Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-20

| Morris holds to the idea of future punish- | ment in way very refreshing in these | days, when many speakers and writers are l trying to do away with this cardinal doc- l Urine of Christianity. Dr. Morris rightly | states the case when he said 'sthat men | reject the atonement because it suggests | future punishment, and they deny the in- | spiration of the scriptures because they | teach future punishment" I am glad so
 many young men heard Dr. Morris I on Sunday night. The latter-day doctrine 1 of many men, which eliminates all justice l from Gods dealings with the children of l men, is exceedingly comfortable and com l forting, but it is also exceedingly danger l ous. It is gaining ground and can bode no l good to our race or to the Christianity of l our world. The singing was fine on sun
 day night and Miss Mccoy played as she l always does-exquisitely. The solo by Mrs. 1 Agnes Thomson, s'Angels Ever Bright | and Fair,' was beautifully sung. Mrs. 1 Thomson's voice is very highly cultivated | soprano and it is a great treat to hear her. l The duet between herself and Mir. Thom- l son was good. Many persons remained l after the service and enjoyed quite
 number of songs from these cultivated vo- l calists.
 | Mrs. John A. Walker and her daughter, l Miss Annie Walker, have gone to the l mountains of Tennessee for several weeks
 for the benefit of Miss Walkers health, as 1 she has been critically sick during mucn of 1 the past summer. We all hope for the l greatest improvement to Miss Walker from l her sojourn in the Tennessee mountains, l and that she will return before long the 1 picture of health.
 l Mrs. J. F. Graham, who has been seri-
 ously sick, is now much better, and her l many Warm friends rejoice in her conva- | lescence.
 | The "Feast of Lanters'' proved most 1 attractive entertainment on Tuesday after
 noon aud evening, and the beautiful | grounds of MT. J. A. Var Il Hoose's resi- | dence were aglow with Japanese lanterns 1 and radiant with the smiles of lovely girls. An interesting programme was successfully l carried out and the many present en- | joyed the evening vastly. Miss Patti Ruff l ner sang very delightfully ''Indian Love l Song," by Reginald De Koven. She sang I on the porch, with the audience in the yard, and the effect was very charming. | Miss Lila Smith accompanied her. Danc- l ing on the tennis court, oyer which stretch l CTS were put, was indulged in by the young
 people. The lantern drill was a great suc- 1 cess. Nineteen young ladies went through l the pretty evolutions, using Japanese lan- | terms with flee effect, and they were of 1 course dressed in Japanese costumes. The 1 drill was encored, as 1t deserved to be. The l following young ladies took part in the l drill: Misses Hannah Elliott, Eloise John- ptObJ AAutuiOOu A1OOpcf, As A10duy Patti Ruffner, Mamie Pearson, Mary I Cleary, Maliza Moore, Mamie Moore, l Louise and Mamie Fucker, Lillian Lake, | Laura and Lucy Hagood, Augusta and Lutie Sharpe, Nellie Blackwood, Fannie l Meade and Julia Word. A good sum was made for the church by this pretty ''Feast l Of Lanterns.
 The suggestion made by Mir. J. A. Van l Hoose on Tuesday morning at the ladies' D,AafinC rdiDD a May festival wa a | most admirable one, and one that should meet with the approval of the entire town. There is no reason why we should not have l a splendid festival during the coming year, l and 1t will be in the best of hands if Mir. l Van Hoose will consent to manage it. On Friday evening very charming en- l tertainment, a lawn dance, will be given at the residence of Mrs. Anna O. Phelan for | the benefit of St. Mary's- on the High lands. Dainty invitations havs beeu sent l out to those outside of St. Mary's congre- | gation, and it is hoped that every man |,
 woman and child of the congregation will | consider themselves invited without card. 1 There will be music, dancing and refresh- | ments, all for the small sum of 25 cents; so
 large crowd should be present. This is | the form of invitation issued, aud tells of | the pleasures that await those who accept: ''Lawn dance at Mrs. Anna o. Phelan's 8 | Friday, September 21, 1894, benefit of St. l Mary S. on the Highlands. Admission, re- treatments, dancing, 25 cents."
 | On November 13 an event will occur in 1 New York which is of the greatest nterest 1 to Alabanlians. On that day in Bryant l park a statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims will | be unveiled. The statue to Dr. Sims is l tribute to his wonderful achievements in | surgery and is said to be the first one l erected in thls country to a member of the | medical profession. It was cast in Italy l and is full length and of massive size. It is l thought to be very fine piece of work mansbip. There is another and even | grander monument to Dr. Sims in New York, and that is the Woman's hospital, l which he founded. Dr. James Marion l Sims, during his early professional life, l practiced medicine in Montgomery, and 1 some of his most brilliant discoveries were l made when he resided there. Desiring to l have broader field for his genius, he went 1 to New York, aud from thence his justly l won fame spread over the world. He as l tonished the students and medical men of 1 Europe with his discoveries and his | achievements. Alabamians have always | felt for him the keenest appreciation and have ever gloried in his renown. After | reaching the zenith of his power he visited l Montgomery aud delivered a lecture 1 upon his experiences abroad, If l re- 1 member aright, and many who only knew of him in that good town as 1 tradition (for he had moved away while they were too young to remember him)
 listened with delight to his eloquent lec- 1 ture. That was his last visit to Montgom- l cry; in a few years he died, and now he is
 honored as no other medical man in this