The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-03

Every train arriving In Richmond
yesterday and last night brought prom
inent Baptist laymen from all parts
of the State to attend the annual SEES
sion of the Laymenfs Missionary move
! ment Of the Southern Baptist conven-
! ton in Virginia, which will begin to-
night at 7:30 o'clock In the First Bap-
tist church. The sessions viii con-
tinue through tomorrow and Thursday.
there being three sessions each on
Wednesday and Thursday.
This meeting OF the Iaymen Is the
first held In Richmond by the Bap-
tists In years. and much interest at
taches 1t because Of this revival of a
well grounded custom Of the past. ~
we'll A. because of the number OF brill
! liant speakers who Will be heard during
the meeting.
Ample provisions have been made
for the entertainment of the visitors,
and 1t is expected there will be more
than one thousand of the more promi-
nent Baptist laymen of Virginia in
attendance at each of the seven ses-
sions.
The entertainment committee. at the
head OF which is Charles Watkins,
Of the Southside, will assemble at noon
today in one of the anterooms OF the
First Baptist church and will remain
there throughout the meeting to give
all information needed by visitors.
postoffice also will be established
in an anteroom and all attending the
sessions may receive their mail there.
The registrations committee which
will locate all persons registering for
the meeting. win have a room in the
basement Of the church. This com
mittee is int charge Of F. G. Hatcher
Men Come First.
Arrangements have been made for
I the comfort Of ait persons attending
the meeting and at the sessions the
men who gather win be given pre-
cedence throughout the sessions. In
conformity with this. the entire lower
floor of the First church each night
| ing, until the hour has reached 8
o'clock Then the floor. will be thrown
! OPEN Ladies and others are cordially
welcomed to the sessions Of the lay
mems meeting, and the galleries will
! be given over to them.
| However, after o'clock, IL the first
| floor is not filled the ladies may take
| the vacant seats and men arriving late
will be compelled to take gallery
seats.
| very attractive program has been
| arranged for the meeting. Each SEES
sion will have brilliant speakers to ad-
| dress it. and the work that Is be-
! ing done by the laymen of the church
will be placed before those attending
Other speakers will tell what can be
done by the laymen Of Virginia for
the advancement of missionary work
and many interesting pointers will be
given the men of the church who are
working for the expansion OF the
Kingdom.
There will not be a duh moment in
the meeting from the start. The SEES
sion opens with DIR. Livfus Landlord
one of the best kncwn surgeons in
Virginia, and foremost layman, pre-
siding. The speakers at all seven OF
the sessions are men whose work has
stamped them as leaders in the move
ment which annually is spreading in
numbers and growing in influence.
All Live Topics
Topics of live interest to every
member of the evangelical church. re-
CARELESS OF denomination. will be dis
! cussed by speakers who have paid
the laymen. and the number Of wish.
tors from other churches, II Is an.
lticipated, viii NIL the galleries, and
take the nnoccupied seats downstairs
at each of the seven sessions
With DIR. Landlord presiding tonight
!, the meeting Will be opened with .
musical service, led by the Paramount
tAt5ap1tSt quartet, hlteF WIHCn Inelr w u
| be praise service directed by DIR
Landlord.
! The Baptist laymen will be vel.
coined by j. c. Metcalf,s OF Richmond
college, and the response will be .,
President T.. II. RUSSELL Of the STATE
| Normal school at Fredericksburg.
j. T. Henderson. Of Bristol. secre.
tary OF the Laymen's Missi mary
movement OF the Southern Baptist
convention. will follow the opening
/ exercises with the first address Of the
meeting. He will tell Why We Are
| Here" After he has spoken for about
/ twenty minutes the address Of the
! first evening will be given.
This will prove ami unique feature
Tho evenings address q by PROBES
lContinusd on second pG4ol