Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-06-05
Chautauqua Meeting in Bristol.


made for the Intermont Chautauqua
which is to be held in Bristol, July 26
to 81, inclusive, and which will at
tract several hundred visitors to that
city. The assembly viii be held at
Virginia ineermont College, which is
situated on an eminencc overlooking
Bristol, one OF the most inviting spots
in Southwest Virginia, for u mid
summer gathering of this character.
The chautauqua will be held under
the direction of Virginia baptist En-
campment, Inc, of which Rev. w. w.
Hamilton, pastor of the First Bap-
fist church, of Lynchburg, is chair
man. Men of national prominence us
educators and lecturers are on the
program and the chautauqua will af-
ford an opportunity for intellectual
culture that has seldom been afforded
the people of this section of the South.
The chautauqua will be in session
six days and the low rates offered by
the railroads and the extremely rea-
sonable chrages for board at Virginia
lntermont College, make it possible 10
take advantage of This splendid OPP
portunity at very small cost
The institution to be started in
Bristol is similar in character to the
Baptist Chautauquas which have been
maitained at Virginia beach and Es-
till Springs, the attendance OF which
last year reached 1000 CT more. The
chautauqua is in no sense Il money
making enterprise, only nominal fee
being charged to defray actual cx-
penses.
A lecture course, including two
lectures daily at p. M, and p. m,
has been arranged. The speakers in
clude such notable platform orators
and thinkers as Edwin NJ. Poteat, CT
Furman University; Lincoln Ilulley,
President of Stetson University; Dr..
B. ID. Gray, Secretary Home Mission
Board, of Atlanta, and S. C. Mitchell,
President of the Medical College of
I Virginia.
III connection with the chautauGua
Rev. JOS. I. Watts, of Richmond, yill
conduct Training School for Sun
day School orkers. A comprehensive
course of study has been outlined ana
| SPECIALISTS OF note in the work Will ne
present and speak The faculty IN
cludes j. C. C. Dunford, Thorias J.
Watts, p. E. Burroughs, w. y. liud-
| gins and X. E. Gaines.
| Another feature of the assembly
will be the Pastors Bible Confe eli e.
A course of study has been mapped
out for this conference and spec
tally prepared addresses will he Ge-
livered by Rev. H. w. Bethany, Rev.
l.. w. Smith, Rev. j. B. Craft, Rev.
t. II. Francisco and Rev. E. NJ. Ear-
ris. This will be valuable fe;sture
for the ministers, who are certain to
lie much benefited by the course arc
- close association during the as
sembly with their fellow minister's.
Mr.. Arthur Flake has been engage
ed for n series of lectures based on
the b. Y. p. u. Manuel of Methods.
This should challeneg the interest of
all members, of the B. Y. p. u, and
promises to be an important feature
of the assmebly. The speakers will in
clude C. F. Reynolds, f. Norfieet
Fletcher, o. H. Dooley, w. Thorburn
Clark, Joseph T. Watts and Field sec
reary Arthur Flake, of the B. Y. P.
u.
The Womens Missionary Union of
Virginia will have an interesting part
in the Chautauqua. Miss Elizabeth
Savage, President of the Union;. Mrs.
j. P. Thomas and Miss Alice Taylor
are among those who will be active
in the Missionary conference during
the Chautauqua.
The general platform work will
Include sermons and addresses by Rev.
Geo. w. Mcdaniel, F. w. oatrign.. j
w. Cammack, r. d. Garland, Rev. &.
c. Hening and other we'll known SPEAK
ers.