Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-29
REV. DR.. srAckHousE's ADDRESS.
Work of Laymen's Missionary Movement
ForcefuIIy Presented Following Banquet
In First Baptist Church.

More extended mention is due the add
dress of Rev. DR.. w. T. Stackhouse of
New York, delivered in the First Baptist
church Thursday evening, March 81,
than circumstances made it practicable
to give in The Phoenix last Friday. DR..
Stackhouse is secretary of the laymen's
movement of northern and western Bap-
lists and came here in the interest of
that movement, his address, with others,
following a banquet to about 200 men.
He is over six feet in height, of COM
handing figure. and is good to look upon,
albeit he constantly decrieS his own per-
sonality. His life has been a strenuous
one, some years having been spent as a
sky pilot on the Canadian frontier and
later campaigning throughout the Do
minion from oceanf to ocean, whence he
came at the earnest insistence of the
Northern Baptist Convention to become
the secretary of the movement which
he so eloquenty and forcefully presented
here. To q fine physique is added clear
ringing voice and a sedge hammer man
near of dealing with his subject. This
was his SD banquet and meeting of this
kind since Nov. l, and during that time
he has addressed over 1900 men who
were dead in earnest
The laymen's missionary movement has
for it's purpose the evangelizing OF the
world The worlds needs were never
greater and the worlds resources were
never greater in men and means. 10
talk of defeat is cowardly. This move
ment demands of us the emphasizing or
the gospel of Christ as the solution OF the
worlds greatest problems, whether po-
litical, commercial, social or missionary.
A thousand millions of souls are as yet
unrea ched and untouched by the gospel of
Christ The speaker quoted president
Taft as affirming that no man can STUDY
the conditions in the world at large and
fail to conclude that the Christian re-
ligion was the great need and panacea.
DR.. -Stackhouse claimed as functional
principles in this whole movement: N)
If you want to put new face on TINS
old world of ours you must bring IL into
contact with Jesus Christ. CD Put the
emphasis on the eternal value OF hu-
| man SOUL not built to stay here, but with
| an endless eternity ahead. Give the gos-
pei to the world. Put the same sagacity
into the work of your churches as you
| find absolutely essential to the success
| full prosecution of your business enter
prises. The biggest enterprise in the
world is the kingdom of God.
We need %, 900 more men in the mis-
! sion field of the world, 2200 for the Bap-
| list territory in India, China, Africa,
| Japan and the Philippines where Bap-
| lists are working, and II we do not give
| them the gospel no one else Will, re-
| ferring to the districts set apart as Bap-
| list territory. Inere are CHURCHES anu
| individuals who are suffering from acute
structure of purse-strings. We must
do more than commend the women for
| their noble work" or listen to the pastors
appeals for help. To do the work to
| which a million and a quarter northern
| Baptists are called, requires yearly con-
tribution of $780, 900 or 10 cents weekly
from every member, and this will cover
home and foreign mission demands Of all
| kinds.
The speaker abounded In Illustrations,
telling and marvellous of how this broad
and comprehensive view of the whole
religious problem is gripping men all
over this country and Canada, where he
abored before coming across the lne'
Instance after instance was given where
men In lieu of paying s. or $40 year
for missions had been led to place a
different emphasis upon 1t and were now
| paying hundreds and even thousands,
One old classmate of his in the earterr
provinces had moved to British Columbia
and become a very successful FARMER
DR.. Stackhouse had occasion TO speak III
his town and so he asked the church
treasurer how much this wealthy man