The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-11
CROWDS HEAR BISHOP
TREMENDOUS CoNGRECATToN LIS.
 TENS TO ELOQUENT SERMON.
pr. Rice of MontGomery Also is Heard By Large AudiencS at Dothan. Fifth Day of Meth0dlist
 Conference.

Dothan, Dec. 10.-(Special )--This,
 the fifth day of the Alabama Confer
 ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
 South, has been a day of worship of
 which the principal feature was the
 sermon by Bishop William Wallace
 Duncan of Spartanburg. s. C., preached
 this morning at II o'clock in the Eos
 ter Street Methodist Church. The spacious edifice was crowded
 almost to It's capacity an hour before
 the appointed time, and when II o'clock
 came there were many who could not appointedly away, going. instead, to some other Dothan churches. Bishop puncan's sermon was prob- ably the most splendid effort of its
 kind ever heard in Southeast Alabama. He Is no less a pulpit orator than an executive officer, and no closer atten- ton has ever been given public speaker than that accorded him by the immense congregation which heard him In Dothan today.
 Nor were the members of this gath. sring this morning confined to the popu- lation of Dothan. Farmers for miles
 around seated their wives and on. springs in buggies, carriages. phaetons
 and two-horse wagons and drove into
 the city. some few. in fact. from as
 great a distance as fifteen miles. and tncy, tH CoHltlOu Wtth tihO AdtsbCSb Aoohu
 themselves we'll repaid.
 Another large congregation was that
 which at II o'clock, in the Baptist Church, heard Dr. J. A. Rice. pastor of the Court Street Methodist Church. Montgomery. Members of the Ala bama Conference consider pr. Rice one of the body's foremost members. and he is as popular among his brethren of the faith as he is brilliant Through.
 n,tf hA fa hn on axrallant -
 utation as a preacher of the Gospel. and this reputation was sustained by
 his sermon of this morning.
 At all four of the churches the at-
 tendance was large, and from each the congregations came away pleased with
 tho services. both morning and night.
 Following Is the days religious pro
 gram in full:
 Foster Street M E. church---9 a. n..
 Love Feast led by E. M. Turner: Il q.
 m. preaching by W. W. Duncan. fol-
 lowed by ordination of deacons; 8 p. n.
 memorial session of the Conferences:
 4:30 D. m., vesper lecture by Dean TIL let; 7:30 p. na., preaching by A. J. La mar followed by ordination of elders. Saint Andrews Street M. F; Church South--1l a. m.. preaching by J. M. DanneIly; 7:so ?. n,.. preaching by J. E. McCann.
 Baptist Churchill a. m, preaching by ]. A. Rice; p. na., preaching by Julius McGrath: 7:30 p. m.. preaching by o. c. McGhee.
 Presbyterian Churchill a. m., preaching by W. c. fsaacs; p. m., preaching by C. P. Atkinson. Ozark Methodist Churchill a. rn.. preaching by D. F. Ellison. The Conference has adopted the fol- | lowing resolutions Of regret upon the | death of Major B. R. Bricken of Lu- verne:
 Whereas, Major B. R. Bricken. del- | egate-eIec to this Conference, died very | suddenly few days before we con- vened; therefore be it
 | Resolved. first, That we feel that a I faithful Christian Iay-worker in the | Church of God has gone to his reward | and we feel the loss of one of our purest brethren.
 Resolved. second. That we tender his
 family our tenderest sympathy and as- | sure them of our lasting friendship and | brotherlv love. Following are the names placed by | the present Conference tse ouperan- Inuate list: W. J. Powers, J. W. Shores
 s. A. Pilley, D. c. Stanley. A. A. Eas- ley. B. R. Gayle, B. R. Brickett, J. s.
 williams. D. D. Reeves, W. J. Price, l ] O. Andrew. E. M. Turner, W. Mor- ris, N. R. Homer. L. T. Reynolds. J Z. B. Nelson, B. E. Feagin, T. D. All. | bright, B. L. Selman.
 Tho two institutions of learning in Alabama belonging to the Conference are in good shape. as shown by the fol | lowing figures presented: Greensboro Southern University Value of property. $35.o00; productive | endowment, $4o,000; professors. 10; pu- | pills. i4i. az @.'
 | Tuskegee, Ala. Conference Female College--vaiae of property. $ss.ooo; en- | 10; pupils. 141.