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Laymen’s Missionary Movement 
 United States and Canada 
 1 Madison Avenue 
 New York 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
 
 James M. Speers, Chairman 
 Lt.-Col. E. W. Halford, Vice-Chairman 
 Eben E. Olcott, Treasurer 
 
 William F. Cochran 
 N. F. Davidson (K.C. 
 Harry Wade Hicks 
 Frank A. Horne 
 George Innes 
 J. Edgar Leaycraft 
 Joshua Levering 
 Alfred E. Marling 
 Silas McBee 
 John R. Mott 
 
 S. W. 
 
 John R. Pepper 
 ) N. W. Rowell (K.C.) 
 Charles A. Rowland 
 Wm. J. Schieffelin 
 Joseph N. Shenstone 
 S. R. Smith 
 Robert E. Speer 
 W. C. Stoever 
 E. B. Sturges 
 Samuel Thorne, Jr. 
 Woodward 
 
 SECRETARIES 
 
 J. Campbell White, General Secretary 
 William B. Millar, General Secretary 
 W. E. Doughty, Educational Secretary 
 Frank W. Harold, Special Secretary 
 H. K. Caskey, Secretary in Canada 
 F. J. Michel, Field Secretary 
 
 19 South La Salle Street. Chicago, Ill. 
 
 D. Clay Lilly, Field Secretary 
 
 1026 Seventeenth Ave., South, Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 E. L. McCreery, Field Secretary 
 Room 1211, First Nat’l Bank Bldg.. Pittsburgh, Pa 
 
 C. C. Merrill, Field Secretary 
 
 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 
 
 H. F. Laflamme, Secretary for Western New York 
 Central Y. M. C. A., Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Frank B. Bachelor, Sec’y for Michigan and N.W. Ohio 
 321 E. Ann Street, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
 
 Wilbur L. Clapp, Secretary for Iowa, 
 Waterloo, Iowa 
 
Rational JHts&tonarp 
 Campaign 
 
 1915-1916 
 
 Convention Manual 
 
 Laymen’s Missionary Movement 
 1 Madison Avenue 
 New York 
 
Rational iHis&umarp 
 Campaign 
 
 FOREWORD 
 
 The Laymen’s Missionary Movement 
 with the hearty co-operation of the Mis¬ 
 sion Boards is organizing a National 
 Missionary Campaign for the season of 
 1915-16. Conventions will be held in 
 nearly all the leading cities of the United 
 States, beginning in October, 1915, and 
 closing with a National Missionary Con¬ 
 gress in Washington, D. C., April 26-30, 
 1916. 
 
 On the following pages will be found 
 some suggestions for local committees 
 as to the best methods of organizing 
 these conventions. These suggestions 
 are based upon the years of experience 
 of the Laymen’s Movement in this work 
 and should be studied and followed 
 carefully. 
 
PREPARATION 
 FOR CONVENTIONS 
 
 Organization of Convention Committee 
 
 The Convention Committee should be 
 composed of from fifty to one hundred 
 men and should always include the chair¬ 
 man or other representative of the 
 missionary committee of each com¬ 
 munion in the convention area. 
 
 The Committee should be made up of 
 as many as possible of the outstanding 
 leaders of the city. 
 
 The Convention Committee, which 
 should be composed of both clergymen 
 and laymen, has two main functions: 
 
 1. To prepare for the convention. 
 
 2. To conserve and extend the in¬ 
 fluence of the convention. The organ¬ 
 ization needed for this work is a Con¬ 
 servation and Extension Committee. 
 
 The Executive Committee mentioned 
 on the next page, together with the chair¬ 
 man or other representative of the 
 District Missionary Committee of each 
 
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communion and selected men who have 
 become interested during the convention 
 should constitute the Conservation and 
 Extension Committee. The committee 
 should secure a supply of the pamphlet 
 entitled, “ Conservation and Extension,” 
 as early as possible in the campaign, 
 study it with care and plan their con¬ 
 servation program in the convention 
 area. 
 
 The Convention Committee should 
 select the following: 
 
 Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary 
 and Treasurer of the Convention Com¬ 
 mittee, and the chairmen of the following 
 sub-committees: 
 
 1. Finance. 
 
 2. Publicity. 
 
 3. Statistics and Survey. 
 
 4. Deputation, Registration and 
 Literature. 
 
 5. Arrangements. 
 
 6. Prayer. 
 
 The other members of the sub¬ 
 committees should be appointed by the 
 Executive Committee as early as possible, 
 and should be promptly notified of their 
 appointment. 
 
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DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 I. The Executive Committee 
 
 The officers and the chairmen of the 
 sub-committees should be the Executive 
 Committee. Others may be added if 
 deemed desirable. 
 
 The Committee will have the imme¬ 
 diate oversight of the plans for the 
 convention and should make sure that 
 the different sub-committees do the work 
 assigned them. 
 
 II. The Committee on Finance 
 
 1. To draw up a budget and submit 
 it to the Executive Committee for ap¬ 
 proval. The budget should be adequate 
 to cover all needed expenses of the 
 organization of the convention and the 
 work of conservation. 
 
 2. To secure subscriptions for a 
 Guarantee Fund. In most cities the 
 larger part of the expenses will be 
 covered by the registration fees of the 
 delegates to the convention, but to pro¬ 
 vide against contingencies subscriptions 
 for a Guarantee Fund of about one-half 
 of the amount of the budget should be 
 secured to be drawn upon only in case of 
 necessity. 
 
 It is a fatal mistake to assess the 
 various churches or communions to 
 secure this fund. The best way to raise 
 
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it is in substantial amounts from a few 
 individuals, irrespective of their de¬ 
 nominations. 
 
 3. To receive and pay out all funds. 
 
 4. All bills to receive the O. K. of 
 the Chairman of the Finance Committee 
 before payment by the Treasurer. 
 
 III. The Committee on Publicity 
 
 1. To prepare information about the 
 campaign for all the papers within the 
 convention territory. Helpful material 
 may be secured by applying to the Lay¬ 
 men’s Missionary Movement, 1 Madison 
 Avenue, New York. 
 
 News items for the church press 
 should be prepared and forwarded by 
 men of each communion as far as 
 possible. 
 
 2. To secure and use in the local 
 newspapers, photographs, biographical 
 sketches and outlines of addresses of all 
 convention speakers, and as much other 
 missionary news as possible. Arrange 
 for a series of signed articles by local 
 men, on different aspects of the cam¬ 
 paign, and of the missionary problem. 
 The papers will use large quantities of 
 newsy material if it is provided for them. 
 
 3. To prepare programs, folders, 
 posters and any other printed matter 
 needed. 
 
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IV. The Committee on Statistics and Survey 
 
 1. To be composed of one repre¬ 
 sentative from each of the leading com¬ 
 munions in the convention territory. 
 
 2. To secure and print, prior to the 
 opening of the convention, comparative 
 statistics for the convention city, as in¬ 
 dicated on the next page. These should 
 be for the years 1904 and 1914 and 
 should be taken from the published re¬ 
 ports of each denomination, giving the 
 statistics for these years. A sufficient 
 quantity of these statistics should be 
 printed so that everyone who attends 
 the convention may have a copy of the 
 same. Sample statistical blanks may be 
 obtained from the Executive Secretary 
 of the convention or the Laymen’s Mis¬ 
 sionary Movement. 
 
 Other cities and towns in the con¬ 
 vention territory should be urged to pre¬ 
 pare local statistics for their own use. 
 
 3. To make a careful survey of the 
 immigration situation in the convention 
 city; the number and nationality of 
 foreign-speaking people in the city, to¬ 
 gether with the number and character 
 of the agencies at work among them, 
 and the approximate number not reached 
 by these agencies. In cities where this 
 problem is not a serious one, a survey of 
 other local conditions should be sub¬ 
 stituted. 
 
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 NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LAYMEN’S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT —(Place and date of Convention) 
 
V. The Committee on Deputation, Registra¬ 
 tion and Literature. 
 
 While the attendance of the pastors 
 and church officers should be especially 
 sought, yet a most urgent invitation 
 should be given to all men of the church 
 and congregation to register and attend 
 the sessions of the convention. 
 
 1. Devise ways and means for se¬ 
 curing delegates to the convention from 
 every congregation in the convention 
 territory—especially the pastors, church 
 officers and Missionary Committee 
 members. 
 
 2. Make a list of all the congregations 
 in the territory and secure a committee 
 in each congregation to take charge of 
 registration therein. 
 
 3. Enlist speakers who will co-operate 
 in visiting the congregations in the con¬ 
 vention area, to arouse interest in the 
 convention and to secure delegates. 
 
 4. Each congregation that has not 
 already done so should be led to appoint 
 a Missionary Committee, in advance of 
 the convention, 
 
 (a) To assist in securing delegates 
 to the convention. 
 
 (b) To attend the convention for 
 inspiration and to prepare for the 
 follow-up work. 
 
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5. The committee should work not 
 only through congregations, but also 
 through the Bible Classes, Brotherhoods, 
 Young Men’s Christian Associations, 
 and other organizations, to secure the 
 largest representation possible at the con¬ 
 vention. This should be done as far as 
 may be by personal visitation rather than 
 by correspondence. 
 
 6. A registration blank (see page 12), 
 should be printed and filled out for each 
 delegate and carefully filed. A list of 
 the delegates from each communion 
 should be sent to the correspondent 
 mentioned on the third page of the 
 cover of this pamphlet, or to their mission 
 board, as each communion may decide. 
 
 7. A delegate’s card should be given 
 to each delegate upon payment of the 
 registration fee. (Seepage 12). 
 
 8. To arrange the exhibit of literature 
 which will be provided at each con¬ 
 vention. 
 
 9. To attend to the distribution of 
 any free literature. 
 
 10. To stimulate the sale of the 
 pamphlets and books recommended at 
 the convention in order that the results 
 of the convention may thus be made 
 more permanent. 
 
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The Committee should print the fol¬ 
 lowing registration blank on white card¬ 
 board 3x5 inches in size. The printing 
 should be the long way of the card. 
 
 LAYMEN’S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT CONVENTION 
 
 (Name of City and Date of Convention) 
 
 Name. 
 
 Street Address. 
 
 City.State. 
 
 Church. 
 
 Official position. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 DELEGATE’S CARD 
 
 This card will admit 
 
 Mr. 
 
 to all sessions of the 
 
 Missionary Convention 
 
 to be held in (name of city). 
 
 on (date). 191.. 
 
 Registration fee $. . ., received, (date). . 
 
 191.. 
 
 (Signed). 
 
 Chairman Registration Committee 
 
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VI. The Committee on Arrangements. 
 
 1. To secure the place where the 
 convention is to be held, and to make 
 all other necessary local arrangements 
 for the convenience and effectiveness of 
 the convention. 
 
 The sessions of the convention should 
 all be held at the same place if practic¬ 
 able so as to make possible an effective 
 exhibit of literature and to avoid all con¬ 
 fusion as to the place of each session. 
 
 2. To furnish pianist or organist, 
 ushers, etc., at all sessions. 
 
 3. To arrange for the convention 
 supper. 
 
 Experience has shown that this feature 
 of the convention adds greatly to its 
 effectiveness and power, and should be 
 held, unless local conditions make it ab¬ 
 solutely necessary to omit it. An in¬ 
 expensive supper served by the ladies of 
 the churches is most satisfactory. Where 
 the convention opens on Sunday the 
 supper should be held on the closing 
 evening. It should be served as early as 
 the men can be assembled — not later than 
 six-thirty—and with the greatest possible 
 promptness, so as to leave the evening 
 free for the speaking part of the program. 
 
 It is very important that there be no 
 noise of dishwashing to interfere with 
 the after-supper speaking. Some other- 
 
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wise good meetings have been spoiled 
 by such disturbances. 
 
 4. Provide entertainment for all pas¬ 
 tors in the convention area outside of 
 the convention city. It is suggested that 
 each communion entertain its own min¬ 
 isters, and that the co-operation of 
 denominational district missionary com¬ 
 mittees be sought in securing the attend¬ 
 ance of ministers and providing for their 
 entertainment. 
 
 VII. The Committee on Prayer. 
 
 The success of the convention in its 
 spiritual results will depend largely upon 
 the work of this committee. 
 
 The prayer spirit should be cultivated 
 from the very beginning of the conven¬ 
 tion planning. 
 
 The mid-week meetings in the various 
 churches should be utilized, with special 
 topics relating to the convention and 
 the missionary enterprise. 
 
 Group meetings for prayer in homes 
 in different sections of the city should 
 be arranged. 
 
 An appeal for prayer for the conven¬ 
 tion should be sent to individuals. 
 
 Stated meetings of the committee 
 should be called for prayer. 
 
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 Every committee meeting should in¬ 
 clude a season of prayer and the entire 
 work should be planned and carried 
 forward in that spirit. 
 
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CORRESPONDENCE 
 
 General correspondence concerning the 
 campaign should be addressed to the Lay¬ 
 men’s Missionary Movement, 1 Madison 
 Ave., New York. Correspondence regarding 
 denominational plans should be addressed 
 to the following representatives of the re¬ 
 spective communions. 
 
 American Friends: 
 
 C. E. Tebbetts, Richmond, Ind. 
 
 Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church: 
 
 J. G. Dale, Chester, S. C. 
 
 Baptist Convention (Northern) : 
 
 John M. Moore, 23 E. 26th St., N. Y. 
 
 Baptist Convention (Southern) : 
 
 J. T. Henderson, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 
 Christian Church: 
 
 M. T. Morrill, C. P. A. Building, Dayton, Ohio. 
 Congregational Church: 
 
 R. L. Breed, 287 Fourth Ave., N. Y. 
 
 Disciples of Christ: 
 
 Stephen J. Corey, Box 884, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 Evangelical Synod of North America: 
 
 W. P. Krauss, Baltimore & Ed'en Sts., Baltimore, Md. 
 Lutheran Church, General Council: 
 
 C. L. Fry, 80S Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Lutheran Church, General Synod: 
 
 L. B. Wolf, 21 West Saratoga St., Baltimore, Md. 
 Lutheran Church, United Synod: 
 
 E. C. Cronk, Columbia, S. C. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church: 
 
 Fred B. Fisher, 150 Fifth Ave., N. Y. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, South: 
 
 C. F. Reid, 810 Broadway, Nashville, Tenn. 
 Methodist Protestant Church: 
 
 Fred. C. Klein, 316 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. 
 Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.: 
 
 David McConaughy, 156 Fifth Ave., N. Y. 
 
 Presbyterian Church in the United States: 
 
 Charles A. Rowland, Athens, Ga. 
 
 Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.: 
 
 John W. Wood, 281 Fourth Ave., N. Y. 
 
 Reformed Church in America: 
 
 H. A. Kinports, 25 E. 22d St., N. Y. 
 
 Reformed Church in the United States: 
 
 Wm. E. Lampe, 15th & Race Sts., Phila., Pa. 
 
 United Brethren in Christ: 
 
 J. S. Kendall, 607 U. B. Building, Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 United Presbyterian Church of North America: 
 
 Neal D. McClanahan, 200 N. 15th St., Phila., Pa.