The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
LAYMEN TALK CHURCH WORK Missionary Movement Convention Yesterday. MANY PoINTsoF VIEW OFFERED Methodists Ardently Discuss Vari-
 ous Phases of Subject. Speakers on Program Are Men Noted For Intelligence and Eioauenee
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 Mission Fund.
MANY PoNTs0F VIEW OFFERED

The second session of the Laymens Montgomery Movement Convention or the Southern Methodist Conference Of Alabama united with that of the West Florida Conference, was opened in the Court Street Methodist Church yes. terday at g o'clock with devotional ser vices led by the chairman of the meet ing. Judge Albert E. Barnett of opelika. The auditorium was not near ly so well filled as 1t was on the ses- sion of the previous night, but those who attended and sat through the exer- cises were more than repaid.
 The program of speakers and their. subjects was of more than usual i'm terest and was very practical in its nature. The subjects were thorough. ly correlated. that the full effect Of the great movement which is being undertaken by. the churches of the world might be thoroughly understood.
 The speakers on the program were men known throughout the South for their clearness of expression and their brilliancy in speech. Bishop H. C. Morrison. Rev. W. ". Pinson, D. D., of Nashville, Tenn, Mack Fetherstone of Greenville, and others took up the subject under a different head in turns. s'
 Rev. J. T. Mangum, of Enterprise. the first speaker. took the topic The Laymen's Missionary Movement in It's Relation to Church Work" with especial reference to How 1t May Help The Conference" Mir. Mangum said the movement was to help the conference by the increased attendance upon the district conferences and gem eral meetings of the church. By the movement the church and its workers were to be better, co-ordinated .6
 How It May Help the District" was discussed by Mack Featherstone, or Greenville. Mir Featherstone empha- sized the remarks of Mir. Mangum with especial reference to his topic.
 How fit May Help the Country Church" was discussed by Rev. J. +. Price of Clanton. MT. Price dealt with the present lack of church loyalty. and the conditions of country churches at the present time. Mir Price said that the movement being so successfully inaugurated would place the church above the home as it should be, and would greatly reinforce the church loyalty. and pride in beautiful sur roundipgs for the. house of God
 Rev. ". W. Pinson, D. D.. of Nash. vile. Tennessee Mission Secretary of the Southern Conference, spoke upor how the movement Would Help the Station Churches" pr. Pinson said that there was sometimes too, much pride in the church building and sur roundings. and not enough spirituality. By the movement which was being in- augurated this would be in a great measure corrected, and the membership would have true spiritual vision and wider views of church problems
 Bishop H. c. Morrison, of Birming- ham. followed with a speech of great power.
 He declared that the Laymen's Move ment was but an awakening of force that had long been dormant He re- viewed the awakenings which had taken place in the past among the laity, especially among the women and children. This movement the Bishop declared to be nothing more than q mobilization men of the church in carrying the gospel to the ends of the earth.
 Bishop Morrison declared that just as God overflowed in unselfishness in the attonement upon humanity, so this taymen's movement is an overflowing of a newly found spirit of unselfish- ness.
 After Bishop Morrison's address the following committees were appointed:
 On permanent organization Nj. LiEhtfoot of Brundidge, R. O. Simpson of Furman. and T. H. ,DeLoach.
 On nominations-W R. Flowers of Dothan, G. S. Lyenby of Forest Home, ana GeOFBe D. GdttcTSon
 Afternoon Session.
 The afternoon session was opened by the chairman, Judge Barnett of Ope- lika. The report of the committee on reso- Iutions was called for, but the chair man announcing that it was not quite ready to report, the first item of the program Study and Prayer as Related to the Maintenance of Missionary In- terest" by Thomas S. Davis, of Hurts boro. was called for
 Mir Davis responded that after hear ing the talks of the morning session, he found much of what he had in mind to speak had already been said The ground in both thought and speech has already been adequately covered by better speakers" said Mir. Davis. but I will emphasize some of it."
 "Whatever men put their thought and energy, into; that thing they love. Their own personality is in it. and for that reason alone they. must love their