The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08
CHRISTIAN WORKERS CONFER
ENCE AND SUNDAY-SCH00L
INSTITUTE
By Rev. VIM. T. McElroy

bytery of West Lexington, Of the
Southern Presbyterian Church, a
Sunday-school Institute and Chris
tan Workers Conference for the
Presbyterian Sunday-school workers
and mountain mission workers Of
the State Of Kentucky will be held
at Jackson, August II to rs. The
sessions of the conference will be
held in the auditorium Of the Lees
Collegiate Institute, and plans are
being made for an attendance Of
more than 300 of the Presbyterian
religious workers of the State. At
a similar conference held at the same
place last year, The enrolled dele
gates numbered about EGO.
Among the speakers who have al
ready been secured for the confer
ence, are the Rev. DR.. Henry II.
Sweets, of Louisville, secretary Of
the General Assembly's Committee
on Christian Education and Min
isterial Relief; the Rev. DR.. Will
liam A. Garfield, president of
Centre College, Danville; the Rev.
George A. Joplin, secretary Of the
Kentucky State Sunday-school AS
ISOLATION; the Rev. DR.. Homer Nc
MILAN, of Atlanta, Ga, one Of the
secretaries Of the Home Mission Com
mittee Of the Presbyterian Church ;
the Rev. DIR. j. w. Tyler, superin-
tendent Of mountain missions for
the Southern Presbyterian Church ;
the Rev. French w. Thompson, Pres
byterian camp pastor at Camp Zach
airy Taylor; the Rev. William T. Nc
Elroy, pastor of the Harvey Browne
Memorial Presbyterian Church, Louis
vile, and others.
Prof. A. w. Roper, the famous
pianist, will play at each session Of
the conference, and the singing will
be conducted by Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
f. Gordon, of Louisville. Thomas B.
Talbot, of Lexington, superintendent
of Home Missions for West Lexington
Presbytery, who has had long ex-
perience in conducting conferences
of this kind, will preside.
One day of the conference will be
Mountain Workers Day." when
there will be addresses on our noun
tain work by those now actively en-
gagged in the work. In addition to
the regular program, there will be a
round table conference on the sub
ject. Many of the mission workers
in our mountain churches, schools
and missions will be present, both
from our own Church and from the
Northern Presbyterian Church. The
whole day will be given to these
workers to discuss problems and to
answer questions about the work
they are doing. Another day Of the
conference will be devoted TO Sunday
school work, and still another to wo-
mans work and young peoples work
A new feature of the conference
this year will be a great patriotic
service, which will be attended not
only by the delegates, but also by
the people of Jackson and the sur
rounding country. Breathitt County.
Of which Jackson is the county seat.
sent so many men to the service Of
the nation as volunteers that the
county was one of the two or three
counties Of the entire nation which
was exempted from the first draft
call This service will be addressed
by officers from Camp Zachary Tay-
Tor.
The program will be so arranged
that the afternoons will be devoted
TO recreation. Trips to High Knob,
one Of the highest points in the coun-
try; the famous Pan Handle; Quick
sand, where there is a lumber camp
of over twelve hundred, having one
of the largest planning mills in the
South; or Karagon, where there is a
wood alcohol plant, will be features
that will be greatly enjoyed.
Those who have the time may also
plan TO see the famous Highland
School at Guerrant; Wiehersroon
College at Buckhorn; Canyon Falls
Academy at Canyon Falls: "rhe
Christian Endeavor School," Beech
wood Seminary at Heidelberg; or the
Stuart Robinson School at Blackey:
while the conference will be held in
the Lees Collegiate Institute in Jack
son.
This is the second yea that this
conference has been held. and those
who have it in charge are hopeful
that IL may become a permanent
feature of Kentucky Presbyterians.
becoming to the State what Montreal
is TO the whole Southern Presbyterian
Church.
For further information write 10
the Rev. Joseph Hopper, Jackson,
XIV, or 10 Mr.. Thomas II. Talbot.