The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-15
LAYMEN'S MISSION MOVEMENT STARTS
 AMID ENTHUSIASM.
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 Presbyterian Church" was the subject of an interesting address by the Rev w. R. Dobyns of St. Joseph, Mo, and was followed by a syllabus on Ihe Home Problem"
 The address of J. Campbell White or New York, secretary of the movement on "The Centennial Commission as Ke- lated to Our Work" was the last item on the programme, after which the delegates were given trolley rlde over the city, ending at the hotel.
 Banquet Served Last Night.
 The banquet served last night Tn their honor was quite successtul ar fair. and the first day closed with the movement we'll launched. Here is the programme which was carired out, A. M. Scales, Greensboro. N. C., presiding; Invocatfon, the Rev. Egbert w. Smith. D. D., Louisville, Ky.
 Address, "The Laymens Missionary Movement" by J. Campbell Whlte,. New York, general secretary or the movement.
 Report of Organization Committed
 Future Policy and Plans
 Benediction, the Rev. Melton Clark Greensboro, N. c.
 Programme for Today.
 Today the sessions will be held in the First Christian church on Fifth avenue and Twenty first street, and this programme will be carried out:
 Morning Session-The Present Situa- ton: 9:30-10:00, Devotional Missions and Prayer, the Rev. W. l. Lingle, At 1anta Ga.; Brief Survey of Our Mis- sion Fields. the Rev. s. H. Chester, D. D., Nashville, Tenn, secretary Of executive committees; Our Immediate Needs" MT. w. H. Raymond, chairman finance committee of executive com mittee, Nashville, Tenn; Urgency in Korea" w H. Forsyth, M. D., Chunju, Korea; 11;SO-12:30 Claims and Oppor- tunity of the Hour" the Rev. w. M. Anderson, Nashville, Tenn, chairman executive committee of foreign mis- sions. Announcements.
 Afternoon Session-The Laymen's Missionary Movement; 2:S0-9:OO, Devo- tional-Holy Spirit and Missions the Rev. s. M. Neel, D. D., Kansas City, ex-moderator general assembly, 3:OO- 4:30, "The Laymens Movement; What It Stands for" the Rev. H. F. Will Hams, Nashville, Tenn, editor of The Missionary; "The Centennial Commis sion and City and County Co-opera- tive Committees" by members of gen. eral committee of the movement; Re lations to Mems Brotherhoods," MT Owsley Sanders, Richmond, Va; "As a Force to Interest Men," Dr. M. Nell. Hull, Atlanta, Ga.; 4:30-5:30, Mis- sionary Methods for Men in the Local Church" the Rev. w. s. Marquis, D. D., pastor Broadway Presbyterian church, Rock Island H., and synodical chairman, foreign missionary commit tee.
 Evening Session = Responsibility; T:30. Opening Exercises, the Rev. E. D. Dougall Florence, Ala; 7:45-9:3O, The Need of Missions-Men," the Rev. D. Clay Lilly, D. D., Winston Salem, N G.; "The Distinct Responsibility of the Presbyterian Church, U. s. in Foreign Lands," the Rev. J. O. Reavis, Nash vile, Tenn, secretary of foreign mis- sions.
 Report of Organization Committee. ! Benediction, the Rev. James H. Tay- Tor, Washington, D. c.
 k All Denominations Interested. , All laymen of all denominations are especially urged to be present at all the sessions. This is a matter that is not exclusively confined to the Pres byterians, but the laymen's movement is being fostered and encouraged by all denominations.
 The Southern sBaptists will hold a similar meeting in Richmond, Va, on the 16th in connection with the South ern Baptist convention. Many regard this as the most advanced step looking to the evangelizatoin of the world that the church has taken in many years. The sessions will be of lively interest to every one and all are cor dially invited
 Formerly Missionary in India.
 J. Campbell White, who comes from New York to Birmingham to make an address at the laymen's mission con- ference, was formerly a missionary in India Until recently he was the head or movement of the United Pres- oyterian church which was directed to interesting the men of that denomina- ton In large advance in the contri- buttons to foreign missions.
 Ills success in this work attracted the attention of the leaders in the or eanization and extension of the great interdeneminatienal laymen's mission ry movement and he was asked to become its general secretary
 MT. White Is a forceful speaker and q successful organizer. As the Southern Presbyterian church is the first to or ganize the men in this form of mis- sionary enterprise, he has given the Birmingham meeting the preference. Following this conference. MT. White roes to Europe in the interest of the