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Show El iaiimmeeii I ASSUMES SHAPE I ' Plan for Missionary Convention I ; : for Salt Lake City Takes I Dcllnite Form. 1 1 i IMPORTANT MEETING I ; HELD AT V. M. C. A. mm Cluircli Delegates Not Autlior-II Autlior-II izeri to Speak, and Another Bjy Meeting Is Needed. 9 , : At mretiiip. hold Stmdav afternoon 9 in ihc rooms of the Voting Men's Chris-H Chris-H ' J tiaii association, of representatives of 11 . tho cvanco'ical ohun'hcs of the city, ! ' it was decided to accept tho terms pro f y ; pocd for the holding of a'laj'jnan's . mifionnry convention in Salt Lake fl f curly in the sprinc. The date has not 9 1 jet been definitely decided upon, but ) the tentative time is tixod for March 9 s and 10. It may be, howovor, that the convention will be held as late as X Tho question uppermost in the discus jWf: sion at Sunday afternoon's, meeting Amt was the financial side of the conven- 'ion The report of the finance com-I; com-I; mitt ec expressed tho belief that a suf-H suf-H ", ficient sum of money rould easily be I tailed for the purposes of the couvcii-I couvcii-I j, tion. It was Miiruestcd that tho iotal would be only 4-1000 or liiOO. Three l: .i .udred or four hundred dollars of t bid I , sum would bo for the payment of speak-My. speak-My. era and the remainder 'would be used ' for tho payment of the secretary', the I' if.Mi.mce of. literature and other iuci-lv iuci-lv dental oxpeiiee?. I ' Another Meeting Necessary. I.i The suggestion was then-made that I, t:.e amount needed might Ire" raised b' I popular subscription a dollar registrn-I registrn-I Hon svslom was ono of t he plans, A I lew of the churches have already made I ; arrangements for raising their slinre of m': xpenscs, notably the I'hillip.s Congre-I Congre-I gntionnl. In the discussion is developed 1 I;' Jhat it might bo better if the move-I move-I j; liienl were given a more churchly as-II as-II pert', and, following nut tliif. idea, an-ft? an-ft? )ther meeting is called for Ilr.'IO o'clock Wr next Sunday afternoon in tho First i. Methodist church. I Owing to the fact that only a few I of l ho delegates representing Ihc I churches came with authoritv to speak - . Tor the churches or to mafic pledges 51 ; ; for tho church organizations, it was II; deemed the wiser course that another 3 I ! f meeting bo held, as stated, when all the ") I ' representatives will bring with thorn I lite power to assume responsibility. I The Nov. Ernest A. ilall, western I field vjcretarv of tho Presbyterian I church, was pre5cnt. lie explained the If aims and purposes of the layman's I' mowmont. IIo said the movement is l interdenominational and its ultimate ob-I ob-I t ject is to evangelize the entire world. 1 1 W ' "c l,,ovcmont 'tself does not semi out II missionaries, but merolv stimulates iu-II': iu-II': torost in church work, particularly II: among the mon. so that the work may 31 ' be extended through the regular chaii-HI chaii-HI tick of the various churches. J Many Addresses. mI ; : It K expected that at least a dozen 1 i of the motit prominent churchmen in the II L country both, layman and mijiistors. II wfn deliver addresi-o.4 al the convention. 5 II The estimated number of those who will HI ' attend is not less than n thousand. The flll evnngelicnl Christian churches look for-91 for-91 , ward to tho occasion with great inter-9 inter-9 It '" am enthusiasm, as was clearly man-all man-all I festo.J by tho discusisou at Sunday's l L meeting. |
