New Britain herald., 1915-10-11
READY FOR NATIONAL
 MISSIONARY WORK
SeVenty-FiVe Conventions to Be
 Held Throughout Country

New York, Oct lit is announced that preparations are practically complete for the opening of the Ma tional Missionary Campaign of the Laymen's Missionary Movement along similar lines to that which was car ried throughout the country a few years ago. The first of the conven- tions, which are to be held in the leading cities of the country, will be in Chicago, beginning October IA. In all there are to be seventy-five big conventions throughout the country, eliminating in a national missionary congress in Washington next April. The home and foreign missionary agencies of the United States are CO., operating in the campaign, and some of them are throwing the entire strength of their organization into it to the exclusion of other forms of missionary inspiration and education for the next year.
 Within the past two weeks special conferences have been held for the organization and training of men who are to take part in the campaign. l N. J., the Congregationalists at Chi cago and the Presbyterians at Allan tic City. From forty to seventy men were in attendance at each conference.
 Bishops To Take Part.
 The Methodist church is making special effort to conserve the results that will accrue from the results of the campaign. A number of bishops will give most of their time to the work and @ number of able missionary leaders have been called from foreign lands. These with home missionaries will make a staff of more, than fifty Methodists in the campaign who will have the cooperation of thousands of pastors in the territory of the con- vention cities.
 The Presbyterians, as we'll as the Methodists, will send agents to each convention city in advance of the convention to see that the denomina- tion is we'll represented by delegates. The Presbyterian plans are in charge of Secretary David McConaughy in in Chicago.
 Organized for Work.
 Most of the foreign missionaries of the Episcopal church who are on furlough will be organized for work in preparation for the campaign. John w.. Wood, secretary of the Board of Missions, is organizing the Episcopal forces Representatives of the church will also visit each convention city some days or weeks prior to the con- vention for the purpose of bringing out the full strength of the Epesco- i-I, y,oo of QzfI is returning to the United States to be a speaker, and in addition to other bishops and clergy, many foreign missionaries are being recalled.
 A committee of secretaries of Con- gregational missionary societies of which Dr. Reuben l.. Breed is chair man, is planning the largest possible cooperation in at least forty of he chief convention centers where Con- gregationalism delegates into forty or more conventions.
 Endorsed Campaigns.
 The Northern Baptist Convention at Los Angeles last May endorsed the National Missionary campaign and turned over to Dr. John M. Moore. secretary of one of it's important com- mittees, the formation of plans for CO., operation. Under Dr. Moores direc- tion a special force of missionaries and secretaries is being organized for three or four wek's of preparing and follow-up work in connection with each convention.
 Discipline, United Brethern, Luther ans, United Presbyterians, the two >'anches of the Reformed church. the Southern Baptist, Methodist and Pres- byterianS and other denominations are also making the most careful and thorough preparations for co-opera- ton.