The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-23

ton and finance.
To inspire laymen to take their
part In the extension Of the king.
dom Of Christ.
These are the objects OF the great
interdenominatlonal campaign being
conducted under the auspices OF the
Laymen's Missionary Movement The
Harrisburg convention will be held
at the Grace NJ. K. church, and will
open with a great mass meeting on
the afternoon OF Sunday, March u
Many denominations in the United
States and Canada have organized
committees to promote the spirit and
methods Of the general movement in
their own communions. Twenty sec
retaries are employed to give their
whole time to supervision and exten.
sion work.
The Laymen's Missionary Move.
ment has been hewing along the lines
Of the national missionary policy
adopted at the Chicago congress in
1910. In 1918 the movement took in
all the missionary forces, both home
and foreign and promoted during the
last two years under the name Of the
United Missionary campaign over 625
conferences and conventions in as
many places in an effort to reach
with the message and the method Of
the movement every center OF over
5000 people In the United States and
Canada.
The city OF Harrisburg never does
things halfway, when once It becomes
aroused. And the snap the local com.
mittee Is putting into the preparations
for the big Laymen's Missionary con.
vention, to be held in Grace NJ. E.
church of that city, on March u to
"A is assurance enough Of its sue.
cess. This is the third convention
Of the kind that Harrisburg has en-.
tertained in six years and this prom.
ises to be the best yet.
Mr.. w. E. Doughty, the educational
secretary Of the movement, will head
the team Of fifteen speakers, booked
for this meeting. This team includes
such wel-knOwn names as George In.
mes, who is establishing a great Chris.
tian university in the heart Of the Mos.
len world at Cairo, Egypt; Dr.. C. B.
Schneider, president Of North Japan
college; Dr. l.. B. Wolf, for twenty-five
years in India; Dr.. F. A. Agar, of Afri.
ca, now efficiency secretary Of tide Bap.
tist church; Rev. S. H. Littell, one OF
the besA young men In the Chinese
mission field, whom the Chinese Chris.
tians generously loaned TO America"
for this campaign. Secretaries Of de.
nominational boards and experts In
methods and finances will also speak.
Denominational rallies will be held on
Tuesday afternoon, when the different
communions will make special prepare.
tion TO make program Of real practi.
cal value, and when the social features
Of the convention will be prominent.
II will be a fine chance for laymen
to know and meet the leaders in their
own denomination. Conservation work
will then be discussed and definite
programs adopted. A woman's rally
will be held in Monday evening in
an adjacent church, and young pso.
ple's rally on Tuesday evening. Only
men are admitted to the convention
proper, and that by credential card,
issued upon the payment Of the one
dollar registration fee, which covers
all expenses Of the convention. No
offerings are taken, nor money solicit.
ed. The Movement is not an organi.
cation to administer funds, but exists
solely to stimulate the work OF lay.
men in their own local churches.
The conventions thus far held in
this nationwide campaign have regis.
tered on an average 1900 delegates
to q convention, or $4,000 in all. Thir.
teen cities show a gain Of S344 over
1909. This is a distinct challenge to
the church by men, who are today
thinking in world-terms as never be.
fore and who are, therefore, peculiar.
ly accessible to the missionary mes.
sage. 1t is the churchs one supreme
opportunity TO enlist its men in the
world-program of Christianity and to
meet the call OF the world for some
adequate spiritual leadership.
Some of the convention themes are
as follows:
America, the Strategic Battle
Ground" "In the Philippines" "The
Sunrise Kingdom" Turkey in War
Times" Building a Nation of Broth.
ers," "wielding the Spiritual Forces"
"Christianizing American Life"
"The Adequacy OF the Gospel to
Meet Modern Social Coniiions.'
"Do We Take Our Religion Serious.
Tyr
Address all communications to
Frank B. Everitt Room 2oS, North
Market s1uare. Harrisburg, Pa. Bep
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