The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26
1Uci11cil and Society
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 Thc pleasure of the reception given nv the '. W. C. A. on Tuesday evening stiIl fingers in the thoughts or those vho snjoyed 1t and realized the scope of the work launched on that evening in the opening of the home of the as- sociafion.
 rhe program of the evening was onenad bv Mrs. Walter Black the preafdent of the association, with IeW wvnrds of welcome, aftr which sne ih- <~,N,,red Mrs. A. McD. Wilson of At 11nta- chairman of the Gulf states di- vieion of the Y. W. c. A., who presided durfng the evening. Mrs Wilson spohe of her great interest in the Montgom- ~rv asaociation she said that only one other association in the country, that oi Elwin. III. possessed a swimming pool .n1 fhat the future of the association looked very bright.
 Nrs wilson then introduced Mrs. l. W. Steele of Birmingham. who IS member of the American Committee' who brought greetings from the BIT mineham Association. She said Sir mingham Is deeply interested Tn the success of Montgomery.
 Mias Adele Dfsbro, Gulf States Sec retary then gave a few words Of greet ing and congratulation. She was de- lighted with the success with which Montgomery had opened.
 Miss Helen Barnes. Secretary or the American Board, spoke on that even- fnr most earnestly and beautifully of fhe work of the Y. w. c. A. She em- phasixed our dependence on God, bring ine out the fact that the spiritual side is pre-eminently the purpose and work of the association.
 Human effort amounted to nothing without Gods blessing and help. She r,leaded for more prayer in our lives, asking for the help of Gods Holy Spirit.
 Miss Mabel Stafford of Atlanta. one { Of the Gulf State Secretaries. arrived at a late hour, but most kindly added few words of congratulatfon. \.
 pr. J. A. Rice made most beautigi dedicatory prayer, dedicating the home to the service of God through the work of the Young woman's Christian As- sociation. It was a most earnest and beautiful prayer.
 one of the enjoyed features on the program was when Mrs. c. w. Patter- son sung most beautifully Jesus My Refuge"
 The latter part of the evening was spent in inspecting the building.
 A telegram was sent to Mir. George Foster Peabody on the same evening which read:
 T am sure you will rejoice with us in the successful launching of the Young woman's Christian Association tonight. Mrs. J. W. Black.
 President"
 Mir. Peabody's reply was:
 Thank you. My hearty congratulaA tfons and best wishes.
 George Foster Peabody" DR. ANDERsoN's ADDRESS
 TO THE Y. W. c. A. On Tuesday morning. November 21. a prayer service was held at Il o'clock in the Y. W. c. A.. led by the secre- tary. Miss Isabel Richmond. who gave a cordial welcome to those present af- ter which she asked Miss Adele Dis bro. one of the Gulf States secretaries, to lead in prayer, when Dr. Neal L. An- dersDn was then introduced, he spoke on the Relation of the Young woman's Christian Association to the Church." as follows:
 By way of introduction the speaker referred to the growing consciousness of the necessity for unificaticn of the forces of Professionalism as illustrated in such intra demnominational move- ments as the Pan Presbyterian Coun- ell and such inter .denominational or ga1txations as the Church Federation in session in New York during the present week
 The difficulties in the way of union of denominationa1 forces are very great: on the one hand they are theo- logical. Involving the great creeds of Protestant Christendomf so far as they are differtiated from each other, and on the other the more practical prob- iems of church poluty.
 Up to this time no solution to these problems of creed and church govern ment has been found, and the organic unification of the different eccIesiasti- cal bodies into one great church does noe lie within the vision of the pres ent generation. and without such or- ganic union all federations and coun- cils are without a clear and definite answer as to what functions they can perform.
 In the midst of the perplexities crea- ted by a conscious need of greater -