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What 1t Is Not.

AS Executive Secretary of the
Laymen's Missionary Movement for
Maryland, may l take this opportu-
nifty to enlighten the public, who
may be somewhat in doubt as to
the real purpose of the Laymen's
Missionary Movement.
1t is not a new Missionary Board
to collect funds or administer them !;
it is not to raise up or to send out
missionaries; it it not to work
among young people, students or wo
men; but it's work it to be chiefly
among the mature men of the
I-churo-
movement which proposes to do its
work outside of regular denomina-
tional lines, or to make new Mis-
sionary Brotherhood, independent
of those already established.
What 1t Is.
1t is a Movement. 1t expresses
life, energy and progress. 1t rep
resents something not necessarily
bound to old traditions and certain
ly something that does not run in
ruts: 1t is a dynamo, giving added
force and power to existing machin-
cry.
1t is a promoting agency to ia
cilitate work already under way. We
want to create, if possible, a ire
mendous energy which shall be felt
through all our churches.
1t is Missionary Movement. 1t
has a great ideal, i. e., to reach
the whole world in this generation.
1t recognizes the fact that the
church has been in the retail bust
ness long enough. 1t is a chal-
lenge for something larger and
more far reaching. Its broad
craftsmanship will appeal to men.
Its purpose is to do the largest
thing of which anyone has any
conception-''to devise a compre-
hensive plan Tin conjunction with
the various UNCONVENTIONAL Mission
airy Board secretaries) looking to-
ward the evangelization of the worlt
in this generation
1t is to ask the men of this gen.
GRAFTON not to pass their own work
on to future generations, but to
do it themselves, NOW.
1t is Laymen's Missionary Move.
ment. 1t is intended t6r the ma
ture men 81 this ge9kration, who
are in the thick of <he fight. 1t is
not an appeal to stFdents or women,
or to young PEOPLE; the special
work of these/cRsses belongs to
other organizahonsA 1t is an ap-
peal to the MEN f\today, who now
have in HAND the money which they
can give. iHthey will, and can,more-
over, givs their time,' thought and
prayer t9 the work.
1t is AN effort to get the denomi-
nations at home to work more close.
ly together than ever before. 1t is
Well understood that there is clos
er harmony on the mission field
than here in the home land. This
plan appeals to the business man
of today. 1t is in harmony with
modern methods in the business
world. We want to utilize the
of legitimate promoting
Together" is the twentieth CEN
fury watchword
Some Results of The Movement
During the last two or three
years the Laymen's Missionary
Movement, wherever it has been,
has been the means of awakening a
new interest in the church life
among the mature men. II has help
ed to put the whole church on a
better business basis. Leading
business men, many of them hither-
to uninterested, are putting their
experience at the service of the
church. Even the most conservative
Of our communions are adopting the
weekly offering plan. Men are
most fully realizing that the church
s not organized primarily for self