The age-herald., 1901-10-21
PRESBYTERY ID
 MEET AT ATTALLA Includes All Churches in Jeffer-
 son County THE HOME MISSION FIELD An Evangelist May be Employed. Will be in Session Till Friday. Birmingham as Presby-
 terian Stronghold.
TIE HOME MISSION FIELD

North Alabama Presbytery which in- cludes Jefferson county and all the coun- ties between this and the Tennessee line will convene at Attalla tomorrow night at 7:3O o'clock. The Rev, H. p. Kirk of Florence will preach the opening sermon. He is a young man but is regarded as one of the most brilliant and forceful ministers in the State.
 Presbytery meets regularly twice a year and this will be what is known as the fall session. The most important business to be considered is the report of the home mission board. There Is a great deal of interest in home missions and much effective work is being done The Attalla church is a home mission enterprise.
 While the labors of the board are largely in poor rural districts the suburbs of Birmingham have not been neglected, The church at West End, recently or ganized, is one of the results of home mission effort. This congregation Is wor- shipping in it's own building which was erected at cost of nearly $25oO.
 May Employ Evangelist.
 Presbyt sry will probably see its way clear to employ regular evangelist for it's home mission field.
 The Presbyterian Church is very strong in Jefferson county and a large delega- tion of ministers and elders will go from this section. There are about fifteen self supporting churches in the county five of these being within the limits of Birming- ham,
 The First Church of which the Rev. Dr. A. B. Curry is pastor leads in point of membership and revenue. It Is one of the strongest and best organized churches in the Southern General Assembly.
 The Central of which the Rev. Dr. L. S. Handley is pastor is in highly flourish ing condition, the members being zealous and fruitful S good work.
 South Highland Church.
 Ranking next in membership to the First church is perhaps the South High land church, on Highland avenue. In point of all round strength 1t certainly comes ahead of any after the First, The Rev. J. J. Grier is in charge. He is the youngest pastor in the city, but he Is one Of the ablest and most aggressive preach CTS and one of the most successful organ izers. The South Highlands has beauti- full stone edihce. It is the only Presbv- terian stone structure in Alabama and while some other denominations own large buildings, none in this part of the country can claim anything in the way of architecture that exhibits more taste.
 The Second church, which is erecting A handsome ediflce in Twelfth street. has Tor its pastor the Rev. U. D. Mooney
 The Third church is building a com modious house of worship in Avenue H. The Rev. James A. Bryan Is the pastor.
 All five of the Birmingham churches have made steady gains in membership and the pastors report marked degree Of spiritual ardour in their congregations North Alabama Presbytery has a record that is not surpassed by many like bodies in the South and few cities anywhere are better known as Presbyterian strongholds than Birmingham. Presbytery will be in session until Friday.