El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19

AS lEAI Us Ne VS. 49,
Cruces is behind the Laymeh
Il .ssionary Movement, in FL Paso'
with all Of the energy this city ana
valley nossesses This was evidenceJ
Friday night when IL was ahho 49,
that a class Of 30 boys woulu ~, ~,
fbe T.avman's Missionary conN@ltloh -.
Tsi Pos5 and that large NUMBER oL
tbe leading laymen of Las cruces ~
M, PorL The A. and VI. college anu
tbe NesilIa valley would enrol ana az
tend all or n part OF tue
El Paso in March.
At Mems Dinner .-..-,.
r,ho announcement OF Las cruces
.ooneration in the great misstoH 49,, IL
mont was mGde by Lyttoh -, 'tta
al the dinner given by inc luvu W ~
Jeirst Presbyterian church lm lloi 49,,
IA men from III Paso, lncluol ~
sentatives OF the Mems CLUBS OF Nc ~.
,sIHr,c1t's Espiscopal church anu ~
1Tirst presbyterian churcn. All u ~
"a we're delegates from the ~ K a.
missionary Movement comm I1eo ~
l,,~o1 the Las Cruces laymen IN 'ne
w ll...c,tton TO be held March ., D.
1dS After Las Cruces men had zee.
f,,,-ited to attend it was announced lhaS
- sunday afternoon meeting o.
March B. which is to open the mlsslols
orv convention, had been KEPT ~
So tbe las Cruces people VINO Wlshoe
"a d. o
,r,se meeting of men which IS 10 s1ai
off the Laymen's Movement
Going 80 Strong.
4.yK-e are going to El Paso 90 slr9nS,
said Mr. Taylor, who acleu 40 a..i-o
-, IN the meeting here 10 orealllSsS
nan nan 1Sirst Presbyterian church Men
,l,,b 1--WE are sending down ~ %
our best boys and young men ~ - y
80 Going ourselves to all or aS Hl"-S
Of the meetings as we posslols ,,c,,t
we are with El PasO In TINS nv, l,-,,d
90, we believe il will do as mucu =;
IoI ,,jlI T,I Paso and that which Is
~ r,eo's Is ours. We appreciate tno
,..,,ort,1nitv which has been given "
~ cooperate in this great chureliili l'.i-, .
Work and we are going TO tahe ~ ,.5i,,,
tage OF our opportunity ~
tbe convention"
Actor tbe ICl paso delegation lelS 40
INC tbe men OF the church hetu d
short meeting and organized lhe ,,,,,.cb
club Of the First Presbyterian; - -,
Lytton Tay7or was ssiecl ',Co ~ with
ana later was named as pres ueli', ,,,',it-
~ NJ Adair as secretary a eoiililii 20
80 ~ three was naneu
draft a constitution and pylaW &c e
This committee was compose .,,J
judge Medler' ~ r.. ~ ,ve- Il'iI made by
Judge Medler. Charles Burns, =. -,
Uoarland and others. A membership
campaign Is to start at once.
chicken Pie supper. ~
Preceding the mems meelliiS, " ,' c,,-Ds.
en- Die supper was served by the women
OF the Aid society in the auoiIoi5 tl,i
~ fbe PRESBYTERIAN church. at Whlcu
AZ including the III Baso guess, -
down. The table was arranged III ..L-.s ~
form Of a rectangle, with cnalIIIlall
Tavlor- Rev. G. /. Overstreet and James
A nick. Of El Paso, and Rev. duncan
AIatheson seated at the head or me "a
bles. These tables were decorated Win
noted plans, ferns and greens ana 81
dles were burning on all Of them. j ne
sumner was served by the women OF the
Afd society and a vote Of thanks was
given them by the men present lot Ine
excellent supper which was seI.eu'
Get Men to sunday SCHOOL
w Y. Long. of Ell Paso. made
strong appeal to the men OF tne Las
Cruces church TO attend and ASSIST III
building IN the Sunday school feature
III thp Church work 1T is a mems JOB
and we need men TO carry II on ne
said. "Get the men into the SUNDAY
school and you viii have the boys there-
You need IL and the boys need you.
ire sunday school is the biggest force
for good in the church and the men
class i'm the Sunday school is the way
to get men interested in the serious
work Of the church.
Church j. Leaven.
T. q Miller. of Las Cruces. contrasted
El Paso Of Is years ago ana OF me
present time and declared that the
church was the leaven which had
brought this wonderful change about;
lie said an interchange OF ideas ana
the organization Of men was the pest
thing to prevent men o. coihihuill'y
to get into a rut.
Mems Club Work.
Rev Charles L. Overstreet told OF
the work Of the FL Paso Presbyterian
Mems club. He also urged everyone TO
attend the laymen's meeting in FL Paso
and to make that great mission move
ment their meeting and TO attend all
az the meetings He invited all OF the
men present, and all Las CruceG en- TO
enrol for the convention in FL PasJ and
affiliate themselves with this nation
wide movement OF men and for men.
Need y. VI. e. A.
Judge Edward J. Aledler Of the dis
trict court made strong speech IN
favor of the mems club, the laymens
missionary movement and the need Tor
a Y. NJ c. A. IN Las Cruces. Just
such a club as has been proposed IS
what Las Cruces needs badly said
Judge Medler. There IS no place nut
the pool halls. the saloons and the
streets for the young men Of Las
Cruces and from the college to go when
they have spare time. This is just the
thing we wish TO counterfeit We need
Y NJ c. A. here in Las Cruces and
this mems club is the first step in
Getting Just such an institution. Let
broad lines. Do not confine il to the
membership Of your church. Get all Of
the young men into your club and
make It a force for good in the COM
munity."
organizers OF the party which came