The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-18

teil!gepce, their influence. thelr enef.
gy. and their possessions in the uni
ted effort OF the church Of Christ to
evangelize the world.
While seeking the enlistment Of all
the laymen OF the church in fulfilling
the missionary task Of our generation,
we declare our belief that this work
is the work Of the organized church,
and that the natura! leaders in it are
the ministers and the missio ionary
agencies OF the various churches; and
it is our conviction tha: all that Is
done in the name OF the Laymen's
Missionary Movement should help to
strengthen these leaders and the
agencies through which the churches
as such must discharge their mission
airy responsibility.
We urge the adoption by every
church Of regular and thorough meth
ods OF missionary education and
finance, eliminating once each year
in an organized personal canvass OF
each congregation. with the earnest
purpose Of securing the systematic
and proportionate contributions OF
every member toward the world wide
propagation Of the Christian evanSel,
and we recommend for universal
adoption the Scriptural plan OF
missionary Offering every week. IN Or
der that this vast world enterprise
may be kept constantly in the minds
and prayers Of ali Christians, and that
funds for the work may be adequate
and steadily available.
We recommend that there be form
ed in each individual church 8 strong
Missionary Committee, charged with
the responsibility Of promoting ais-
sionary intelligence, inte.cession and
contributions, and that in each city
or county where work is undertaken
Cooperating c Committee OF the Lay
mems Missionary Movement be form
ed, composed OF iaymen, selected so
far as possible by the varioas church
es to represent their constituency IN
the territory co~ered, and that the
Laymen's Missionary Movement,
through it. Executive Committee, in
cooperation with the established
missionary agencies Of the several
churches, be authorized to provide
such measures for the supervision and
assistance Of these Co operating Com
mittees as the providential develop
ments Of the work may require.
We earnestly remind al! Christians
OF the duty Of habitual prayer for
missionaries; for native Christians;
and for pastors and churches at home;
that laborers may be thrust forth in
to all harvest fields; that the unity OF
the church may be realized and that
the glory Of God may be universally
revealed.
Remembering that the promises OF
divine blessing are conditioned upon
obedience TO the will cf God, and rec.
ognizing the deep spiritual quicken
ing which has already come TO the
churches in many parts OF the United
States and Canada, through the
awakening OF the missionary spirit,
we call upon the whole membership
OF the churches here represented to
unite with as in d:schargias our per
sonal and national missionary obi
cations
Assembled in this National Mission
ary Congress, and deeply persuaded
Of the power Of Christ through His
united church to solve all the prob
lens Of human society, we desire to
unite with the churches OF Canada
and all of our sister nations through
out Christendom, as loyal servants OF
the King Of Kings, in a comprehen-
sive and adequate campaign for the
conc uest Of the world by Jesus Christ,
who is the Way. the Truth and the
Life, the Desire Of the Nations. and
the Light Of the World.