The Golden age. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1906-1915, February 06, 1913, Image 1

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rift? x\ "Spp n / / 6 / ' ‘WBh\ «r*« <| | 111 I3t 1 ' "BKju I JKS!s!kfe~b \ VOLUME EIGHT NUMBER FIFTY GREAT GATHERING OF CHRISTIAN BUSINESS MEN Atlanta, “The Get-Together City,” Will Witness Inspiring Interdenominational Convention of Laymen, February 9-10 Famous Speakers Will Stir the Crowds. |l|l '~ J. CAMPBELL WHITE, of New York. - - / j3k / 'ilia 1 : * w DR. JULIEN S. RODGERS, of Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, GA., FEBRUAx By JULIEN S. RODGERS, Executive Secretary. ~ E ness men were aroused to a new sense of re sponsibility under the terms of the Great Com mission. It is hoped now to enlist all the re serves in a grand forward campaign, to the end that the Church militant may soon become the Church triumphant. The distinctive purpose of this Convention is to enlist the men of Georgia for the Man of Galilee; to see in the wide open doors of the nations, and the yet unreached millions, a clearer vision of service and to realize in a vital way, in the unlimited resources of our people the “pillar of cloud and fire” lifting before them, and directing them to greater con quests for Him, who is “the desire of all na tions.” You Can Hear the Best. The program will be rich in information and inspiration. Mr. J. Campbell White, of New York, the General Secretary of the Movement; Mr. W. E. Doughty, Educational Secretary; Lieut-Col, Elijah W. Halford, Vice-President, and other noted speakers, representing various denominational missionary interests, will be in attendance, affording the attendants on this Convention a rare opportunity to hear the best that is offered along these lines. Any man in Georgia can attend this Con vention by paying the registration fee of one dollar, which entitles him to a seat in the Con vention, and to a reserved seat at the great sup per, which is to be served at the City Audito rium, Monday evening, February 10, by two hundred of the representative women of At lanta. The supper alone, will be worth the price, and the money is used, of course, to further the work of the Movement. Apart from the sessions of the Convention Monday, which are to be held in Wesley Memo rial Church, the three appealing features of the campaign are the mass meeting for men at the Baptist Tabernacle Sunday afternoon, the mass meeting for women, at First Methodist Church, at the same time, and the supper at the Audi torium, which is to climax the program. The best speakers will be heard at all these gath erings, which promises to draw together the largest assemblage of men and women in the (Continued on Page 4.) IE second National Campaign Con vention of the Laymen’s Mission ary Movement, to be held in Atlan ta, February 9-10, is expected to mark another forward step in the missionary progress of Georgia. Three years ago, when the first nationwide campaign was inaugu rated, thousands of Christian busi- ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS A YEAR :: FIVE CENTS A COPY ■ - il X',' / 1 I COL. E. W. HALFORD, of New York. mfr- BBhk k , s '-CA i p?. -jp / * Av” , W. E. DOUGHTY, of New York.