New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-13
WORLD TOUR FOR GIFTS
Laymen's Missionary Movement
Plans Big Campaign.
WANTS 100000 A YEAR
Will Meet in Garden City to
Consider Ways to Help
Foreign Missions.

Another campaign is to be considered.
il is understood, at Garden City this week
by the Laymen's Missionary Movement
the organization that held big meetings in
many cities two years ago to encourage
gifts TO foreign missions. The scheme
submitted by J. Campbell White, founder
Of the movement, contcmplates an eN-
penditure of not less than $500, 900 a year
for five years shiplOad Of experts TO go
around the world TO investigate condi-
tions and campaigns I'm American and
Canadian cities. compared with which that
of two years ago was small. The back
bone Of this Laymens Missionary Move
ment is in New York, and it includes
Alfred T.. MarlinG. Eben +. Olcott Nor
nay Williams. James H. Post, William Jay
Schicffclin, Samuel Thornc jr., and Will
lam +. Cochran.
America leads the world in money gifts
10 foreign missions, but the exact amount
Of contributions is question Of dispute,
which will be considered at the Garden
City meeting when the foreign boards Of
the United states and Canada will hold
conference
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the United states. not including Canada,
although the conference considering them
has Canadians in il, amounted last year
TO $14,9i2.00O. an increase for the year of
about So,50oO0O Canadian Protestants
gave s64S.O more. Great Britain for
ciGn societies gave S9,SS9,000, showing
America to be a trine more than 5000
600 ahead OF Great Britain's gifts the
bulk came from England, although little
scotland. the greatest missionary country
I'm the world for its size, gave Sl,207,000.
II was hardly more than six years ago
that. the United states and England were
about even in amount Of their annua!
gifts. Now amounts are increasing here
as they are not in England.
not only does the United states out
rank all other countries, but II has two
Of the largest single societies in point OF
income. And This. not excepting the great
Roman ClthoIic society. whose hoadqUar-
tcrs are In France The single society
having last year the largest income OF
money Of any in the world is the Presby-
terrain North with headquarters Ia this
city. Its receipts were S2,S11.ooo. The
h'Nt largest in the world has hcadquar-
t'rs directly across the street. II is the
Methodist North. with $2,450.o0o.
ordinarily the Methodist is the larger,
but the figures Of the Presbyterian so
cioty include some Of the Kennedy gifts.
The third largest society in the world in
point of income last year IS the Church
Missionary. representing the oyaugolicals
~ The Established Church Of England.
It's income was SINoo,0oo And the fourth
largest W.. the Society, for the propaEa-
ton OF the Faith Of Lyons France, which
usually contributes about Si.60o.o0o a
year SO other missionary society iu the
world. outside Of the United States. has
an income exceeding 100000. The
United states furnishes. however. two
such They are tine Baptist with head
quarters 100 Boston and the American
Board. which BE- Congregational. also head
quarters iu Boston Each exceeded the
2lo0U.UuU mark