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THE NEED AND OPPORTUNITY FOR
MISSIONARY ADVOCATES.
By Mr. J. Campbell White, General Secretary
Laymen's Missionary
Movement.
Thousands of men are needed who are
capable of making a persuasive presentation
of the missionary duty and work of
the Church. Every church needs the
advocacy of missions which its own pastor
can give, supplemented with the testimony
of other men, both ministers and
laymen, who are qualified to speak.
There is no denomination in "North
America that is doing more than a fraction
of its share of the missionary work
to be done. The missionary work of all
the churches needs to be lifted to a new
and permanent basis. Two conditions
must be fulfilled in accomplishing such a
result, viz.: a thorough-going educational
process about missions, and the adoption
of methods of missionary finance which
have proved to be effective. In other
words, intelligence and system are ess3ntial
Pla^y are now in successful operation
in nuiiareas 01 individual cnurcius
which, if generally adopted, would solve
the financial problem in missions. But
an army of advocates are needed to lead
the Church out .ato her privileges in this
regard. To produce that army of advocates
is the duty and opportunity of
the hour.
For the first time in this country a
series of Conferences is to be held this
summer for the express purpose of
creating effective missionary propagators.
How to present missions with
persuasive power to the men of the
Church will be the main theme at all of
these Conferences. A dozen related "questions
will be freely discussed by tne men
who attend. No one knows so much
about this subject that he can not learn
mo*e. So men of all grades are wanted ?
those who know most and those who
know least, provided both classes are
willing to learn more and to share what
they have learned.
Each topic is to be opened V two
brief addresses of ten minutes each, followed
by general discussion from the
flcor. It is hoped that every man who
comes will contribute something to the
su/'gestiveness of the discussions.
The Conferences will be held at the
following places And dates: f
Hot Springs, Ark., August 10-12.
Monteagle, Tenn., August 13-15.
Montreat, N. C., August 17-19.
Winona Lake, lad., September 1-3.
Mt. Gretna. Pa.. September 4-6.
Silver Bay, N. Y., September 7-9.
Further information can be secured by
addressing the Laymen's Missionary
Movement, No. 1 Madison avenue. New
York, or any of the Denominational Laymen's
Movements.
Splendid progress is being made in
the preliminary arrangements for Men's
Missionary Conventions next winter.
About seventy cities are on the tentative
schedule for the national campaign, including
the chief city in practically every
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State in the Union. Many requests are
being received from other cities for a
share in ttfe meetings. Fortunately, the
plan outlined for the campaign enables
any city or community in the nation to
participate actively in this greatest cooperative
educational effort ever undertaken
by the churches of this country.
The Missionary Boards have all endorsed
the campaign, and most of them are
making it tne chief feature of their work
for the coming year.
In addition to the regular secretaries
of the Movement in North America of
whom there are now fifteen who give
all their time to the work (including
secretaries of Denominational Laymen's
Missionary Movements), two other men
have been secured to act as "special field
secretaries" during the coming year, with
the cordial approval of the Mission
Boards with which they are affiliated.
These men are Dr. D. Clay Lilly, of
Nlcholasville, Ky., and Dr. J. B. Trimble,
of Kansas City. Dr. Lilly will represent
the Interdenominational Movement in
the arrangements for conventions
throughout the South, while Dr. Trimble
will organize about ten of the conventions
in the Central West.
Several of the best speakers among
the missionaries at home on furlough will
give the whole of next winter to this
campaign. Mr. George Sherwood Eddy,
one of the most effective speakers to men
to he fonnrt nnvwhero In rotumlnnr
his work in India, t-o give the winter
to this great united effort. Some speakers
will likely be secured from Great
Britain. The Canadian leaders have
promised th^ir co operation.
The National Missionary Congress, in
tehalf of World Brotherhood, which is
to be the culminating feature of the
. campaign, will be held in the Auditorium,
Chicago, May 3 to 6, 1910. At the invitation
of the Laymen's Missionary
Movement, this National Congress is to
be in charge of a commission of twentyseven
members, representing the nine
National Church Brotherhoods and the
International Committee of the Y. M. C.
A., aa well as the Laymen's Missionary
Movement. The Auditorium will only
accommodate 5,000 persons, so that the
number of commissioners will be autbmatically
limited by the capacity of the
hall.
.THE PRE8BYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF
NEW ORLEANS.
This is an appeal to Christian men and
women to assist in the care and relief of
the sick and suffering of a mighty city
and its surrounding country?and to do
so in the name of Jesus Christ, the
Great Physician.
New Orleans Is a city of at least <f)0,000
inhabitants and lies at the foot of
the .richest valley in the world. At its
wharves are to be seen Bhips of all nations.
Its streets throng with people
from the far corners of the earth. New
Orleans is not only great in wealth and
growing in Importance, but it is also, as
American cities go. old in years. It has
ne schools and splendid charitable in
H. July 14, 1909stltutlons
and many churches. But until
last January, although there are in it
35,000 professed members of white
Evangelical Chu'ches, it had no distinctly
Christian (In the Protestant sense)
institution nl hsx'u %g. Our Hospital has
been organized to supply this need.
Since its opening the Presbyterian
Hospital has gained an immediate place
in the life of the communltv Vrnm
first It has had the good wishes and
sympathy of all our citizenship, as was
proven by the large and representative
gathering on the day of its inception,
January 14, 1909. Month by month the
number of its patients has increased.
The good treatment of thesb has been
uniform, and a number of most satisfactory
cures have resulted. Full details of
our work are published quarterly by the
Board in thj daily papers.
The Hnsnltnl la nn/loi- ?* -
r.v~- .0 MUUVi tuc VUU11U1 Ul U
Board of Managers composed of the following
gentlemen: Rev. Dr. J. C. Barr,
president; Rev. J. W. Caldwell, secretady;
Mr. Alfred Raymond, treasurer;
Mr. John S. Talmage, Mr. George Egdorf,
chairman House Committee; Mr.
W. O. Hart, Rev. C. L. Nuurse, Mr. T. 8.
Witherspcon,. chairnym Finance Committee;
Mr. R. P. Hyams, Rev. C. S. Sholl,,
Mr. John McFetridge, H. Norwood Street,
M. D.
Although the Board of Managers are
required to be members of the Presbyterian
Church, the institution is in all
other respects strictly non sectarian.
Patients of every creed and condition
are heartily received, and no discrimination
in their treatment is made.
Our Medical Board is composed of tbe
following well-known physicians: D*.
John F. Oechsner, Dr. C. Jeff Miller, Dr.
D. C. Watson, Dr. C. L. McGehee, Dr. G.
F. Patton.
Theses are assisted in their several departments
by a visiting staff of twentytvso
of the best physicians in the city.
As yet our institution has been operated
only as a free clinic at No. 928
carondelet street. But now there is tremendous
pressure upon us to secure
larger and more suitable quarters, so
that we may not only meet the increasing
Remands for more departments tor
the clinic, but also that we may place
beds for the treatment of pay and charity
patients, whom we are turning away
almost daily for lack of room.
To meet these insistent demands we
need a larger support. Can you not help
us In one of these ways?
1. By a monthly subscription for a
larger or smaller amount, as you may be
ablp. If so, please sign the enclosed
blank and forward it promptly to Mr. Alfred
Raymond, No. 1324* Nashville avsnue,
New Orleans.
2. By a memorial famnri
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sum from $100 and $7,500 or over in memory
of some loved one, either to furriteh
equipment or t*> support a room or department
3. By an outright donation.
Make all donations to the Presbyterian
Hospital of New Orleans and send' all
checks or cash to the treasurer, Mr. Al