The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-01
HUBERT CARLETON'S
 MESSAGE ID MEN
We Should Work to Make
 Others Christians
MANY HEAR THE ADDRESS
General Secretary Explains at Church of Advent Growth of Brotherhood of St. Andrew-Its Vital Prin-
 olpIe Is Sense of Service.

The first of the five days special ser- vices, held in the Birmingham district under the auspices of the local assembly of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, opened at o'clock yesterday morning with cor porate communion at St. Mary s-on-the- highlands and closed with an address by Hubert Carleton, general secretary of a the brotherhood in the Church of the Advent vestry room.
 MT. carleton's Greeting.
 The announcement that MT. Carleton was to speak at the Church of tie Advent was received with keen interest in Brotherhood of St. Andrew circles. MT. Carleton was greeted last night by a number of earnest young men who were eager to hear what he might have to say regarding the work and the needs of the brotherhood. The general secretary Is a young man apparently not yet past thirty years of age. Somewhat small in stature with finely shaped head, his manner and expression instantly arrest attention. He impresses one at first as though he was in the habit of solving delicate an1 difficult problems, and that by reason of that fact he had cultivated a somewhat diplomatic manner. This inn pression, however, passes away the moment he begins to speak His features light up and relax, as the case may be, with the message he has to convey. Earnestness, sincerity, candor the down right honesty that characterizes the Brit isher at his best then speak out in the tone of MT. Carleton's voice, in the ex- pression of his eye in every gesture and movement, few though they are, of his body.
 He is evidently a man who has some thing to say, and who says It uncom- monly well.
 Work In the South.
 MT. Carleton said he had come to Bir- mingham for the reason that he had promised to come here, and that he was glad that it would be given him to re- main In the community a few days in- stead of, as he so frequently had to do. leaving after a nights stay in the town. He assured his listeners that an effort would be made to extend the work of the Brotherhood in the south Two under secretaries of New England and one from the west would he said, in the near fu- ture visit the chapters of the southern states.
 There was, said he, reason to rejoice when one remembered how the Brother hood of St. Andrew had waxed in power and prospered since its foundation twen- ty-one years ago. The remarkable sue cess won by the Brotherhood was due, said Mr Carleton, to the basic principle that animates it's work. That principle is nothing less than discriminating sense of Christian service, a love of ones fellow man. a fervent and a constant desire to serve the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ by bringing the Masters saving grace home to our fellow men and by helping them to know Him.
 Brotherhood's Purpose.
 "The fundamental and distinguishing principle of the Brotherhood of St. An drew" said MT. Carleton, Ifs that one cannot be Christian unless one Is work ing to make others Christians. Mere pro fession does not make a Brother of St. Andrew a Christian. Mere preaching does not make you one. You must work to make others Christians. And you must work one by one. It is not given to you to preach to the multitude. It Is given to you to reach men and lift them up by personal influence with individuals. This is the vitalizing principle of the Brother hood-bringing others to Christ. Your model is not St. Andrew. the apostle, not St Andrew, the martyr but merely Andrew, Peters brother, who the moment he was Introduced to Christianity and felt its beneficent influence, sought out his brother, Peter, and sad to his broth CT: Come and see.'
 An Inspirations
 In conclusion. Dr. Carlton said that he discerned in the growth of the Brother hood of St. Andrew an illustration of the recent divine inspiration of the church. The mere fact that thirteen young men, uneducated for the most part, formed a society in the slums of Chicago and in twenty-one years thereafter that society should have chapters in every community the round world over where the flag of the Angelcan communion Is unfurled is something truly to be wondered at.
 Energy for Good.
 Such a society surely has some energy for good said Mr. Careton- "The Broth erhood was born in the United States. Soon after I had joined 1t I tried to introduce 1t Into my native country. Can ------------------------