Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-10
LAYMEN ASSUME
MISSION BURDEN
MASS MEETING ATTENDED BY
OVER A THOUSAND
INTERESTED WORKERS REVIEW
FOREIGN EFFORT
Movement Has as object the Spirit
of christ's Message to Every
Part of World This
Generation

thousand of the we'll known min
listers. laymen, business and profession
al men yesterday laid aside the cares
of business and their professions-put
money making aside-and devoted their
time and attention to the study ana
planning for missionary work so that
the gospel message OF jesus ChIIas s
NAV reach all the world within ana
through the efforts of the present gen
Grafton. -.
The I,avmen's missionary movement,
which was inaugurated in Los Angeles
Tuesday evening with one of the
largest banquets ever held in the CITY
opened its first regular session yester
day morning at the FIRST MetIouis' edt1!Lt,'
church This convention is the httletn
ont of seventy-eight to be held In
various parts of the United States in
the great movement among the lay
men to further the cause OF CHRIS
tianity. .,-
sionary society does the mission
work of the churches was utterly re-
futed Yesterday, when men-and men
onIy-gathered to study and discuss
from their religious and business stand
points the history and the best methods
of missionary work
Extensive Work Planned
To secure the largest amount Of COM
nrehensive and telling work with the
least possible outlay of funds-to make
every dollar do its full duty-was the
e+andnoint taken by the men discussing
+he problems yesterday. That some
thing must be done, and that done
quickly, was the general trend OF the
first session yesterday morning "neh
the general topic under discussion was
"a Survey of the World Field" Par
ticularlv the menace of Mohammedism
10 christianity was the warning note
of this session. The subject was deal
in by the men who have been In the
mission fields and faced massacres
and other tribulations in order to take
Christianity into the ranks OF Islam, 10 20
carry the cross to the ra1nparts OF the
Rev. J. P. McNaughton, for twenty
two wears a missionary In smyrna,
made a telling address, speaking or
conditions in Asia.
Rev. F. NJ. Stedd Of Persia told OF
the work being done In that country,
and further emphasized the spread 1qa 9a
Mohammedism among the people. lie
said that Persia stands as challenge
10 the Christian church to carry out
the command, Take the gospel to all
q. M. Hansen, a Baptist missionary
from Burmah. India, spoke OF MS
work Bishop ]. r. Robinson. in charge
of tbe Methodist work in India, said
in his address that in his district there
were so, O,00o,0 900 people waiting to hear
the gospel message.
Rev. 7. L. Dearing spoke of the
work in Japan and China. with which
he has been connected several years.
Missionary Work Pays
Tn the afternoon w. L. Green pre-
sided "Why Missions Should Appeal
10 Men" was the topic of Col Charles
A. HOPKINS. chairman of the prudential
committee of the American board. lie
said:
"'Tbe business men are asking If the
missionary problem pays on financial
basis. and they are receiving their an
swers that il does aside from the
saving of souls. The products they
send to aid in Christianizing the
foreign nations created standards OF
large financial returns"
J. Campbell White led the conference
on the topic, "How to Lead a Church
to the Highest Missionary Ethciency.
"Some think there is a sort of
magic connected with this Laymen's
missionary movement" said Mr.. White.
"But 1t is as definite and practical
as the product from a coal mine, We
must discover the laws Of the mis-
sionary problem and act along that
line"
Dr. G. B. Smyth said:
"I think every pastor should have a
missionary committee under his con-
troll. The pastor should have abso-
Lutte supervision over his church af-
fairs unless he is fool enough to let
some millionaire layman lead him."
c. V. Vickrey advocated the forming
of missionary committees in the
churches and pushing the cause
through those mediums.
T. r. Gabel spoke OF the Buffalo
missionary movement and made local
applications.
Rev. II. Melville Tenney advocated
that systematic education be impaired
along the lines of the missionary
movement.
Rev. A. w. Rider spoke encouraging
ly of the missionary work, but said,
'In many cases there have been
clerical appeals with nothing but
feminine responses"
"It is necessary for men to keep
in close touch with the missionary
movement in order to hold a good grip
on faith" said H. G. Mason, in speak
ing on missionary efficiency
Last evening Judge curtis D. Wilbur
presided, large audience of men be-
ing in attendance. j. Campbell White
propounded a series of questions which
received prompt responses in the con-
gregation regarding the best methods
of making missionary collections.
Consul General Speaks
E. r. Tvilber American consul gen.
eral at Kobe, Japan, was the first
speaker of the evening. He spoke in
an interesting manner on How
Government Official Came to Appre-
ciate Missions" He said, in part;
"There are two kinds of heather in