The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-03-07
NE THODIST BOARD or
MISSIONS MEETS HERE
MARCH 1918 TO BE DATE OF
GREAT MEETING
Mid-Year Meeting Of Board Of Mis-
siOns to Be Held at First Method
ist Church Next Week--M Many Prom
iRent Men on Program.

lst Ihurch Next WeeA--Aiany from
iRent Men on Program.
The mid-year meeting Of the board
Of missions Of the Memphis confer
ence, together with the presiding Ell
ders and district lay leaders viii be
held in the First Methodist Church
next Tuesday and Wednesday March
IL and 10.
The board Of missions Is composed
Of eight ministers and eight laymen,
as follows: Revs, A. b Jones. John
I. Myers, w. A. Freeman, r. w.
Hood, w. w. Adams, WI A Russell,
T.. G. McKelvey and ri A. Clark;
Messrs. HI. j. Wright, G. 4. Arnold,
L. NJ. Stratton, F. w. Lyle, r. C.
Rhea, w. r. Jeffries, ]. w. Enochs
and J. A. Robins.
The following presiding elders will
be in attendance: Revs. ]. v. Free
man, Of the Brownsville district; w.
G. Waters, of the Dyersburg; ]. M.
Pickens, Of the Lexington; w. d.
Jenkins, Of the Jackson; 7. E, Sharpe,
Of the Memphis; W. w. Adams, Of
the Paris; L. D. Hamilton, of the
Paducah; w. w. Armstrong, Of the
Union City.
District lay leaders who will be
in attendance are as follows: Browns
ville-W F. Parker, Of Gibson; Dy-
ersburg-R. E. Parker, of Friendship;
Jackson. D. Johnson, of Jackson:
Lexington-P. L. Basinger, of Adams
vile; Memphis-C, B. Quinn, Of Mem
phis; Paducah-C. s. Waller, Of May
field; Paris. G. GLASGOW, of Muir
ray, KY; Union City--Prof. G. L.
Morelocks of Martin.
In addition to the above, Rev. w. D.
Beauchamp, D. D., of Virginia, one
Of the general secretaries Of the board
of missions Of the M. K. Church,
South, Rev. 7. w. Lewis, pastor of
st, John Methodist Church, of Mem
phis, jeff B. Marmon, lay leader of
the Memphis conference, and Mr..
Edward M. Clerc, of Newbern, who
IS president of the Memphis confer
ence EpWorth League conference, are
expected and on the program.
The public is invited to all of these
meetings. The preachers and laymen
who come will be entertained in the
homes Of the people Of the local con-
gregation.
The IL laymen who are expected
are among the most active laymen
Of the Methodist church in the con-
ference, all Of them being active sue
cessful business and professional
men as we'll as being strong church.
men. The is or 20 ministers who are
expected to come are the leaders Of
the conference in missionary work,
and doubtless this meeting will be
q source Of great pleasure and uplift
to the Methodist church as we'll as
to the whole community. People Of
all churches are cordially invited to
attend all the meetings.
The following is the program Of
the meeting:
Tuesday Evening, March IL
7:15-Opening Word. Devotional,
Rev. J. M. Pickens.
7:S0-Opening Sermon, Rev. w. w.
Armstrong.
Wednesday Morning, March 1S
Conference Missions
8:30-Devotional Address, DR.. A.
B. Jones.
8:45-A Adequate Support Of Pastors
in Mission Charges, Prof. ]. A. Rob-
bins and Rev. w. A. Freeman.
9:80-Requirements for Successful
Missionary Pastors, Rev. w. w. ADJ
ans and Mr.. G. s, Waller.
1000 Specials for Conference Mis-
sions, Rev. 7. E. Sharp and L. M.
Stratton.
10:30- Report Of Committee on EN-
ployment Of Conference Missionary
Secretary, r. w. Hood, w. A. Free
man and R. A. Clark.
11:00-The Centennial Of Amer
lean Methodist Missions, Rev. w. D.
Beauchamp, D. D.
| 12:00-Lunch.
Wednesday Afternoon
1:30- Divisional Meetings.
2:15- Devotional Address, Rev. w.
I'D. Jenkins.
Special Foreign Missions
2:30-F Foreign Mission Specials by
the Individual Charge, Rev. ]. Il.
Myers and R. A. Clark.
BOO Foreign Missions in the Sun
dav School, Mr.. A. ]. Barbee.
Mission Specials in the Ep-
worth League, e. M. Clerc and Rev.
7. w. Lewis.
S:45-Army Camp Pastors, Rev. w.
A. Russell and DR.. A. B. Jones.
4:15-The Lsaymen,s Need Of Mis-
sicnary Vision, j. B. harmon and ].
Nv. Freeman.
Evening Session
7:30- Devotional Address, Rev. Z.
D. Hamilton.
7:45 Woman's Missionary Work,
Mrs. r. N. Phipps and Mrs. James
Purcell.
Closing Prayer, Rev. w. C. Waters.
Benediction, Or. A. B. Jones.
GOOD ROADS CONFERENCE
AT JACKSON ON MARCH Il