The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
AvVAK[NS CHURCH
TO MISSION WORK
iaLaymcn's Movement One Of
Greatest Forces Of This
Generation.
c oNvENTloNs IN SOUTH
Remarkable Results Follow Re
cent Meeting at
Ef3ii. Greensboro.
C o INVENTIONS IN SOUTH
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Especial to The Times.Dispatch.J
Nashville; Tenn. January 2s,The
West. which IS now being carried on
Laymen's Missionary Movement, is
proving successful from every view.
point and is awakening tho united
church to a greater interest In the
cause OF foreign missions and to more
liberal giving to this greatest inter-
est of the church-world evangelical
1t Is a well-known fact that the
Laymen's Movement, in the little more
than two years of It's organization, has
come to be recognized as the greatest
church Of to-day, and SO successful
is its work proving that this move
ment has taken its place as one of the
great religious organizations of the
stnrt Of Lnymen's Movement.
The origin of the Laymens Mis-
sionary Movement was in simple
prayer meeting held in the Fifth Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church. in New York
City There were gathered In that
prayer meeting a number of business
men. who represented several denomi-
rations, and all of whom realized that
iy realizing their duty to the cause OF
foreign missions. and that the same
was true Of the churches to which .;i.
for an awakening on this subject; the
awakening came, and soon the earnest
ness of these men Influenced others,
and out Of that small beginning has
grown this great movement. In which
more than 100000 men Of all evangeli-
cal denominations are banded together,
working unitedly on platform which
and give for the cause OF the evan
gslization OF the world in this genera
ton. The Laymen's Movement Is
strongest in the United states and
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stronghold in other countries as well:
1t is safe TO say that no movement or
modern times more fitly illustrates the
parable OF the mustard seed than does
Several months ago the leaders OF
the Laymen's Movement in Canada In
augurated a campaign OF missionary
conventions, holding these conventions
one after another IN all OF the leading
cities In the Dominion, after which
the GROWING feature Of the cam
paign was reached in the holding of
missionary congress in Toronto. IN
which congress more than 5000 of the
ministers and laymen most interested
In foreign missions were gathered.
Plnn Of convention Cnmrn!Sn.
The convention campaign of the Lay
mems Movement in the United states,
which Is being carried on at the pref
ent time. has been arranged upon
Cana6ian carDaiEn. Conventions will
be held in seventh of the leading cities
In the united states. ard n number of
mass-meetings will he held IN other
elites not i-rlured in the convention
ittnerarv The list OF these conven-
tions will be held the latter part OF
Ap-il. and the first week In May there
win be held IN CHICAGO national
missionary rorfe-e-ce. In which meet
Ing II IL eynected that more than 5000
OF the leading missionary workers of
the countrv will he present
So-tb In uo-ored Place
The South holds the honored nlace In
tho deve,cpr,ert IF the Tavnen's Vie
sionarv Movement II being conceded
that here the movement ie more thor
ouehlv organized erd lie do'rv more e'-
fecttve work thar IN arv ~ her sncttnn
of the country. Tho itinerary in the
South includes sixteen cities in which
conventions will he hatd .h-eo conven-
tioo= having been held already.
Tho f-st of these conventions was
held in Grrersboro. y. C., January 12-
~. ard following that conventions
were held In Columbia. S. c. and
Macon, ca. The total attendance OF