The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-24
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Rev. Carver was called TO Salt Lake
City yestc sy to attend the luncheon
given by the central committees of the
I.aymen's Missionary convention.
which IS to be held in Salt Lake
March s, 9 and 10 The convention
will commence with banquet, for
laymen only. Tuesday evening. March
Sth. Covers will be laid for 600. and
missionary addresses Will be given.
Already more than 60O tickets are
spoken for at 10 cents each.
The speakers of the convention are
said to be the strongest and best OF
the various churches. Among them
are S. Earl Taylor, George Sherwood
Eddy Of India, Isaac Taylor Headland
OF Peliin. Bishop w. S. Lewis, DR.. T..
II Richards of Africa, G. H Jones oil
Korea, M l. Enbank of China. j. I.
Robbins OF the Philippines, with many
others.
The banquet Will be held in the
First Presbyterian church and the reg
ular session In the Methodist church.
Rev Carver Is endeayoring to secure
one hundred tickets for the Ogden
men, but so great Is the demand for
the banquet seats that not even one
half that number Will be procured.
1t Is hoped that one evening can he
arranged for the speakers TO be heard
in Ogden.
Concerning the luncheon yesterday,
the Salt Lake papers say:
"The Laymen's Missionary conven-
ton committeeman. forty In number.
met at luncheon at the Wilson at
1890 Wednesday and heard c. l..
Rhodes of New York City. the advance
agent of the National Laymen's Mis-
sIonary movement These committee
men are representative men of this
city In business and the professions
Mr.. Rhodes In his address briefly
said that In the Students Volunteer
convention OF Nashville In 1906 there
was a young business man from the
city OF Washington who, being strong
" impressed with the power OF great
speakers. presenting world conditions
on the lives OF students, determined
that this same power should be cXer'
cIsed over the lives OF the great army
of Christian laymen In America Ac-
cordingly, II was planned to send great
speakers TO address representative
Christian men of the cities In con'e1-
ton. The movement last year swept
across Canada from coast 10 coast,
touching the twenty-four centers OF
the Dominion with most astonishing
results. This year a campaign was
organized by the Christian leaders OF
New York City to extend over the en-
tire district OF the United States.
touching the seventy-1ve strongest cit
les In the country.
"Mr Rhodes also said in the moving
OF commercial evonts OF the past eight
wears. extending the field Of COM
merce from the limits of this nation to
the countries of the Orient, involving
the investment, not of millions oil dol
lars, but OF billions. that In this un'
parallelcd extension or commerce is
found The sole thought, suggesting 10
the church of America that Christian
ity must be co-eXtcnsive with world"
wide financial enterprises. This In
dustrinl movement OF the age has pre-
pared the hearts of American Chris
iIan men TO receive the proposition
from the church TO arise and evangel-
izc. as we'll as commercializc the
world, and for every man 10 make
Christianity at least co-equal in life
with the claims OF business.
"Mr. Rhodes remarks had telling
effect upon every man at the lunch
con, and every one left the meeting
with a vital interest In and a serious
determination to make the coming
convention reach as many men as pos
sible In this city. and to become the
greatest religious movement among
men In the history of the intermoun-
tain west"
Rev DR.. Bowcrman OF Salt Lake
Baptist church and Rev. Carver were
the only ministers present.