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YOUNG PEOPLES MISSIONARY
CONFERENCE.
The seventh annual conference of the
Young People's Missionary Movement wiil
be held at Montreat, N. C., July 2-11, the
mountain assembly grounds of the Presbyterian
church, fifteen miles east of
Asheville (Railroad Station, Black Mountain,
N. C.) "In cool Montreat." has
become a popular phrase; and the two
commodious hotels and the auditorium
provide facilities which were not to be
had at Kenilworth Inn; while those objectionable
features necessarily present at
a hotel for general summer resort will
not be experienced at Montreat.
^Rev. T. B. Ray, D. D., of the Baptist
Church is the presiding officer this year.
In addition to the Mission Board secretaries,
there will be present and take
part in the program, President Edwin M.
Poteat, of Furman University; Dr. Jno.
E. White, of Atlanta; Rev. T. D. Ellis,
of Macon; Rev. A. E. Brown, of Ashe
ville; Rev. C. G. Hounshell, of Korea;
Rev. J. W. Bradley, of China; Dr. W. H.
Park, of China; Prof. C. T. Henderson,
Secretary Laymen's Missionary Movement
Baptist Church; Mr. W. B. Stubbs,
Secretary Laymen's Missionary Movement
Methodist Church; Dr. Dumbar H.
Ogden, of Atlanta; Dr. O. E. Brown, of
Vanderbilt University. Rev. H. F. Williams,
now in the East studying the foreign
mission fields, will return in time for
the conference and bring a great message.
The work of the conference will be
powerful in its educational and inspirational
value. Mr. Edmund D. Soper and
Mr. Harry L. Myers, General Secretaries
of the Young People's Missionary
Movement, will lead the Mission Study
work through the entire conference. Rev.
Ed F. Cook, will provide for the Institutes
on Methods in the Sunday school
and other church organizations. Special
Laymen's Institutes will be conducted by
leaders from the Laymen's Missionary
Movement. Denominational group meetings
will be valuable and delightful. The
morning and evening addresses will be
of the very highest order. Ten days
association with the three hundred
church leaders full of ht/pe, vigor and
consecration, is an invaluable experience
for those who are looking forward and
are anxious to help move the interests
of the Kingdom upward.
The tremendous value of this conference
can not be overestimated. It repre-"
sents the consecrated tlfort of the Mission
Boards of all the denominations, to
provide! especially for the training of
leaders among the young people, and
every church which has taken care in
tne seiecuon 01 one or more delegates
and secured their attendance on one of
these conferences has experienced a large
blessing. The church -which overlooks
this opportunity Is not awake; and the
pastors and leaders who fail to make
faithful effort to secure the attendance
of delegates, are recreant and must not
complain of lack of progress in their
churches.
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this summer should be the largest in
point of attendance and the most effec
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i PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU!
live in its work of any yet held. Definite
movement on the part of pastors and
leaders toward selecting and securing
strong representatives should be begun
immediately. All correspondence in regard
to the conference should be addressed
to Mr. R L. Wiggins. Jr., S10
Broadway, Nashville, Tenn.
THE ORPHANAGE DEBT.
Synod of Virginia.
The statement has been made at some
of the meetings of the Presbyteries, and
published in the religious papers, that a
recent legacy of $4,000 would pay the
balance due on the debt of the Orphans'
Home at Lynchburg.
Having been acting treasurer of this
institUi.on for some months past, and
believing it Important for the people
pf the Synod to know the facts in the
case, 1 desire to make the following explanation.
The actual indebtedness of the home
at this writing: is $8,275 It is true that
the home has (besides the pledges to the
support fund) unpaid promises and legacies
estimated at about $8,500, including
the $4,000. legacy. This excellent showing
is largely due to the work of the Rev.
Boiling Hobson during the one year of
his incumbency as superintendent. There
is, however, one subscription of $800
which is conditioned on the payment of.
the debt by Jan. 1, 1910, and it is not at
all certain that we shall be able to meet
that condition. The $4,000 may not be
paid over to us by Jan. 1, 1910, and,
even if it is, the promises due before
that date will fall $500 short of the
amount needed. If this $800 subscription
is lost, the promises due after Jan.
1, 1910, will not more than make up for
the loss, and the home will still be $500
short of paying the debt. So that, in
any case, it will be necessary to secure
an additional $500 for the debt fund.
In the meantime we are paying six
per cent interest on $8,275, and there
are some repairs and improvements
which" simiply can not be deferred, which
will cost at least $1,500.
A friend now will be a friend indeed.
J. A. McMurray.
Lynchburg, Va.
MONTHLY DOTS FROM THORNWELL
ORPHANAGE.
Everything is now looking forward to
Commencement. This will begin with a
sermon by Rev. Dr. R. E. Douglas, of Ma*
con. Ga. On Monday evening, June 14, the
societies will give their usual entertainment.
On Tuesday afternoon the Board
of Trustees hold their annual meeting.
Rev. Jno. W. Carpenter, of Maiden, W.
Va., delivers the address. There will
be eight graduates. On Wednesday morning
the Alumni meeting and on Wednesday
evening the school exhibitions are
held. All of these exercises will have
large audiences and many old pupils and
visiting friends are expected to come.
The principal event of the month was
the entertainment given by the Thornwell
Orphanage pupils under the leadership
of their accomplished principal, Miss
Kennedy. It was "An Evening in Dixie."
The Confederate drill won multitudes of
kind words from the people of Clinton.
The annual event of Interest in Orpnanage
circles is the re-arrangement of the
various sets of workers. As, owing to
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the graduation of each of our best helpers,
there are that many vacancies to
be filled, "new monitors," had to be selected
and the working sets entirely rearranged.
There are eight of these "sets"'
of girls with seven in each set. None
are chosen under the 7th Grade, rt is
always an anxious time with both monitors
and children. The monitors are .
selected by the matrons; the monitors
then select the girls for their divisions.
ii is wonaeriui wnat efficiency and interest
is the result of this method. Each
one of the sets spends one month in
each of the departments, then passing
on to the next. The departments are
housekeeping, dressmaking, cooking,
dairy work, tailoring, steam laundry
work, ironing, dining room care. They
take the full round of domestic duties.
At the annual commencement a medal
is awarded to the monitor whose set has
earned the highest marks in these various
departments.
The receipts for February. March and
April, have been several hundred dollars
behind the necessities for those
months. Our friends will all have to
bestir themselves. There are many orphans
applying for an education and care.
Send contributions to Rev. Wm. P.
Jacobs, Clinton, S. C.
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY.
The Commencement Exercises this
year include the Baccalaureate Sermon,
and the address before the Young Men's
Christian Association, by Dr. James T.
Vance. The annual boat race, the Joint
(jeieDration or the Literary Societies, the
address before the Alumni Association,
by Hon. Wade Hampton Ellis, the address
before the Literary Societies, by George
F. Parker,- esq., New York, and the Valedictory
Address, C. S. Osbourne, West
Virginia. A portrait of Rev. George Junkin,
D. D? is to be presented to the
college this year.
BINGHAM SCHOOL.
The Commencement exercises, at Bingham,
were a great success, on May 23.
The baccalaureate sermon was ablv and
helpfully preached by Rev. R. T. Liston,
and at night the Y. M". C. A. address was
most acceptably delivered by Rev Dr.
McLeod. On Monday night, the Bingham
Military band of nineteen members *
gave a delightful open air concert on the
lawn. Wednesday night, a very fine debate
took place, the query being the
subject, of Japanese immigration and
the rights of the Japanese in California.
The University of North Carolina scholarship
was awarded to Thomas Lee Gore,
and that given by the Washington and
Lee University was awarded to Harvey
Blair Jones.
NACOOCHEE TRAINING 8CH00L FOR
CHRISTIAN WORKERS.
Sautee, Ga.
The committee of arrangements for the
Nacoochee Training School, consisting of
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McPhail, Commerce, and your correspondent,
met in Athens, April 9, and we are
glad to report that the work of the com-mittee
is progressing nicely, ahd that
there will be a great treat in store for
all who attend the meetings next summer.
Besides Bible teaching, wide range of