The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-01-21
'MlSSIONERY CAMPAIGN
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
In Greenwood Sunday, February the
Second. Many Prominent Speakers.


Greenwood, Jan. 19.-The various
local committees in charge OF the Con-
ference to be held here February 1st
and End, as part Of the United Mis-
slonary Campaign in the United States
and Canada are hard at work now and
are getting everything in shape for
most successful conference.
This Conference was arranged BY
Prof. r. e. Gaines, member OF the
faculty OF Richmond College, but now
on leave Of absence for one year. hay
ing been granted this leave of absence
in order to devote his time to the
work Of this campaign. The details
OF the campaign are in the hands of
the Laymen's Missionary Movement
and Prof. Gaines has entire charge
Of this work in the South.
A number Of prominent speakers
will be in Greenwood for this meeting
names to be announced later as well
as the detailed program.
The Conference at Greenwood will
seek to enlist ministers and laymen
not only in the town and county Of
Greenwood, but also Of the counties
Of Abbevillc and Laurens. Special in
| vitations to these will be sent out by
| the committee in charge Of this part
of the work
iNNl1Owinp @ nj OF
planation Of what this United Mission
| ary Campaign is:
FOrewOrd.
On March 10, 1913, at meeting of
representatives of the Home Missions
Council Of the United States and the
Conference Of Foreign Missions Board
of North America, a decision was
reached to engage in United Mis-
sionary Campaign for the purpose Of
introducing more adequate methods of
missionary education and finance in
the churches of North America, that
they may discharge their missionary
obligation at home and abroad.
The following features have been
approved by the Central Committee Of
the United Missionary Campaign.
|. The campaign Is in behalf of
missionary work both at home and
abroad, and aims at the enlistment Of
the entire membership Of all the COM
munions as intelligent and regular
supporters Of missions. One feature
Of the campaign Is to be nationwide
simultaneous, cvcry-member canvass
for home and foreign missions and all
on the part Of as many congregations
as can be led to undertake it at that
time (unleSs a communion decides up
on some other period).
2. TO prepare the congregations of
the country for such canvass as
many missionary conferences as pos
sible between September Is, 1913, and
February Is, 1914, will be held. The
conferences will begin with an even
ing session and continue through the
following day. Local committees will
have large responsibilities in prepar-
ing for these conferences. The EX
ccutivc Committee OF the Layman's
Missionary Movement has been re-
Quested to organize and direct these
intcrdenominational conferences and
has consented to do so.
3. The campaign aims not only at
securing larger missionary Offering
but at the development OF the latent
spiritual resources Of Christian peo-
pie. Prayer, personal Bible study,
personal service and stewardship will
all be emphasized in their relation to
Christian efficiency.
4. Deputaton work by volunteer
speakers will be undertaken as widely
as possible to bring the inspiration
and message Of this united campaign
to every community and every congre-
CATION.
S. The observance Of Sunday, Feb
ruary IS, as Missionary Day with ex-
change OF pulpits wherever practica-
BILE, and with special missionary fea-
lures in all the services of that day
in preparation for the simultaneous
canvass for missions and benevolenccs
| in March.
6. The widest possible use of care
fully selected and specially prepared
missionary literature. In response to
! the invitation Of the Central Commit
tee. tho Missionary Education Move