The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-10
TENDENCY TOWARDS
 SPIRITUAL UPLIFT
Suggestion Has Been Made that Time Has Arrived for State Wide Revival in Arkansas Is Meeting With Favor.

Stfaln ot p0lltlcS ana of buSlneSS cOm- | petition, it is gratifying to note the tendency toward the spiritual uplift. The suggestion has been made that the time has arrived for statewide revival in Arkansas, and it is meeting with favor. One of the great ele- ments that must enter into this revi- val will be the widespread interest by the Laymen's Movement, which was originated in New York City Nov. 15, 1906. Beginning last November the annual campaign conducted under the auspices of that organization is sweeping over the country, to conclude with the National Missionary Congress at Washington, D. c. April 26-30.
 Seventy-six of the chief American cities have been selected as the sites | for these meetings, the only one in Arkansas, and one of fourteen in the South, indicative of the strategic value of Little Rock from a religious as well as commercial viewpoint. The other cities in the South where the meetings will be held are New Orleans, Jackson, Houston, Birmingham, Atlanta, Col iumbia, Greensboro, Richmonds, Lex iington, Nashville, Memphis, Oklaho ma City and Fort Worth.
 It is strictly laymen's movement worldwide in it's scope, the objectives being:
 To consider new world conditions and Americas enlarged responsibility.
 To study the missonary progress of recent years.
 To project plans looking toward the Accomplishment of our whole mission ary study.
 To emphasize the adequacy of the Gospel to meet modern social condi- tions.
 To increase the spiritual power and efficiency of the local church.
 To secure the general use of the best methods of the local education and finance.
 To inspire laymen to take their part in the extension of the Kingdom of Christ.
 These are matters that should make direct appeal to the citizenship of Little Rock, and efforts will be made to secure a registration of 15000 or more from ths and other sections of the state. The appeal is to be to the whole state, and there will be present speakers of national reputation who would be drawing card at any great convention.
 The Little Rock convention will be held at the First M. F. Church, South March 1, ?, 8. and 5, emitting Sat urday. A local organization has been formed with the following heads: G.. ID. Henderson, General Chairman; A. W. Dobyns, General Secretary; A. NJ. Lund, chairman Finance Committee; Caughey Hayes, chairman Publicity Committee; J. V. Johnson, chairman Prayer Committee; Theo C. Tread way, chairman arrangements commit tee; R. W. Lynch, chairman commit tee on Registration and Deputations; T. NJ. Cory, chairman of Committee on Statistics. The churches actively CO., operating here are the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian. Christian, Epls- copal and Lutheran. The program in- cludes the strongest men from all the various denominations, questions of sect being wholly eliminated. The movement is essentially educational.
 A large portion of the time of the convention will be given to consid- eration of practical missionary work being done in the United States, and Iespecally in Arkansas, and the fallow fields for missionary effort will be thoroughly reviewed. This form of missionary enterprise, Home Missions is carefully distinguished from Foreign Missions. or work in foreign lands.
 A registration fee of S1 covers all the cost of the convention, except the banquet Saturday evening, March 4, which will be one of the notable fea lures of the convention. For the pur- pose of providing an increased inter est out of the city, banners will be given to towns or cities (exclusive of Little Rock), sending the largest de- legations, and to denomination hav- ing the largest number of delegates in attendance. Banners for Little Rock will be given separately as fol-