El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-08
.LAYMEN MEETING
FOR MEXICANS
Scope of Laymen's Mission
airy Movement To Be Elk
tended; 1876 Register.

! VNAANOAj AOO ASOSA0VOA'
David Mcknight. chairman Of the
registration committee Of the Laymen's
Missionary Movement. announced 1t the
tuesday luncheon, in Hotel Sheldon,
( mat the churches had sent in a regis
tration OF 1S5. The church registra-
tons so far are as follows: First Pres
byterian 50; Grandview Presbyterian
3; Westminster Presbyterian IS; High
land Park Methodist TO- Trinity Metho-
4 dist 10; First Methodist Is; st. Gle
! ments Episcopal AZ: Austin Park Meth
odist 9; and the First Christian SO.
To Extend Scope to Mexicans.
! The influence, inspiration and infOr
nation Of the convention will be passed
on to the negro and Mexican pOpula-
ton Of Eel PasO at the same time that
IL Is being carried to the members of
the league of 1000. Bradford Hardie,
chairman Of the general committee,
stated that he had held a conference
with several OF the negro ministers
and that arrangements were being made
10 send the workers, from time to time,
TO these institutions; while, at the sug
gestion Of Rev. J. II. Fitzgerald, a So
l claI and religious worker among the
| Mexican people, it was up to the con-
| vention that as many as possible OF tho
| Mexican laymen who speak both Eng
( lish and Spanish be secured by the
/ registration committee and that these
( workers carry back the information and
{ inspiration to the Mexican missions
and churches in the lower part Of the
city.
Speak TO Soldiers.
! Chaplain John T. AXton, Of the goth
infantry stated that too much should
/ not be expected, in registration way
( from the men at the post, but that the
greatest good that could come from
the missionary conference would DO
! the sending of several of the speakers
q to the respective camps and talking
I to the men assembled at their own
will
Newspapers Help.
81 believe that the success OF the
convention depends upon the agitation
and the manner in which the newspa-
pers have handled the publicity leaves
no reason to complain that the public
& has not been Informed" he said nat
we face is a clinic. 1t is a matter for
the vaccinatOr and the vaccine. We
have the vaccine in the IA gifted speak
ers and workers 1t is for US to pre-
pare the patients and to make the IN
oculation success and this ! know
we are going to do if we make the
preparation with a will
Can't Force Men to Church
at is not an easy matter the speak
er said, ito impel men TO go to church.
Even the most attractive churches and
NOSE carefully worked out programs
do not always bring out the men. But
/ think and believe that the success
which FL PasO experiences IN every
thing she undertakes will characterize
this meeting. for we have certainly
left nothing undone in the way Of
preparation. Agitation is half the vic
tory, and we have accomplished al
ready half the victory"
1902 Prospects.
F. ". Berkshire, chairman Of the
committee on statistics. stated that he
had secured the names of 1902 pros
poets and, with two more churches TO
hear from, he expected the number
would be increased to 1900. The two
nblnrsg -ln in
out, he said, were the First Methodist
church and the Highland Park Metho-
Il have sent out a letter to the min
listers Of the city asking for their
church rolls and in a few days I Will
have the complete data TO work from.
he said. LAS soon as We have got this
information we viii turn II over TO the [
registration committee
s.More Ginger'-Mcknight.
David Mcknight, of the registration
committee, complimented the commit 7
teemen from the respective churches
aidin~ him in the matter of registra-
lions and said that what had been done 4
was good but that the men wanted to |
get down to harder work and show 1
more ginger. It's good to see men OF !
varied churches get together he said. ]
More Publicity Data.
G. A. Martin, chairman of the pub /
LEFTY committee. asked that all the |
committeeman send him such infOrma- I
ton as they might have that would /
place the movement before the public |
and he cited a number of instances
where the members had detected in
stantly the news value of a letter. tele-
gram or q viewpoint and sent II in TO |
I've used in promoting the conference. J
Prayers For Success
C. T. Putnam, chairman of the prayer /
committee said he expected to have all
the Sunday schools and auxilliaries of
the respective churches lined up in a
campaign of prayer for the success OF
the Laymen's Missionary conference
The luncheon was opened with an
invocation by Rev Charles l. over
street, of the First Presbyterian church
and presided over by Bradford Hardte,
general chairman of the convention.
Those present were:
List of Committee.
Chaplain John a. Randolph Sixth
infantry.
Prof Laurence Reynolds
Miss Grace Eggers, secretary.
Chaplain John T. Axiom, 20th infan-
try.
Rev. Charles IA Overstreet.
Rev George z. Howard.
DIR. Willard S. Sample.
Rev. J. II. Fitzgerald
Rev. Miles Hanson
Bradford Hardie, ir.
Rev. Perry J. Rice.
Rev Henry Easter.
B. NJ. G. Williams.
Charles 3. Stevens.
J. c. WorthingtOn. II. r. Durkee.
J. A. Gillett !. ". Escobar
j. A. Morriss C. W Bretz.
F. W. Berkshire, H. ?, Hadfield.
DIR. w r. Smith. F. \. Hodge
Bradford Hardie A. G. Foster.
j. c. Delgadillo. w. c. Denton.
David Mcknight. NJ c. Shedd.
W. V Long A. s Howard
Louis o. Howell. W. II. Lark. !
j. F. Quaid Frank b Ezell.
William Graves A. V. Mckee. 7
Z. A. Shelton. G. A. Martin. :
/. J. Ayers. J. l. Campbell.
George Rogers. II. L. Red.
V. +. Stiles A. j. w. Schmid.
H. Y. Ellis W. B. Gillespie. {
c. NJ Harvie. e. NJ Bray. l
Percy MCGEE. ST. f. D. Garrett
Dr. Lee Mcintosh. Il j. Ponsford.
Henry r. Bowie. Paul Pritchett- T.
G. A. Graham Fred c. Jones. /.
T. ID CarItor A. L. Meridith