Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
InterdenominationaI Conference
Begins This Afternoon at Bap-
tist Tabernacle-5,OOO Are Ex-
pected to Attend-Lasts Week.
Speakers Come From All Over the
World to Address Audiences.
Will Hold Five Sessions Daily to
Cover All Phases of the Work.

Cover All Phases of the Work,
The sixteenth annual Atlanta Bible
conference will be formally opened
this afternoon at the Tabernacle Au-
ditorium at o'clock, with DR., Sol
i C Dickey presiding and DR.. G. Camp
4 he'll Morgan, of London, as the prin-
4 ciDal speaker. Probably 5000 people
viii be in attendance. The only ad-
dresses will be by DR.. Dickey and DR..
Morgan, but all of the conference
sneakers who are in the city will be
present on the platform. The con-
/ ference will continue every day this
week through next Sunday with five
sessions a day in which many Of the
noted pulpit orators and Bible teach
ers of the world will be heard.
DR.. Morgan, DIR. Dickey, DR.. Perci-
val Morgan, son of the famous Bible
teacher; DR.. william Souper, of Lon
don; S. D. Gordon, DR.. Frank N
4 scholar; D. Ng Pyng Choo. the
i Chinese statesman and educator, ar
rived in Atlanta last night and are
at the Hotel Ansley, which will be
the official headquarters Of the con
ference. Other noted speakers will
arrive to-day and tomorrow.
City Churches Join.
All the evangelical churches OF At
lanta-Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal,
4 Presbyterian, Lutheran and others
are to participate In the conference.
This morning at IL o'clock many of
the pulpits of the city will be oc-
cupied by visiting ministers. The
same will be true for the evening
i services.
Only one change has been made in
the list of speakers for the week. DR..
w J. Williamson, of st. Louis, is
unable to come on account of illness
in his family. His place will be TAX
en- by DR.. E. NJ. Poteat, of Furman
University, Greenville, S. c.
The speaking program for the
week, however, has been entirely re-
'rranged, and is now announced in its
final form, as follows:
Program Follows.
Monday-9 a. m, DR. Palmer; 10
a m, DIR. Gordon; II a. m, DIR. Nor
gan; u noon. the Rev. Mel Trotter;
> p. M, DIR. Cobern; p. M, Dr. Sou
per- p. M, DIR. Ng Ping Choo; 1880
p. m, song service; p. m, DR.
Stuart.
Tuesday-s a, m, DR.. Palmer; 10
E. m, DR.. Cobern; II a. m, DR.. Nor
gan; u noon, DR. Trotter; p. nl-'
DR.. Stuart; 3 D. M, DR.. Souper;
u. m, Dr. Gordon; 1880 p. m, song
service; s p. m, DIR. Morgan.
Wednesday-9 a. m, DIR. Palmer; 10
e. M, Dr. Stuart; II a. m, Dr. Nor
gan; 12 noon, DIR, Trotter; 2 p. m,
DR.. Conwell; 8 p. m, DR.. Souper;
4 o, m, Dr. Gordon; 1880 p. M, song
service; sp m, DR.. Morgan.
Thursday-9 a. m. DR.. Palmer; 10
2, m DR.. Trotter; II a. M, DIR. Nor
gan; 12 noon, DIR. Trotter; p M,
DIR. Ng Pyng Choo; p. m, DR.. Sou
per; p. m, DIR. Cobern; 1880 p. M,
gong service; s p. M, DR.. Conwell.
Friday--9 a. M, DR.. Palmer; 10
g. m, DIR. Poteat; II a. m, DR.. Nor
gan; ~ noon, DIR. Trotter; 2 p. m, DR.,
Cobern; 8 p. M, DR.. Souper; 4 p. m,
DR.. Gordon; 1880 p. m, song service;
s .. m, DR.. Morgan.
Saturday, a. M, DR.. Palmer: 10
a. m, Dr. Poteat; II a. m, DR.. Nor
~an IL noon, DIR. Trotter: 8 p. m.
4 DR.. Ng Pyng Choo; 7:20 p. M, SONG
service; s p. M, DR.. Morgan.
Noon Meetings at Wesley.
All sessions of the conference will
he held at the Tabernacle auditorium,
i except the noon addresses by the Rev.
Mel Trotter, the famous rescue mis-
1 sion worker, who will speai. every day
i noon at the Wesley Memorial
4 Church, corner of Ivy street and Au-
burn avenue.
On next Sunday at o'clock DR..
Gordon viii deliver an address 70
women at the Tabernacle and the
Rev Mel Trotter will speak to men at
the Wesley Memorial Church,
1uring the week auxiliary confer
enees viii be held at Macon, CovinS-
ton, Athens and possibly at other
points throughout Georgia.
Executive Chairman Richard Orme
Finn and the other Atlanta leaders
expect that the conference, which
begins to-day, will be the greatest in
the sixteen years of the organizations
history. They predict that audiences
Of between 1000 and 5000 people
VIII be the rule all the week
A special feature of the conference