The aegis & intelligencer., 1910-05-06
A SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENT.

A SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENT.
With the close of the popular meeting
In the town hall on Sunday eve ming ended
highly successful series of meetings in
harmony with the national movement
to evangelize the world during his gencr-
alton, andevery body seemed to be pleased
that the meetings had been held.
Adopting the drawing card OF supper
the first gathering took place in the town
hall on Saturday when just about n
hundred gentlemen sat downto delight.
ful meal, Mr.. S. A. Williams presiding
A number who bought tickets were un-
able to attend. The menu was well
selected, the cooking all that could he
asked for, and the service by fair
mattresses Tar beyond any that the Bel.
vedere could have furnished
Music was interspcrsed with the other
exercises and many excellent manly voices
were heard at their best, softcned by the
sweet voices OF bcvy of mattresses near
the "kitchen door"
1t Is not an unusual sight when laymen
take leading part In Christian move.
ments to see them display timid. halt
ing, half apologetic manner in addressing
AN audience. but all the speakers In these
meetings threw their whole souls into
their addresses. with telling effect ON
their listeners,
After few stirring remarks from the
Chairman the first speech OF the evening
was delivered by Lieutenant Carpenter,
surgeon in the L S Navy, who stated
that his early prejudices were all against
missions and missionaries, but that In
his many travels which had been all over
the world during recent years the con.
vincing proofs of the energy, enthusiasm
and usefulness of missionaries had been
so convincing to him, especially In their
hospital. educational and philanthropic
work that he was compelled first to re-
srct, then to admire and finally to
heartily endorse their cause. lie singled
out the missionary hospital at Beirut as
notable instance of most valuable
work.
The second address was by Mr.. II. +.
YOkayoma, Of Japan. who came To this
country to study diplomacy and law.
looking to entering the service of his
government, but after adopting the
Christian religion decided that his mis-
sion Is to carry bl, ssed truths to his peo.
pie He showed how the intelligence we
have carried into their island home has
made the natives dissatisfied with their
three different forms Of heather religion,
Shiutois1, buddhism and Coniucianism
and imposed upon us the duty to give
them Christianity AS a substitute. Mr.,
Yokavoma was most interesting from
start to finish, and was warmly applaud
ed
The third speaker. Hon. Joshua Lever
ing. Of Baltimore, Is SO well known in
MARYLAND as "A tower Of strength IN all
religious and eleemosynary movements
that his audience was prepared to hear n
convincing address They were not
mistaken; tor, with logic which showed
no flaws, iefvpr which is the fruit Of
conviction, IA convincing force which
flows from love for ones subject and n
persuasive eloquence which is the sequel
of all Of these he convicted his auditors
of their shortcomings in the past and
pledged them to more faithful perform
ance In the future Mr. LeVering now
has two daughters IN the missionary
field, and expressed the earnest wish that
he had more to send.
On Sunday morning addresses were
delivered az follows: By Mr.. Edward
X. Brown, Of the Queen Annes County
bar in the Presbyterian Church; DR..
HowardA Kelly in the Episcopal Church,
Mr.. Armstrong Thomas, in the Method.
ist Episcopal Church. and Mr. COchrane
in the Methodist Protestant Church
| In the afternoon second NEE ting was
heid IN the town nan whete mf' 'e"fHe
K Gather. lawyer ot Baltimore, spoke
on THE Opportunity Of the Hour" Mr.,
Edward 6 Gibson. lawyer Of Baltimore,
on "Thc Supreme Business Of the Church
and the Laymens Duty" and Mr.,
Brown again on business Methods in
Missionary Finance"
At the evening meeting the hall was
crowded Mr.. W. F. Cochrane, a Young