Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-10-15
LAYMEN'S MOVEMENT
A Missionary Effort That De-
serves The Thought And
Consideration OF Every
Thinking Man
CHURCH GOERS INTERESTED
A Movement To Get Men To AcknOwIedg
They Are A Part Of The Present
Unsatisfactory Conditions

Unsatisfactory Conditions
The fault is usually the other
mans. That is the measure in this
world of ours. 1t is not always cor
rect. Every one admits that In
every great movement where success
has been attained, or even approach
ed, that measure has been displaced,
and instead men have come to say
"A good part of the fault is with
me. ="
Herein lies the first intent of the
Laymen's Missionary Movement.
The second, final and all comprehend
ing intent is the evangelization of
the world in this generation. This
sounds like a mighty big proposition,
but not a whit bigger than the prop
osition to get men to acknowledge
that a part, at least, of present un-
satisfactory conditions is due to them
selves individually.
This reduces it to a business prop
osition which is: Get men to see
that there is something they can do
as individuals, whatever their bus
mess, trade, profession or creed may
be, and they will realize where the
fault has been, after which, correc-
tion of the fault is easy, and the
evangelization proposition takes
care of itself.
This movement deserves the
thought and consideration of every
thinking man, how much men in
Annapolis are thinking about it will
be shown in the next few days,
when approached by members of the
various committees, asking for their
cooperation in making this conven-
tion a great success by their attend
ance at the opening supper and Sun
day meetings.
Annapolis is to have at all sessions
of his convention strong laymen
speakers, who will speak gon the fol-
lowing subjects: The Supreme
Business of the Church, - Men and
Missions, = '"fhe Uprising of Men
for World Conquest" Business
Methods in Missionary Finance, !"
The Stewardship and Lordship of
Jesus Christ, - The Awakening of
the Orient, The Inadequacy of
Non-Christian Religions, " The Ur-
gency and Crisis in the Far East, +"
The Ste wardship of Business Tai
ents and Possessions
If the cooperating committee of
Baltimore will bring together a gath
ering of speakers such as they are
planning to do, it certainly is up to
the laymen of this community to
make it their business to attend as
many of these sessions as possible
during the coming convention. The
convention will open with a supper
for laymen only on the evening of
October %, at $50 o'clock in the
gymnasium of st. Johns College,
after which there will be three strong
addresses by laymen from Baltimore
and elsewhere.
Sunday morning, October 80, the
local churches will have visiting
laymen speak at their morning SER
vice. At the gymnasium Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock and in the
evening at o'clock there will be
mass-meetings, at which the public
is invited. Registered delegates will
be entitled TO reserved seats.
The delegates credentials to the
convention supper will be so cents
and to the remaining conferences alsC
so cents. This charge is made sim
ply to defray the expenses Of the
| supper and general expenses of hold
| ing a conventio. No collections will
be taken. The whole object of thil
movement is to arouse laymen Il
the great need Of the evangeiization
Of the world in this generation
which can be accomplished only b,
getting church-goers interested il
systematic giving to church benevo
lences, home and foreign missions
and having each member realize i
is not only in giving but in becom
ing acquainted with the worlds needs
Through study one realizes tha
never was there time when the op
portunity was so great as it is toda,
for the Christian men and womel
to feel their Individual responsible
ity in helping towards the evan
/ gelization Of the world in this gen
Grafton. When one becomes intel
ligently informed to these needs a
presented by the Laymen's Move
ment, there is then no excuse 70
not having some part in giving t
the world the knowledge of God
great love and teachings. If HI
love means anything at all, it i
/ far ton Oroat IN keen to ourSaIvnS
and leave one billion non-Christia
people in ignorance Of Him whom W
claim to serve.
The names Of the speakers canno
at the present time be published, a
this is in the hands of the BaItimor
committee. They will be pubIishe
the latter part Of the week.