The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-16
FU3THER|NC THE
MISSIONARY CAUSE
dieting of Presbyterian
laymen's Movement
PLAN LARGER THINGS

pe, charles A. Rowland Presiding
Conference Gives Promise OF Being
tho Most Successful Eve Held at
Misunderstanding Addresses Have
POO, Deliyercd-An Ideal Place for
Conference.
Hy MAMIE BANS.
77antrcat. Aug. 13.-Montreat, which
ro,- appropriately be knOWn as the
..-r7mer house" OF the Southern Pres
1yr.rfan church, has proven this sea-
er more alphabetically tina ever be-
fore 10 be a success. If the time ever
w. when Montreal was regarded as
O.. experiment. which might prove I'M
c-+atn If success, that time is in he
Dasf 1t was less than ten years ago
that the Mountain Retreat Association
1s-~ched the plan of a Summer As
sambIv Ground as a place of recrea-
tfo7. education, and rest, and selected
g. the location the beautiful spot
which through these years has grown
dear to scores and hundreds of Pres
blterians and theirs who have sought
and found the quiet helpfulness of the
place from summer to summer.
Three years ago regular summer as
sembIy meetings were held at Mon
treat. and the same plan has been fol-
lowed the three succeeding summers.
These meetings from year to year have
emphasized the fact that Montreal is
not an experiment, but an enterprise
OF success,
This fact has not been emphasized
more fully IN any summer conference
than in that Of the Laymen's Mission
ary Movement which is holding a sue
CeSsfuI conference here at this time.
Every hotel and boarding house Is
crowded with visitors, and representa-
tive laymen and ministers are here TO
attend the conference, coming from
several Of the States in the South.
The men Of the Southern PresDyte-
rsn church were organized into the
IaEmen's Missionary Movement at
Birmingham, in May, 1897, and each
year since then the 1aymen have
helQ an annual conference at Mon
frat Mr., Chas. A Rowland, chair
man of the movement, and Rev. Chas-
Il Pratt, secretary, have been untir-
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ference this year the most successful
Of the four held at Montreal, and such
u gives every promise to be. The pro-
gram provides fer conference and
discussion Of the various questions of
Importance to the Layrnen's Move
ment during the morning session and
provides speakers Who deliver adj
dresses fGIl of information concerning
8ne great missionary enterprise in the
evening.
Rev D. Clay Lilly, D, D, of Rich
mond. who was the Director of the
southern itinerary Of the convention
campaign Of the National Laymen's
Missionary Movement during asst win
Ter and spring, is presiding over the
conference here. No man in the
south is in closer touch with the Lay
mems Movement than Dr. Lilly, and
no man IS better known and more
AISnIF honored for his splendid work
~ the missionary enterprise The
success Of the Southern itinerary was
cue ina large degree to his executive
@alty, Intellectual strength, and con-
sTofaton, and the same is true of his
m.'l6hGe in the conference here at
u. time
'iEmen in this conference are
ag larger and better things for
coming years, and this meeting
-. tell for good throughout the
A. /. Phillips, D. d, Of Rich
12'aa. one Of the best known men III
~ 'n1rch, is platform manager of
' fAlre summer program at Mon
He has brought into his work
r-e the same enthusiasm and earn
-9Ss which characterizes all the
i & mat he undertakes, and to him
pL',@1l> due the successful seaSon
+lpntreaI is now enjoying.
program of all the conference
H.. I'd 50 arranged that only morn
ira -"" eFenig sessions are held, leav-
an5 me afternoons open for recreation
~, lIa~ Recreation and social en-
trr. WI are provided in. mountain
t@.@ BAH, tennis, and other forms Of
0rmrlatnment.
p]a,. children are provided with a
tca@t oQh and with a kind ergarten
dali. 70 take. special charge Of the