Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-15

PHILADELPHIA. = Within the past
nine months there has arisen
new movement in the Protestant
churches of the United States and
Canada which is bound to arrest the
worlds attention by its significance
This is the organization OF men by
men. for the purpose of putting the
missionary enterprise on basis com
mensurate with its Importance; Tor
this foreign missionary business rep
resents an annual expenditure of S21,-
100000, which is equivalent to six per
cent. on a capital of $350,0000O0. The
magnitude of this long despised mis-
sionary enterprise seems to have at
last penetrated the understanding OF
the men who are responsible for it.
The new organization is not engi-
neered by the preachers or by board
secretaries, or by young and visionary
enthusiasts 1t had its origin with
successful business men, and it has
swung along to its conspicuous sue
cess, Independent Of ecclesiastical
DICUlOlIOH. uG OllAN4eilo Vi liz w
nominations are interested and APP
prove, but they are not in the saddle;
and they are not by any means GER
tain of the lengths to which the move
ment will go. A complete revolution
in missionary finances is assured, and
doubtless also, many changes IL
methods. For the first time during
the whole Christian era, there seems
to be a reasonable prospect that the
entire heather" world will be made
acquainted with the Christian teacl
ing, within ge-eration.
MilIionaires and Missions.
Before showing how these plans ara
to be accomplished, the identity Of tn
men behind the movement should b
made known. The idea Of the las
mems missionary movement tooE
form in connection with the Hay
stack Centennial celebration in NeH
York last November That meeting
which was really the anniversary c
the American board of foreign mis-
sions was marked by q prayc" meet
ing, quite in contrast with the little
gathering of impecunious college stu.
dents under a haystack 100 years be-
fore. For this gathering comprised
co business men, of whom g score
we're millionaires.
At this meeting, announcement was
made that the laymen were resolved
to take hold, systematically, and en-
e-getically of this missionary bust
ness. They made three definite prop
oeitions, which are the basis of the
present movement, to the secretaries
of the missionary boards Of al the
denominations in the United States
and Canada These propositions were
rs follows:
l. To project campaign to secure
intelligent and generous interest in
missions among laymen to be con
Quoted by groups of laymen under the
direction of the various boards.
2. To devise a comprehensive plan
lin conjunction with said board sec
reta fes) looking towards the evan
geli. alton of the world in this genera
ton.
3. To endeavor to form, through the
various boards, a centennial commits
sion of laymen, so or more in num-
Der, TO visit as early as possible the
mission fields and report. their find
inGs to the church at home.
With respect to the last proposition,
by a curious coincidence, l had my
self undertaken, six months previous
ly, such an investigation, of which the
articles in these columns have been
the outcome. Already a large num-
Der of business men have gone to the
foreign field, and some are now
there.
The men who constitute the central
organization of this laymens mis-
sionary movement are the following,
some of whom will be recognized as
national figures:
Samuel B. Capen, Boston; Harry
Wade Hicks, Boston; Edward H.
Haskell, Boston; w. N. Hartshorn,
Boston; William Shaw, Boston; John
L. Bates, Boston; H. P. Andersen,
New York; Seymour M. Ballard, New
York; S. w. Bovine, New York; Will
liam L. Brewer New York; ]. Cleve-
land Cady, New York; John S. Huy-
Ter, New York; Cleveland H. Dodge,
New York; ]. Edgar Leaycraft, New
York; David McConaughy, New
York; Alfred E. Marling, New York;
C. G. Kitchener, New York; John R.
Mott, New York; William D. Murray,
New York; Eben E. Olcott, New York;
William ]. Schieffelin, New York;
Robert e. Speer, New York; James M.
Speers, New York; F. P. Turner, New
York: DR.. Lucien c. Warner, New
York; Mornay Williams, New York;
John W. Wood, New York; Admiral
A. T. Mahan, New York; Silas McBee,
New York; William Dulles, New
York; James G. Cannon, New York;
E. M. Bulkley, New York; Luther D.
Wishard, New York; Robert c. Ogden,
New York; j. Campbell White, New
York; Chester A. Holcombe, Roches-
ter; D. w. McWilliams, Brooklyn;
DR.. W. w. Keen, Philadelphia; John
Wanamaker, Philadelphia; John H.
Converse, Philadelphia; William C.
Stoever, Philadelphia; c. G. Trum'
bull, Philadelphia; E. B. Sturges,
Scranton; Maj. A. p. BUTchfeld,
Pittsburg; William Albert HARRISON.
Pittsburg; Joshua Levcring, Ba!ti-