The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-24
Permanent Ofranlaatfan.

Chattanooga. Tenn. April 23-The Laymen's Missionary movement of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, was permanently organized and offl- cers elected at today's session of the Laymen's Conference.
 The report of the Committee on Per- manent organizatfon. providing for a delegate convention to be held annual ly at such time as may be determined upon by an executive commiftee, was unanimously adoptd. There will be an executive committee Of nine laymen and the ssecnrtarrsof tae Board of Mis- sion. who win be ex-offcio member shall have full power tn act In the in terim of meetings of the Central Com mittee
 The Central Committes will consist of the conference lay leader from each annual conference to be chosen by the lay delegates to the annual conference, or in case of no election, to be ap- pointed by the conference Board of Mission. They are all to be at the call of the Executive Committee. There will be held a delegated conference every two years at such time ana place, and with such delegation as the Central Committee may determine. The ofh- cers and Executive Committee shall be chosen by the Central Committee at the time of each biennial conference. Vacancies may be filled by the Execu- tive Committee. There shall be con- ference committee in each annual con- ference. It shall be composed of one lay leader from each presiding elders district, who shall be elected annually by the lay delegates to the district conference. The leader of the annual conference shall be ex oficio chairman of this committee. The principal
 A.. Nxxor ffNF xNya a Josiah Strong of New York. whose sub feet was "The Challenge of the City"
 At the afternoon session. I. M. Pen nington of Eatonton, Ga. spoke on The Work of the Lay Leader sn the Church.
 He laid downt hree general proposi- tions:
 First-That work :s of high birth and holy parentage.
 Third-The lay leader is of noble and divine calling.
 Third-The church is of divine ori-
 The lay leader is a man chosen from the rank and file to do ordinary, not extraordinary work. The successful leaders in all ages have been layrnen A leader should not seek to do all of The work himself. He should organ ize. Leaders have different qualifiea-
 There are signs of. relief for the .overworked clergy, campaign of education has been going on steadily for nearly a century. The leader should Rave bis corps of assistants see that ,sIl of the financial obligations of his church are met in full.
 Election of Omcers.
 The following officers were elected:
 President. J. R. Pepper, Memphis.
 First Vice President. c. H. Ireland. Greensboro, N. C.
 Second Vice President. Judge P D. Newman. mond. Manguin. Okla.
 Secretary, G. W. Cain. Nashville. Tenn.
 treasurer, F. M. Derrick.
 At the night session, J. Campbell White of New York, spoke on "A world Camnaign for Missions" and Bishop F R Hendricks of Kansas City talked of The Supreme Obligation of the
 At the morning session. Samuel E. canens. chairman of the Laymens Missionary movement, delivered an address on which he said among other things: .. bavstacks at Williamson. five stu dents held a prayer meting, the re- suit of which was the beginning ot modern foreign missionary work in this country. Then there were but seven societies in all the world To- day there are over 400 societies. 15.00O trained missionaries. 921,0o0 native helpers. 26,OO0 stations, and out sta tions. nearly 100 colleges with 35.o0O students and l.25O boys and girls Tn high and common schools Christion hospitals and ,dispensaries have been opened up among the non christian nations, and 2,50O,OO0 patients were ministered to last year.
 'Tn the various missionary presses there are nearly 400.000.00 pages nrinted every year. The United States gave last year $10.0OO.OOO for foreign missionary work. The laynens' mis- slonary movement Is new. and has been anproyed by the mission hbards of the UnIted States and Canada h Eng