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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-07
Nisliomen | Mnltralien.

Den bar ppret Ifrepet ooifilligt
| Dnniferen ON Misiionen | 4uitra-
lien. I'll liot mere SoritoaelIe at
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QueensIano er ben norolig1te
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-07

" hhoo UNIV ~ ~ I'll htCAAR
ers are doing a part in the work
of Gods Kingdom.
d. 1t challenges to the study
of missions. 1t is necessary to
know something about the con
ditions and needs of mission
fields ind order to be able to
give intelligently-and this study
is in itself a good education.
e) It provides a great oppor-
tunity for Christian service and
thus stimulates and develops the
spiritual life of its members.
This Missionary Committee
acts as the executive committee,
supervising and organizing the
work of the missionary societies
of the church. Already there
are hundreds of thousands of
laymen serving as members on
committees. This committee serv.
ice is developing the laymen of
the church into active Christian
workers and thus making them
better qualified for other phases
of church work.
b. The second feature Of the
Laymen's methods is, as already
mentioned, the annual canvass
of every church member for the
purpose of securing systematic
donations. The canvassers are
appointed by the Missionary
Committee and go out two by
two visiting both new and old
church members. Through this
canvass once each year the
number of systematic contribu-
tors is vastly increased. 1t com
pels at least a consideration
by each church member Of his
missionary responsibility. Often
personal objections are brought
up and these should be answered
by the canvassers. This feature
of the work, the annual can
yass, is original with the Lay
mems Movement and has pro-
duced great results.
q Again the third principal
feature Of the Movement and
its methods is the weekly off
ering for missions. One great
advantage of this method is that
it provides a continuous support
for the missions. Thus there
are funds on hand when needed,
and the missionary is not made
to depent upon indefinite and
irregular donations By thus
Igiving a little offering each
week it makes it easier to give
large sums annually. Besides
enlisting a larger number of
givers for foreign missions it
also increases other offerings.
d. There are also other splen-
did features of the Laymen's
Movement, such as: A Missio.
nary Sunday School, a Missio-
nary Pastor etc, but time will
not permit us TO discnss these.
These methods are the tools,
the machinery, as it were, of the
Laymen's Movement. But mere
machinery is not enough, even
If it runs ever so smoothly.
Controlling forces are necessary.
Two great pieces of work still
remain as part of the plan of
this great Movement. They are
A Systematic Education Of
the laymen of the church on the
%current religious situation of the
world. microscopy Prayer over
the missionary situation. e.
The object of the program
of education is ito
bring to the consciousness
of the laymen the worlds
great need, physical, in
tellectual and spiritual. New
problems arise every year, new
fields are becoming ripe, and it
calls for a well-wrought-out sy-
stematic education to keep the
church informed of these ever
changing conditions, and of its
great responsibilities. A through
knowledge of conditions is the
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-07
". Results.

Nv.
l.. Visibl e: What have been
the results Of the Laymep's Mis-
sionary Movements They cannot
be expressed in Dollars and
Cents any more than the results
of an education or prayer can
be so measured. And yet, "by
their fruits we shall know them
The year before the Move
ment wal organized, 1905, the
churches of the United States
and Canada gave 1920, 725 for
foreign missions. In 1915, ten
years later, they gave $780,
900, a gain of over $40, 1000, 900,
a greater gain in ten years than
in the previous 100 years
Through the use Of the methods
advocated by the Laymen, many
cities have already more than
doubled their previous missio.
nary offerings, and at least one
entire denomination has expert
enced a like result. And the in
crease for home missions and for
current expenses has been pro-
~portionately as great. We can
not say that all this is due to
the Laymen's Movement, but it
is, however, one of the great
forces back of this increased,
b e result.
2. But the invisible re-
S u is are far greater than
these. a. Thousands of men and
women can testify that theMove-
ment has brought them spiritual
inspiration, has given them high
er ideals and life-purposes, has
quickened their prayer life and
taught them to look away from
their own self-centered interests.
b. But perhaps the greatest
result of all is that t h e NJ o e.
m e h as found h e | a Y
man Of t e C h h, deve-
loped him and put him to work.
1t has aroused him from his
spiritual snooze in his soft-cushi-
oned pew and told him that it
IS time TO 60 to work. 1t has
found new tools for the pastor.
A far greater proportion of the
church members are becoming
active Christian workers. Their
work as committee members and
canyaseers has greatly stimulat-
ed their interest. IL means some
thing to a community to have
"a church that is awake and alive.
That stands for progress.
@ Another result of theMove-
ment is that better and more
thorough system has been in.
troduced into all church finance.
Seeing the splendid results of
the Laymen's methods in regard
to raising money for missions
many churches have applied
these same principles to the
entire financial problem of the
church. Thus efficient business
methods have replaced the anti
quated methods.
d A new literature has been
created, a missionary literature.
The Movement has published and
distributed thousands of books
dealing with missionary condi-
tons and problems. Millions of
smaller pieces have been distri-
buted bringing the people of
the church enlightenment and
inspiration.
e. The number Of systematic
giyers has been largely increased,
both in regard to foreign mis-
sions and to the current expen-
SEES of the church at home.
b. There are many more pro
duets and by-products of the
Movement too numerous to men,
ton now.
The work of the Laymen' s
Missionary Movement is not
done. 1t will continue as long as
there is a need for it. There is
always need for education, al
ways need for agitation, always
IL
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-07

over anu NIP u.s. lhclt nus
perhaps, never before been a
time when the need of immedi-
ate missionary activity was
greater than at this hour. 1t
is truly the decisive hour of
Christian missions, because it
is a critical period in the life
history Of heather nations. They
are in transition, in commissions
in the act of Bursting forth
into new life, and now is the
time to give them impulse in
the right direction. The early
growing period in the life of a
plant is the time to train and
direct it. The great question for
heather nations now is: "Who
shall be our king-our spiritual
ruler7 Shall it be Budda, Con
f%ucius, Mohammed, or shall it
be Jesus Christ?
The Christian nations must
answer the question now. You
and | have u part to do in
determining what that answer
shall be. Christs farewell mes
sage was not eco, preach the
Gospel to Europe, and America
only, but preach it to u n a
sac That's the program He
wants to use us in carrying out.
Thank God there are respon.
SEES to the worlds great cry of
need, responses not only by in
dividuals but by such great for
ces, such grand responses as the
Laymen's Missionary Move
ment. Many of us have, per-
haps, never heard of the Lay
mems Movement. This is due
partly to the fact that we are
brought up in smaller commune
ties, and amongst the Danish
people, and it is partly because
the Laymen's Movement is com
paratiyely new, being only ten
years old.
I. Early History of Movement.
In 1905 a young business man
of the city of Washington went
to a large Missionary Conven-
ton in Pittsburg. His name was
John B. Sleman. He was not a
wealthy man, not a highly edu.
Gated man, nor did he occupy
a prominent place in society,
but he was a man of strong
Christian faith, looking for am
opportunity to do a work for
1fod. AT this great convention
he saw how the missionary APP
peal impressed men, and moved
them to action. He kept the
thought alive in his mind and
wondered why there was not a
greater response from all the
men Of the church. The next
year, 1906, he attended the In
ternational Convention Of Stud
emit Volunteers at Nashville, and
when he saw the thousands of
earnest Christian Students who
had pledged their lives to the
mission field, it gave him an in
SEPARATION. Here was a great boz
dy Of educated young men, long
ing to give their lives for
Christ's cause, but were him
dered because of lack of funds.
He went away resolved to make
the Christian laymen of the
church see the great cause as
these students saw it. He knew
that if he could do this then
the laymen Of the church would
gladly furnish the necessary
funds and the prayers to back
these thousands of young men
who had c%onsecrated their lives
to the great u And there
in the soul of this, one, young
man the Laymen's Missionary
Movement was born. He came
back to Washington and consul
ted with his friends there, and
later went to New York and
Boston to see if something could
not be done to stimulate the
a;oo,onoru iptaraot nf thu Law
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-07

ofk Clty on the lDtn OF NO
vember 1906. Owing to very wet
and stormy weather only about
rs laymen and ane minister
were present. Most of the af-
ternoon was spent in prayer.
At the discussion which follow
ed resolutions were adopted,
calling into existence the Lay
mems Missionary Movement.
The Movement is, in reality, a
product of prayer. A committee
of so laymen were chosen and
later sent ont to various sections
of the world to study the con
ditions of the mission fields.
The mkt step was to secure the
cooperation of other missionary
boards of the various churches,
and then to carry the work to
each individual church.
In 1907 the work of the Nov
ement was extended to Eng
land, Scotland, and Canada,
where it is still carried on.
II. It's Purpose.
The plan of the Laymen's
Missionary Movement is not to
send out missionaries to foreign
fields, nor to enlist them as
volunteers to go out, nor is its
purpose to administer missionary
funds, but the whole effort and
purpose of the Movement is o
laid t e Christian C hur-
C h e S Of all denoniun "a
tions in the nlarge-
m e Of their own IN i s.
S ionary work k. 1t strives to
stimulate missionary interest and
zeal amongst the laymen Of the
church. Its purpose is, then
simply, to cooperate in the n
largement of the missionary
work carried on by the various
churches, through their own reg.
ular agencies. This interdenom.
national character Of the Move
ment is one of the factors that
has made its influence so wide
spread.
III. It's Methods and Work.
/. Unlike most missionary
movements, the Laymen's has no
membership. And it has no or
g%anisation except a series of
committees. The study of the
methods and work of the Lay
mems Movement is well worth
the attention of every pastor
and student. Some of its me-
thods produce great results,
even when applied to other fields
of church work. There is a
General Committee of 100 Lay
men which meets annually Civ
ing direction to the Movement.
And there is an Executive Com.
mittee of 25 members, which
meets each month in New York
City, giving closer supervision
to the work. Furthermore, there
are s Division Committees in
various sections of the United
States, each with a secretary
deYoting his time to the extens-
ion of the Movement. In any
city or community where the
work is undertaken, a cooperation
committee is organized to direct
and assist in the work.
2. One Of the first steps in
its work in each church is to
organize a. a Missionary
c m its size being DIT
termined by the size of the con
gregation. This is one of the
three principal features of the
Movement. Another feature
which has produced astounding
material results is b. a n n
ual every m er can
vass for Missionary
{ u n d s. @ A weekly off
ering for m issions by
every member of the church -
is a third feature which has
been adopted by thousands of
churches.
Nh Af.a.;ano.v Co~uo;ftaa
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-07
Salomuns Mmanaf
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Yarbpa fpr 1912.

Ndrbog Tor 1917.
208 tore Sioer.
Yris 80 Gcnts.
@i bar teiaa enonu ct minore
antal al sumonaffen Del npe
Mar" fra Gaamarf. girls 20 Gents.
0nniib 2ntb. Tnbl. Spmie,
Blair. Webr.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-07

prayers Of the church at home!
No n can sincerity pray for a
cause without also working for it.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
CUBA HAS MINERAL WEALTH
IL Essentially an Agricultural Country,
But Other Resources Are Now
Attracting Attention.

Cuba is essentially an agricultural
country, but the mineral resources
have Of late years attracted attention,
so that the products of the land prom.
Use to be more diversified as Cuba be.
comes better understood.
The province of Oriente, as Santiago
is now known, is the richest as regards
mineral wealth. At the beginning Of
1913 there were 1910 mines registered,
metals produced being iron, copper,
manganese, gold, mercury, zinc, lead,
silver and anthony; coal, asphalt, as
bestos and petroleum were produced
also. Other provinces have registered
about the same kind Of metals, some
with the addition of sulphur. The as
phalt beds of Cuba, it is believed, and
the bitumen deposits in general will
eventually prove superior to any others
in the world. The possibilities of a
great industry from them are already
promising. Some oil has also been pro-
duced in Cuba. Mineral waters of
great merit are found at number of
points in the island, and the springs
have for years been popular among the
inhabitants.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26

voice in the selection of her numerous
husbands. She is sold like horse or
a COW to the highest bidder.
The rites of death and burial are
very curious. When chief or other in.
fluential member of tribe dies his
body is fastened to a stake and ex'
posed to the attacks Of beasts and
birds in the belief that all the evil
parts of his body will be consumed.
After that, what remains Is cremated
and the ashes placed in magic bowls
mixed with charms and portions to be
used as medicines.
The most disreputable quarter OF
Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, Is occupied
by the famous tribe Of Ragyabas, or
beggar scavengcrs, the men whose re.
pulsive occupation Is to break up the
bodies of the dead. A more brutal
lied type of humanity cannot be imag'
ined, and they live in the foulest OF
hSvels. Filthy in appearance, half
naked, clothed in obscene rigs, these
people live in houses unfit to house q
hog.
The veil which has for centuries hid.
den Tibet from the rest of the world
has been lifted, but the spectacle re.
vealed has not been particularly 50.
worry one.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
Food Conservation.

She was of the stage. That was
plain. For she had certain curls, GER
tain hues Of cheek, and certain looks
Of the eye which told this story. Then,
too, she had a dog, which sat behind
her chair, as she ate her meal, brought
from the bread line which passes the
steam tables.
Oscar-why call all dogs Fido?-sat
behind the chair and waited very pa
tiently. He evidently was trained.
Then, suddenly he was waited upon.
There dropped from above, where the
debris had been carefully collected and
placed in a piece Of paper, quite a
meal. Oscar set upon It, and raven
ously gorged it down.
Then, led by his mistress, be left the
restaurant as if something very un-
usual had happened.
food conservation murrnured the
fat man, who was starting upon his
record variety Of pie.-Columbus Eve
ming Dispatch.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
MAN IS TAKEN At OWN VALUE
Humility Is Called Virtue but u
Ceases to Be One II It 10 Car
ried Too Far.

Humility is called virtue. It Is "a
unless carried too far. A man is us.
ually taken ut his own value. If he
makes too little Of himself, he is like.
ly to be thought Of little worth. The
unduly humble man will lack the
strength Of character needed for sue
cess. He will have little influence In
society and will not be fitted to hold
responsible position.
While too great opinion Of one
self stands in the way Of progress, too
great humility is worse, says the Mil
waukee Journal. Conceit receives
many knocks in life and may be taken
out Of man; too much humility sell
dom receives the needed encourage
ment. Conceit in child is soon cor.
rected when he comes to mingling
with other children in schools. Too
great humility gives his schoolmates
d chance to put upon him and treat
him as an inferior-a chance which
will seldom be neglected. A child may
become crippled in spirit for life in
this way. Even teachers sometimes
fail to see what is the trouble with the
child and to give him the encourage
ment he needs. Beware of breaking
down q child's self-conf1dence. 1rrepa-
rable injury may thus be done him.
Train him to feel that he is Of value
and is able to do what there is for
him to do. Think well Of yourself If
you would have others think well of
YOU.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
Bread Still One Of Cheapest Of Foods
Even at Increased Prices
By II. E. BARNARD

the desire down the of bread
the loaf decreasing and the cost constantly
ing best food In the diet of most
people largest single item. Today flour sells at about the same
price sugar. bill appngy large to those who
years purchased flour three cents pound But even at ten
pound cheap food when compared with meats and
attempt practice by using less flour eating
less bread copes purchase vegetables the
rather than diminished and the family be less
successfully fed
crowd into the daily diet much pound OF good
person day. that the family will not be badly
the bread must be supplemented by fats which usually
supplied butter and by lime and ron The me especially for
young children provided milk and fresh fruits and vegetables are
rich vegetables obtainb sold at
which exavagan high special should be taken to
use loaf which contains mineral matter
and cellulose than the white loaf of the baker,
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
Women Must Know Their Part in War
Is to Stop Staggering Food Waste
By MRS. JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
C,;an Conservation Department General Federation Of Women Clubs

nexcuabe at this time for not inform themselves
concerning the phases food conservation affects the ndl-
vidual, the community the nation and our allies
scientific direction food
ton Thousands Of be thrifty to
use their wisely but they do not know how Sane practical
home economics instruction is greatly needed.
of the country must be made to realize before
that it part the that the garbage
paia waste estimated $70o0o0o0o annually The
figure staggering This is what two saved day by oOooo
people means
Our responsibility does depend peace II were
declared tomorrow the conditions would be the Famine threatens
the world Americas responsibility just the We
must allies till normal conditions return
work that cnfron pastme for summer
months It will be long and hard struggle Haphaad methods and
pasnoc methods will not do The work must be Intelligent and
ssten.
Take stock your Will you promote boys and girls
put dozen glasses of jelly five pounds OF vegabess
Decide what you do, and begin
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
INDIAN TRIBE HAD WIRELESS
South American Red Men, as Long
Ago as 1898, Used Unique System
Of Communication.

In these days of wireless telegraphy
it may be interesting to learn that as
long ago as July, 1898, there was re.
corded the discovery Of wireless tele-
graphic apparatus in use among the
Catuquinaru, an Indian tribe Of the
Amazon valley in South America, the
Geographic Journal states.
The apparatus, called cambarysu,
consists Of a hole in the ground about
half filled with coarse sand; above this
layers Of fine sand, fragments of wood
and bone and powdered mica fill it al
most to the surface of the ground.
These materials are surrounded by a
case Of hard palm wood, which ex-
tends above the surface. The upper
part of the apparatus consists Of lay.
ers Of hide, wood and hard rubber.
Between the upper layers and the
lower layers there is hollow space.
With a club, much like the stick used
to play the bass drum, the native
strikes the layer Of rubber that forms
the top of the instrument.
One of these instruments is con.
cealed in each hamlet of the tribe. The
villages are not more than mile
apart and placed in a direct north
and south line. Although person
standing outside the building in which
the apparatus is kept cannot hear a
blow Of the stick on the rubber top, it
is quite distinct in similar building
a mile distant. When one Of these In.
struments is struck the neighboring
ones to the north and south echo the
blow. The Indian stationed at each
one Of the posts answers the signal,
and by means of code messages long
conversation may be carried on.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
Trained Women for the Work of
Military Relief Greatly Needed
BY MAI. CEN. LEONARD WOOD. u. S. A.

There are two ways, especially, in which women
aid in the present crisis:
1. By working in industry, thereby releasing men
for the front, and
2. BY joining the American Red Cross.
Vast numbers of women are working in the
various supply establishments making munitions,
clothing and the like, but the time is not yet here
when need to go into the factories to take the
places of men. But the time is here, not merely for
the Red Cross to prepare but to meet the actual test
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
Aid Given Nation by Women in War
Will Hasten Day Of Full Suffrage
BY THEODORE M. YOUklANS
President Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association

What influence will the have the suffrage movement
What will suags help their country during the war
We shall not Of discontinue womansurage propaganda We
may than heretofore the thought
of the country conferred the We know that it
will easy money for suffrage create
aon hold public meetings. It will probably change
somewhat the character of efforts.
spirit the times fights side The thought OF the
people toward democracy these days.
Furthermore that their patriotism duplicated In
their that the of in time Of stress,
ordinary daily % essential the services of men, and
given just generously just faithfully and efficiently
believe who shows herself patriotic faithful
Efficient is doing her the enfanchmnt Of
women shall actually become what has
this only pretended Of by and for the people,
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
Ais Memory Faulty,

Bert had failed to get in the wood
the night before, and as punishment
his father had told him to remain in
his own yard all day. For a long time
he sat on the porch steps, watching
the other boys playing ball in va
cant lot some distance away, without
SAYING a word. Then, as his mother
came to the door, he looked UP and
said: They're out there, every one
Of them; and they're no better'n me.
only they've got a better memory for
bringing in wood, that's all"
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26

road which leads southwark along the
shore of the gulf.
There is a citadel on a promontory
guarding the old harbor, now a land
locked cove reaching into the heart of
the city. The harbor is defended also
by the fortified islands Of Ratonneau
and Pomegue, and by the Chateau DIFF,
the last named formerly state prison
immortalized by Dumas in 'The Count
Of Monte Cristo.'
Although it was a Greek settlement
as early as 600 B. G. and before that
was the site of a Phoenician colony,
Marseilles has no interesting remains
Of ancient times, and few architec.
tural monuments.
The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
At the Wild West Show.

"Surprised to see me here, Smith,
I'd rather have a quiet smoke at home,
but my wife bullied me into coming
to take care Of the boy, you know"
"He's a fine little fellow, aren't you,
son?'
Humping Jupiter, that's not my
bow. Where in thunder is that kid"