The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-18
MISSIONARY WORK
WILL Be INSPIRED
Congress to Be Held Under
Auspices Of Laymen's
Movement.
MEETS IN CHICAGO IN MAY
Men OF Church Aroused to Re.
sponsibilitics as Never
Before.
Especial 10 The Timcs-Dispatch. /

DClOlN.
Especial TO The Times-Dispatch.1
| Charlotte. n. c., April tT.--There are
notable questions to be considered at
| the National Missionary Congress, to
be held in Chicago, May 3-6. under
the auspices of the National Laymens
| Missionary Movement. Among these
questions are the following: What is
| Americas share in the evangelization
| of the world?'' What is meant by
! evanselization?" What part have
| men in it?" How is 1t to be done?"
| These questions and number Of
| others of similar import Will be pre-
| scented by men who are thoroughly in
touch with the missionary enterprise.
and who are capable of emphasizing
! in an effective manner, to the thou
sands of men who will be present. the
object OF the congress. which is to
secure from Christians in America
a recognition of the nations religious
responsibility for the evangelization
| OF the world.
Great Interest Aroused.
| 1t is estimated that at least 100000
men have attended the campaign con-
ventions which the Laymens Move
ment has held in the United states
| during the past three months, and
such marked degree of missionary
| interest has been awakened that 1t
Is not TO be doubted that large per
cent. of these men would count 1t one
OF the great privileges CT their lives to
attend the Chicago congress, and they
would do so but for the necessity
TO limit the number OF delegates. The
large auditorium secured in which the
! sessions of the congress will be held,
| even when crowded, Will accommo-
date not more than 5000 men, hence
1t has been necessary for the Laymen's
| Movement 10 fix a basis of representa-
! ton as to the delegates who will at
tend. The nine national church
brotherhoods and the international
committee of the Young Mems Chris
| tian Association. at the invitation of
the Laymen's Missionary Movement.
| are actively cooperating in the ar
engagements being made for the con-
gress. The number of delegates to the
congress will be divided among all the
/ churches entitled to representation. and
the number from each church win be
determined according to the numer-
ical strength of the church and the
! amount it has contributed to foreign
missions. A registration fee of s;
will be required from each delegate
this money to be used to meet the ex'
4 penses of the congress, and his regis
II tration fee will cover ali the cost OF
copy OF the detailed report OF tht
con gress, which Will be published, anc
issued in bound volumes shortly after
the close of the sessions. The mer
VINO are TO constitute the delegate!
TO the congress Will make application
to the foreign missionary board OF
society of their churches. The con
gress will be self-entertaining. anc
the attendance will be SO large thai
the railroads will give a special rate
of one fare and a half.
j In Session Three Days.
1 The first session of the congress
| will be held on Tuesday afternoon,
1 May 8. and the session of Friday even
i ing. May 6, will mark its close. A
special committee is busily engaged
arranging the program, and it is safe
to say that on this program will be
heard some of the ablest and most
experienced missionary speakers on
this continent Among the speakers
from the South and Southwest who
i are expected to take part on the pro-
i gram are Rev. d. Ga. Lilly, D. D..
OF Richmond who directed SO ably
and successfully the recent missionary
campaign in the South; Rev. W. r.
Lambuth ID. D., of Nashville, Tenn;
| Rev. George b. Cromer, d. D.. of
Il South Carolina, Rev. Ira Landrith,
i D. D., of Nashville. Tenn; c. a. Row
i land. of Athens. Ga; DR.. NJ. B. Eu-
bank. of Missouri; Bishop a. S. Lloyd,
4 OF Virginia, and Rev. j. bearing
4 d. D., of New Mexico.
| Tha music will bo iC baC
and in this connection it has been ar
/ ranged that at each session of tn
congress selections will be given b.
the Association Quartet, which is s
we'll remembered for its service durin
the Canadian Missionary Conferenc
and the recent convention OF the stu
dent Volunteer Movement. During til
closing session OF the congress, tn
Apollo Club, of Chicago, will rende
The Hallelujah Chorus
Sectional Conferences.
Sectional conferences will Occupy tn
> time of one afternoon. and in thes
conferences the delegates Will assem-
BILE in different bodies, according t
), their relation to the congress-, viz
, ministers, church officers, Bible schoc
) officers and teachers, brotherhood
> physicians, lawyers and business mer
The conferences on another afternoo
: will be divided according to the dc
nominations represented, and the pro
,, gram to be followed at each. of thes
conferences wiz be prepared by th
/ foroigu missionary leaders OF the dit
ferent denominations. Among tn
topics to be discussed will be tn
.. following: 1.-THE VIII of Christ for tn
World" "a World Wide purpose 1
the Life of Christian "Laymen an
| Missions "Amerlca's World Respon
: sbility." 1.-THE supreme Opportunity 0
Our Generation, THE Power of tn
: Whole Appeal to the Whole Church,
THE Nations Response to the Ma
tonal Campaign" What Laymen Ca
I, DO for Mssions,' Business system !
Missionary Finance" The Spiritua
Significance Of the National, Mission
AIRY Campaign" These topics ar
claiming. the ,thoughtfN eonsidepaio
: OF the men who constitute the lay
. mons movement in oil sections of tn
country, and tho response from ther
to the appeals that Will be made ii
the Chicago congress, no doubt, will b
of that hearty, earnest nature whic
; will cause tNis meeting to stand on
: in the history of the united Christta
church in America as the creates
single forward movement in the In
terest of the evangelization of tn
L.