El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19
1LAS CRUCES LAYNEN COMING To
Il PASO FOR MISSION NEE INGS
Ell Pasoans Attend Church Supper and Urge Men Of the
Valley to Enrol For the Laymen's Missionary Move
ment; Mems Club of Las Cruces Presbyterian
Church Organized 80 Boys Coming Down.

! to Las Cruces, was introduced as one
Of III Paso's leading laymen and made
a short talk in favor of the mems club
movement and the missionary move
ment
Mcknight Makes Strong Talk.
David Mcknight. organizer and first
president Of the st. Clements Episco-
pal Mems club OF El Paso, made one
Of the strong speeches of the meeting
in favor Of the mems club idea. He
declared that II must not be made any
other part Of the church, but must
be kept open to men. This will make
the sixth mems club have assisted
I'm organizing he said, land, where
they succeed, it is BECAUSE they are
made an individual institution and not
mixed up with the BIZ g class, the
Sunday school or any other branch OF
church work. The mems club makes
an appeal to men and gets them into
the church, and that is its main aim
and end. Let the club be a recruiting
station for the church Don't take up
a collection, don't have any subscrip-
tons and let the dues be every charge
that is made and your success is as
sured We have made it go in FL Paso
i'm our club, have never missed a meet
ing in six years and are stronger today
than when we started.
Las Cruces Hns the Men.
w. NJ. Adair Of Las Cruces declared
that Las Cruces and thu Presbyterian
church had the men and that the or
ganizatiOn Of a mems club was the
next thing to be done in the church.
ID NJ. Bray. Of FL Paso, told of the
work of the FL Paso Y NJ. c. A. and of
the remarkable growth of this institu-
ton. which has taken in the soldiers
, of the border patrol, the members Of
the Chihuahua Y. NJ. c. A. and had be-
come so crowded that a new $l5O,OOO
annex was to be built 70 accommodate
the bows. you should have Y. NJ c..
in Las Cruces and for the college
bows who come here" he said. 1T is
the one great force in the world for
the making of character
Good Citizenship.
DIR. O. II. Brown. OF Las Cruces. made
a strong talk on good citizenship and
the need for making men better. he
said the Sunday school was one of the
best places for starting citizens on the
right road and for building a good
foundation for the future citizenship.
j. L. Campbell. Of Ell Paso, urged the
organization Of a mems club I'm order
that the men Of the church might rem
der better service TO their fellow men.
Service is the new slogan and we have
not been doing enough of this sort OF
thing" he said Service to humanity
is the new movement and we are get
ting behind it,"
I25 Active Members.
". r. Thinning. of Las Cruces, spoke
in favor Of the immediate organization
Of a club in the church. We have only
AAu lAENADtAc nnA lAN1 arc OH WI nj .
and are ready to do their part" he said.
Eel Paso has told US what she had
done and we viii show you what we
can do" he said.
Rev. Mr.. Matheson, OF the Las Cruces
church thanked the FL Paso delegation
for making the trip. and said: I'VE 90
10 Ell Paso for our inspiration, and we
are going to Ell Paso for the Mission
airy Movement in March. Mr.. Nc
Knights idea Of a mems club is my
idea of a club and we propose TO carry
out his ideas I'm our new organization"
Norman Walker. Of Ell PasO, spoke
on the work of the FL PasO Presby-
terrain Mems club and invited the Las
Cruces men to attena the next meet
ing Tuesday night at a Washingtons
birthday anniversary supper and meet
ing.
lei PasORns on Trip.
The FL PasOans who made the trip to
Las Cruces in autos were:
Rev. c. J.. Overstreet A. Fl. Anderson
T.. III. BRAY w L. Gaines