The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-15
CHURCH CALLS
 MIR. EDMONDS Selected by Montgomery
 Presbyterians TO SUCCEED DIR. PATTERSON Young Man is Student at the
 Theological Seminary. He h . Native of Sumter County Ala. bama and Filled the Local Pulpit During the Summer

1 Rev. Fl. NJ. Edmonds. one of the
 strongest young ministers of the | southern Presbyterian Church. was yes.
 terday by unanimous vote of the
 Of the First Presbyterian Church oi
 Montgomery
 The Committee on Call of the Church
 has reason to believe that MT. Ed vacant by the death of Rev. G. W.
 Patterson. D. D.
 MT Edmonds Is 2s years old. If he | the pastorate until May 10 of next year
 He will not until then complete his course Of study at the Louisville Sem | mary.
 Although young man Mir. Edmonds
 has achieved high reputation for ability and devotion to his calling. He is regarded as an extraordinarily 1 strong young man and It is predicted
 leading ministers of the Southern Presbyterian Church.
 Although young in years and al- though he has devoted a number of the
 years of his young manhood to the
 studies that would fit him for the greatest usefulness in his calling. Mir | Edmonds has nevertheless found time
 to serve as assistant pastor of two Louisville churches. He has, moreover | found time to secure wide experienced l in the work of the young Mems Chris | tian Association, having had a super visory position in the Association work l at the colleges which he has attended Nor Is the call extended MT. Ed
 monds yesterday by the Montgomery
 congregation the first he has received In recent months he was rendered the
 pastorate of the Crescent Hill Pres terian Church of Louisville.
 The action of the Montgomery Church was taken yesterday morning at a con-
 gregational meeting which followed the regular Sunday services. The sermon
 Homer H .' McMilian srIs % of Atlanta e' MY. 9 Me Mc
 Milan acted as moderator of the con
 gregational meeting which followed | while W. H. Hubbard served as clerk
 on Call was submitted by its Chairman.
 F. P. Glass. and was concurred in by the other members of the Committee
 who are vfgl Gawsn G1n and R N HsndsT 4snner
 The report recommended the call of
 MT. Edmonds and that his salary be fixed at $2,000 a year with the use of MT. Edmonds should accept the call. as 1t is expected he will he could not as-
 sume the pastorate of the church until he had completed the course of study
 in the Theological Seminary. at Louis
 vile. In the meanwhile. the church will endeavor at once to secure tenn
 porary supply for the pulpit until May.
 The report of the Committee was unanimously adopted by the congrega- . tion. It met with special favor be- cause MT. Edmonds, for four months this summer. supplied the pulpit of 1 the church aud he made a deep i'm
 pression -upon the members of the church. He was esteemed no less for
 his marked ability than for his earn | estness and his devotion to his sacred l calling
 An additional committee was named l to formulate and prosecute the call. This committee consists of Warren D.
 Brown. Judge J. E. Fuller and w. B. Tanner.
 MT Edmonds Is a native Alabamian. | having been born 2s years ago at York | in Sumte: County. Ho is son of ] William Edmonds. one of the best known and most active Sunday School l workers of the State. MT. Edmonds g
 early life gave evidence of exceptional
 ability and strong purpose By all | who knew him success Is predicted In
 the field to which he was called. He | Is unmarried.