Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
MISSIONARY CONGRESS
TO Be HELD IN WASHINGTON
Forces OF United States and Canada
Arc to Meet for Con-
fcrc,l"c.
FACING NEW WORLD CONDITIONS
Will Survey Achievements, Hold "a
Counsel OF War and Issue Sum-
mons for an idvancc-Number OF
Delegates to Re Limited.

y thrc"fold purpose Will character
izc tho national missionary congress.
which is TO be held in Washington
April $3.50. ana in this congress the
interest Of tho missionary forces Of the
United states and Canada is conferred.
This congress will bc the second ma
tional missionary congress held, tho
first having been held at Chicago in
1910. The congress OF 1910 cuuSti-
tutcd the elimination of tho first ma
tional campaign OF tho payments Mis-
Sionary Movement, and the congress to
hc held at Washington ncXt mont!, will
he the elimination OF the second ma
uonal campaign OF the laymcn's move
mcnt, which campaign will conc TO Il
close in the convention to he held at
Houston, Tex. the present week.
The thr"cfold purpose Of the mis-
Sionary congress o. this year viii ne:
"a survey of achievement. IA council OF
war and summons to advance IL is
expected by those in closest touch with
the missionary enterprise that this
congress Will hc among tho most sig
nihcant and potential gatherings Chris
tian men have yet held in the United
states for the purpose of facing new
world conditions and OF opportunity
and need. 1t is expected that far
reaching decisions will DC made at this
time by the men OF all denominations
that assemble in tho congress men who
! have become thoroughly aroused to the
opportunity ana possibility that now
con:ronts the church regarding tho
crangclization OF the world. In point
OF Importance it is probable that this
congress vigil he second only to the
world Missionary Conference, which
was held at Edinburgh in 1910
NJ MBER OF DEI.EG iTES
WILL. BE LIMITED
The number OF delegates at the mis-
Sionary congress at Washington will
he limited. and the congress will be a
deliberative body The allotment of
delegates TO the various denominations
has been made upon an equitable basis.
The sessions of tho congress will be
held in Memorial Continental Hall,
which was erected by the Daughters Of
the American Revolution. The gem
cral discussion of practical problems
connected with the enlistment OF lay
men In the missionary Undertaking OF
the church will constitute the chief fc,
ture of the program of the morning
sessions of the congress, and the after
noon and evening sessions will be char
acterized especially with addresses by
men who are recognized as foremost
authorities uron themes connected
with the work OF missions in all parts
Of the world.
a fact OF special interest in this
connection is that of the fourteen con-
ventions OF the laymcns movement.
held in the South the present year
only. one is known to have been at
tended by larger numbcr OF delegates
than was true OF the Richmond con-
Nention. the single exception having
been at the convention at Columbia.
he hSnres are not yet available as 10
the number OF delegates registered nj
the three conventions held in the ter
rltory beyond the Mississippi. but at the
three conventions held SUCCESSFULLY
after that at Richmond-at Lexington.
NE. Nashville and Memphis. Tenn. the
number or delegates registered at each
place was considerably below that al
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