Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-02-14
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AudrAin Meeting in This CITY VIII
Dra~ Best Talent of National
Session in kansas CITY
EVERY MAN IS A DELEGATE
Sunday Every Effart win Re Made To
Have An Men in the City Reg.
ister for Meeting


The Audrain County Laymens
Missionary Convention in Mexico on
February 10 and 20 will have as
speakers the most prominent Of the
program stars az the Natioral lay
mems meeting in Kansas City, which
opens the day following the close Of
the Audrain meeting. F. J. Michel,
Field Secretary Of the Laymen's
Missionary Movement. was in this city
Wednesday and completed all prelim.
mary features Of the two days ses-
sions.
Here arr a few Of the principal
speakers and who they are. II will be
noticed that never before has this
county ever mad 50 many prominent
leaders in their field upon one pro-
gram:
HERBERT s. JOHNSON, Pastor
Warren Avenue Church, Boston,
where he has been 10 years. lie is
participating in this Convention at his
own charges. He breaches to the sec
ond largest congregation in New
England. Chief agitator in checking
the atrocities in the Belgian Congo.
A commanding personality.
j. W. BRADLEY, NJ. D., a medical
missionary to China who is known all
over the South. A great physician
and a great speaker.
FREDERICK A. AGAR, experience
ed as a medical missionary in Africa,
a home missionary in the Northwest
and as a pastor. Author of Church
Finance" Formerly a physician -
now a church" doctor.
]. J. BINGHAM, of India. In five
years he saw a church grow from $50
to $500.
ARTHUR C. RYAN, recently or
dered out of Turkey. He has a thrill
ing story.
ERNEST w. NAFTZEGER, a SOLO
list and song leader. Twice around
the world. One of the worlds great
est singers of gospel song.
F. j. MICHEL, Field Secretary.
Laymen's Missionary Movement.
Formerly a missionary in India.
WESLEY SMITH, a teacher from
China.
Sunday will be registration day in
all the churches throughout the coun-
ty. Speakers from this city will visit
all the towns in the county and make
short talks in the churches explaining
the meeting and urging men to at
tend. All the men will be registered
for the meeting Sunday that can be
secured and the work of registration
will continue until the convention
opens.
Information Comes First
There are 178 missionary societies
or boards doing mission work in Eu-
rops, Latin America, or the nom
Christian World, whose headquarters
are in the United States or Canada.
For the year ending November /, 1917
the total income for mission purposes
of these 1877 societies and boards was
$2O,4O7 1861. Mission hospitals and
dispensaries gave last year 4,l55, 1856
treatments. There are 35I hospitals
supported by American Churches in
the non-Christian World. Education
ally, mission work stands out, with
63S,327 students in schools and col
leges established, and maintained by
American Churches, and manned by !
American teachers. There are 467
graduate physicians, both men and !
women, doing medical mission work in
the non-C Christian World. As a man.
Hesitation of genuine evangelization,
the native church in the Non-C Chris
tian World has 1,3OO,813 members,
converts to Christianity.
lnspiratiOnal Value of Convention
Aside from the inspiration coming
the large layman by rubbing ell
bows with many other laymen, seek
ing after information to carry back
to his home church, there will be the
Inspiration of thrilling speeches by
men who have been cover there" in
Europe, and in all parts of the Nom
Christian World. Scores of men who
recently returned from tours of
inspection of mission lands, and others
who have given long years to mission /
work, will address the convention.
Missions Are Relief Organizations
Mission work has always been the
nature Of relief. Medical missfopa-
RIGS have been doing for the sick. and I
afflicted of Mont Christian lands, lust
what the Red Cross is doing for the
armies, and what the various relief
commissions are doing for America.
oervia and Belgium. Much of tho
relief work now being done in those
countries, is under the direction of
competent missionaries who have had
ong experience in such work.