The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
COMING MEETING
 |S SIGNIFICANT Several Thousand Church Members Will Assemble UPRISING OF THE LAYMEN Ambassador Bryce of England Will Address the Gatherng-one of the
 Most Important Meetings
 Ever Held.
UPRISING OF THE LAYMEN

Nashville, Tenn, April 1S.-(speeial. "A meeting of most unusual significance is to be held in Chattanooga April 21-23. It will be meeting of representative laymen of the Southern Methodist church. Over 1000 delegates have been chosen from the entire territory represented by this church. These laymen from all the various walks of life meet to consider the great question of the worlds evangel- ization. Considered from any standpoint it will be one of the most important meetings ever held in the south The most thorough preparations are being made for the entertainment and conduct of the meeting. The citizens of Chatta- nooga are doing all in their power to insure successful gathering. Mayor Crabtree, Mir W. G. M. Thomas and Senator Faust are among those who are interesting themselves in the local ar engagements The great Auditorium, which will seat 1000 people, has been se- cured for the programme. It includes such men as Bishops Wilson, Hendrix and Candler; Mr William T. Ellis, who has made circuit of the globe studying
 
 syndicate of newspapers; Dr. Josiah Strong, author and lecturer, New York city; Hon. s. B. Capen, IL. D., Boston, chairman of the Laymens Missionary movement MT. J. Campbell White, New York city, secretary of the Laymen's Mis- sionary movement.
 The conference will be honored with the presence of the Hon. James Bryce, ambassador from Great Britain. MT. Bryce has been for 30 years a member of Parliament and is one of the most representative of living Englishmen. His masterpiece, "rhe American Common wealth." is one of the great books of the nineteenth century. On Tuesday, evening, April 21, at the opening hour of the conference, MT. Bryce will speak on '"rhe Mission of the Stronger Races to the Weaker" American laymen will thus have an opportunity to hear the views of a great statesman on the question of Christian responsibility, Other parts of the programme not indicated should be judged from the names of those who are to take part, up to very high level of interest.
 This is an age of great movements and of the study of worldwide problems. It is also an age of vast combinations Of men for great undertakings. This meet ing is representative or DOln these 11Ou- ern ideas. It is the gathering together of busy, earnest men who do things to study and prepare for their part in the doing of the greatest of all things-the evangelization of the world. It Is rep resentative of the uprising of the laymen to bravely and nobly take their places in the ranks of Christianity's conquering forces.
 These picked men out of member tl, rnill a will represent brains, energy and finan- cial aBfiity sufficient to accomplish great things. They will receive inspiration from this meeting. doubtless, which will send them back to their representative sections to spread the contagion of their enthusiasm, Various cities are stirring up large delegations. Memphis, the home of MT. John R. Pepper, chairman Of the movement in this church, is getting ready to send 8, large delegation. Several special trains will be run to Chattanooga and a number of cars have already been chartered for delegates from both east and west of the Mississippi river.
 The city of Chattanooga is to be con graduated on securing this great meet ing and the church on the mighty infiu- ence it is destined to wield in it's great work.