El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-28

/ moral ana religious consciousness. II
Is revival OF lire as well as fuel and
or enthusiasm. 1t Is a great mission
airy campaign inolying the 100000
members OF the II Protestant denom-
nations Of the United States II is
therefore not, denominational It is a
movement for light and a means of
conveyilns, through. the laymen, the
great inspiration OF the convention.
The end of the convention. Therefore.
IS put the beginning Of the movement.
which is to spread throughout the con-
gregations
THE movement is mobilization Of
the forces within the church we
marvel at the great mobilization OF
troops that have occurred in Eurone
during the present great conflict. Now,
II tnere cah De SO great a movement
among men in war. what ought the
mobilization Of men in the church of
Jesus Christ be, particularly when n
is not for campaign Of determination
but for campaign for the salvation Of
the world.
Results of the 1909 Movement.
"The laymen's missionary movement
IN 1903 brought about great .awaJx-
ening among the churches as 10 their
mission. There was general feeling
that the churches had been touched
by the thought that each member had
had part in bringing about the great
results of a fuller realization Of The
mission Of the church. There was a
AuAAGA ANdAlAdAAtlA VI what Tod eXnpPfc
OF the churches The mission of the
church is quite as much towards people
church"
The speaker told of the great in
terest taken by laymen throughout the
country, resulting since that time in
the giving of 100000 for foreirn
missions; S6,O00,O00 for home missions
and $l2'0OO,O00 for other home interests.
Great Revival Of Giving.
There has hppn r~raaF ro,-s,-,r
Giving; OF sympathy Of love. of prayer.
or the cling Of ourselves. When we
shall have reached our full attainment
along this line it will not be the com
will be here"
Oliver Tells of Results in City.
George &. Oliver, of the Trinity
Methodist church, spoke on the sun
1ect, What the Laymen's Convention
Did for Us Six Years Ago" He showed
that at the time of the last convention
there. We're 3430 people enlisted in
church work in the city and that IN
that year SlS9l.92 was given for for
eign missions. 1T was a great task
t9 get men. enlisted in the movement at
that time" he stated, but we got a
great deal Of inspiration from the con-
Vention and we went back TO our
churches determined to do our full
share and not to ride our pastors.
In my church a missionary committee
was organized and we started a cam
paign- The result was that at the end
of the year we had all our assessments
fully met and had $500 in the treasury.
In our church last year we raised over
$500 for foreign missions, or nearly
one half what all the churches gave
six years ago"
Bradford Hardie on Mobilization
Bradford Hardie spoke on the sub
Ject, "A Preview; What the Big Con-
vention is to Mean to Us This Year.
He told of the selection of the word
mobilization" TO characteriZe the
movement for the coming convention.
What does mobilization mean2' he
asked Simply the changing from a
peace to a war footing Some of us
have been asleep. secure in the thought
that things were progressing satisfac-
torily in Ell Paso. But while we have
been asleep the devn has been active,