The Washington herald., 1913-02-15

Presbyterian.

The third annual Laymen's Missionary
Convention, In the interest Of home mis-
sions and evangelism, Will he held IN
Memphis. Tenn. beginning next Tuesday.
The convention WAS ordered by the Cen
eral Assembly of the Southern Presby-
terian Church. which met at Bristol last
May. The laymen's missionary move
meDt having decided to widen its sphere
of operations to include home mission,
the executive committee Of home mis-
.sions called upon them to conduct this
convention along the same lines of their
previous meetings. This the laymen
agreed to do, and they are showing their
good faith by arranging to have one OF
the strongest gatherings ever held. Vital
subjects are to be discussed. and. 1t Is
said. by the best men obtainable
Hon. James T. Lloyd. Representative
In Congress from Missouri and chairman
Of the National Democratic Congression-
al Committee, will address the Men $
Bible Class of the Eastern Presbyterian
Sunday School tomorrow morning at
the class hour. sio o'clock. The fol-
lowing Sunday the members OF the class
will hear an address by Hon. Fred S.
Jackson. Representative from Kansas.
a large banquet is being planned by this
class for the night of February 3. at
which several men prominent In the az
fairs of the nation will speak.
DR.. W. NJ. Morrison, who speaks on
Sunday morning at the Central Presby-
terian Church, Is one of the most notable
missionaries OF modern times. His work
in the Congo Free State, Africa, Is one
that is thrilling with the romance OF ad-
venture and the hardships Of pioneer
work in unexplored regions. Aside from
the missionary work in which he has
been so eminently successful, Dr. MOrri-
son has a claim to a world interest. inas-
much as he has done more than any
one man to relieve the natives OF the
Congo Free State from the oppression
and cruelty of the rubber trade. II was
owing to his stirring appeals that Eng
land took part in the effort TO relieve the
Congo natives from what was a conlbi-
nation of slavery and barbarous cruelty.
Though DIR. Morrison was opposed by
King Leopold's government, yet he per-
sisted. AS a result, he, with a fellow
missionary. was tried by a Belgian court
upon an Indictment that was farcicai.
A prominent Socialist member of the
Belgian Parliament, who realized that
Dr. Morrison's charges against the Bel
gian government were true, offered his
services to defend DIR. Morrison in the
case and gave his services free or charge.
The American consul at Bona, Consul
Handy. was present at the trial, and no
doubt, by his very presenCe. was Of vast
assistance to DIR. Morrison. Consul
Handy was most dlligent and kind IN
every way in the whole affair. As a re-
suit OF the exposures IN the Congo, Mark
Twain wrote his King LeOpold's soliloquy
and Conan Doyle, in England, wrote a
book exposing the Congo atrocities. Dr.
Morrison will speak in Alexandria as
well as in Washington.
DIR. Wood will begin Il new series Of
sermons tomorrow at the o'clock serv-
ice in the Church OF the Covenant. The
general theme will be Attractions. Perils
and Safeguards of the City To-mor-
rows special topic will be THE Attrac-
tions of the City At the I o'clock
service the subject of the sermon will
be 1.-The Cure of Discomfort"
Members of the Mems Society. Church
of the Covenant, have Miss Boardman,
OF the American Red Cross, as their
honor guest and speaker for the Feb
ruary meeting.
At the First Presbyterian Church.
next Sunday night. NDr. Macleod will be
gin a series of illustrated lectures on
1.-The Life of Jesus" Slides made from
the pictures of the famous Tissot col
lection will be used. The series will con-
finue until Easter Sunday