THE SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY, LAKE JUNALUSKA. 
 
 What Is the Southern Assembly? 
 
 |S5HE Southern Assembly is an organized movement on the 
 Plfspjll P ai "t °f a number of the laity and ministry of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, South, to establish at the most 
 «ffK^£a| suitable place a great permanent Assembly which will 
 meet the growing need of the Church for Conference, 
 Training, Inspiration, Rest, and Recreation. This need has expressed 
 itself in various sections of the Church in the assemblies and con- 
 ferences which are held during the summer season in the interest 
 of Sunday school, educational, Epworth League, and missionary 
 work. 
 
 These local district and Conference gatherings have greatly em- 
 phasized the desirability of a Church-wide Assembly Grounds, where 
 leaders from every section and every Conference can meet and con- 
 fer concerning all the great interests of the Church; where men 
 and women can give and receive not only inspiration and stimulus 
 to do the best work for the Master, but practical suggestions also 
 showing how results have been obtained and can be obtained. And 
 in addition to this idea of active conference, there is the very at- 
 tractive idea of the communion of saints, of Christian fellowship 
 and help association, of summer homes located in a beautiful, health- 
 ful spot, occupied by choice spirits from every section of our great 
 Southern Church, of ideal surroundings for the training of children 
 — in short, of life in a community where the atmosphere and the 
 associations will be helpful and uplifting. 
 
 The Specific Feature. 
 
 The general idea is not new. Ocean Grove, N. J., Chautauqua 
 Lake, N. Y., Northfield, Mass., and Winona Lake, Ind., are notable 
 examples of great assemblies with somewhat differing features. 
 The Southern Assembly hopes to combine all the best features of 
 these great assemblies, and to have a distinctive feature not found 
 in these. It is planned to make the Southern Assembly the great 
 recognized summer rallying place of all the official arms of service 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It is a part of the plan 
 of organization that the various' corinectional officers of the Church 
 shall be in charge of the work of their several departments, so that 
 they may have the largest possible opportunity to consult' concerning 
 their plans with a great body of representative men and women 
 gathered together on the Assembly Grounds. This gives a breadth 
 to the work of the Southern Assembly and a representative and 
 official relation to a great Church which are not found in any other 
 of the great assemblies of our country. 
 
 First Steps. 
 
 The great Conference of the laymen at Chattanooga in 1908 con- 
 sidered very carefully the question of establishing a Summer As- 
 sembly such as would meet the growing need of the Church for a 
 permanent and well-equipped place for summer work. The con- 
 clusion reached was that the need was imperative, and the Executive 
 Committee of the Movement was empowered in the name of the 
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great body of laymen there gathered at the Conference to establish 
 such an Assembly. The Executive Committee appointed a special 
 committee to look thoroughly into the matter of location and to 
 make report. This committee visited various places, and, after hav- 
 ing taken into consideration all such questions as healthfulness, 
 beauty, comfort, accessibility, water, water power, etc., reported in 
 favor of a location in the Richland Valley, about two miles from 
 Waynesville, N. C, and about twenty-five miles from Asheville, on 
 the Murphy Branch of the Southern Railway. With this report 
 before it as a basis for action, the Executive Committee then took 
 up the whole matter of location and made for itself prolonged and 
 careful examination into all the various questions of importance 
 which enter into the location of such an Assembly, and finally con- 
 firmed with gratifying unanimity the choice made by their special 
 committee of the site at Lake Junaluska, N. C. 
 
 Why Lake Junaluska? 
 
 SCBNEBY. 
 
 It is in the very center of the most beautiful and 
 
 fertile section of the mountains, lying on the apex 
 of the Blue Ridge Range. It is situated in the picturesque Richland 
 Valley, 2,800 feet above sea level. The crowding ranges and tower- 
 ing peaks of the forest-clad Balsams rise up on every side. Within 
 a radius of ten miles are seen many different peaks more than 
 6,000 feet high, while numerous lesser eminences give a pleasing 
 contrast and add to the beauty of the view. 
 
 Including the mountains of the Balsam, Black, and Great Smoky 
 Ranges, there are over forty peaks within a radius of fifty miles of 
 the Assembly Grounds which are over 6,000 feet high, twenty of 
 which are over 6,300 feet. There are at least eighty peaks over 5,000 
 feet high. In no other section of our country are there so many 
 beautiful mountains of such height. 
 
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 CLIMATE. 
 
 FOOD 
 SUPPLIES. 
 
 The plateau is an elevated table-land of 6,000 square 
 miles. The climate is recognized by physicians to be 
 as fine as any in the world. The air is dry, crisp, and bracing, with 
 all the mildness which characterizes the Southern mountains. The 
 days are bright and balmy; the nights are always cool. There is 
 an entire absence of dampness in the atmosphere. 
 
 The mean temperature of spring is 53 to 49 degrees; that of 
 summer is 70 to 72 degrees; autumn, 53 to 48 degrees; winter, 38 
 to 37 degrees; mean relative humidity only 65 per cent. 
 
 The U. S. Weather Bureau report for the summer of 1911 shows 52 
 perfectly clear days for Waynesville as against 21 perfectly clear days 
 for Asheville, only 25 miles distant, due to the higher altitude of 
 Waynesville. 
 
 The country in which the Assembly Grounds are lo- 
 cated is one of the finest farming sections in the 
 South, and the soil produces abundant supplies of 
 vegetables, fruit, hay, and staples generally, so that there is no 
 lack of food for the thousands of visitors who come to this section 
 every summer. 
 
 The Lake. 
 
 The special location selected for the Assembly Grounds presents 
 a rare combination of beauties and conveniences. The property 
 contains about 1,300 acres, through which runs the lovely Richland 
 Creek. A dam has been built across the creek at the lower end 
 of the property, which forms a beautiful lake of 250 acres. A 
 driveway of six miles encompasses the lake, connecting one part 
 of the grounds with the other, giving beautiful cottage sites on 
 the driveway and directly fronting the lake. The lake will be 
 stocked by the U. S. government with mountain and rainbow trout, 
 black bass, etc., and sailing, rowing, fishing, and bathing will add 
 greatly to the pleasure of those living on the Assembly Grounds. 
 
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In addition to the lakeshore drive, there are many miles more of 
 well-graded roads within the Assembly Grounds, from various points 
 of which the most beautiful views appear. Within the boundary 
 itself there are elevations of from 500 to 1,000 feet above the lake 
 level, so that one can get plenty of exercise in mountain-climbing 
 without going outside of the grounds, and be amply repaid for the 
 climb by the extended vision. 
 
 JUNALUSKA 
 INN. 
 
 The plans for a commodious and thoroughly com- 
 fortable hotel have been adopted, the work of con- 
 struction has been begun, and the plans call for its 
 completion by June 1, 1914. The picture of the Inn on the front 
 page gives some idea of the appearance of the building, but no one 
 can get any idea of the beauty of its location without standing on 
 the hill and looking for himself. It is on a high bluff near the 
 dam, 2,700 feet above the sea level and 150 feet above the level of 
 the lake. From the hotel porches one will see at his feet the beauti- 
 ful lake, skirted by the shore line drive, with its cottages and parks; 
 and then as he raises his eyes he will see about him on all sides 
 the beautiful mountains, which for variety and beauty of outline 
 cannot be surpassed in the world. No hotel in the mountain coun- 
 try has a more picturesque location than Junaluska Inn. 
 
 Other hotels and boarding houses will be built on the grounds, 
 and there are many very good ones in the town of Waynesville, 
 close at hand. 
 
 AUDITORIUM ^ large auditorium has been built with a capac- 
 ity of 4,500 persons. The picture of the building 
 in this folder represents it empty and filled. 
 
 The Public Service Building, 
 
 At a central point on the grounds has been located the Public 
 Service Building. This building Js in the shape of a crescent and 
 
 is about 300x30 feet. It will be devoted to general utility pur- 
 poses and will contain restaurant, bookstore, post office, telegraph 
 and telephone offices, general stores, barber shop, baths, etc. The 
 building is very attractive in appearance and is an ornament to 
 the Assembly Grounds. 
 
 MODEL SUNDAY 
 SCHOOL HOUSE. 
 
 The ground has been donated to the Sunday 
 School Board for the erection of a Model Sun- 
 day School House, which has been projected 
 by the Board at a cost of $30,000. In the building it is planned to 
 give normal courses in Sunday school work during the summer 
 months. Suitable sites will be reserved for buildings for other de- 
 partments of Church work, and it is expected that in time all the 
 great boards of the Church will have summer offices on the Assem- 
 bly Grounds. 
 
 SUMMER 
 HOMES. 
 
 As has been indicated, the founders of the Assembly 
 have in view not only the holding of great Conferences, 
 but the development of a large community of summer 
 homes. With this clearly defined purpose, 1,300 acres have been 
 purchased, and this property will be utilized as follows: Lake, 250 
 acres; drives, parks, and reservations for public buildings, 250 
 acres; building lots, 800 acres. About 1,000 lots of varying sizes 
 have been platted. Accurate maps of this section can be obtained 
 by application to the Real Estate Department, Southern Assembly, 
 Waynesville, N. C. 
 
 Prices of Lots. 
 
 Lots are divided into Classes AA, A, B, C, D, and are sold by the 
 front foot as follows: 
 
 Class AA at $16.67 per front foot. 
 Class A at $15.00 per front foot. 
 Class B at $12.50 per front foot. 
 
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Class C at $10.00 per front foot. 
 Class D at $8.34 per front foot. 
 
 The unit system has been adopted, the unit containing a frontage 
 of twenty feet. No lot is sold in Classes AA and A of less than 
 three units, or a frontage of sixty feet; and no lot is sold in 
 Classes B, C, and D of less than two units, or forty feet of front- 
 age. This is a protection to purchasers, and will prevent undue 
 crowding in any section. 
 
 After careful consideration of the methods adopted 
 
 TERMS OF 
 
 by other assemblies, the Southern Assembly has de- 
 cided to sell rather than lease the lots. But suitable 
 conditions and restrictions have been placed in the deed to protect 
 the Assembly from any persons who might desire to use the prop- 
 erty in any manner hurtful to the objects held in view in the estab- 
 lishment of the Assembly. These conditions and restrictions will 
 not hamper any one in any proper uses of the lot, but will be a se- 
 curity to all purchasers that the lots cannot be used for purposes 
 which are inconsistent with the aims of the Assembly. Any per- 
 son who is not willing to purchase a lot with the restrictions con- 
 tained in the deed would not be a desirable owner of property on 
 the Assembly Grounds. 
 
 The terms of sale are made to accommodate all classes of pur- 
 chasers. A discount of five per cent is given for cash. When cash 
 is not paid, the regular terms are one-fourth cash, the balance in 
 six, twelve, eighteen, and twenty-four months, with interest at six 
 per cent per annum on the deferred payments. Special terms may 
 be made if sufficient reasons are given therefor. 
 
 BOARDING HOUSES, The °P enin S of the Assembly will present 
 _______ the chance to make a good living by taking 
 
 LODGHivS, 
 
 lodgers or boarders at the Assembly 
 Grounds. Thousands of visitors already come to this neighborhood 
 
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 every summer; and with the added attractions which will be of- 
 fered by the athletic grounds — golf links, boating, fishing, bathing, 
 concerts, lectures, conferences, and schools of the Assembly pro- 
 gram — there will be no better place in the country for boarding 
 houses and hotels. Many persons will build cottages and take 
 meals at the hotels and restaurants in order to get a rest from the 
 cares of housekeeping. The management will be glad to correspond 
 with persons desiring to open lodging and boarding houses. 
 
 In order to insure growth and permanence, 
 ADMINISTRATION. . . , • T . . . 
 
 a charter was secured from the Legislature 
 
 of North Carolina, which charter vests the administration of the 
 Assembly in the hands of a Board of Commissioners composed of 
 nine members, elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting, 
 the organization of which Board is as follows: President, Bishop 
 James Atkins; Vice President, John R. Pepper; Secretary, S. C. 
 Satterthwait; Treasurer, B. J. Sloan; General Superintendent, Dr. 
 James Cannon; Superintendent of Program, Dr. George R. Stuart. 
 These, with Gen. Julian S. Carr, Durham, N. C, Mr. R. S. Munger, 
 Birmingham, Ala., and Mr. T. S. Southgate, Norfolk, Va., compose 
 the Board of Commissioners. 
 
 In order that the work might be established upon a sound busi- 
 ness basis, with ample funds to develop such an Assembly as would 
 be adequate for the needs of our great Church, a charter was se- 
 cured from the Legislature of North Carolina which provided for 
 a capital stock of $250,000. It was found, however, that this would 
 not be sufficient to do the work which the Commissioners thought 
 to be necessary, and so the charter was amended giving a maximum 
 capital of $500,000. The shares of stock are $100 each, and over 
 four hundred of our preachers and laymen have subscribed for stock 
 in amounts from $100 to $10,000. It is greatly desired to increase 
 
ROADS. 
 
 the number of stockholders to at least one thousand. The form of 
 stock subscription is printed in full on page 32. 
 
 Sports and Games. 
 
 The lake will furnish an opportunity for bathing, swimming, 
 fishing, and for various kinds of boating and aquatic sports; while 
 grounds and buildings will be constructed for athletic sports, such 
 as golf, baseball, tennis, bowling, croquet, etc. It will be the pol- 
 icy of the management to provide certain recreation periods dur- 
 ing the day's schedule; and special afternoons will be set apart for 
 sports, at which time nothing else will be provided on the program — 
 these in addition to the fact that all these recreations can be en- 
 gaged in at any and all times except on the holy Sabbath. 
 
 There are about seventy-five miles of good roads which 
 connect the Waynesville community with the towns, vil- 
 lages, and assemblies of the Land of the Sky. Already within a 
 radius of forty miles several assembly grounds have been located — 
 namely, the Blue Ridge Association (the home of training confer- 
 ences for Y. M. C. A.' and Y. W. C. A. workers) at Robert E. Lee 
 Hall, the Bluemont Assembly Grounds of the Southern Baptists, and 
 the Montreat Assembly Grounds of the Southern Presbyterians. It is 
 recognized by all who have carefully considered the facts that this sec- 
 tion is already the greatest summer rendezvous of the South. Thou- 
 sands of visitors crowd into the hotels and boarding houses which 
 are now open to them, and thousands more will come when ac- 
 commodations are provided. The Southern Assembly Grounds will 
 be within easy reach of the neighboring places of interest by 
 train or automobile. Should one desire to spend a day or so in 
 the midst of the wildest mountain scenery, the Murphy Branch of 
 the Southern Railway, on which the Assembly Grounds are located, 
 penetrates into the very heart of the Nantahalas, far famed for the 
 magnificent grandeur of their scenery. 
 
 ACCESSIBILITY. 
 
 The Committee of the Laymen's Movement had 
 
 to consider the entire Church in making its 
 selection. A place must be found which would have (1) healthful 
 climate, (2) beautiful scenery, (3) good water, (4) abundant sup- 
 plies, and (5) good roads. And the place with these advantages 
 must be accessible to the great body of our Southern people. There 
 is no place east of the Mississippi with the necessary qualifica- 
 tions which is more accessible to the great body of our Southern 
 people than Lake Junaluska. Through sleepers run to the neigh- 
 boring city of Asheville from Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, 
 Lynchburg, Danville, Charleston, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville, 
 Macon, Atlanta, Augusta, Birmingham, New Orleans, Memphis, 
 Nashville, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, 
 and the cities of North Carolina, and the trip from a point as far 
 distant as St. Louis can be made in about twenty-four hours. Since 
 the opening of the Assembly Grounds the Southern Railway has 
 put on through sleepers from Memphis, Chattanooga, and from 
 Charleston and Columbia, and chair cars from Eastern Carolina 
 cities. 
 
 Excursion Rates. 
 
 Round-trip tickets are guaranteed to the Assembly from all parts 
 of the South. 
 
 Special Excursions are run every season by the Southern Railway 
 at very low rates. For example: The special excursion rate from 
 Richmond was $8.50; from Louisville, $8.50; from St. Louis, $12.50, 
 etc., with a time limit of two weeks. 
 
 The Formal Opening. 
 
 The date of the formal opening of the Assembly was June 26, 
 1913. At that time the Second Missionary Conference of the whole 
 Church was held at the auditorium on the Assembly Grounds. The 
 
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Conference continued over four full days and was attended by three 
 thousand people. Ten of the bishops and nearly all of the connec- 
 tional officers and Conference editors and several of our college 
 presidents were present. It was the greatest Conference ever held 
 by our Church. There was a great spiritual baptism and over 
 $150,000 was subscribed for the mission work of the Church then and 
 there. The Southern Assembly received its baptism as an accredited 
 instrument for the advancement of the Master's kingdom. 
 
 The Missionary Conference was followed by a Bible Conference 
 under the direction of Dr. W. F. Tillett, and this by a Sunday School 
 and Epworth League Conference under the direction of the Sun- 
 day School and Epworth League Secretaries. Each of these Con- 
 ferences continued for ten days, and set a high standard of excel- 
 lence for the future work of the Assembly. 
 
 Unusual Attractions of Lake Junaluska. 
 
 Too much stress cannot be laid upon the unusual advantages pos- 
 sessed by Lake Junaluska for a summer residence. There is no 
 more important problem of our modern civilization than the sum- 
 mer home problem. Where shall one go? What shall one do? 
 Where shall one carry the children with the greatest benefit to the 
 body, mind, and character and the least damage to the family life? 
 It is the supreme purpose of the Assembly to meet this need. While 
 the usual program of a literary and religious character will be 
 found at Lake Junaluska in an unusual degree, there will be un- 
 usual efforts made to provide suitable arrangements for permanent 
 summer homes under the most favorable conditions conceivable. 
 The great extent of the Assembly Grounds and the use of motor cars 
 and boats will open up so wide an area for settlement as to allow 
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 that almost every imaginable kind of taste can be gratified in the 
 selection of a place at which to board or build or tent. In other 
 assemblies where the only way to reach public places, such as au- 
 ditorium, assembly buildings, stores, open-air meetings, etc., is on 
 foot, there is of necessity a grouping and crowding of residences and 
 boarding houses which makes it impossible to secure the freedom 
 and quiet of those seeking rest in summer; but at Lake Junaluska 
 a person may build at any point around the lake and yet be within 
 a few minutes' ride of any of the points of public interest. The As- 
 sembly will have its own system of telephones, electric lights, water 
 supply, and sewerage, and thus it will be possible to enjoy at once 
 the seclusion of the country with all the conveniences of the city. 
 
 Investigate Lake Junaluska Now. 
 
 No matter where you may already have located a summer home, 
 no matter what you may have planned to do at another place, no 
 matter whether you have made any plans at all for a summer home, 
 investigate carefully the great advantages and beauties of Lake 
 Junaluska. Here men can build homes at medium cost and place 
 their families for the entire summer amid scenes of beauty in the 
 healthiest of all atmospheres, with the purest water gushing from 
 the mountain hard by, and be surrounded by intellectual and moral 
 conditions which it is impossible to find except at such a place as the 
 Southern Assembly. 
 
 Come to Lake Junaluska and see the beautiful country, breathe 
 in the bracing air, and climb or drive through the mountains for 
 some days. Look over the Assembly Grounds and pick out a lot on 
 which to build your cottage, and have it built promptly so as to 
 be in time for the next season. 
 
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ON LAKE JUNALUSKA, 2,560 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. 
 
READ WHAT THEY SAY. 
 
 What the Bishops Say. 
 
 "We congratulate the Church upou the successful beginning of the 
 work of the Southern Assembly at Lake Junaluska, N. C. The great 
 Conferences held there the past summer were so eminently spiritual 
 as to be an inspiration and an encouragement to the whole Church. 
 The beautiful scenery, the delightful climate, and the central loca- 
 tion make this an ideal spot for the development of a great Assem- 
 bly Grounds. We bid the Assembly Godspeed in its efforts to ad- 
 vance the interests of the kingdom of God." The foregoing resolu- 
 tion was adopted by the College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, South, at a meeting held in St. Louis, October 30, 1913. 
 
 Collins Denny, Secretary. 
 
 I was very agreeably disappointed when I visited the Southern 
 Assembly. It was much beyond my expectation. Despite the un- 
 finished state of the grounds, the natural beauty of the scenery was 
 very attractive; and when the plans are carried to completion I 
 doubt if anything finer or more attractive can be found within reach. 
 It is health-giving and inspiring. The work went through with 
 great satisfaction. I have not in many years found myself in the 
 midst of a great assembly more devout and evidently bent upon 
 securing God's best blessing upon their meeting. On the whole, I 
 can hardly imagine a place better suited for the great assemblies 
 of our Church. When completed the grounds of this summer resort 
 will satisfy the requirements of all who seek physical recuperation, 
 mental stimulus, and, if the promise of the first year is fulfilled, 
 spiritual refreshment and renewal. A. W. Wilson. 
 
 1601 Park Place, Baltimore, Md. 
 
 The physical attractions at Lake Junaluska are the mountains, 
 not bold but beautiful, with a sufficient elevation to moderate the 
 heart of midsummer, the large and beautiful lake which mirrors 
 the mountains and so increases the beauty of the landscape, and 
 the exhilarating atmosphere so far above sea level. This makes a 
 
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 splendid setting for the real Junaluska, which is a Christian assem- 
 bly for religious gatherings of a high order with all things sacred 
 properly safeguarded. The best places of like character fall below 
 Junaluska in healthfulness, while the religious leaders accustomed 
 to such assemblies are loud in their praises of the place and its 
 lofty standards. God has graciously recognized Junaluska by the 
 presence and inspiration of his Holy Spirit from the very begin- 
 ning of the notable services held there and in their wide-reaching 
 and historic results in the strengthening and upbuilding of his 
 kingdom. We gather there to plan great things for God and to 
 expect great things from God. Eugene R. Hendrix. 
 
 3242 Norledge Place, Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 Progress is only man connecting his thought with the thought 
 of God. The classic mound, the restless river, and the pulsing 
 sea are God's thoughts. The mansion on the mound, the steamer 
 on the river, and the glittering city "on the lips of the sea" are 
 man's thoughts. Electricity is God's thought in subtle fire form; 
 the motor, the trolley, and the wheel are man's thought in ma- 
 chinery form. The two combined are progress. The magnificent 
 landscape for Lake Junaluska, with hill and valley, forest and 
 lake basin, was the divine thought; while the filling of the lake and 
 the graceful gondolas moving, spiritlike, on its bosom, with other 
 added attractions, will be the thought and work of men. We looked 
 almost in wonder over the yet undeveloped picture. The outlines 
 are clear, the possibilities splendid, in the "Land of the Sky," "beau- 
 tiful for situation" and ultimately to be the "joy of the whole 
 South." Nowhere perhaps in all the South could be found a situa- 
 tion surpassing this for a nation-wide Christian summer resort — a 
 thing so much needed in our Southland. Its lvalue cannot be put into 
 words. It will be the resting place and at the same time the re- 
 cruiting place for soul, body, and spirit — a veritable power plant 
 for our Christianity. It will require years to complete the entire 
 work; but it will be a growth enjoyed by thousands of God's people, 
 
and, when complete, will stand for coming time to send out its 
 health-giving influence upon the multitudes who are so fortunate 
 as to spend a summer season amid its attractions. 
 Leesburg, Fla. H. C. Morrison. 
 
 The makers of the Southern Assembly had the great fortune to 
 find a spot in the mountains of Carolina where nature has done 
 its best. In the Richland Valley they have made a lake from which 
 the big mountains rise in every direction and stretch away in a 
 silent grandeur, forming a picture unexcelled in any land. There 
 is something peculiar about the multitude of great scenes which 
 combine to make what is called Junaluska. One cannot fail to see 
 it, to feel it, to be carried away by it. He cannot tell what he sees; 
 he cannot explain what he feels; he cannot say why he is moved. 
 And this mystery is the glory. Art is always that something which 
 runs away from words and hides from the eyes of the critic. This 
 is glorious Junaluska. Here the landscape architect found his 
 chance, and he has used it. The whole scheme of improvement is 
 a rare attainment. Designed to be the meeting place of the best 
 order of conferences, the summer home of the best people, and the 
 association of high-minded men, women, and children, it is destined 
 to become one of the great prides and influences in our land. 
 
 Durham, N. C. John C. Kilgo. 
 
 No more beautiful and delightful situation than Junaluska for 
 the purposes in view could be found. A person with appreciation of 
 mountain scenery can there find an answer to his cravings for what 
 is grand in nature. Much work has been done by the managers to 
 make all parts of the grounds accessible. With the cooperation of 
 our people we should be able to make the Assembly a great center 
 of education, inspiration, and legitimate pleasure as well as health. 
 
 Collins Denny. 
 
 Lake Junaluska surpassed my expectations. Nature has done 
 her part toward making it one of the most beautiful and attractive 
 places on earth. And man is doing his part, on an artistic and 
 comprehensive scale, toward making it the center of the social, re- 
 ligious, and intellectual life of Southern Methodism. The future 
 of the Southern Assembly is assured. The men who are behind it 
 
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 are a guaranty of its success. It is destined to become one of the 
 most popular resorts in the South — not for the ultra-fashionable, 
 but for men and women who enjoy the highest intellectual enter- 
 tainment along with wholesome Christian society. 
 
 BIRMINGHAM, ALA. JAMES H. MCCOY. 
 
 What the Connectional Officers Say. 
 
 Ever since, as a member of the committee seeking a suitable 
 location for the Southern Assembly, I first beheld the beauties round 
 about Junaluska, I have given my vote for that spot above all rivals 
 for first place. I have never found any reason for reversing or 
 explaining that vote. After attending the Second General Mission- 
 ary Conference there last summer and witnessing the wonderful 
 adaptation of that beautiful location for summer gatherings and 
 the possibility of future developments, I am more than ever con- 
 firmed in my first impression. The large and intelligent plans 
 which the managers of the Southern Assembly are putting into 
 effect at Junaluska, combined with the unparalleled beauty and 
 sublimity of the scenery and the liveliness of the climate, are 
 destined to make of it the choicest place in my knowledge for the 
 purpose of great gatherings. Its influence on the Church of the 
 future cannot be measured. W. W. Pinson, 
 
 Nashville, tenn. General Secretary Board of Missions. 
 
 I was at Lake Junaluska for two Conferences last summer, and 
 heard many strong testimonies to the value of that institution. 
 Men from every section of our country, many of them members of 
 other Churches, declared that in the beauty of the natural scenery 
 and in the splendid promise of its early preparation there was 
 nothing better, probably nothing like it, on this continent. That 
 statement is hardly too strong. In that remarkable missionary offer- 
 ing there was not only great blessing, but great prophecy. Juna- 
 luska is to be the summer trysting place of Southern Methodists, 
 and, in my opinion, nothing the Church has done in our generation 
 promises quite so much for the skilled leadership and larger progress 
 of the future. E. H. Rawlings, 
 
 Educational Secretary Board of Missions, M. E. Church, South. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
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Under present religious and social conditions, it is all but essen- 
 tial that any Church desiring to keep within even hailing distance 
 of the onward-marching forces of Christendom should have some 
 place apart where those who lead the various departments of its 
 activities may gather for prayer and counsel, for inspiration and 
 information required to fit them for work that is ever demanding 
 increased efficiency. Lake Junaluska, situated in the heart of the 
 Blue Ridge and yet easily accessible from all parts of the South, 
 is an ideal place for Southern Methodists and far surpasses any 
 other place I have seen set apart for similar purposes. The need 
 of the Church, the suitability of situation, and the wise manage- 
 ment of the Assembly assure for Lake Junaluska first rank among 
 the great Chautauqua grounds of the nation. C. P. Reid, 
 
 Secretary Laymen's Missionary Movement. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn., October 21, 1913. 
 
 Junaluska is an ideal place for summer residence and for all 
 kinds of summer gatherings. The climate is delightful, the scenery 
 sublime; and when the improvements now under way are com- 
 pleted, the conveniences will be all that could be desired. It is sure 
 to become the great summer meeting place for Southern Methodists. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. E. B. Chappell, Sunday School Editor. 
 
 It was my privilege to attend the great Missionary Conference 
 held last June at Lake Junaluska and to look over the grounds of 
 the Southern Assembly. Our Church has long needed a suitable and 
 central place where the leaders and people from the several sec- 
 tions of our Methodism might come together for recreation, coun- 
 sel, instruction, and inspiration. It seems to me that Junaluska 
 meets all the conditions of such a meeting place. The directors are 
 to be congratulated upon the progress which they have thus far 
 made in erecting the building and improving the grounds of the 
 Assembly. Their plans are large and comprehensive, and in work- 
 ing them out the management needs and should receive the co- 
 operation and sympathy of the entire Church. The success of the 
 first year, achieved under many difficulties, is but a prophecy of that 
 larger success which is certain to attend the institution from year 
 to year as its plans are matured. 
 
 Stonewall Anderson, Secretary of Education. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn., October 23, 1913. 
 
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 I desire to express my great interest in the great undertaking at 
 Lake Junaluska and to offer congratulations upon the magnificent 
 results that are crowning the enterprise with success. The ideal 
 summer resort must have natural beauty plus the products of the 
 art of the scenic engineer, material conditions that lighten the 
 drudgery of living while simplifying manners, for Church people 
 congenial society coupled with opportunities for spiritual growth 
 and intellectual culture; and to make these conditions really ad- 
 vantageous there must be a climate sufficiently bracing to make 
 vigorous exercise of body and mind a joy and to insure nightly 
 repose even during the heated term. The mountain regions of 
 Western North Carolina afford the natural requirements, and Lake 
 Junaluska possesses all the others. It is there that the great gath- 
 erings of Methodists will congregate from year to year at the place 
 most advantageous in every respect. Fitzgerald S. Parker, 
 Nashville, Tenn. General Secretary Epworth League. 
 
 It is hard to believe that a single soul could have visited Lake 
 Junaluska last summer and not have been favorably impressed with 
 what he saw. The location of the Assembly Grounds just as nearly 
 approaches the ideal as could be found. The alleged remoteness 
 from a main highway of the railroad ceases to be an objection in 
 the light of the ample, prompt, and courteous service rendered 
 by the Southern Railway last summer. Then it must not be for- 
 gotten that the lake will speedily be linked by trolley lines with 
 all the places of importance in a radius of fifty miles. In the mat- 
 ter of scenery it is difficult to imagine a spot more satisfying. The 
 open valley where Richland Creek winds its merry way, the wide- 
 terraced slopes, and the mighty peaks towering high for visions 
 of far-stretching landscapes and for inspiration to noble thinking 
 and purity of feeling — all take their setting in one of nature's 
 fairest creations. The crystal lake mirrors the whole, flashing 
 like a pearl in the light of the morning and the evening sun. One 
 even slightly acquainted with conditions in the South understands 
 the growing necessity for information, instruction, and conference 
 in regard to the task and the resources of the Church. At Lake 
 Junaluska our great Church is building an institution and a sum- 
 mer home for all the people. Here will be concentrated the wis- 
 dom, the strength, the power of Christian fellowship and the en- 
 
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thusiasm of Southern Methodism. Thither through the years to 
 come will travel faithful bands of zealous pilgrims. 
 
 J. Marvin Culbreth, 
 Nashville, tenn. Assistant Secretary Epworth League. 
 
 There is a positive demand for the summer Assembly where 
 educational, inspirational, and training work may be carried on, to 
 the end that Christian people may be furnished lever, fulcrum, and 
 strength for the highest service. Geographical footing is necessary 
 during the time of preparation, as it is for the after service. As 
 the place for such an Assembly nature has committed the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, South, to an ideal location — Junaluska, in the 
 Land of the Sky. Charles D. Bulla, 
 
 Superintendent of Wesley Bible Class Department. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn., October 31, 1913. 
 
 My week's stay at Lake Junaluska during the session of the South- 
 ern Assembly was a most delightful one. The magnificent lake and 
 the mountains towering on all sides, the splendid walks, and the 
 bracing mountain air— all served to instill new life after a hard 
 year's work. It is an ideal spot for rest and inspiration. The ad- 
 dresses there were among the most helpful I have ever heard de- 
 livered. They gave an insight into our work at home and abroad 
 and revealed the possibilities of the gospel in reaching the lost and 
 transforming the nations. To me the inspiration was so great that 
 I came away determined on better things for myself and work and 
 resolved to give my Lord a better chance to live in and through me. 
 
 A. E. Clement, 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. Commissioner Galloway Memorial Hospital. 
 
 Just a word about our Southern Assembly. I had the pleasure 
 of spending two weeks at Junaluska this past summer; and while 
 I can add little to what has been said by others in regard to the 
 beauty of the location and the inspiration of the Assembly Con- 
 ferences, yet I wish to add my word of commendation. Beautiful 
 Junaluska! Yes, beautiful now, but far more beautiful in the 
 future when there shall be an ever-increasing host of Southern 
 Methodists who carry with them memories of happy hours at Juna- 
 
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 luska filled with worthy thought and delightful comradeship. Juna- 
 luska, I believe, is destined to be the Chautauqua of the South. I 
 look forward to other visits to the Assembly in future years. 
 
 A. C. Tippens, 
 Assistant to Educational Secretary. Board of Missions. 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 It was my privilege last summer to attend one of the great Con- 
 ferences held at Lake Junaluska. I had heard much of the place, 
 but the reality surpassed every expectation. No words of descrip- 
 tion are adequate to its scenic beauty and sublimity. It is without 
 doubt an ideal location for a summer assembly. These natural 
 advantages, however, great as they are, are only incidental to the 
 vast possibilities of the Assembly as a center of religious and in- 
 tellectual culture for the South. Much is expected of the Southern 
 Assembly along these lines, but I doubt if even the most enthusiastic 
 imagination has yet compassed the part it is destined to play, par- 
 ticularly in the larger life of our Church. It would be hard to over- 
 estimate the value of the enterprise to the Church and the South. 
 The Assembly is to be congratulated on the splendid vision that 
 is taking shape so rapidly. My best wishes are with it. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. Robert B. Eleazer. 
 
 All that Chautauqua and similar places of relaxation, entertain- 
 ment, and instruction have been to the North, Junaluska with its 
 Southern Assembly will unquestionably be to the South, and possi- 
 bly more. None can compare with it in beauty of landscape and 
 sublimity of scenery. All who visited the grounds and attended 
 any of the exercises, conferences, and institutes during the first 
 season were thoroughly convinced that Junaluska, under such man- 
 agement as it now has, will hold first place among the resorts of 
 the South and be the peer of any in the United States that provide 
 intellectual stimulation and religious inspiration. 
 
 John M. Moore, 
 Secretary Home Department. Board of Missions. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 It was my pleasure to attend the Second General Missionary Con- 
 ference at Lake Junaluska in June. I was charmed with the loca- 
 tion, the marvelous scenery, and the plan of the Southern Assembly 
 
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Grounds. There is everything in nature to invite people from all 
 sections of the country to attend the summer schools and confer- 
 ences which it is proposed to conduct there. It is also an ideal place 
 for a summer heme. I believe it will become a religious center 
 not less great than Keswick and Northfield. 
 
 Mrs. R. W. MacDonell, 
 Secretary Home Department, Board of Missions. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 The location for the Assembly Grounds at Junaluska is ideal. 
 With the beautiful scenery, the fine climate, the lovely lake, the 
 charming people, and splendid exercises, this place should be in 
 deed and in truth the very mountain top of opportunity to the 
 Christian people who will from time to time gather there to study, 
 plan, and pray for the extension of our Master's kingdom. With 
 God's business Lake Junaluska should become the very synonym 
 of faith and power, and should prove an intellectual and spiritual 
 uplift to those who are privileged to behold its beauty, enjoy its 
 rich program, and mingle with the cultivated Christian people who 
 will be attracted to the place each year. May God abundantly bless 
 the place and what it stands for, the people who gather there, and 
 the projectors who have made possible such a lovely summer gather- 
 ing place for the people of Southern Methodism! 
 
 Mrs. F. H. E. Ross, 
 
 Nashville, Tenn., November S. 1913. Mrs. J. B. Cobb. 
 
 I spent ten delightful days last August at Junaluska. I came to 
 it overworked and half sick, and found rest and healing in its pure 
 air and sleep-inducing nights. The beauty of its lake and moun- 
 tains and wild flowers, with the fine fellowship of its Christian 
 workers, left a charm that will lead me back another year, if the 
 Lord wills. It is a wonderful place, and I am not surprised that 
 Campbell White called it the most wenderful of American religious 
 resorts. No Christian worker who goes to it or invests in it will 
 have just cause for regrets, nor can any man rightly estimate its 
 future growth and power for good. Only a year old, a marvel has 
 been wrought by its management -in its great dam and lake with 
 five, miles of encircling boulevard, its modern auditorium and public 
 
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 buildings, its sanitary provision and water supply, its beautiful rail- 
 road station, and its handsome private cottages. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. H. M. Hamill. 
 
 "O world as God has made it, all is beauty!" At least one could 
 not think otherwise with the panorama of Junaluska spread out 
 before his eyes. The lake, the vast sweep of surrounding moun- 
 tains, the blue sky above, all combine to give a rare and satisfying 
 sense of the completeness of things. A place so well situated for 
 the purposes which Junaluska is intended to meet could hardly 
 have been found anywhere else. It cannot fail to be, from this time 
 on, the center of pride for every loyal Southern Methodist. 
 
 Ada Trawick, 
 Secretary for the Junior Epicorth League. 
 
 November 8, 1913. 
 
 The beauty of the Lake Junaluska grounds impressed all visitors. 
 Those who came from the North, several of whom had seen all the 
 popular resorts of the country, declared that in natural beauty this 
 excelled any of them. It is new as yet, but undoubtedly gives 
 great promise. Its confessed natural advantages are reenforced by 
 the intelligent energy of men like Bishop Atkins, Dr. James Can- 
 non, Mr. John R. Pepper, Dr. George Stuart, and others. The Con- 
 ference was the first guest of the Assembly, and its members came 
 away feeling that nothing that could be done for their comfort had 
 been spared. Many of them hope and expect to return again and 
 often. G. B. Winton, 
 
 Editorial Secretary, Board of Missions. 
 
 What the Educators Say. 
 
 I had the pleasure of spending a few days last summer at the 
 Southern Assembly, Waynesville, N. C. It seemed to me that the 
 location on the shores of Lake Junaluska was an ideal one for 
 health and beauty. Nature had certainly done her part, and the 
 management were cooperating wisely in adding to what she had 
 done. The plans, moreover, which the management has in mind, 
 when carried out, will make the Assembly the center for a far- 
 
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reaching intellectual and religious influence — a Christian summer 
 resort where pleasure and profit are combined. 
 Spartanburg, S. C. Henry N. Snyder. 
 
 The work of the first season at Lake Junaluska betokens a great 
 future for the Southern Assembly. Nature and engineering genius 
 have combined to make Lake Junaluska a place of fascinating 
 beauty, and the leaders of the Southern Assembly guarantee that 
 amid these glories of nature the voice of the great Father of all 
 shall be heard speaking the most vital and uplifting messages to 
 the souls of men. I foresee vast throngs of our Southern Meth- 
 odists year by year availing themselves of the exceptional privi- 
 leges at Lake Junaluska. My confident expectation is that this 
 will prove the center from which the mightiest influences of the 
 Divine Spirit will radiate throughout our Methodism and so be- 
 come one of the greatest forces toward making our beloved Church 
 all that our gracious Lord expects it to be. Junaluska means to 
 me higher hope, richer life, better service, deeper loyalty, and 
 clearer spiritual vision for our whole Church. O. E. Brown. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 I greatly enjoyed my short visit to the Southern Assembly 
 Grounds last summer, and was delighted with what I saw and 
 heard. No finer site for a great Assembly could be desired, and 
 the plans to develop and improve it are worthy the opportunity 
 and purpose. The beautiful lake, the hills and valleys around, the 
 roads winding all over the twelve hundred acres, the auditorium 
 and other public and private buildings, and all else have already 
 made the spot a scene of enchantment, and when carried for- 
 ward will make almost a fairyland. I have seen Chautauqua, N. 
 Y., and Ocean Grove, N. J., and some other summer resorts, and 
 I do not hesitate to say that the Southern Assembly offers superior 
 natural advantages and will ultimately vie with them in any respect. 
 I congratulate Dr. Cannon and Bishop Atkins, Brothers Pepper 
 and Stuart, and their helpers on the fine beginning made in this 
 enterprise, which promises so much for culture, for health-finding, 
 for pleasure, and for religious enjoyment and profit. 
 
 Lander College, Greenwood. S. C. John O. "Willson. 
 
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 It was my good fortune to be present at practically all of the 
 exercises held at Lake Junaluska during the past summer, and I 
 am quite sure I never received more light and inspiration in the 
 same length of time elsewhere in my life. It is difficult — in fact, 
 impossible — for me to give in a few words my estimate of the value 
 of the work proposed to be done by the Southern Assembly. In the 
 first place, in bringing together the very flower of the whole South- 
 ern Church, both from the ministry and from the lay workers, in 
 leading them into higher views of truth and in instructing them 
 in better ways and methods of doing their work, in inspiring 
 them with new zeal and deeper courage for doing that work, and 
 in sending them back with this new light and new life, the Southern 
 Assembly will be doing a work whose importance cannot be over- 
 estimated. In the second place, in providing a place where young 
 people of the Church can gather during the summer and find pure, 
 wholesome, and profitable exercise, entertainment, and recreation for 
 all their faculties of both body and mind, and find these under the 
 supervision of the leaders of our Church and free from the degrad- 
 ing influences of the ordinary summer resort, the Southern As- 
 sembly is doing a work whose importance is second only to the 
 first. For the accomplishment of these great aims I do not believe 
 a more suitable place could have been found in our whole country. 
 The natural beauty of the place and its surroundings and the in- 
 vigorating influence of the climate simply cannot be fully appre- 
 ciated by one who has not been in the midst of them. 
 
 Trinity College, Durham. N. C. W. I. Crawford. 
 
 The work proposed by the Southern Assembly is of inestimable 
 value. Our Church greatly needs it, and we should have begun it 
 two decades sooner than we have. The instruction, training, ana 
 inspiration given there should double our efficiency in all lines of 
 Church work, and will as soon as our preachers, Sunday school su- 
 perintendents, and others have fully understood the marvelous facili- 
 ties afforded there for training and better preparation. I regard it 
 as in possibility our greatest institution, and believe it can really 
 be made such. The location is superb. The scenery surpasses de- 
 scription. I doubt whether its equal can be found anywhere else. 
 
 Littleton College, Littleton, N. C. J. M. Rhodes. 
 
I have scarcely ever been more agreeably surprised than when I 
 alighted from the train at Junaluska last summer. Although I had 
 been familiar with the mountains of Western North Carolina for 
 several years, I did not dream that so striking a combination of 
 lake and mountain scenery could there be realized. My first im- 
 pression, followed by the peculiarly sacred hour of the eventide 
 spent on the central peak, was strengthened by a morning ride 
 around the lake. There are many points at which one feels like 
 setting up his tabernacles. Not since I saw Mount Skiddaw from 
 the shining levels of Derwentwater have I been so moved by natural 
 scenery. The men in charge of this great enterprise have done 
 their work with fidelity and thoroughness, and have made their plans 
 for the future with much wisdom. They have seen a vision, and 
 the Methodist Church will fail to take advantage of a great oppor- 
 tunity if she does not make good the vision. Edwin Mims. 
 
 November 8, 1913. 
 
 I was present on two different occasions at Lake Junaluska dur- 
 ing the past summer. It is the most beautiful situation for a sum- 
 mer gathering that I know of in this country. The management 
 have about completed arrangements for the comfort and pleasure 
 of the thousands who will hereafter probably spend their summer 
 vacations there. No expense has been spared and no requirement 
 overlooked for making Lake Junaluska an ideal place of resort. 
 The work which it is proposed to do there is of such a character that 
 Church leaders and students of religious and social problems will 
 find it greatly to their advantage to be in regular yearly attendance. 
 I believe that the Assembly at this beautiful spot will speedily be- 
 come one of the most useful agencies in the South for the promo- 
 tion of all the interests of civilization and religion. 
 
 C. M. Bishop, 
 
 Georgetown, Tex. President Southwestern University. 
 
 I take pleasure in testifying to the splendid impression made 
 upon me by the work already accomplished and proposed to be done 
 by the Southern Assembly. The location is beautiful, and the ar- 
 tistic skill shown by those who have had the work in charge has 
 
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 combined with nature in a wonderfully attractive way. Too much 
 cannot be said in praise of the vision and indomitable perseverance 
 of those who have had the work in charge. 
 
 Moody M. Mooke, President Athens College. 
 Athens, Ala., November 6, 1913. 
 
 I attended the Sunday School Convention at Lake Junaluska last 
 summer and was most favorably impressed with the work of the 
 Southern Assembly there. The site is an ideal one, the work is 
 projected on broad lines, and I think that the enterprise is in every 
 way worthy of approbation. Andrew Sledd, 
 
 Greensboro, Ala. President Southern University. 
 
 What the Laymen Are Saying. 
 
 It was my great joy to spend most of the past summer with my 
 family at Lake Junaluska; and the testimony of each member is 
 that it was the most delightful season we have ever had, notwith- 
 standing we have visited much of Europe at three different times. 
 There are some good, valid reasons why the foregoing is entirely true. 
 (1) The elevation is such as to make the climate exceedingly pleas- 
 ant and to require blankets for comfort every night. (2) The scenery 
 is magnificent and a full match for anything in Switzerland, and 
 more beautiful in some particulars. (3) The Conferences held there 
 last summer, being the initial meetings of the Assembly, set a high 
 key of excellence and helpfulness which I am sure is an augury of 
 that which is to come. (4) The whole purpose and plans of the 
 Southern Assembly are such as to minister to the physical, mental, 
 and moral elevation of all who come within its happy bounds. 
 Hence the law of high gravitation brings to that charmed area the 
 best people of the South and elsewhere, with whom it is not only 
 pleasant but very profitable to associate. Long live- the Southern 
 Assembly and sweet Lake Junaluska with her mountain-mirrored 
 and ever-changing beauty! J. R. Pepper, 
 
 Memphis, Tenn. President Laymen's Missionary Movement. 
 
 For twenty-five years I have traveled from Canada to Florida, and 
 have yet to find a more suitable place for the Southern Assembly 
 
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than Lake Junaluska. After building a house there and staying 
 with my family in that beautiful spot for nearly five months, I can 
 truly say I have never regretted the investment. The wonderful 
 work of cutting out those fine broad roads, building that immense 
 dam, the large auditorium, public service building, concrete side- 
 walks, sewerage, and water in such a short time, has made it 
 a marvelous work in my eyes. God and man have surely worked 
 together in that place. A few of its assets, to my mind, are its re- 
 ligious influence, healthfulness, scenery, congenial company. Last, 
 but not least, its possibility for the future cannot be measured. 
 
 C. E. Weathekby, 
 Faison. n. c. Lay Leader North Carolina Conference. 
 
 I have been an earnest and enthusiastic advocate of a great sum- 
 mer home and Assembly Grounds for Southern Methodists since the 
 matter was brought to my attention some three years ago. I have 
 visited Junaluska the last three summers, and I know of no other 
 locality that combines in such a high degree all the desirable features 
 for summer homes and assembly grounds. The Church is losing 
 great numbers of her choice young people through unwholesome 
 summer associations. A summer vacation at Junaluska should not 
 only save them from backsliding, but it should give them new in- 
 spiration and better training, so that they would return to their 
 homes and take up Church work with clear vision and fresh en- 
 thusiasm. Grand mountain scenery, delightful climate, noble music, 
 great lectures, Missionary, Epworth League, and Sunday School 
 Conventions, Conferences, Institutes, etc., offer almost infinite possi- 
 bilities of health, pleasure, education, and inspiration to every mem- 
 ber of the family. The bringing together of so many choice Chris- 
 tian families under such ideal surroundings and for such high 
 purposes will create a society and an atmosphere that should help 
 one to understand more, not only of the possibilities of life on this 
 earth, but also of what heaven must be. Let every loyal Southern 
 Methodist rally to the aid of this great enterprise of our beloved 
 Church and help to hasten the day of its full realization. 
 
 E. A. Cole, 
 
 Lay Leader Western North Carolina Conference. 
 
 Charlotte, N. C. 
 
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 I have thought many times since my delightful visit to Lake 
 Junaluska, attending the great Missionary Conference of our 
 Church, of the wisdom of establishing the Southern Assembly 
 Grounds. It seems to me that it fills a long-needed want — a place 
 where all the different interests of our Church can hold their meet- 
 
 ■ ings, and where they can meet the master minds in each branch 
 of Church work. Our Church has grown both in strength and 
 
 I numbers, and is able to accomplish a wonderful work if her ener- 
 gies are properly and wisely directed; and I believe there will 
 radiate from that great central meeting place, all through South- 
 ern Methodism, higher ideals, greater inspiration, and more intelli- 
 gent methods of handling every branch of our work. The location 
 is all that could be desired, as it is easily reached from all sections, 
 the climate is delightful, and it seems to me the very place for a sum- 
 mer home and for rest and recreation. H. O. Keens. 
 Danville, Va. 
 
 After spending some days at Lake Junaluska, going over the 
 grounds, viewing the splendid situation, and learning something of 
 the plans and purposes of the management, I am fully convinced 
 that the place is ideal, the enterprise greatly needed, and that 
 our Church as one man should rally to its support. Let the Church 
 build at the earliest possible day a Conference home for each Con- 
 ference, thus making Lake Junaluska the rallying place for our 
 Church, where each year we may gather new strength for the battle. 
 I would commend the enterprise to every man who thinks about 
 the uplift of our children when summer vacations come. 
 
 Concord, N. C. d - b - Coltbane. 
 
 Having been present last summer at the Missionary Conference at 
 Lake Junaluska, I was impressed not only with this being an ideal 
 location for a Christian summer resort, but that the Southern As- 
 sembly is a work of inestimable value to our Southern Church. 
 
 Capron, Va. W. H. VINCENT. 
 
 I attended the opening of the Southern Assembly Grounds last 
 June, and was greatly interested in what I heard and saw. The 
 location I regard as a fine one for a meeting place for our Southern 
 Methodism to discuss and form plans for future work and in rally- 
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ing our forces for systematic Christian work. If the plans which I 
 understand the Board of Directors have made are carried out, I 
 am sure that splendid results will follow. John P. Pettyjohn. 
 Lynchburg, Va. 
 
 My visit to Lake Junaluska last June I esteem as a great privilege. 
 My imagination had pictured its many beauties, which were all fully 
 revealed when my eyes beheld the scene. When standing on the 
 dam, with the magnificent lake, magnificent mountains, and wonder- 
 ful scenery all around, I said: "The mind that conceived the idea of a 
 great meeting place for the great Southern Methodist Church must 
 have been inspired, as the location and the work of beautifying the 
 grounds are ideal." J. W. Williams. 
 
 Rocky Mount, Va. 
 
 I hope that success will attend the effort to give not only to 
 Southern Methodists, but to others as well, a "regional" Chautauqua, 
 a place for summer outings free from the objections of many of the 
 popular resorts, and especially a rendezvous for Church workers 
 where the advancement of the Master's kingdom can be planned and 
 furthered. The beauty of the place, which so impressed those who 
 attended the gathering of the past summer, will be enhanced when 
 the then unfinished roads and buildings shall have given place to a 
 completed equipment. The lovely natural scenery of the place 
 should not only appeal to all lovers of the beautiful, but should 
 tend to elevate and inspire and in this way further the purposes 
 of the enterprise. Success to the movement! O. S. Morton. 
 
 Richmond, Va. 
 
 What Preachers Are Saying. 
 
 A gigantic pair of compasses, with one point set on top of Mount 
 Junaluska, in Western North Carolina, and the other at Baltimore, 
 on the northeastern border of our Southern Methodist territory, 
 would describe a circle extending from the shore of Lake Erie to 
 the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. It would extend from the borders 
 of the Atlantic Ocean to beyond St. Louis, Mo. It would include, 
 in part or in whole, sixteen States of the Union and something like 
 1,000,000 to 1,200,000 Southern Methodists. To this favored spot 
 
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 came some open-eyed gentlemen and planted a summer city, not 
 for manufactures and gain, not for dissipation and worldly pleasure, 
 but for rest of body and mind, and for mutual culture and in- 
 spiration in the things of the soul. They refused to accept the 
 vaunted, arrogant, almost insolent, assumption of the world that 
 men and women can live and find recreation only in the swirl of 
 mental excitement or in the midst of the studied stimuli of physi- 
 ! cal passions. Ten days of uninterrupted pleasure, during the open- 
 j ing programs of the Southern Assembly last summer, proved the 
 ! justness of their conception that men and women can spend their 
 1 vacation days under surroundings and conditions that fill the days 
 i and speed the moments by, leaving a sense of vigor and freshness 
 in mind and body and no bad taste in the mouth. J. H. Light. 
 Lynchburg, Va. 
 
 I am very much impressed with the possibilities for good in the 
 work contemplated by the Southern Assembly. I believe the whole 
 Church will feel the influence of the work done there from year to 
 year. The beauty of the grounds and the impressiveness of the 
 scenery surrounding them cannot be surpassed. I congratulate the 
 Assembly on the success which has attended the work. 
 Goldsboro, N. C. J- B. Underwood. 
 
 The establishment of the Southern Assembly has been abundantly 
 justified by the splendid work done last summer. The greatest Mis- 
 sionary Conference ever held in the South was conducted under its 
 auspices in June. This Conference was immediately succeeded by 
 a Conference on Evangelism that was fraught with the highest in- 
 terest to the whole Church. The Sunday School and Epworth 
 League Institute which was held in August was characterized 
 i throughout by the sanest teaching and the most wholesome inspira- 
 tion. These meetings were only specimens of what is to be re- 
 peated on a far larger scale year after year. The location, chosen 
 for the permanent home of this institution of the Church is not 
 surpassed in natural beauty by any spot that I have ever seen, and 
 it has been my privilege to visit some of the most beautiful spots 
 in Scotland, England, Switzerland, and Italy. A vacation spent at 
 Lake Junaluska, in the midst of the intellectual and religious in- 
 
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fluences that are destined to center there, will be an inspiration that 
 none who can afford it will be willing to miss in the coming years. 
 Greensboro, N. C. Charles W. Byrd. 
 
 It was my great pleasure to be present at the great Missionary 
 Conference at Junaluska last June. The benefit of this Conference 
 to me was both inspiring and abiding. I was at New Orleans in 
 1901, and have attended many like gatherings since in different 
 parts of this country, and I make free to say that there was at 
 the Southern Assembly the greatest congregation of great speakers 
 who delivered themselves that I ever heard in the same length of 
 time. Such instructive meetings, the fine, unsurpassed climate, and 
 the sublime natural scenery cannot but be most profitable to all who 
 will avail themselves of the superior advantages offered. To say 
 that I was delighted with what had been done and what was being 
 done for the convenience and comfort of all who want an ideal 
 summer home is to put it mildly. Our people need just such a 
 place as the Southern Assembly Grounds. I sincerely trust it will 
 grow more and more popular and thus become more and more a 
 blessing to our whole Church. Free from all unwholesome environ- 
 ments, moral and physical, I trust it will be a great benediction 
 throughout our Southland. God bless this great cause! 
 
 Salisbury, N. C. W. R. Ware. 
 
 I doubt whether our people generally are awake to the importance 
 of this Assembly undertaking. My own deliberate opinion is that in 
 educational and inspirational benefits it will mean at least as much 
 to our Southern Methodism as the establishment of a university. 
 What Winona Lake is to that section the Southern Assembly can 
 be to this. Nay, more; we have advantages that even beautiful 
 Winona cannot boast. Nature has left nothing undone. Eagle's 
 Nest, Junaluska, Plott's Balsam mirror themselves in a lake whose 
 varied shore line is several miles in length. The purest of moun- 
 tain air and water, and clean, wholesome food leave nothing to be 
 desired for physical well-being. But in the larger matter of re- 
 ligious and intellectual stimulus this Assembly should be second to 
 none. We have the purest and most fervent type of evangelism in 
 the world. Our scholarship is largely untainted by radicalism. 
 The very best that any part of the world can afford will be glad 
 
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 for a hearing in our forum. The gathering of thousands of Meth- 
 odist preachers from every section of our Church each summer to 
 pray and study together will mean more to the cause of Christ 
 than any man is prepared to believe beforehand. Great movements 
 can here be launched and our whole denomination can express 
 itself. J. A. Baylor. 
 
 Bristol, Tenn. 
 
 I cannot imagine how the location of the Southern Assembly 
 Grounds could be improved. The scenery is matchless. It has to be 
 seen to be appreciated; and the more one sees, the greater the ap- 
 preciation and admiration. The work accomplished in preparing 
 these grounds, on so grand a scale and in such a short time, is 
 marvelous. Everything done shows the work of a master mind. I 
 cannot but envy the younger and middle-aged preachers and laymen 
 the opportunity here given for "recreation, enjoyment, and the im- 
 provement of the soul and mind and body" which Lake Junaluska 
 will offer our beloved Church through all the years to come. I 
 shall embrace these opportunities as long as I am able to visit 
 these matchless grounds, and shall urge upon my children the privi- 
 lege and duty of visiting annually this great social and religious 
 camping ground of Southern Methodism. God has signally set 
 his seal and blessing upon this place and its work. J. C. Reed. 
 
 Blackstone, Va. 
 
 What Some Visitors Say. 
 
 I heartily congratulate the leaders upon the great success which 
 has already been achieved by the Southern Assembly. Its inception 
 and development were prophetic inspirations. It is destined to be 
 the greatest force in all the South making for intellectual and 
 moral uplift. Its location is admirable and altogether charming. 
 Success to Junaluska! C. L. Goodell. 
 
 New York City. 
 
 It is a privilege to be given an opportunity to tell the truth about 
 the Southern Assembly at Lake Junaluska. The lake and its sur- 
 roundings cannot be excelled by any Chautauqua in America. The 
 Assembly, if the program and enthusiasm of the last summer con- 
 
tinue on the same level, must take rank with the best to be found 
 anywhere. Not only will the entire South be blessed by this enter- 
 prise, but it will bring visitors from all States and will uplift de- 
 nominational ideals and produce far-reaching and dynamic religious 
 results. Camden M. Cobern. 
 
 Alleghany College, Meadville, Pa. 
 
 The Southern Methodist Assembly Grounds at Waynesville, N. C, 
 promise when completed to be the finest of the kind in America, if 
 not the best in the world. J. Campbell White. 
 
 New York Citt. 
 
 I consider the Southern Assembly Grounds at Lake Junaluska 
 the most beautiful I have ever seen for a summer encampment and 
 Chautauqua. I believe the movement to establish this gathering 
 place for the Methodist hosts and their friends to be providentially 
 suggested and enterprised, and it is my conviction that an untold 
 amount of good will come to the Church and to those who make 
 this Christian resort their summer headquarters. Rare privileges 
 of many kinds are in store for those who are wise and fortunate 
 enough to spend their vacations there. R. H. Bennett. 
 
 Lynchburg, Va. 
 
 It affords me pleasure to give my unqualified approval of the 
 great work at Lake Junaluska in its conception, plans, and execu- 
 tion so far. It reflects great credit on all those who have con- 
 tributed thereto, and in my humble judgment will be a great bless- 
 ing to all who will in any wise avail themselves of the opportunities 
 offered by this great institution. P. H. Enoclts. 
 
 Fernwood, Miss. 
 
 I believe the greatest need of our Churches is for more thoroughly 
 trained workers, and the supreme need of our individual Christians 
 is a chance to think through quietly and thoroughly the funda- 
 mental facts of Christian experience. The rush of modern life 
 makes these two needs all the more imperative. Junaluska and 
 other places like it are set aside to meet just these needs. The 
 opportunity there both for thorough study and thoughtful medita- 
 tion must commend itself to every Christian statesman who knows 
 
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 the need of the Church and of the individual Christian. You have my 
 full sympathy, interest, and prayers. W. D. Weatherfobd. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 I had the pleasure of spending several days at Lake Junaluska 
 last summer, and must say that I was greatly impressed with the 
 possibilities of the location for developing one of the most attractive 
 summer Assembly Grounds in America. It is already evident that 
 to complete the plans on the scale laid out will require some years 
 as well as a vast outlay of money; but I think the great end sought 
 in furnishing a gathering place for a great Church will fully justify 
 the expenditure. H. M. Blair. 
 
 Greensboro, N. C, November 6, 1913. 
 
 I returned from my visit to Lake Junaluska greatly inspired with 
 the possibilities which are before the Southern Assembly. Not only 
 have you pitched upcn what I believe to be the fairest and most 
 attractive site in the whole South, but you have also planned, in a 
 physical and educational way, a scheme so comprehensive and self- 
 approved that it must get universal commendation in the Church 
 and from outside. The health and rest inducements at your resort 
 are beyond compare, while the attractiveness of the mountain land- 
 scape and the abounding opportunities for recreation and intellectual 
 and spiritual improvement are apparent to the fullest. 
 
 Atlanta, Ga. H. M. Du Bose. 
 
 The Assembly Grounds are located in a beautiful valley sur- 
 rounded by mountains over five thousand feet above sea level. It 
 is a beautiful place, an ideal location for the summer Conferences 
 that are to be held every summer, on the different branches of our 
 Church work, combining health, recreation, rest, education, and in- 
 spiration. Each year Epworth Leaguers from all over the Southland 
 will gather here and meet with the leaders in this work. Ten Con- 
 ferences were represented this year, and I suppose that next year 
 the attendance will be much larger than this year. The first year 
 was a decided success, and the Southern Assembly promises to be- 
 come the summer meeting place for the Methodists of the South. 
 
 Columbia, S. C. James E. Ellis. 
 
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Such a wonderful combination of mountain and sky and water 
 my eyes had never seen before — the ideal place for our Church 
 people to build their summer homes and give their children every 
 advantage of scenery, climate, society, instruction has been found. 
 
 Farmville, Va. E. T. Dadmun. 
 
 What Editors Say. 
 
 After a careful study of the aims and operations of the Southern 
 Assembly, I am prepared to say that it is a valuable asset of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and that the value of this asset 
 will increase during the years. The location is all that the Assem- 
 bly demands. In fact, no .other Chautauqua is so blessed in a loca- 
 tion. Much of the history of Southern Methodism has already be- 
 gun to cluster around Lake Junaluska, and the future glows with 
 promise. T. N. Ivey, 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. Editor Christian Advocate. 
 
 How to save the summer outing season from being a period of 
 demoralization is a question that the Church is compelled to face. 
 The average summer resort is not a healthful place morally. The 
 blight of worldliness is upon most of them. The ballroom and the 
 card table are prominent features. It is useless to tell our people 
 not to go. Social custom says, Go. The family physician often- 
 times says, Go. The desire to get away from the daily grind and 
 the lust for pleasure says, Go. The Church cannot keep people at 
 home, but if she is wise she will provide a place of wholesome 
 recreation to which they can go and spend this summer season — a 
 place where rest and pleasure can be combined with religious and 
 stimulating information. Such a place is Lake Junaluska, the South- 
 ern Methodist Assembly Grounds, in the mountains of Western North 
 Carolina. The climate is delightful and the scenery is unsurpassed. 
 It has already become a center of religious Conference and Chau- 
 tauquas, and it is destined to become one of the greatest religious 
 gathering places of the South. L. S. Massey, 
 
 Raleigh, n. c. Editor Raleigh Christian Advocate. 
 
 I have very delightful memories of my visit to and stay at the 
 Laymen's Conference at Lake Junaluska last June. The hills and 
 
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 mountains surrounding, mirrored in your charming lake, are as 
 beautiful as those of Switzerland. That gathering, of course, was a 
 little premature with the grounds in such an unfinished condition; 
 nevertheless it was a great success. When the gradings are all com- 
 pleted and the electric lines and automobile roads all finished, con- 
 necting the new hotels and villas directly with Waynesville and 
 Lake Junaluska, it will be one of the most attractive places In all 
 our Southland. It will be a great blessing not only to the Church, 
 to missionary and educational work of the South, but to all the world. 
 
 W. B. Palmoee, 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. Editor St. Louis Christian Advocate. 
 
 With all that has been published about Lake Junaluska and the 
 Assembly Grounds, one has to visit the place and go over the 
 grounds to have any just conception of the mammoth proportions 
 of this undertaking. In the first place, the Great Architect of 
 Nature has prepared here just the conditions essential for develop- 
 ing a resort of vast proportions amid scenes combining all the ele- 
 ments of beauty and sublimity. Any one visiting the place will say 
 that the railway station, lake, and every point of elevation are so re- 
 lated to each other on the more than 1,200 acres as to leave noth- 
 ing to be desired other than the completion of the vast plans of 
 development now under way. We rely not alone upon our own 
 judgment, but upon that of intelligent ministers and laymen from 
 all sections of the Church, when we say that no such opportunity 
 has ever before been set before the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 South. The object of the Southern Methodist Assembly at Lake 
 Junaluska is to eliminate the hurtful influences so rife in the or- 
 dinary recreative life and substitute for them other things no less 
 fascinating, yet calculated to make robust rather than to enervate 
 Christian manhood and womanhood. Those of us who attended the 
 past week and saw the magnificent beginning on this matchless site 
 which God seems to have designed ready to hand, and sat under 
 the spell of the great teachers who had been brought from all parts 
 of the world, and mingled in social fellowship with the thousands 
 of choice spirits in that company, cannot but feel that this is the 
 beginning of the end of that social havoc which has been robbing us 
 of our young men and women. Surely none can be lost under such 
 influences as these. Another year will doubtless see this great resort 
 
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in such a state of completion as that all the company may be cared 
 for on the grounds, and no one need fear that all influences dominant 
 there will be for good and not for evil. — North Carolina Advocate. 
 
 The grounds are simply magnificent. Nature has made them so. 
 The lake, held back by a great concrete dam, is large, beautiful, 
 and sufficient for all purposes; and the grounds, when completed, 
 will be all that the most critical could ask. — Midland Methodist. 
 
 The Assembly Grounds nestle among the hills in a beautiful 
 valley. A massive dam at least twenty-five feet above the surface, 
 and built of concrete, backs up a bold stream, forming a beautiful 
 lake of water considerably more than a mile long and about a 
 fourth of a mile wide. Nature has been partial to this spot, and 
 with the great improvements now making it will in a few years be 
 one of the most charming places to be found anywhere. — Southern 
 Christian Advocate. 
 
 That is a great project that our Church has on foot, and it cannot 
 be brought to completion in one year or in five years, for that mat- 
 ter. But a good beginning has been made, and those who attended 
 this first session caught a glimpse of the vast possibilities that are 
 before us in these mountains. When the great hotel whose founda- 
 tions have been laid right near the auditorium has been completed, 
 as it will be before another season, when various Annual Confer- 
 ences shall have built for themselves homes here where a large 
 number of their members can come and find comfortable lodging 
 (and seme of them have already made selections cf location), and 
 when hundreds, if not thousands, of our well-to-do Methodist fami- 
 lies have built for themselves summer homes here (and some of 
 these are already built) — when these things shall have been done, 
 and we do not think it will be many years, we will have here 
 one of the very greatest religious assembly grounds in the United 
 States. — Raleigh Advocate. 
 
 They halted a North Carolina mountain stream in its flow through 
 an upland valley, and in three weeks the valley bore on its breast 
 as charming a lake as any that reflect the skies of the Adirondacks 
 or the Alps. It laved the feet of mountains which saw in its mirror 
 for the first time how beautiful they were. Then the makers threw 
 a looped girdle of winding roads about the lake, and set a great 
 
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 auditorium by the waterside, and built restful cottages, and at the 
 far edge of things the railway established a station of more than 
 ordinary convenience and beauty. This was the beginning of Lake 
 Junaluska. The lake is a vision of courage and faith. Somebody 
 saw the valley and, shutting his eyes, opened them on this lovely lake. 
 Somebody measured the.^. sheer bulk of the task and felt in the 
 Church a strength that could do it, with something to spare. Some- 
 body counted the cost of it, and believed that there was enough 
 willing Methodist money in Dixie to pay all the bills. And now 
 Junaluska is here; not finished, but so superb that a whole de- 
 nomination is being captivated by it, and will see to its completion. 
 It will provide for the Methodists of the South a summer retreat 
 high in the mountains, where the stifling airs of the lowlands can- 
 not come. It will give the Church a rallying center for its great 
 gatherings where all distractions can be kept out, and where the 
 summer holidays can be capitalized for physical and spiritual profit. 
 — Epworth Herald (Chicago) , M. E. Church. 
 
 A more beautiful spot for the holding of a great assembly could 
 hardly be found in the great sapphire country of North Carolina 
 than at Lake Junaluska, near Waynesville. The mountains stand 
 round about like the mountains round about Jerusalem, and Mt. 
 Junaluska, the noblest among them all, rises more than five thou- 
 sand feet above the sea, while the clear, ccol water of the lake reflects 
 the lights and shadows of sun and clouds. . . . The work ac- 
 complished by the directors of the Assembly has been enormous. 
 Miles of roadway have been constructed, a tabernacle erected with 
 a seating capacity of forty-five hundred, while several other build- 
 ings are in the course of erection. The purpose of the great en- 
 terprise is not commercial. There is no design to exploit the devo- 
 tion and loyalty of our people. The purpose is cultural, inspira- 
 tional, religious. The men who have established the enterprise are 
 Southern Methodists of the straightest sort. — Baltimore and Rich- 
 mond Christian Advocate. 
 
 A more favorable spot for such a gathering could hardly be 
 found. The mountain scenery is all that the eye of man could 
 desire — range piled on top of range and peaks piercing the sky, 
 with valleys and streams, the sight of which fills one with delight. 
 The climate, invigorating and bracing as it is, makes one want to 
 
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live forever. Dr. James Cannon and the gentlemen connected with 
 him in the development of this place for the gathering of the hosts 
 of Southern Methodism deserve and will receive the thanks of pos- 
 terity for their work, and particularly for their great care to let na- 
 ture alone as far as possible commensurate with the comforts de- 
 manded by man. They have, we understand, spent already $300,000 on 
 the place and will not stop for a breathing spell until they have done 
 another $200,000 worth of work. Miles and miles of elegant drive- 
 ways have been constructed and the grounds well marked off. The 
 lake is a thing of beauty. The large auditorium is built of steel 
 frame and is almost a perfect circle in structure. It has a seating 
 capacity of forty-five hundred, and the acoustics are good. Within 
 a year Lake Junaluska and its Assembly will be the pride of South- 
 ern Methodism and the Mecca of all its members, both old and 
 young, seeking a summer resort where they will find both pleasure 
 and profit. — Wesleyan Christian Advocate. 
 
 The wonderful character and results of this great Conference 
 sealed two things upcn the mind of the Church: First, that the Mis- 
 sion Board was led of God in planning for this Missionary Confer- 
 ence; and, second, that the far-seeing men who selected the location 
 and projected the Southern Assembly have done a wise thing. 
 Thousands of people went away predicting large things for our 
 great Church to be done through the agency of this Assembly. It 
 seems to be indeed a providential movement. Instead of appearing 
 to be the selfish scheme of a few men to realize profit on a wise 
 business investment, it has every appearance of a movement brought 
 about by men of vision who want to do something worth while for 
 their beloved Church and for the kingdom of God in the world. 
 There was no smell of "simony" nor appearance of love of gain to be 
 seen, but the atmosphere was laden with the spirit of prayer, and 
 the impression was made that those behind this gigantic undertak- 
 ing must be fired by the inspiration of a great and noble purpose. 
 The whole movement impresses one as being in the hands of men 
 who are sure they are right and are willing to stand with their 
 shoulders under the burden, until the whole Church can be brought 
 to their point of view and can be induced to share the good and the 
 fegponsibility with them. — E. G. B. Mann, in Central Methodist-Ad- 
 vocate. 
 
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 It was a happy conception indeed to have selected as the per- 
 manent Assembly Grounds of the Southern Methodists this point. 
 It is an ideal spot, one where nature left but little for man to do. 
 But the finishing touches now being put on by man will, when 
 the work is done, make it the most beautiful spot in the whole 
 Southland. The water for Lake Junaluska, which comes from a 
 mountain creek, was not turned into the basin until about the 
 opening of the Assembly and had not yet covered the whole 252 
 acres. Enough of the basin, however, was filled to reflect the moun- 
 tain peaks, the assembly hall, and other land objects on its placid 
 bosom. A mirror of beauty hardly describes it. Dr. Palmore says 
 that nothing in Switzerland compares with it. As a globe-trotter the 
 editor of the St. Louis Advocate has a record of seven trips around 
 the world, and when he becomes enraptured over a scene in North 
 Carolina it must meet the wildest imaginings of the writer. — Texas 
 Christian Advocate. 
 
 3, The inspiration that seems destined to go out from this meeting 
 is beyond calculation. It seems clearly demonstrated that the re- 
 latively small expense of holding it is many times justified. Bishop 
 Atkins, Dr. George Stuart, Dr. Cannon, Mr. John R. Pepper, and 
 others who enterprised the Assembly at Lake Junaluska showed 
 every possible courtesy and afforded all possible aid to the Confer- 
 ence. The surroundings of those grounds are magnificent. They 
 seem destined to have there one of the notable meeting places of 
 America. It will be a place to come into contact with all that is 
 highest and best in our civilization. — Western Methodist. 
 
 "Lake Junaluska!" The call was a new one on the Murphy 
 branch of the Southern. It quickened my nerves. I speedily used 
 my eyes. The first thing I saw was the lake at my feet. I followed 
 it with my eyes to where it was lost around the shoulder of the dis- 
 tant wooded hills. Far across the blue rippling waters I saw the 
 handsome cottages, some sitting proudly on breeze-swept heights, 
 others nestling down among the shady coves. The auditorium was 
 hidden by the projecting bluff on which the large modern hotel will 
 be erected. The mammoth foundations have already been con- 
 structed. It was simply impossible for any one to fail to see that 
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 has a Chautauqua which will eventually eclipse anything else of 
 the kind on the continent. — Editorial in Nashville Christian Advo- 
 cate. '■ , 
 
 The Southern Assembly is a success. It has the location of loca- 
 tions. The mountains are there— eighty peaks, over five thousand 
 feet above the level of the sea, within a radius of fifty miles of the 
 Assembly Grounds. The blue skies are mirrored in Lake Junaluska. 
 The six-mile drive over the lakeshore road is a kaleidoscopic ex- 
 perience. Every acre of the panorama spread out before our win- 
 
 dow as we write has in it stretches of eternity. Such a landscape 
 was made for the palette of a Moran, not for the writing pad of an 
 editor. The hospitality and the high fellowship bind us to this 
 hallowed spot with hoops of steel. We must go, but we shall re- 
 turn. It is not a far look into the future to see a Model Sunday 
 School Building overlooking Lake Junaluska. Unto this house the 
 Sunday school tribes from every part of our Church will gather 
 year by year, and there the Lord will command the blessing of life. 
 — The Adult Student. 
 
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 Fill in, sign, cut out, and send to the Southern Assembly, Waynes- 
 ville, N. C. 
 
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 For Value Received I promise to pay to the Southern Assembly, 
 Incorporated, Waynesville, N. C, fi 
 
 • Dollars 
 
 for shares of stock at par value of One Hundred Dollars 
 
 per share. Payments to be made as follows: Ten per cent to be paid 
 within 30 days after date, the balance to be paid in such sums as may 
 be called for by the Board of Commissioners of the Southern Assem- 
 bly within thirty days after the call is made, provided not more than 
 ten per cent of said amount shall be called within any period of sixty 
 days. This stock may at any time after it is fully paid up be ex- 
 changed for lots on the Assembly Grounds at one-half of the regular 
 market price at the time the exchange is made, provided the terms of 
 sale shall be the same in every other respect as the terms upon which 
 lots are sold to nonstockholders. 
 
 Payable at 
 
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 It will be noted that the stock is payable at the rate of ten per 
 cent every sixty days, and, furthermore, that the stock, when fully 
 paid up, can be exchanged for lots upon the Assembly Grounds at 
 one-half the regular market price. This gives to the stockholder 
 a very decided but a very proper advantage, but is not in any 
 sense unfair, as the purchase of stock is open to all until it is all 
 sold. 
 
 In order that the interests of the Church may be fully protected, 
 the Executive Committee of the Laymen's Missionary Movement, 
 by its contract with the Southern Assembly, can purchase the prop- 
 erty of the Assembly and can control the character of the program 
 of work given on the grounds. It is furthermore provided that the 
 stockholders are to be paid a dividend of seven per cent per annum 
 when such dividend shall have been earned, but all over seven per 
 cent per annum must be expended on the development of the prop- 
 erty of the Assembly and for carrying out the purposes of its 
 founding as a great agency of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 South. 
 
 THE SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY, WAYNESVILLE, N. C. 
 
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