The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-09

,,;,la Christian Advocate, the general organ of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, outlined. Tn an excellent short address before the conference: i the duties Of the managing editor or line religious publications, specializing plans that are making by the stan or The Advocate for the future of the publication.
 pr. Moore in a fluent speech presented to the Conference the work and purpose of The Advocate in most attractive and appealing form
 The policy of the publication he out lined in detail and appealed to the ICoaference to support the paper, that IS then our property that has a.ways been their property and a paper that repre- sents the best interest of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church in the South. l Rev. J. S Chadwick. editor of The
 Alabama Christian Advocate, follow ed Dr. Moore with short talk or the lwork and life of the publication Whlch
 he represented i condition of The Advocate the best Tn its history, with good reason Tor hopes flor a future of continued and lncreas-
 led prosperity. o,,oa lthat of the past year, he said, would Igive a clean sheet-the publication would taining and a paying enterprise.
 The Committee on Books and Period lica!s submitted the following report
 Tn the opinion of your Committee, the work and out put of our pup lshlnS house at Nashville. deserve nothing but commendation.
 "In fact, all the literature of our
 church in the main, Is good. We can not however, commend certain editor ials recently appearing m our general
 organ. The Christian Advocate, pub lished at Nashville.
 "These editorials relate to the doc Urine of the immortality of the sSul ana
 to Sabbath obverance.
 we cannot speak in terms too high of our Conference organ. The Alabama Il Christian Advocate. It has been bold in rebuklng immoralities and in main | taining that high standard of right eousness throughout the entire year. The Sunday school literature has inn
 The .Epworth Era "Go Forward the Woman Missionary Advocate.' our Home and the Quarterly Review are first class. They are earnestly recom- mended to the church. ...
 we nominate as publishing commit tee of the Alabama Christian Advo- cate. J. S. Frazer. s. M. Hosmer, J. R. Peavy, T. D. Sanford and c. M. How
 Gsigned) I..w. Challer. | President.
 The following amendment to the re- port was read and adopted: The editorial q 1 the literary work on the Advocate is in the main of the high est order and is improving. We hail this growth as a token that we are to
 have one of the strongest religious pa Ipers issuing from the press"
 Discussion of Report.
 ha ora Tt1
 of the original report followed its read ling but after some explanations and a short talk by Dr. J. M. Dannelly, the question was called and the original | report was adopted as amended by a large majority vote.
 A class of young men composed or lC F Johnson. 2. Nj Lowery, J. II. Holloway, D H. McEeol. J P. Daug-
 try, L. B. Green, F. NJ. Wood and 5. ]. Gibson, having been on $Sial for two years and having stood the prescribed
 examinations, were called before the bar of the Conference, asked the dls- culinary questions. addressed by the Bishops and admitted to full connec- tion. The Preachers Aid Society -|as call ed to ordr by Rev J. w. Chores, vice
 president, and on nomination of Rev. E. l.. Crawford, the officers were re-
 elected for the ensuing year: They are: Rev, B. C. Glenn' pIesl dent: Rev. J. w. Shores, vice-presi- dent; J. F. McCrim. treasurer, and
 Rev. E. M. Turner, secretary.
 Rev. L. C. Duncan of .he Brewton Mission, was reported as having had tbe misfortune to lose his horse re- gently and as he depended 51r trans portation between his ,harges on his horse the Conference contributed the money for the purchase of Il horse to replace the one lost
 The Bishop called Question 2O-'Art ] all the preachers blameless in their life and official administratton?' and as this question had been called sew eral times previous, the Bishop stipu-
 lated that there be no further inter- Tuptions and the work completed.
 The character and work of the lSS members of the Conference was in- vestigated. This number includes the niue prsiding elders, the superannua- ted the supernumeraries and travelling
 preachers. Among the class of young ministers
 admitted on trial into the Alabama , Conference was that J. Bruce Airey of Evergreen. president of the State Ep- worth League, and one of the bright l .-A ,-a,n.. uaen in fhe Conference MT