The Calumet news., 1911-04-17
Tells OBJECTS !. :. :.
Of MOVEMENT
HEAD OF THE LAYMEN'S MOVE
MENT TALKS OF EVAN
COLLATION. OF THE
WORLD.

]. Campbell White, head of the lay
mems missionary movement In an in
terview in Duluth gave some inter
esting facts I'm connection with the
tremendous movement which has for
its object the evangelization of the
entire world in this generation.
There are at the present time some .
thing like 6OO,OOO,OOO people who have
no idea of Christianity, he said.
Though the movement has been on
foot for just about three years it has
grown to tremendous proportions.
Last year the income donated to the
cause was over sS.OOO,OOO and Mr..
White says that the present year will
witness a growth to $5,O00,OO0.
Just what we are doing at the pres
ent time is teaching our idea of the
missionary work to the different local
committees" said Mr.. White today
when you stop to think that we have
visited something over seventy five
large cities i'm this country and twen-
ty-fve in Canada, you may grasp
some idea of our work. We have been
out to the Pacific coast, the meeting
here ending our work until after
Easter.
with the county as the unit the
work will eventually be carried on as
a permanent institution. Understand
we have the permanent idea i'm our
minds and our great work at the pres
ent time is to teach the different local
committees our idea of the work and
let them carry it on and also expand
the work in their different localities.
"Soon we will have eight secretar-
les i'm this country and one i'm Canada,
which will facilitate the work. That
will take some of the work of general
organizing out of our hands. After
many centers and can also keep i'm
closer touch with the work.
Missionaries Welcome.
"The work is tremendous and its
growth has been nothing less than
wonderful. There is a mistaken idea
that many of the countries which have
not received Christianity are opposed
to the receiving of missionaries. This
idea is quite out of date. 1t is a griev-
Gus mistake. In the past ignorant peo-
pie of some uncivilized countries have
undoubtedly misunderstood the work
and aim of the missionaries. For that
reason they have doubted them. That
misapprehension has been removed
and these countries today stand ready
to welcome the coming of the mis-
sionary
There are millions of people in this
highly civilized age entirely ignorant
of the first principles of the Christian
life. 1t is our aim to reach every one
of these people; to Christianize the
world. The idea has met with a Won
derful reception i'm the United States
and Canada. Money has been sub
scribed freely toward 1t. and the
money so far subscribed has been put
where it will do permanent good. This
money is an annual offering and is as
sured for the future and therefore the
work is gathering force and momen-
tum and will continue to increase each
year"
Col. f. w. Halford, just recently re-
tired from the United States army, to
which he was appointed by President
Benjamin Harrison, is vice chairman
Of the executive committee of the
missionary movement and has long
and illustrious record as a newspaper
man and politician.
He was for years the editor of the
Indianapolis Journal and was the edi-
torial founder of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean. After printing the first edition
of the Chicago paper and working on
II for two years, he returned to Indi-
annapolis and continued his labors on
the Journal.
He was the private secretary of
President Harrison and has also been
very prominent in politics i'm his ma