
allotted the Huntington Convention.
This district includes the city OF Hun.
dngton. the counties OF Cabell.
wayne, Logan, Mingo, Lincoln, Put.
nam, Kanawha, Mason. Jackson.
Roane, Boone. Clay, Fayette. Raleigh,
Wyoming, Mcdowell. Mercer. Sum.
mers, Monroe, Greenbriar and Nicho-
las in West Virginia; Meigs. Gallia,
Lawrence. Jackson and Scioto in
Ohio, and Carter, Montgomery, Ma.
coffin, Johnson. Martin FLOYD Eliot
Morgan, Rowan. Bath. Greenup, BOYD.
lawrence and Pike in Kentucky.
Each church in this district is emit.
tied to representation in this conven.
lion by sending as its delegates its
pastor and such laymen as It would
Ike to have serve in that capacity;
and every church Is requested to
send complete representation to the
meeting. The cooperation Of every
Christian man in the district IS most
earnestly requested, IN making this