The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-15
CHURCHMEN GATHER
PRESBYTERIAN COMMISSIONERS IN
BIRMINGHAM.
Evangelistic Conference As Preliminary
To Work OF General Assembly.
Will BE In session Ten


Birmingham, May 14.-(Special.)-
Commissioners and delegates to the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the South are arriving here
on every train. Committees are meet
ing these Visitors and showing them
the way to the homes to which they
have been assigned for the meeting
which begins Thursday.
Many pastors and laymen are here
already attending the evangelistic con-
ference and missionary conference
among Ae laymen and business men.
The eyangeiistic conference is being
held in the First Presbyterian Church
and the attendance is large.
The missionary conference among
laymen was held in The parlors of the
Florence Hotel this afternoon followed
by a banquet tonight The missionary
conferences among laymen, business
men and those attending the evangel-
istic conference viii take place tomor-
row at the First Presbyterian Church.
Several short talks were made at the
evangeIistic conference this morning by
DR.. Marion McH. Hull, of Atlanta, ana
Alfred Mason, of Memphis. on Per
sonal work" DR.. l.. s. Handley, of
Birmingham, spoke on the same as did
Or. Stebbins, Of Rochester. n. Y. Rev.
r. o. Finn, d. D., of Atlanta, spoke
on THE Hour for Action and the Ac-
ton of the Hour" Rev. S. c. Cald-
well, D d., of Hazelhurst. Miss. ad-
dressed the conference on THE Need OF
Evangelistic Missions In the southwest.
Rev. d. Clay Lilly. of Winston-salem,
N. C.. spoke on Conservatism and
Progress"
Rev. ]. Wilbur Chapman, D. D., cor
responding secretary of the General
Assembly's committee on evangelistic
work of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States of America, was the
principal speaker at this afternoons
session and at the night session.
At the laymen's missionary meeting
this afternoon at the Florence Hotel.
Rev. J. o. Reavis. of Nashville; Rev.
w. r.. Dobbyns, D. D., of st. Joseph,
Mo-, and J. Campbell White, of New
York city, were the principal speakers.
The Joint conference tomorrow at the
First Christian Church promises to be
well attended and will be interesting.
All preparations arc made FOR the
General Assembly which begins Thurs
dav and will continue for ten days.
Mr. white, who comes here from New
York city, will leave Friday on for
eign trip.
A conference will be held between
the Iaymen's missionary movement
and the laymen commissioners to the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, at the First Christian Church
tomorrow.
The exercises will begin at $3.50
o'clock and the following program will
be carried out
Morning Session.
The Present situation.
e.ao TO 10 o'clock-Devotional exer-
cises and prayer. Rev. w. L. Lingie'
Atlanta, Ga.
10 to 1890 o'clock-Brief Survey OF
Our Mission Fields, Rev. S. Fl. Ches-
ter, d. D., Nashville Iehh'' secretary
executive committee =,
our Immediate Needs, Mr.. w. H.
RAYMOND. chairman finance committee
of executive committee, Nashville
Urgency in Korea, Mr. w. H.
Forsyth. NJ. D.. Chunju. Korea
II: 80 to u 80 o'clock-Claims and OPP
portunities of the Hour Rev. w: M,
Anderson. Nashville. Tenn, chairman
executive committee of foreign mis-
sions.
Announcements. .>s
| Afternoon Session.
The Laymen's Missionary move
ment." w..
Spirit and Missions, Rev. s. M Neel'
%. b., Kansas City, ex-moderator gem
eral assembly.
to 4.So o'clock-The Laymen's
Movement: What 1t stands For Rev.
II. r. williams. Nashville. Tenn, edi-
tor of 1.-The Missionary" The Centen-
NAL Commission. and City and County
Co Operative Committees, by members
of general committee of the move
ment. Relation to Mems Brotherhoods'
Mr. Uwsley Sanders, Richmond, va. AS
a Force to Interest Men. DR.. NJ. McH.
Hull Atlanta, Ga.
4:SO to $50 o'clock-Missionavy
Methods for Men in the Local Church
Rev. w. S. Marquis, d. D.. pastor
broadway Presbyterian Church ROCK
Island, ILL.,. and synodical chairman
foreisn missionary committee.
The negro evangelistic committee OF
the General Assembly of the Presby-
terrain Church held a meeting today
Their report to the assembly will be
released tomorrow showing good work
done during the past year.
Five graduates Will be turned out at
Stillman Institute this year. one of
them to go to Congo in mission work.
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