El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-28

ct FEEL that this is a great OF
pOrtunity for the men of E
Paso and that We are going L
make the convention a success L
Paso has Just completed a success il
the holding of great national con
NenUOn- In fact whenever her mel
set out to do a thing they do it.
trink they are going 10 co IL now We
want 1000 men at 81 man and be
ueVe were are going TO get them
This was the declaration Of V r
&Stiles before a committee of laymeT
and ministers gathered TO prepare fol
the coming missionary convention
Up 10 the present time 80 percent
Of the church work has been done by
the women and it is time the men were
doing their part" he continued. Il did
not take part in the laymen's conven-
ton SIX years ago, but / have since
seen such lasting results that have
grown out Of that convention that 7
determined to not let this opportunity
pass"
Large Gathering.
Fifty or more laymen and ministers
gathered at luncheon at Hotel Sheldon
TO launch the movement for a lay
mems missionary convention here in
March.
Bradford Hardie, president of the
general committee, presided David
Mcknight, chairman Of the registration
committee reported LudL ne NAG a rep
resentative Of each Of the congrega-
tons interested in the missionary
movement and that he expected TO
have 1000 names and $1,000 dollars as
~ bona fide proof Of those names
4 want you men TO understand,
said Mr. Mcknight. that we are giving
the laymen OF FL Paso something and
not taking something from them at
all It is an honor that they are asked
TO serve and ] want them TO know that
mo Hi h. IA z
they in accepting"
..The Right sort of Publicity
The right sort Of publicity will
make the missionary convention a sue
cess" declared g. A Martin, chairman
OF the publicity committee But TO
make the publicity real publicity said
the speaker, 1T must have the quality
Of a story about it. Give to the Times
and The Herald things that are neWsy
and interesting and we Will couple the
facts with them-bUt people are not
content with dry facts alone
1t is Interesting and encouraging to
find that the churchmen of FL Paso
have found that they can come to
gether on the same basis as the bust
ness men in this missionary move
: ment and I hope and believe that this
same getting together will result in
closer work generally on the part Of ali
the churches Of the city
Gathering All Names.
A s. Howard. OF the statistical com
mittee, reported that his committee
stood ready 70 act as soon as the names
of all male members Of the respective
churches were turned in by the registra-
tion committee and that when the lists
were received. communications and in
yitations would be sent out by mail at
once.
L J. Ayres, chairman Of the arrange
ment committee, reported that the place
OF the general convention would be the
Trinity Methodist church, but the over
flows would be provided for at the
First Christian church and the First !
Presbyterian church. While the Trinity ,
Methodist will be reserved especially
FOR the mems meetings. the other
churches would probably be used for
any wOmen's meetings that might be
incidental TO the convention, he said.
pray and Work"
6. p Putnam, chairman Of the COM
mittee on prayer, said that he would
work out the essentials Of his pro-
gram with the members of his com
mittee and that he felt his was the
most important committee Of all, as
prayer is the basis of all Christian work {
and work without prayer amounts TO !
nothing in a spiritual sense
No report was made from the finance !
committee, as the chairman, z. A Shell |
ton, was not present The president 1
announced that no report was especially J
needed, as the finance committee only ]
proposed TO expend the money raised
y
Many Missions Here.
Rev. J. F. Williams, Of the First Bsp- I
list church, spoke upon the coming /
convention and expressed the hope that
the laymen would stick by the work
they had begun after the convention /
as well as before and thus assure per-
He spoke OF the fact that !
Fl PasO has a unique position in the |
field and because Of this !
was undoubtedly chosen for the big [
gest rally in the southwest We have
here IN this city, state missions, dis
trict missions and city missions and
II we walk TO the Rio Grande, we have
but TO throw a stone and il falls into
the field of foreign missions he said.
We as ministers viii stand by you !
IN your convention and II is up TO you !
TO stand by US after the convention"
Missionary Worker Talks.
Mr. Williams was followed upon the |
.loor by Rev, c. ". Greenhouse. Of
Dallas, Texas, and the representative
II the JudsOu Memorial Fund of $780,
90 now being raised by the Baptists
J Am 9,s1 for foreign missions He
aid that ne was glad to see the lay
men becoming interested in mission
Eork as the women were already in
crested and that when the two inter
sts combined that il would mean much !
OF the gospel spreading in foreign
ands.
Rev. J. H. Head, Of Albuquerque, e1-
ressed the wish that a committee
uSnL De named TO secure the enlist
lent OF delegates from the churches
J the states Of Arizona and New Mex
o, as there were many laymen in this
srritory who would take pleasure in
New Mexico Interested.
e want you TO know that while
l Paso has a way Of claiming New
-exlco-we in turn have way of
aiming Fl Paso-and as churchmen |
e Ieel that this convention is our
7nFention TO-" he said
h b Durkee stated to the diners
lat the fourteen missionary workers 10
= here, are men who come TO give facts
ID inspiration ana not to seek money
they expect to leave FL Paso in
'rmed as to the respective work 81
le various churches in the foreign
lsslon field The results of the con-
'ntion can alone be judged by our
-epareoness. We are about to re-
I'VE something. not to give something.
emember that"
All Pledge Help.
A resolution was introduced by Rev I
cry J. Rice, of the First Christian
-ureh, recommending that every diner
esent pledge himself to aid in rails
2 the needed 7000 sanu and he