The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16


 sound of the churches live thousands who never see the inside of a church.
 .he cause for this, de declared, with regre., to be a fundamental trouble, Pharisaism an unsuspected hypocrisy among church members whose acts were the prime influence in keeping the un- saved out of the churches. He deplored such state of affairs and urged united action upon the part of ministers and laymen to remove the cause and restore the purity of the church as body
 Afternoon Session.
 Yesterday afternoon, on account of the absence of several of the speakers on the evangelistic programme pr. Walton turned over the meeting to Chairman Rowland of the laymens movement. He introduced the first speaker, the Rev. H. r. Williams of Nashville editor of "The Missionary" He spoke upon, ''The Lay mems Movement and What It Stands For" and in a very earnest manner showed how important the organization Is.
 The beginning of the great movement was traced from little "hay stack prayer meetings and womens societies, until 1t spread out into hundreds of agencies ln- cluding the Young Mems Christian as- sociation, the Young Peoples societies, and had now culminated in two all impor-
 
 this conference and the students Volun- teer movement.
 Mr Williams insisted upon the impor- tanee of men in missionary work, and that they prepare themselves with D knowledge of the field and the conditions at home, so that the proper apportion- ment could be made and the church could enter upon it's share of the work fear lessly.
 de considered the movement against the heather not a desperate and dangerous charge, but a siege of the fortress or heathenism and said that the millions of unreached were continually challenge to those who know Christ.
 Rowland Explains Movement.
 Chairman Rowland then told of the ob- jects of the founders of the interdenomi- i, national movement at their first session in New York He said that the first was ito start a campaign of education and the last to send centennial comms- sion to the foreign mission field, that 1t might return and give each conference an exact idea of the work to be done. It IS to be composed entirely of business men, and he wanted ten from the southern Presbyterian church.
 He also unfolded a complete plan by which the members of the conference would go back to their churches or ganize home mission committees, spread the movement into their churches and denominations, and finally have city and county cooperative committees. With the whole work in charge
 The Rev w. S. Marquis of Rock Island. Ills, told of the Missionary Methods for Men in the Local Churches" He em- phasized the fact that the place for men is in the battle front. while women duty was in the peace of the home. lie said the mother, the wife, nor the pastor could represent the men in the church. The pastor needed them to stand with him in the pulpit, and use their Influence in personal work. He said there was to much Let the women do the work The speakers closing words were:
 "Tomorrow's a myth, Get busy forthwith, TodayS a fact,
 Act. man. act"
 Morning Session.
 At the meeting yesterday morning the first speaker on the programme was pr. l S. H. Chester of Nashville. secretary of the executive committee. Dr. Chesters s l subject was "A Brief History of our Mission Fields" He stated at the be- 1 ginning of his remarks that as yet he | had found no one opposed to the laymen's s i missionary movement. The next speaker was w. H. Raymond 1 of Nashville MT. Raymond is chairman of the executive committee of the south i ern Presbyterian church. His subject was, Our Immediate Needs. 1 Following MT, Raymond, w. H. For 1 syth NJ. D., of Chunju, Korea, addressed ! the conference on Urgency in Korea. i The closing address of the morning ses- sion was made by the Rev. w. M. An | derson of Nashville. chairman of the ex- ] ecutive committee of foreign missions, whose subject was, Opportunity and