El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
PLANS ARE MADE FOR
SUMNER CONFERENCES


The summer conferences next July
and August expect greatly increased
numbers growing out Of the larger &C
tivity OF men In religious arIalrs- 10
meet this new interest they are nav
ing difficulty in arranging programs
Few workers attend these meetings
and these are women Tor the most
part, but the semblance Of rest ana
vacation IS maintained Glasses are
restricted TO a few morning hours
How 10 get into these few hours so
cial service, missions, Sunday school
work Bible study, evangelism ana
some other lines is the problem DeIore
the conference program makers.
The dates for me general conference
at Mortified are August TO is; sun
day school meeting, July 20 to p.
The Missionary Education movement
conferences viii number seven this
year. three Of them being in Canada
The Blue Ridge. n. c. begins on June
%; the Silver Bay, Lake George, July
u; and the Lake Geneva, Wis, August
2 It is announced that into these
meetings the new subjects, OF social
service, community extension and
evangelism viii be put as far as time
permits. At Silver Bay each year about
]. 500 are trained and much emphasis
IS placed upon personal work Inc
volunteer who is willing TO give some
spare time is urged TO select oeIlnlle
tasks and prepare herself for them
Leadership is the topic O1tenest sug-
gested, IL being stated THAI therein
lies the greatest need.
Presbyterians are developing an edu-
catiOnal system IN behalf Of both home
and foreign mission work They VIII
have under the leadership OF their
boards five summer meetings THIS
year, beginning at Winona- Ind, on
July Is, and ending at POconO Pines.
Pa, august p TO % Between these
dates they have conferences at LeD-
anon Tenn, Storm Lake, Iowa; and
HOLSTER No Their aim is TO raise
uB missionary leaders in Presbyterian
churches. Their numbers are steadily
increasing at each conference, while
10 the number Of conferences one Is
added each year
ChautauQua viii much enlarge its
spiritual work this year. beginning
with the first week in July. The Hail
Of Christ viii lee utilized as the center,
and the director viii be Prof Smaller
Matthews of Chicago New York lay
men, the younger element among them
All Protestant bodies, lnaugurate a new
conference this season. beginning IN
June and continuing until September.
There are 10000 young men in the
working organizations OF the churches
Of the metropolitan district, including
northern New Jersey. and there has
been until now no summer conference
within their reach. The experiment is
10 be tried Of barring women, save as
they accompany their husbands or
brothers. IT is the first in America
TO limit attendance TO young men -eN-
clusively. ana its experiences viii be
keenly watched, ii is said It's hopes
are based chiefly upon the larger in
terest OF layment as shown by the
men and religion movement.
The Secretarial Council OF Laymen's
Missionary movements plan three sum
mer conferences for missions this year
One is to be at Lake Geneva, Wis, for
Chicago section; another al Niagara
Fails for Ohio. New York and Canada
and a third at ut. Gretna for the east
These conferences are for the education
Of mature men as missionary leaders
in the churches.