The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-25
The World for Christ.

~ S~oS~ VI Tue "O1A u Ad4O Out 1OI
the Laymen's Missionary move
ment, which will be taken up at a
conventiun of Northern Minnesota,
Northern Wisconsin and Northern
Michigan delegates to be held in
Duluth April q, q and "a, is tire.
mendous. The spirit that actuates
it is in keeping. and the immense
possibilities OF good that lie in it
are in fair way to be realized.
The aim of this movement is moth.
ing less than to carry the torch of
Christianity into all the world; in
the terms of its "watchword;" The
evangelization of the world in this
generation" It is not church
movement, but a layman's move
ment. tits not conducted by clergy
men or by church organizations,
though all clergymen and all de.
nominations support it and indorse
it, but by laymen; by business men
who are giving to it the benefit of
their hard common sense and ex-
perience.
BY this movement the Christian
laymen of the nation propose to CO.
operate to carry the gospel of Christ
throughout the world, and to throw
it's light into the dark places within
civilization and outside of it. 1t is
foreign mission with a new spirit
ana new impetus, the fruit of a
more passionate devotion at home.
It means something, and it is not
saying too much to state that from
religious viewpoint, this country
wide movement can be made the
greatest impulse toward the realiza-
ton of spiritual growth that ever
has happened, and that the Duluth
meeting may create the greatest
dynamic activity of the religious
spirit that Duluth ever has exper-
fenced. From wide territory del.
egates will come to breathe this
new spirit of evangelization, and
they will carry it back to their sew
eral homes to communicate it's con.
tagion to others.
The Duluth convention will be
next to the last of seventy five such
meetings held all over the United
States The last will be in St. Paul
and May 3 to will follow a national
missionary conference in Chicago
the outgrowth of these meetings.
Instead of waiting their quiet by
ways for the world to come to them
the churches, through their lay
members, are going out to bring
the world to the church, and to car
ry the church, or the spirit it repre-
sents, to the world. They know the,
have principal without which life
is not complete. They know tha'
the spirit of Christianity is living
fire without which humanity is {
clod. They know that they have {
precious gift, the most precious
gift in all the world, and they art
anxious to share it with their fellow
human beings. Hence this country
wide movement, which is aimed te
be worldwide.
The battle cry is: "Ye that are
men, now serve Him." The power
is given in these words: "Not by 4
army nor by might, but by M,
spirit, saith Jehovah, Lord Of
Hosts" The command is: "Go W
into all the world and preach thu
Gospel to every creature" The re
ply of this laymen's movement is
1--WE can do it and we will"
Four years ago missionaries from
various parts of the world challeng
ed handful of business men tc
explain Christendom's meager sup
port of the men at the front. As {
result, sixty business men, repre-
senting twenty-three states of thu
Union and four provinces of Can
ada, visited at their own expense al
the mission fields from La brador tt
Argentine in the two Americas
Asia, Africa and the islands of the
sea. Upon their report was found
ed the Laymen's Missionary move
ment. Seeing coming struggle
between the Pagan East and &
Christian West, they planned the
Christianizing of the world. The
West is to be protected agains'
harm from Pagan hordes by max
ing those Pagan hordes Christian
hosts.
This movement is inspired by {
noble purpose, and it voices e
splendid message. Its potentialities
for good are prodigious. 1t is warm
ly welcomed to Duluth, and i,
should have the fullest possible
sympathy and support.-Dulutt
Evening Herald.