The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25

| dispen6ary and saloon ana tWenty-on'
 with saloons in them. There are 1,51' | who have paid revenue licenses for sals of whiskey and only e45 wha have pait | State and county license. The state l ment that when you abolish the saloor you breed blind tigers is not true. IT Alabama nearly everything about ths liquor traffic Is by special Legislation and that stands much in our way. Like wise our temperance work has been done by precincts and counties. We must build on broader foundations. We must bring the whole force of the entire Christian church against 1t. MT. wasson stated that he had had much correspondence with every mefn- Der of the legislature and most of the leading politicians of the State and the most of them said If the Christian peo- ple would unite In a movement of this kind they could suppress the great evil The Leagues Birthplace. Dr. G. W. Young, the secretary ot the National Saloon League paid a hixh compliment to the Alabama Rap- tist convention as being the birthplace of the Alabama Aanti-Saloon League. He spoke of w. B. Crumpton as being the efficient and courageous leader or the work The anti-saloon league movement Is only seven years old and has done much. The only thing that mas been m the way Has uSNh hhS oo'A ger of dragging the church into par tisan politics. They asked us to do 1t through a political party and we re- piled we could not speak politics from our pulpits. All methods have faiieo hence 1t fell to the work of the Anti
 Saloon League tc accomplish this her- culean task.
 MT. Young very graphically present. ed the evils of the saloon and gave l. rx,tth V editor of The Wines and Spirit" who maintained that the immoral features
 the traffic was ruined. He said that
 tsea hnt wss Christian hs peeps and that was only common ground on Wnlch we and they could stand and that was the elimination of all liquors from the saloon.
 He explained the laws of Alabama and urged the Alabama church to hold
 their eyes on the target. viz the local option law, or that every community have the privilege to say what we
 shall have around our homes. He urged that every pastor and officer Of
 every church of all denominations be- come a storm center of agitation un-
 til we have the right of self govern
 ment.
 Mir. Young said in his judgment there was no State in all the union that was SO outraged as Alabama on the twenty free holder law. This Is abused by the saloon men making up a purse and deeding the negroes and others a lot of land "a foot square and they become free holders. |, MT. Young addressed himself to the ministers and said they had gone far wrong when they stepped aside ana laid down the privelese of full cftizen- ship and turned over civil government to the vile and vicious. He believed that they should stand at the front for the clean things as they were pur- est of men and presented purest things.
 At the close of Dr. Young's address cards were distributed and an offering was made for the work of the Ant'- Saloon League.
 w. B. Crumpton made a motion that two fraternal messengers and five deI- eRates be appointed to the National carried.
 Evening Session.
 In addressing the audience concern ing the Southern Baptist Theologicai Seminary at Louisville. its representa- tive said 1t sought to develop the indi- yidual and his individuality and was | the only seminary which did this. Also l our seminary sought 10 eHiphdSAo right approach to the Bible. Again the Seminary stands for efficiency.
 The report on home missions was read by Rev J. W. OHara Of Mont eomery and Rev. A. J. Barton, Fielo Secretary of the Home Mission Board spoke on the report. He said the commission was Worlo- wide in its scope and. therefore. em- braced all sections. Again, In the order of It's fulfllment, 1t begins at Jerusa- lem. God holds us more responsible for the salvation of our children than some one else's. MT. Barton argued that the support of the Home Mission Board was neces- sary for a base of supply to foreign work.
 He also spoke briefly and hurriedly of the different departments. In the West the frontier work stretches 1000 miles along the front. There is great need there for the 2,5O0 houseless churches. The mountain work and work among | foreigners were briefly mentioned. Xhe dangers and needs of the cities were graphically depicted. Cuba, Panama and their needs claimed a brief refer ence. . MT. Barton spoke at length on the special work committed to him in labor with and for the negro. He said the negro Is here, and here to stay; that It
 was impossible to colonize him else where, He said the white man wants him to stay and he stands as mighty breakwater against the tide of foreign immigration.