The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
ASK MISSIONARIES ID ASSEMBLE HERE c. V. Vickery Gives Illus
 trated Lecture 
 TO LECTURE TONIGHT New York Secretary Will Appear at First Methodist Church-Cam- paigning for Missionary
 Exposition Next May
TO LECTURE TONIGHT

first meeting here last evening at the Southside Baptist church and announced that tonight at the public mass meeting to be held at the First Methodist church, a campaign would be launched to arrange fer the maintenance of secretary in the southern field and to land the missionary exposition for Birmingham next May. This meeting was in the nature of din- ner and address by C. M. Vickery gen. erul secretary of the movement whose headouarters are In New York city, and Dr. Cook, chairman of the advisory board of southern missionary societies located in Nashville. The banquet tables were arranged on either side of the Sunday school room where the canvass for tho motion films was hung and those pres ent adjourned for the lecture after din- Ter. The guests included number of pastors, Sunday school superintendents and mission leaders.
 Dr. w. F. Evans, rector of the Church of the Advent and chairman of the local committee of arrangements, extended greetings to the visitors and expressed wishes for a successful session in this city on behalf of the religious workers. pr. Cook was the next speaker and from .he standpoint of a man who has exper- fenced field missionary work, pointed out the great need for an officer of this kind regularly employed to organize and sys- teinatize southern missions.
 The Rev L. D. Patterson, secretary or the local committee, followed Dr. COOK with u short speech of thanks to the com mittee for their co-operaion, and refer- red to pr Preston Blakes absence on ac- count of illness with regret as he was one of the most active members of the con mittee. He also indorsed the idea ol supporting a field secretary for the south and retold the gains to accrue from such an official.
 The company then removed into the Sunday school room for the steriopticon views and to hear MT. Vickery relate his experiences while engaged in making the films of foreign mission fields and other explanatory features of the Missionary Educational Movement Views were flash ed of the summer conference held each year at Silver Bay. N. Y. which is the West Point Academy" for training mis- sionary volunteers The mission workers which this conference inspires to become lat torers in foreign countries would con- stitute the population of small town, stated Mir Vickery The next scenes were these of the acreage on top of the Blue Ridge mountains owned by the Asheville N C., branch of the movement, who are raising funds for the erection of pernla- nent home for the summer conferences held there John D. Rockefellow has al- ready donated $5o.ooO with the proviso that Asheville should raise s43Oo0, all of which, with the exception of s5o00 has been sub scribed.
 The motion and stationary view of the Chinese, Japanese, Indian and African present day religious worship and idol etry along side of the remarkable changes wrought by the coming of the mission ary, were a revelation. No orator could convey the conditions existing in those countries as forcibly as the pictures and they are in themselves an education. Mir. Nickery told many interesting incidents connected with each picture and described the customs of the foreign people that needed to be reformed for humanitys sake.
 They were followed by views of the missionary exposition held in Boston last April and May, and these were so impress slve that every person present became an enthusiast for the exposition in Birming- ham, This will be discussed at the meet lug tonight, when it is expected that Commissioner Exum will be on hand to o;t, ,i,1, will be backed up by the bushes inter- ests.
 In speaking of the exposition as a Bir- mngham possibility. John L. Parker said:
 q believe it would be a wonderful thing for Birmingham and have no doubt that the business men would see it as one of the greatest attractions for the city ever held in this city. People from all over the south would come here to visit It.
 We would be spared the expense of building and grounds as the fair .asso- citation would let us have the fair grounds free and the guarantee fund of about $.5,0oo would be somewhat cheaper than any other city could have it. for they would have to rent such a building The fund will have to be in the bank before the exposition ever opens and should there be any profits made, the donors would receive the benefit, as admission will be changed on each of the 20 days composing the exposition period Should there be deficit, they would likewise he the losers.
 "Eyeryoody should have the pleasure oi hearing and seeing Mr. Vickery and his pictures at the First Methodist church."
 Among those present at the Southside Baptist church last evening were: MT. and Mrs A. R. Dearborn, Mir. and Mrs. W. l.. Beasley, Mir. and Mrs. B. A. Inglis, MT. and Mrs. E. S. Moore, Mr and Mrs w. G. Montgomery. Mesdames Hugh Mcdonald, w. c. Ward, J. w. Billings Joseph McLester James B. Bowron, w. J. Cox Messrs. B. P. Beard, M. Lee Bonner, Dr. w. T. Berry, Hugh Locke, C. R. Johnson, John F. Hill, John l.. Parker, H. O. Murfee, Frank Leslie, Tr. John R. Turner, W. F. Urquhart, pr. R. l. Waston, A. w. Lynch, Leon c. Palmer, E. F. Cook, A. s. Barnes and Dr. l.. D. Patterson.
 The same views, shown last night, will he flashed more in detail tonight at the First Methodist church at o'clock and MT. Vickery will deliver a similar ad- dress on this occasion
 
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