New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-27
CHURCH RALLIES
FOR rs CITIES
Laymen's Movement Plan
for Great Series of Re-
ligious Conventions.
TO MAKE AMERICA
LEADER OF WORLD
All Europe Will Look to Us for
Guidance, Says Speaker at
Ocean Grove Gathering.

OSan Grove. ~ j.. Sept. %. We
intend TO rcfutc the idea that America
has been spared from entering this
great world war because IL is the pet
darling Of the Almighty" said Clyde
Armtage at the conference held under
the auspices of the Laymen's Mission
airy Movement. which ended here to-
day. It ran for FIVE days
1T is our earnest desire" Mr.. ARM
tage continued, "to bring 70 the heart
of every citizen OF the United States
the true duty OF America now and in
the coming years. for il is 20 the
United States that the people OF all
Europe will look for the leadership in
the business OF religion Just as much
as in the business Of commerce.
I'VE are now planning TO bring the
men Of all churches together on
common ground 20 consider the whole
problem Of Christianity IN the world
and determine its solution.
ITO attain this end we have laid out
a campaign 20 be held in the seventy
five largest cities in the United states
during the next seven months.
Chicago Gets First Convention.
"The first convention will be held IN
Chicago October IL 70 II and the hnal
National Missionary Congress will take
place In Washington April 26 to 80.
1--WE will not hold our conference in
New York City until April 20 II and
in Brooklyn April -. Is and Is.
"At these conferences there will be
VOL known speakers from churches OF
all denominations all over the country.
To aid in our present work we have
recalled some Of our foreign missiona-
RIGS. among whom are Bishop Homer
& STUNT. of South America; Bishop
WartzeH. Of Africa. and Bishop Warne,
Of India. II.
, This present conference. in which
our whole system Of procedure has
been laid out. was held under the d.
! -ection Of the Board of Foreign Mis-.
I sions of the Methodist Church, OF
which Drs. Frank W. North. S. Ear
TAYLOR and william F. Oldham. all o.
| New York City. ere the secretaries
with Rishop Luthef B. Wilson. of New
/ York City. acting as presiding othcer'
owing to his being president OF the
! board
Training Convention Leaders.
/ "Thesc days of the conference have
been devoted to teaching missionaries
pastors laymen and other church
/ leaders the business Of the coming
campaign. We have been training them
/ lust as travelling statesmen are taught
bv the leading wholesale houses. Our
sneakers have been teaching the men
who are to lead the convention not
only how to speak, but how 70 APP
proach the people of their church, how
10 run motion picture machine or
use magic lantern even how 10 keep
an expense account.
Most important will be, or course
our follow-up work. in which we are
planning TO reach every man, woman
and child in the whole country by
means of literature. and, where pos
sible, by representatives sent out from
| all the local churches"
/ Among the prominent Methodist
workers attending the Ocean Grove
conference were Bishop Mcdowell, OF
Chicago; Bishop Mcconnell. OF Den
YER: Bishop Anderson, Of Cincinnati;
DR.. John r. Mott. Or. Frederick Il.
Fisher and Dr. G. II. Jones, OF New
York. and DR.. John F. Groucher' OF
Baltimore.