The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-01
BIRMINGHAM PASTOR
BEFORE CONFERENCE
DR.. Duncan's Golf Playing is
Criticised
INCIDENT is NOW CLOSED
Mission Workers Other Than Presid-
INCIDENT is NOW CLOSED
Mission Workers Other Than Presid-
ing Elders Are. In Future to Be
Given Places on Board
of Missions.
BY E. M. GLEhN.

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| tion ~ are the preachers pIaineless IN
their life and official Administrations
! Some discussion ensued when the name
| OF Dr James A Duncan nastor Of tho
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called. and when it had concluded the
/ matter was oenerallv looked nnon as a.
| closad ;,oias,.
|
."s u ~ Duie'" "as
| caiied, Ut popps, presiding elder OF rue
| Birmingham district reported nothing
against him, but 1t might be well that
| pr Duncan ,naxa n stateman+ Il, order
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'nae 'ile coiilereice may uiderse'ano
some Things that they may not now un-
| derStand.
DR. Duncan. in answer. said possibly
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az . o's',s' Vsii'ase. ne saiu 'iae ms posi-
tlon on the subject OF amusements is that
a man may engage IN anything Whatever
ior Whicn he may thank God, and may
fot engage IN anythlng tnat VIII lower
moral character He said: II stand by the
Metnodlst dlselpilhe. II nave Wronsed
any prother, am ready TO take MN py
.ne mana anu cohtess sorrow that may
nave disturbed any fragment OIL the
churcn.
Views on Mortdlv Arnuserents
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De regarded as hurtful to the church; II
!. came 10 question: or amusements VS..
the church' ne STANDS py the ehurch Inc
statenients OF III. punean IA cohneetioI
VII VIII .nose Vi lii1 niiiiis.els peiore naileu
"eie teheh as CLOSING the ihciueli''
Devotes Some Time to Golf.
Now evervbodv who hoard this 1iso,,s-
sion was mighty ANXIOUS to know what
l,ind of arnusenants we've tailed of ,rho
discussion toolx tba form, of innuendo ara
II was NOT clear. Card nlavine and dan
cing aro tho troubles in cadedan and
everybodv was on tintie to know the
trouhle with tbe First church of Rir-
minpham On the outside If is learned
that Dr Duncan has devoted some of
his time 70 qolinp and this NAV be nrin
cipally the amusement in question.
Address By Bishop.
Conference convened at S.45 this morn
;no with an address on Jifelonp Frjend-
shin u a. exemnlified in the Anostles Peter
nth. 1. -
ga rdad hv tho conferences as a great nriv-
;lege &c well as Measure to hear these
norning d;sconrses bv the bishon
After annrovinp the minutes. conference
entered unon the regular business of the
dav will the cali of the class of the
rourth wear touching the election of ell
ders
Onostion 10 "yvhat travelling nrea cheers
arc elected eIdersqo Answer. Robert
Ecbols. Eugene 10 Emerson. Robert Y.
Harmon. Walter Wilson Hehin. Waights
Gibbs Henry. I,ol,is Fletcher Parrish. Io-
renzo Dow Patterson. Robert jackson
Pollard Samuel Tolliver Slaton Henry
NInnn Stevenson
Continued in class of the fourth year,
Henry l.. Aldridge, Eugene Binford, Wal
ter Il. Draper. William I. Hodridge
Albert T Mathison