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Show Methodtststo j Conduct Huge Celebration Greatest Religious Gathering Gath-ering in America Aim of Leaders. e By Associated Press. I'dl.rjIBI'H. O.. lec. 27- I'lans already al-ready are being completed for what Is expected to Iss the greatest religious gathering in the history of Amerlra. to be held here early next summer 111 celebration of loo years of foreign missionary mis-sionary work by the Methodist Kpis-cupJl Kpis-cupJl church Pirectors ofthe big centenary celebration cele-bration which will mark the end of the church's campaign to raise llli.-OMO.oofi llli.-OMO.oofi f(,r foreign missionary work, declare that, besides the thousands of visitors from the I'nlled Hlatea and Canada, there will be 1(IO.I0 accredited accred-ited d-legatca. ! Scores of natives In costumes from I I'll ina. India, tlie Soul h Sea lsUrtde, Africa and Ania, and exhihile from j every mitttonary field in the world, a HI he hroiiicht here for the purpose ; of vividly portraying native life in Ihe countries receiving missionary aid. , Pageant will depict the work of the , church at home and t broad. A choir of 100 trombones will lead con g re tea j iromil MiiiK'tig in Ihe open air. Seven c-irs of exhibttK from foreign i iji-d have alre.iuy arrived here I A rnrre tm Mtt-fc.- 1 M-nio.-F.o iep S.ife," m the sl"K.tfi for the expoel-j expoel-j tittn. The celebration will be conducted I by lavmen of tlie t bur h, with the r-, r-, opci illon of the general conference tf ; the Meibodifl church South. Ibe iMiard ; of hiahop nnd allied cliurch orgumia-1 orgumia-1 lions. To rare for the jtniy of visitors ex-j ex-j peeled from June 22 to July 7. ihe j date of the celebration, a tented city will le erected and residents asked ' lo throw open their homes. 1 H. Karl Taylor of New York Is director di-rector general of the hine undertaking, undertak-ing, and H. frV Inckson of I'hiladelphta is organtmng swreiary. tn direct charge I of the Columbus exposition. |