Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-26
BIG MISSIONARY
MOVEMENT To Be
BEGUN IN FALL
Campaign Similar 10 That
Waged in 1909 and 1909
Is Planned; Meetings to Be-
gin in October,


missionary campaign like that inau-
gurated by the laymen's missionary
movement In 1909 and 1910, Is to he
organized again for the coming fall
and next spring, some OF the plans Of
which were announced here today.
As in the first campaign, the lay
mems missionary movement, which is
an INSTRUMENTATION organization,
viii work in cooperation with the
nome and foreign mission agencies Of
The country. holding a series OF sew
enty-five conventions in as many
cities in all parts Of the United States.
The meetings will start in October,
and end In April, with a national mis-
sionary congress at Washington H. C.,
April 20 TO 30, 1916. Forty thousand
churches are to be invited 20 send
their most able men as delegates to
the various conventions, there being
no limit to the number from each
church Last year the attendance ran
above $4,000 delegates and the an
nouncement for this year speaks of an
expected total Of hundred and fifty
thousand men
To Start In Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y, will be the place OF
holding the first convention. October
17-2O, according to the preliminary
program, and In order the other cities
Will hold conventions about as fol-
lows Detroit. Chicago. Pueblo, Pitts
burgh, Denver, Topeka. Wichita, Bal
tim0re Philadelphia. Mitchell Is. D.,
Milwaukee. Portland (Me.), Boston,
Wheeling, Waterbury,
tConn), Manchester On. HI, St.
Louis, Cleveland. Albany. Toledo.
Rochester On. YD, Houston, Duluth.
New Orleans, Minneapolis, st. PAU,
Jackson (Miss) Fargo, Reading, Will
mington CDel.), Billings, Birmingham,
Atlanta. Butte, Newark az. j., Spo-
kane, Columbia (S. e., Seattle. Day
ton, Tacoma, Portland (Ore.D, Daven-
port Ua.), Richmond (Va), Sacra-
mento. Kansas City, Lexington (Ky.),
San Francisco, Des Moines, Nashville,
Fresno (Calif), Los Angeles, Indian
apolis, Memphis, Little Rock (Ark),
San Diego, Columbus co., I1l Paso
oklahoma. Fort Worth, Worcester
tMass) Harrisburg (Pa), Scranton
(PaD, Binghamton IN ". Syracuse
IN ", and New York City.
Each convention will last two crI
three days. some of them overlapping
in date No financial appeal is to be
iue de at any time during the cam
eign, but the work 81 to be educa
onal along the line Of the main OBJ
iectives of the laymen's movement.
ITO consider new world conditions
and Americas enlarged responsibility.
to study the missionary progress of
recent years. To project plans look
ing toward the accomplishment of our
whole missionary duty 10 emphasize
the adequacy of the gospel to meet
modern social conditions. To increase
the spiritual power and efficiency of
the local church, To secure the gem
eral use of the best methods Of mis-
sionary education and finance. To
inspire laymen TO take their part in
the, extension Of the ,IIngdom of.
Christ"
Many Of the best known business
and professional men in the country
are members of convention commit
tees and will be delegates While men
only will be allowed to register as
delegates, women as well as men will
he allowed to attend the convention
ls visitors