The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-11

bother with the city government. Re. forming town council Ia often good thing, but 1t is of infinitely more import ance to get souls converted.
 but if you had universal prohibition all the people would not necessarily get to
 If you let the country churches go down you Will cut off the supply of preachers. The city churches don't raise preachers:
 | don't want man to give mo $eo dinner and then, be sU poor that he can give. but $ to endow a college. don't appreciate my stomach so highly at the cost of the education of the men and wo- men of the State. N
 What will be the use in building all your fine churches if you don't educate
 Government by a board of stewards ts a bad sort of government. Some say 1t is democratic. The stewards are not the congregation. They are just a little squad That Is not democracy that Is
 I don't ever appreciate advice that I don't ask for.
 Some parents seem very much more concerned for Sallie to have a long dress than new heart. > Conference Notes.
 Rev. A. J.. Lamar, D. D., one of the agents of the. Methodist Publishing House at Nashville Is here attending the
  elected to this responsible office and re- moved from the bounds of the Conference in, the midst of the year, he still Is felt by all the members to be perfectly a. home. He was elected to his old position here as one of the assistant secretaries of the Conference. He is one of the most generally popular men in the body. The preachers hope he will never fail to come back home.
 Hardly any man in the Conference IS more popular than Rev. Henry T. Jonn son of Tuskegee. He is here with good report after a good years work. He IS one, of the kindest hearted men in the world and is always at work to give reIieI and comfort to some aged preacher. MT. Johnson. while venerable looking man of great dignity. is also as full or run as school boy.
 MT: R; O. simpson of Eurman, is at tending the Conference; MT. simpson is spirited citizen of broad views and or great influence. He does much to de- evlop educational. industrial and religious interests. His presence at an annual ciated.
 The preachers attending the Conference have many of them expressed themselves as delighted with the new church in which they are meeting. It Is beautiful. taste ful, and convenient far beyond their ex. thoroughly modern specimen of church architecture in the whole Conference.
 Rev. W, 8. Wade. Presiding Elder of the Union Springs District is not only a competent official of the church, but IS an evangelist and philanthropist in his field always He is here with a good report from the district he represents, and has made a large Increase in the field, His whole soul is in all he does. .t.
 Rev. J. F. Sturdivant, Ph. D.. of Gads- den, Ala, a member of the North Ala bama Conference is a visitor to the Con ference He was once professor in the Southern University, and it is still felt that he is at home among the Alabama
 Hon. J. A. Wilkinson of Autaugavills. is attending the Conference as lay dele gate He Is a diligent and punctual in his Conference duties as he is in his ac- tive work in the Legislature of Alabama of which he is a capable member
 Dr. J. A. Rice, pastor of Court Street Church, Montgomery, though he has been only one year in this Conference, having been transferred to 1t at it's last session is rapidly taking. his place as highly esteerned member Of the body Sa s Mrs. Vreeland of Louisville, Ky, is visiting her son, Rev. w. T. Vreeland in whose church the Conference is being held and is an appreciative attendant at the Conference.