The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
METHODISTS
 WILL CONVENE Convention in Chatta- nooga is Most Notable. TO CONSIDER EvANGELIzATIoN Delegates of Southern Church Will
 Gather in April. Bishops to be Present--speakers win Include Ambassador Bryce and other Notable Persons = En-
 tire Program. &
TO CONSIDER EvANeEllzArIoN

A meeting of most unusual slgnif canoe is 10 be! held in lChattahooka April z1, z2 and 23. It will be meet ing of representative -laymen of the Southern Methodist Church. over one thousand 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 evanRelization.
 Considered from any standpoint it will be one of the nest important meet ings 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 a successful gathering. Mayor Crabtree. W. c. NJ. Thomas and Sena- tor Faust. are among those who are ifi- terestins themselves in the local ar rahgemehts. The. great Auditorium, which will seat four thousand people, has seen secured for the sessions The best talent to be had has been secured for ths program. If includes such men as Bishops Wilson. Hendrix and candief ". f. Ellis. who has made q circuit 6f the globe studying mission fields. as q representative of a syfidi- cate Of newspapef pr. Josiah Strong, author ana lecturer, New York City; Hon S. B. Capen. ILL. D., Boston. Mass Chaifn1an Of the LAymef's Missionary Movement: Mir J. Campbell White, New iYork City, Secretary of the Lay- men Missionary Movement.
 The Conference will be honofed with the presence of the Hon. James Bryce Ambassador from Great Britain. Mir. Bryce has been for thirty years a member of Pafliment and Is one of the most srepresehtative of living English men His masterpiece The American conArn6nwealtht' is one of the great books of the Nineteenth Century: on oren4nS heur of the Conference. Mr. Bryce wIlI speak on "The Missien of ths stronger races to the Weaker" American laynnef will thus have an op- portunity to hear the views of great statesman on the question of Christian responsibility: Other parts ,a o tne Judged from the names of those who are to take part. up to a very high
 Tnis is an aes of great movements and 6f the study of worldwide prob lem. It IS also an age of vast combi- nations of men for great undertakings rhis meeting is representative Of both these modern Ideas. It is the gather- inr together of busy earnest men who ao things to study Faf1d prepare for tbeir part fn the doing of tfie seratest of aIl fhfnas--tlfe- 5 4vang geliSation Of the vvorfd. It ie represented tfvs 6f tfe. uprising ef the 1ayrnen to bravely and nobly take their places in the ranks of Christianlty,s condiiering forces ss
 These plcked men out of member ship af rsfdrs than 4 million and 4 half viii reprssent brains. energy and hfiaf- eial ability sufficient to accomplish great things. They will receive in- spiration from this meeting d6dbtless which will send them back to their representative sections tc spread the contagion of their enthusiasm. Va rious cities are stirring up large dele- ratfofs. Memphis, the home of Mfr John R. Pepper Chairman of the Move ment In this Church. is getting ready to send large delegation. Several special trains will be run to Chatta- nooga, and q number of cars have all ready been chartered for delegates from both East and West of the Miss isippi river.