Show ON FOREIGN MISSIONS Growth Shown by Speakers at Ecumenical Ecu-menical Conference Now York April 2ihe laymens missionary meeting of the Ecumenical conference which was held tonight filled Carnegie hal from platform to the last row of the upper gallery Hundreds wore unable to get Into the building John D Rockefeller and 0 party of ladles occupied a box President Seth Low of Columbia university uni-versity railed the meeting to order and made the opening address Before Be-fore the speakers entered upon tho platform Ira D Sanliey stirred the audience with several hymns Hon Samuel B Cnmpen of Boston president of the American Board of Foreign Missions traced the growth of foreign missions In L general way He cited the Sandwich islands as probably prob-ably the best example of the power of the spirit of the gospel There InHt year the 500 Christians gave onefifth as much for foreign missions as the iIOOOOO members of the Congregational church In this country 1 Judge David Graham Barkley of England spoke of mission work In India I Hon W J Northern former Governor Gov-ernor of Georgia and president of the Southern Baptist convention dls euHHcd the relation of laymen to missions mis-sions He said that he was In the city for no purpose but to attend this conference con-ference and had missed only ono session ses-sion Former Mayor Schclren of Brooklyn and Rev Dr George Schall of Baltimore Balti-more spoke brletly Gen II Converse of Philadelphia the locomotive manufacturer manu-facturer said the laymen have the privilege of bringing the ammunition from the magazines to the missionar Ice who arc tho men behind the guns I A large number of sectional meetings I I meet-ings were held throughout the various churches at which topic under discus I alon was missionary work In foreign land II I I |