Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-10-25
WHAT IT STANDS FOR
The Laymens Missionary Move.
ment And What Ii Means
To All Men
THE GPOUND OF APPEAL
A Subject Worthy OF The Consideration
OF The Annapolis Business Man
Hon. Henry B. Mcfarland OF Wash.
ingtOn To House OF The
Speakers

1t will be of interest to the lay
men of Annapolis and neighboring
towns to hear that the Hon. Henry
F. B. Mcfarland is to be one of the
speakers Saturday evening at the
Laymen Missionary Movement con-
vention supper.
The Hon. Henry F. B. Mcfarland
is one of the best known men in
Washington. For years he has been
on the Board of Commissioners for
the District of Columbia and part of
the time served as the head of that
body. He is journalist and a law
yer. He enjoyed the intimate ac-
quaintance of Theodore Roosevelt and
is a friend of President Taft. Mr..
Mcfarland has given the Laymen's
Movement great deal of time ard
study, and will, undoubtedly, make a
strong appeal on Saturday evening
on behalf of missions.
The Rev. DIR. Courtney H. Feen,
of Pekin, China, will also be speaker
Saturday evening. DR.. Feen is fresh
from his field of labor and will have
a strong message for the conven-
tion. The third speaker for Satur-
day evening cannot be announced at
this issue of The Capital. The speak
ers for Sunday will be announ ced
later in the week as well as the en-
tire program, which will be published
as soon as completed.
The following statement in part
was made by Frsnk H. L. Patton. M.
A., at a meeting of the Laymen's
Movement in Australia, and is we'll
worth publishing:
Chapter What 1t Is.
The Laymen's Missionary Move
ment is the uprising of men for world
conquest. 1t is not financial move
ment to raise new fund for mission
purposes although it has far-reach-
ing financial results. 1t is not a
movement to send out missionaries =
although many fresh workers have
been sent abroad through the new
spirit which it is everywhere Great
ing. 1t is not new organization
to add to the already back-breaking
burden of meetings which Christian
men have to bear-although it de-
mands that each man shall under
take his full share in all the va
rious enterprises of his own church.
The Laymen's Missionary Move
ment is essentially movement, as
is very name implies, and its foun-
dations are laid deep in spiritual
basis. 1t appeals to men as op-
posed to women, to mature men as
opposed to young people, and to
the men who are called upon to stay
at home as opposed to the student
volunteers. At the present time,
it works hand in hand with all
these classes, and supplements the
work of each All are necessary,
and each has its own place in the
working out of Gods great purpose
for the world.
This Annapolis convention is not
simply for laymen who are members
of church, but for men who wish
to know about missions; to know
whether or not they are worth while.
If you believe in foreign missions
come. If you do not believe in for
eign missions-come. All we ask is
that men will take the time on Satur-
day night and Sunday, October 29
and 80, to let business men tell why
they believe in missions, and to
present the subject to the laymen of
Annapolis in a practical and business.
like way from practical and business
men.