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Missionary
LAYMEN'S RALLY MEETING OF
DALLAS PRESBYTERY.
The third rally meeting of the laymen
of the Presbytery of Dallas in the interest
of Home Missions was held in
Sherman, aJnuary 28. The afternoon
program was educative in its nature.
At night a banquet was served by the
Women's Missionary societies of the two
Presbyterian churches and the proceeds
donated by them to the cause of Home
Missions. The special feature of the
banquet service was the collecting of
pledges from the various churches. More
than $2,:j00 was subscribed, one individual
pledging $200, subject to call.
Representatives from fourteen of the
leading churches were present. Thirteen
ministers, forty-three laymen, ten visitors
were present. The entire program was
enthusiastic, instructive and harmonious.
A genuine interest was manifest and the
resolute, dogged, look of determined action
was seen on many faces. There
is no doubt that the work in the Presbytery
has received an uplift beyond
what it has experienced heretofore.
Immediate steps will be taken to coini
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to arouse increased activity and to bring
the pledges tip to the desired amount.
Close study is being made of the most
effective means of financing this branch
of the Lord's work. Through the agency
of the laymen's organization this i&
rapidly becoming more systematfc and
regular.
The plan of operation is as follows:
Presbytery has appointed an executive
committee of laymen with headquarters
in Sherman. This committee is composed
of a chairman, a secretary, and
a treasurer. The personnel of the com
mittee is completed oy a "local man,
the representative of the Home Missions
cause, in each church.
The duties of this "local man" are
two fold. In the first place he is the
dispenser of information regarding Home
Missions matters of the Presbytery.
In the second place, the "local man"
makes it his special business to advertise
the five Assembly collections for
Home Missions, and to supplement these
by individual subscriptions and pledges.
He is the "minute man" of the Revolution,
the "Keyman" of the foreign missionary
movement. Pray God that he
may be found faithful to his undertaking.
Their trim and endeavor is to provide
the sinews of war by which the campaign
may be carried on.
The lnvmen ere rmieh elnteit ever
the approaching visit of Governor Glenn.
His debut inlo Texas society is to take
place in Dallas Presbytery, in Sherman,
on March 31, and April 1. Ample preparations
are being made to give him a
.warm reception. Rally meetings of the
men from adjacent churches will be held
at the proper dates. It means a great
uplift to Texas.
D. F. Eagleton, Treasurer.
Sherman, Texas.
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A FORWARD MOVEMENT IN MISS'ONS.
Ex-Governor R. B. Glenn, of North
Carolina has consented to give three
months of his time this spring and summer
to the cause of Home Missions in
the Southern Presbyterian Church. Gov.
Glenn is a gifted man on the lecture
platform and a man of large affairs and
wide influence. His devotion to this
work has caused him to deny himseif
other emoluments and undertake the
Lord's work in Home Missions. He is
to work under the direction of the cen-'
tral committee of Home Missions at Atlanta.
Ga. Dr. S. L. Morris, chairman.
The Central Committee has made out
an itinerary beginning at Baltimore, covering
six points in Georgia, two in Florida,
thence to Charleston, S. C., four
nlarps in Tpnnpuspp hroo atleeon^i
ten in Texas, thence back to New Orleans
and eastward. The Texas itinerary
has been made by the committee as
follows: Sherman, March 31, and April
1, Dallas, 4th anil 5th; Fort Worth, 6th
and 7th; Waco, 8th and 9th; San Antonio,
11th and 12th; Austin, 13th and
14th; Corsicana, 15th and 16th; Houston,
18th and 19th; Galveston, 20th and
21st; Orange, 22.
The'salary of Gov. Glenn on this campaign
has been provided by one consecrated
individual. His expenses for hotels
and traveling are to be paid by the
churches which he visits. This should
be made liberal and .full.
The Home Mission cause of the Southern
Presbyterian Church is one of our
strongest causes. "Convert America and
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Church of today is supporting a missionary
in the Foreign Field tomorrow.
Only by strengthening the home work
can we expect to accomplish fully the
foreign work. In the great movement
in missions the past two years, home
missions has not received proportionate
part of attention justly deserving. We
want to do not less for foreign, but more
for Home Missions. Foreign Missions is
asking for four dollars per member per
year; Home Missions should certainly
have two dollars. Texas is scarcely paying
one dollar per member. The Laymen's
movement in_ Home Missions is
helping. We need to awake and do
more. Through the Central Committee
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to our aid. Will we help to make his
visit to Texas a great uplift for home
missions? "We can do it if we will."
There should be organized a rally of
church workers at once at each one of
these appointments of Gov. Glenn, not
only from the church or churches of the
place of meeting, but from surrounding
churches also. Vigorous efforts should
be made to bring as many people under
thip influence as pqssible.
Does your church want Gov. Glenn nn.
der these conditions to come? If not,
please indicate to the writer promptly.
There are others anxious to secure him.
Will your church pay the expenses and
put forth every effort to rally the forces
in your church and in the churches surrounding
you upon this occasion? Let
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us use every ei'fort for the uplift of our
home mission cause, praying the blessing
of our Lord upon Gov. Glenn in his coming
and upon the entire movement. The
Central Committee has placed the direction
of the itinerary in the hands of the
Laymen's Committee of our Synod.
NANKING THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
The Northern and Southern Presbyterian
Churches agreed to have their theological
seminary in China together, each
to contribute half the necessary funds.
The share of the Northern Church was
promptly given by two men. Ours still
delays. Meantime the seminary is going
on at Nanking, supported by the Northern
money ana what the China mission gives
irom its much-needed funds. Will you
not help by a great gift or a small one
"as God hath prospered you," to "provide
things honest in the sight of all
men"?
TO THE MEN OF THE CHURCH.
C. B. Stevens. Esq., Charlottesville. Va.,
Treasurer of the Nanking Seminary
Fund.
Dear Mr. Stevens: In the church papers
I noticed the appeal for the completion
of our part of the endowment of the
Nanking Theological Seminary and of the
designation of yourself as the one to
whom contributions may be sent in support
of that work, the present and pros
pective importance of which does not admit
of question.
It has occurred to me that the amount
can be raised speedily if such an appeal
were to be made to the men of the
Church, as Miss Mamie Smith is making
with such good success to the women of
the Church. By the constant repetition
of the matter, it is given publicity, many
have their attention called to the need
and would contribute from small sums upward.
Enclosed please find my check for
five dollars.
Such an appeal to the men 9! the
Churcn would rally the friends needed to
cancel our rmrt nf tho aki!?oh~
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away the reproach under which for yearswe
have rested, and help to place on its
feet this most important institution.
Sincerely yours,
J. Gray McAllister.
Hot Springs, Va.
LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT
NOTES.
By J. Campbell White, Gen. Sec.
The greatest missionary awakening
among men which has occurred in modern
tin es is taking place in Canada.
A series of twenty-four city campaigns
under the auspices of the Laymen's missionary
Movement were held during
September and October, reaching clear
across the Dominion from sea to sea.
Since then a great many other cities and
towns have had meetings of a similar
character. The culmination of the campaign
is to be a Canadian National Missionary
Congress, to be held in Toronto,
March 31 to April 4. At least twc
thousand commissioners are expected at
this congress. It promises to be the
greatest Men's Missionary Convention
yet assembled in any country. The