Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-28
Afternoon Session.

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 Afternoon Session. D
 Before the convention was called to order the woman's auxiliary Of the Young Mems Christian association held a short meeting in the Sunday school room, Mrs. z. P. Smith presiding, with Mrs. J. W.SBruce at the secretary's table.
 Mrs McMillan reported on the Mobile organization, showing a most fiatter- ing finaricial and social condition. ts
 Mrs J. w. Bruce reported for the Bir- mingham auxiliary. The features of the report were the social work that has been done and the earnest purpose man1fest7 ed by the members. It was pointed out that a hindrance to the auxiliary's work in the past was due to difficulty ex- perienced in enlisting the active interest of ladies of the church. Now. however, nearly all of the church societies have each taken out two memberships in the auxiliary.
 Mrs. Ollie Edwards of Montgomery In her report gave many vauable hints re- garding social features of auxiliary work
 Greensboro sent a report through MISS Clara Chadwick showing that they are working and expect to soon complete the organization of their auxiliary. After an earnest discussion of general plans in- tended to improve and facilitate auxil- iary work the meeting adjourned in order that the members might participate in the exercises of the convention.
 
 with prayer services, after which Rev. T. K. Roberts, pastor of Dexter Avenue Methodist church. Montgomery, followed with a brief, but interesting, subject: "An Ideal Vocation" The topic suited the man. It was characteristic in that it was bright cheerful and wholesome.
 A vocation he deemed an opportunity for doing something grand and useful, not idle moments to be frttted away Tn pursuit of selfish pleasure merely. Then txt I,oa xxrif 1t To tIn af1, college life at Knoxville, and as his free growing descriptions of the pleasant stu dent life pressed themselves on the inn agination of the audience one recognized the force of the speakers conception that vocation is something grand indeed in purpose.
 Mr. L. A. Coulter, state secretary of Virginia presented Practical Educa- tional Work for Alabama Associations" He conceived the object of the associa- tion to be the spiritual, social, physical and intellectual welfare of young men, in the furtherance of which he demon strated that these needs and demands of young men were adapted to associa- tion work A number of charts were in- troduced, illustrating the speakers ideas of educational work
 The afternoon session closed with 'The Place of Bible Study in the Association" by MT. L. Wilbur Messer. general secre- tary of the Young Mems Christian asso- clat1On or Cn1caSO.
 Evening Session.
 Last night at 7:3O o'clock the conven- tion's work was again taken up by song service.
 The next feature was the report of the state executive committee, prepared by Chairman Harry Hawkins and Treasurer RuSsel C.. Booth. This report was read In open convention. It was exhaustive and voluminous, and the work shown therein was beyond the expectation of those who had only vague ideas of what the association had been doing. It was justly pronounced magnificent.
 Rev. E. P. Davis. pastor First Presby terian church of Montgomery, took for the subject of his address "The Sunday Question" He considered it as culpable to break the Sabbath-law as to violate any other law of the uecalogue. We keep thApLord's day because 1t is sublimeKand precious duty. Although this is law love is behind 1t as love is at the basts of all of Gods laws. It is divinely ohliga- tory on the conscience of man, an4 the object is to produce health and holiness. Outside of the abstract he touched on casual matters, among which was Sun day newspaper reading, of which he did not approve in the general practice.
 One of the best addresses, perhaps, that it has been the good fortune of the audi ence to hear was that made by pr. James H. Kirkland, chancellor of the Wander bilt university. The doctor, in the strict est sense, is not an orator, and yet there is an indescribable attraction in his unique delivery. Without doubt he Is a master of the language. His ideas were seasonable. practical and well digested
 His presentation was sober and earnest. He began without an effort, and contin- ued with the scholars finished ease. It was patent at once that he was deeply in sympathy with the work of the Young Mems Christian association. and in this