The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-27
MEETING HAS CLOSED
BIBLE INSTITUTE FOR NEGROES
 COMES TO END.
Dr. Miller and His Organising Party Goes from Montgomery to south Carolina-Upliftfng Negro
 Ministry.

The John c. Martin State Bible In- stitute of Alabama closed It's sessions
 last night after four days, meeting n m the interest of better training or negro preachers.
 The subjects discussed during the meeting were various and toucneo uPoh h
 every phrase of negro life and churcn
 the race But the leading spirit of the
 meeting throughout seemed to nave nave
 been call for higher grounds from every point for the negro ministry, a closer observance of law, more care- ful consideration of race relations. ,f ana saa cilities whereby both ministers anu laymen may have a better opportunity
 The morning session was opened yes- terday with a paper by Rev. William J. Jones of Little Rock on The Import anee of Daily Bible Study" .o,
 lowed with a carefully written pape.
 on The Preacher as a Leader anu Teacher of His People; Like Priest Like
 President Joseph A. Booker of Little Rock, Ark. addressed the Institute on
 the question. What Do Men Expect of men expected a preacher to be able to
 read and write and figure at least, and that upon this literary foundation. the
 preacher was expected to build for all time to come, whether in college or out; that men expected the preacher to be a man of moral and social fitness. not only before the people in church
 but in their family circles; that he is
 expected to be man of spiritual earn
 pr. s. c. Miiier's Bible Institutes
 and Social Reforms" was the last topic for the forenoon exercises. Dr. Miller
 tmte Mae hlna in telling ing the ss members how much the negro IS pull back even to his own race. He urged them to cultivate race pride and se1f-respect. and not to rn Q races, as that was not the best thing for either race. He made marked dis-
 tinction. however. between social inter, not believe in "the jim Crow system" that had gotten hold of the South In
 sbat # foeE to .se prDs tions. As to the negro, he thought they would do the best thing to wait on
 God for such changes, He said 1t is every condition taught him otherwise. Rev. D. W. Boatner read a good pa- per on ''The Bible in Our National Life" He traced all the success of the early Americans to Bible knowledge and Bi-
 ble inspiration; that even the great
 speeches of the great American states men in other days were made strong by Scriptural references and Scripturni quotations. This topic was closely fol- lowed by pr. Miller with his study of Pentecostal Conditions and Blessings." The members of the institute consid-
 cred that they had received a rare treat when pr. Miller explained his subject
 and urged the proper conditions for the proper revival
 The night session closed with a con- secration meeting, at the end of which appropriate resolutions were adopted thanking the railroads and the press for special favors granted the meeting, and
 to the citizens of Montgomery for ex- tending to them an open door, and to
 MT. Martin for his great and gracious gift of means, making such a meeting possible.
 Rev. A. N. Melvin of Mobile. Prest- dent of the, organization, will set about at once to correlate all the local insti- tutes into a regular bee hive of work for Bible advancement in Alabama. Ale ready arrangements have been made with several negro colleges in Alabama | for a John c. Martin Divinity School, | thus aiding such schools in this State ! to increase their efficiency in moral and Biblican instruction.
 Ter D. D., M. M Ponton. & T. Clanton and Joseph A. Booker, will leave today | for Charleston, S. C., where they go to
 meet a similar State institute for South Carolina.
 The woman's department of the work was organized with Mrs. R. T. Pollard l of Selma as President. Committees were selected on Temperance Social Purity, Mothers Meetings, Children's
 Bands, Y. M. c. A. and Domestic Econ- OnY.