Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-08
MISSIONARY
MOVEMENT IN
PERTH AMBOY
Men Of Many Denominations
Met Last Night to Hear
of the Work
PLAN FOR THE CHURCHES
TO CARRY IT ON


The first meeting In this city in
movement which is sweeping the
country to bring the Christian relig-
ion before all the heather within the
next thirty years, was held last night
In the lecture room Of Simpson M. e.
church and was marked by ban
quet, addresses by two prominent
New York lawyers, one Of whom was
instrumental in starting the move
ment, and the drafting of a set Of
resolutions for the appointment of a
committee in each of the local
churches to provide for the further
ance of missionary work. All OF the
local protestant churches were rem
resented last night, most Of them BY
the pastors themselves. Rev. DR.. g.
G. Wilding, of the Simpson M. e.
church, was there, as we'll as Rev.
Henry w. Northrup, pastor OF. the
First Presbyterian church; Rev.
James L. Lancaster, rector OF st.
Peters Episcopal church; Rev. Rob-
ert Schlotter, pastor of Grace Luth-
eran church, and Rev. G. w. Hansen.
of the Danish M. e. church.
Purpose Of the Movement.
For the benefit of those who are
unfamiliar with the movement and
Its purposes, few words Of explana-
tion are necessary. 1t Is known
throughout the United States as the
Laymen's Missionary Movement,
founded with the purpose of making
an attempt to reach every human be-
ing in the world In the next genera
tlon, and to bring before them the
Christian religion. When 1t is real
lied that there are one thousand
millions of them, some idea of the
work contemplated can be had. No
one seems to know when the move
ment started or where It began.
About a year-and-a-half ago it start
ca to grow large enough to receive
recognition, and SO rapid has its
strides been since that it has deter
mined itself into a national affair,
and is bound to spread to Europe.
thousands of societies in cities and
towns all over the United States
nave taken 1t up, and at the pres
ent time hundreds of thousands OF
laymen are pushing 1t along.
1t is distinctly laymen's move
ment, although support and advice
have been given by the clergymen.
The church members aim to raise
enough money by subscription to
send out one missionary to every goo
or 1000 church members and to sup
port the missionaries by personal
and other subscriptions. The mis-
siOnaries will not be sent out direct
ly by the laymen: Each man con-
tributes to his own denominational
work and the responsibility has been.
divided among the denominations.
The First Speaker.
William o. Gantz, of New York. a
man prominent in the movement.
was the first speaker last night. He
was introduced by Jesse Colyer, who
acted as toastmaster at the banquet
and chairman of the meeting. Mr..
Gantz explained the purposes and
aims Of the project, its supposed ORR
gins and its progress to the present
time. He explained that the benefit
to be derived from such movement
would not be realized by the heather
alone, but would be shared with the
civilized Christians. For" said Mr..
Gantz, lin carrying out the purpose
OF the movement, man would only
be complying with ) the wishes of
Christ, and would bring himself
nearer to God. To be good church
member, a man must be a mission-
ary, not necessarily to work in for
eign fields, but to aid the cause. to
help provide funds for It's execution.
"A very large percentage of the
earth's population is composed of
heather" said Mr. Gantz. Heather
are Of little use, but by missionary
teaching they can be made SO. Chris
tianity makes men out of human be-
tngs, whether they be in Europe. Af-
rica, or the islands of the sea. CAL
culating of the ratio Of one mission
airy to every 500 church members,
the American Protestant church
could send out over $4,000 men.
Mr.. Gantz concluded his remarks by.
saying that he felt the movement
would be successful one.
Morney Williams, also Of New
York, a man prominent in law and
the literary world, and an excellent
speaker, was the next to address the
assemblage. He said that he felt
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