The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-20
GATHERING
FOR ANNUAL DINNER
United Missionary Campaign
Begins In Richmond This
Afternoon.
Dinner at Richmond Hotel
Follows Introductory Service
Sessions Tomorrow and
Sunday.

The United Missionary campaign
will open today with devotional SER
vice. led by Rev W. j, Young, d. D.,
at $50 p NJ. at the Joseph Bryan
Memorial auditorium, to which all
ministers and laymen are invited.
At $50 o'clock the Laymen's Mis-
sionary Movement anniversary dinner
will open at the Hotel Richmond, at
which it Ia expected there will be 400
men There is growing demand Tor
tickets. The management of the hotel
Is making every possible arrangement
to serve the guests in n satisfactory
way.
The program for this evening Is as
follows:
Invocation by Rev. ]. Y. bowman,
p. D.; presiding. Oliver j. Sands,
chairman of the Laymens Missionary
Movement of Virginia. address OF
welcome. Hon. Henry Carter Stuart,
governor of Virginia: address, Social
ism or the Kingdom" DIR. Edwin NJ
Poteat. president of Furman univer-
s1ty, Greeuville, S. G., announcements.
Professor r. e. Gains. field secretary
Laymens Missionary movement; ad-
dress, "A New Era In Missionary
Finance" J. Campbell White. general
secretary. Laymen's Missionary move
ment; henediction. Rev. II. ID, c. Mac
lachian.
Ministers and iayrnen are expressing
qualification at the opportunity TO hear
these speakers. to- meet them and
study under their direction the best
methods Of doing great work. There
has been much personal work done
these last few days by the ministers
and chairman of the missionary com
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men to attend the dinner tonight. and
especially the training conference ses-
sions at Centenary Methodist Episco-
PAL church tomorrow afternoon and
evening. 1t is expected the largest
gathering will be held Sunday after
noon at $50 O'Clock. as more men will
be able TO attend meeting at this
hour than at any other time.
For Success of Meeting.
No man liz working harder for the
success of the meeting than Colonel
Eugene C. Massie, an enthusiastic and
81 aunch believer in the getting OF mer
together for the purpose of interest
ing them in the great missionary en-
terprise: he has been working the las
two days in seeing that Grace Episco-
pal church is well represented at the
anniversary dinner.
One of the most encouraging facts
connected with the dinner this year
Is that number of the churches not
represented last year are to be this
year. The work Of the men in charge
OF the enrolling is beginning to show
The following churches will be rep
resented at the dinner tonight:
Baptist--Bainbridg Broad
us Memorial. Calvary. Grove-Avenue
First. Fulton, Grace-Street Leigh
Street. Pine Street, Second and Taber'
nacle.
Christian-Seventh- Street.
Protestant Episcopal-All Saints
Christ, Holy Trinity. Grace, Monu'
mental, St Johns, St Luke's, st
Marks, St. Paurs and Emanuel.
Methodist--Asbury, Rroad-Street
Centenary. Central. Decatur-Street
Highland Park Monument, Trinity
st. James, Ashland and Woodland
Heights
Presbyterian--Grac Gintel
Park, Hoge Memorial, Overlook
Porter Street. Second, Westminster
and Covenant
While the enrolment is not as large
at the present time as Ii was ex-
pected to be, a large increase is ex-
pected today. as many men who are
known to be signing up delegates 1T
their churches have not yet made full
reports.