The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-24

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/ land. south America was rich when
/ PiZarro's hosts marched on the native
| tribes, The cause of the rise OF one
and the degeneracy OF the other CON
| tinent had been ascribed to the weak
ness of the Latin race, he declared
"Read the commentaries of Caesar
| and YOU will understand the fallacy of
this statement. said Bishop San aIsso
| continued, have already recognized the
| benefits of American intervention in
Cuba Before the war yellow fever
pervaded your coast country and even
since the occupancy of Cuba by the
| United States you have not had yellow
| fever in even Mobile. Has Texas been
| likewise free from the epidemic? No.
| mated by the sluggish influences of Ro-
manism. They don't take care of their
peoples health. How can they be .ex-
pe Scubans" he said. have largely
abandoned Romanism for Methodism
Few male Cubans now attend the Ro-
man Church. Professionalism makes Ro-
manism good. When ! first went to
Cuba there were no seats in the Cath
olic churches. Since Methodism has
entered Cuba the Catholic churches are
all provided with seats.
vance of the Methodists in the Pearl OF
the Antilles and closed with many in
cidents expressed in his rugged, humor-
Gus manner. of the advantage the Gu
bans are gaining from their past state
The Conference was then dismissed
with a benediction by Bishop Gambler.
Election of Omcers.
The conference reassembled at 5
o'clock. The first business was the re-
| port of the nominating committee
which was unanimously adopted.
The following were elected offlcers Tor
the reportJof the Committee on Nomi-
nations:
President, H. NJ. Andrews, Prattville.
First vicePresident, H. T. Strout,
Second vice-President, Miss Mable
Wheeler, Birmingham.
Third vice-President, Mrs. E. NJ.
Graves. Montgomery.
Fourth Vice-President, Miss Dora
Garner. Huntsville.
League Editor, L. NJ. Stevenson.
Roanoke.
son.
treasurer. Miss Grace Hayes. Avon
dale.
District NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. J. A.
Mariana, Jesse L. Carroll; Mobile, Mrs.
M. H. Holt; Montgomery, Miss Fannie
May Duskin: Pensacola, j. B. Airey;
Prattville, Miss Matte Alexander; Sell
ma, Mrs. P. II. Sims; Union Springs.
Miss Maud McDonald Birmingham,
Rev. w. e. Morris; Decatur. s. r. Sla-
ton; Florence, S. E. WATSON; Gadsden,
Mrs. F. Midgley; Guntersyille. Rev.
Huntsville, DR.. e. C. Altenberg; Lafay-
cite. C. Wolford; Talladega, E. ID.
Tethere; Tuscaloosa, Robert Echols
The report of the outgoing Treasurer
was as follows:
From Leagues. .......$1617
Percapita tax E. ........ 4271
Ten cents assessment. -. 219O
From ]. w. Turnipseed... 2.61
Total. :. SO
Disbursed.. ... 71.32
Balance on hand ...... S12.O7
Gadsden was the only place put In
nomination for the next meeting of the
State League. and 1T was chosen by ac-
clamation.
Mr.. Culver Speaks at Night.
Rev. Frank P. Culver, the talented
young pastor of the Methodist Church
at Huntsville, was the speaker at the
closing session of the Epworth League
at Court Street Methodist Church last
evening.
His subject was The Supremacy of
Christ" The largest crowd of the ses-
sion was out to hear him.
Mr.. Culver was at one time Mont
gomerian, living here while his father,
the late Hon. 1. f. Culver, was Com
missioner of Agriculture. When the
taugaville Circuit fifteen years ago he
preached in the place he occupied last
night. and says himself that he was
pretty badly frightened.
The line of thought developed by Mr..
Culver was that Jesus Christ was over
and above all; contemporary with every
age, yet belonging to none; universal
in his nature and confined to no ma
of the Apostle Paul where he spoke
Gods exalting Christ. and asserted that
every knee should bend and every
tongue confess His name.
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prophetic, continued the speaker. Some
mantle of prophecy had fallen upon
Paul and the vision of the ages was
unfolded to his vision. Christ came at
a time when every political and relig-
ious influence was hostile to him. To
confess Him meant social degradation
and. perhaps, the headman's axe. This
man Jesus wrote no book, formulated
was doom, and he faced pitiless
death, yet the forces of Heaven and
earth combined to lift Him to glory.
The pre-eminence of Christ is one of
the greatest facts of history. In all
these years there is no tarnish on His
name nor dimness OF HIS glory. His
worship grows young without ceasing,
and in all the names of men there are
none more prominent than Jesus.
The speaker recalled the names of the
great masters. Raphael and Hoffman
erature; Herschell and Newton in as
tronomy. and Haydn and Beethoven In
music. all great men but confined to
their spheres. Jesus is of no time. but
all time. He is over all and among
many. alone in His greatness and His
goodness. the one colossal figure of his
tory. He was a man of peace. but held
His sway amid all storms and leaving,
said. MY peace I leave with you; my
grace give unto you"
To blot out His name would mean
elimination of all literature, justice and
law and order. Take these and get
In n n mo where W.
the holy of HOLES, He would remain en-
shrined Memory loses all names but
his. When all else is gone Jesus re-
mains the light of the world His SPLEEN
dor is high over all and His cross con-
tinues to blazon the way to glory.
Jesus is a child of no nation. he said.
His life was world wide. Moses was a
Jew, Aristotle Greek. Cicero n Ro-
an Englishman and Lincoln an Ameri-
can, yet not one of them could get away
from his natural limitations. But
Jesus is for all time, he said and is
hem, reared at Nazareth and crucified
at Jerusalem, yet He was not "a Jew.
He was not Greek enough for the
Greeks, not Roman enough for the Ro-
mans, not Jew enough for the Jews
All excluded Him, yet they We're thrill
ed by contact with Him, and in the
principles that He taught are found the
Mr. Culver spoke for an hour and
his audience gave him close attention.
He closed by quoting in full the beau
tiful poem in which Sidney Lanier gave
expression of his Ideas of the Christ
Just before the benediction Miss
Daisy Davies Of Atlanta, conducted a
conservation service, in which many in
then dismissed with the League bene-
diction and few words Of:
God be with you till we meet again j"