El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-08
LAYMEN MEET AND
EAT; MINISTER
SPEAKS
Rev. Caspar S. Wright Talks
of the Work of the Mis-
sion Movement.

/
/ slonary movement today The tables
were crowded and Dr. Wright had the
I earnest attention of every diner for the
! 10 minutes that he spoke DR.. Wright
said in part:
L want to speak of this movement
} from three points of view: First, what is
/ IT. II IS three years old and belongs to
/ the United States Canada, England,
( Scotland, Germany. Australia and Afri-
I ca 1t has permeatedr every evangelical
1 church in the Protestant world 1t is the
/ greatest movement since the great apOs-
! ties TO the Gentiles crossed from Asia to
/ Europe TO send the gospel to that CONT
I nent and down the ages into this, and
1 back again into Asia, Africa and South
America and the islands of the sea- Il
4 Is the plan of God Almighty by which
! the gospel shall be preached to the
fartherest man of earth's remOtest tribe.
| II is generae or INSTRUMENTATION
! and II is denOminatiOnal-a movement
rather than an organization, an inspi-
/ ration rather than an administration.
/ The denomina tiOnal movement is or
/ gained strictly within the churches and
Is not in anything separate from the
! church 1t handles no moneys except
church.
The Object.
Its object is the evangelization Of the
! world As method il seeks to enlist men
I IN the one great mission of the church
| asking them to give their time, money,
/ thought and prayers. work and lives to
I sending the gospel to all for whom
/ Christ died. Underlying this we believe
that II you can be impressed with your
! obligation on this line and the magni-
1 tude Of the task and the sufficfencv
| OF your resources to meet this task that
you viii rise in your strength and in the
! strength Of your Master and finish the
1 unfinished in
! The results already obtained have
Justified belief In the movement Mani
! Iestly the first means TO be used was
| a campaign Of education The first
! command of the Lord 10 his followers
! was ito look upon the fields already
wfllt~-unto harvest One reason why so
many men have manifested so little inter
est in church work is because they have
had nothing to do. This uprising of men
for world conquest gives them some
! thing to do
[ AS one result already obtained. cite
you the fact that 41,325, 900 people are
/ today in direct reach Of the gospel who
/ were not in touch OF it one year ago. The
! goal OF history is the redemption Of the
/ world This movement is the one method
| by which that goal can be obtained
How To Do Ii.
| How is it to be ACCOMPLISHED We
| have come TO the point where YOU Iavqnen
will have TO take hold Of the thing and
| work II out I have got to the point
! where / want to see the laymen take
| hold OF every interest of the church We
want praying men, men who are in con-
! slant communion with God, men who get
| their ideal not from the counting rooms
/ of banks or merchants. nor from Iegfs
/ IatIye halls or political systems but
I We want men who take their ideal from
| Fellowship with the Son OF God. These
/ are the men who can do the worlds work
and none other We can't afford TO let
/ this thing fall into the hands of semi
and then.
The laiety Of the church must have the
1 spirit Of Christ in them. and that every
I day and hour. praying for it. working
for IT, living for it, dying for it We
want the church 10 get in this condition.
/ then you will have power to reach all
nations and we will lift the nations I'D
and give the world the spectacle of ma
tlons conquered without the blare OF
trumpets, explosion OF gunpOwder, show
of battle or any of the horrors of war.
We viii give the world the spectacle Of
nations conquered by the power OF the
Prince Of Peace
The Church Interest.
The one great interest OF the church
encompasses eveFything-an interests OF
life 1 do not believe in any business
IN which God is not a partner. Christ
does not endorse any system of legisia-
/ ton today in which he does not occupy
the speakers chair. Christ does not en-
dorse any system Of government in which
ne Is not recognized as Lord of all ESv-
erything in this movement must have
the endorsement of Jesus Christ and
with Jesus Christ as leader it is not i'm
probable, but altogether possible. that
his gospel shall be preached 10 all IA
tions upon the earth before the passing
of this generation
Great Thing for Christians.
This convention means things for
/ the Christian men of Ell Paso. God Is
moving upon the minds and hearts Of the
men OF this city. WE need a little evan
geliZing ourselves. This movement means
the opening Of the gateway for the
transformation of our city, but the
church must swing into line With the
unity of this movement it VIII not be
long until a thousand deplOrable vices
and wrongs now tolerated in this coun-
try will be swept away, and with the
supremacy of, the gospel will come a
greater, a cleaAer and more wholesome
government There is a unity about this
thing that has never been seen in any
other movement. and in its final results
it means a great deal more TO US than
the simple preaching of the gospel TO
all nations OF the world
At the close of DR.. Wright'S address
the various committees held sessions &c
consider the progress Of the work. Re-
ports showing much progress was made,
and there is 4 lively enthusiasm among
the men comprising the various commit
tees pointing TO a highly successful
meeting and one that viii have a great
strengthening effect upon the churches
of the city. Lists of speakers will like
" be announced next week. and il viii
contain the names of some of the most
prominent laymen and ministers in the
United States. among them such men as
Samuel 3. Capens. the great carpet mer-
chant Of Philadelphia, who will also
speak at similar conventions at Houston
and Fort Worth.
LuncheOns will continue TO be held
each Tuesday at the Angelus.
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