The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

Ferry Street Methodist Church 1 The South Perry Street Methodist | Church. one of the Hvest and most | progressive churches of the denomln- | ation in Montgomery. is the youngest
 of the six Montgomery Methodist | churches.
 The South Perry Street Church is | one of the direct branches of the Court l Street Church. because of the fact that so many of the members of the mother l church have removed from the down | town district to the section of the city | in which the Perry Street Church is
 located. and have carried their church letters with them to the nearer church, | thus lending their support to the church and making of 1t one of the most popular of the churches of the l denomination in the city.
 | The church had its origin in a union | Sunday School, for which house was l built in. 1893 on South McDenough street between. Julia and Winnie l streets.
 l The church was organized with the following members: Mir. and Mrs, E :. | R. Holt. Sr.. E R. Holt. Jr., MT. and Mrs R. P. Grigg. Mrs. N. Dinkin, | Mir. and Mrs. E. E Sears. Mir. and Mrs. 1 J. A. Smith. and Miss Annie Lang | ford. Rev. J. M. Glenn was the first | pastor of the church
 | A short while after the organization of the church. the building was remov- | ed from its location on McDonough | street to the corner of Julia and Hull l streets. and was. then known as the l Hull Street Church. The congregation | continued to worship there until the | year 1900, when the present structure on South Perry street was erected. The | first service in the new church was f conducted by Dr. S. M. Hosmer, Pres | A TvaEx Ntry al | Greensboro. Plans were drawn for a I handsome church. but only the Sunday | School department of the building has | been erected.
 The preachers who have served the Fl South Perry Street Church as pastors II are: 1895. Rev. J. M. Glenn. four | months. Mir. Glenn's health failed and
 he was transferred to the Texas Con H ference. After he left here tine church
 was for a time without a pastor. unti Dr. J. 0. Andrews, editor of The Ala
 hama Christian Advocate was induc ed to come from Birmingham ant
 prsach every Sunday morning.
 After the meeting of the Conference in 1898, Rev. Will Dennis was sent t the church, but remained here fev . months only before he was transferred
 to the Kentucky Conference. For
 time afterwards. Rev. Mir. Roper, pas tor of the Dexter Avenue Church, act
 cd as pastor of the Perry Street Church preaching every Sunday afternoon ant
 performing the other pastoral dutie
 for the congregation.
 In 1897, Rev. Eugene Crawford wal sent to the church as pastor and re
 mained in that capacity for four years
 Rev, B .F. Marshall was pastor of thu
 church in 1901: Rev. J. H. James wal I.pastor of the church during 1sO2-feoS
 Rev. B. l.. Moore was pastor durinf
 1s04-1905, and Rev. Henry Trawick dur
 ing 1908.
 At the recent session of the Alabama
 Conference. Rev. C. I. Chalker was ap
 pointed to the South Perry Stree
 church and will take up the work
 The Sunday School of the South Per.
 rv Street Church Is one of the larges | ana most enthusiastic in Montgomery
 la. O, Blakey, the superintenderA
 when induced to take charge about
 year ago, found an ordinary sunda I School, but he at once entered in tn work with so much of earnestness an
 of zeal that 1t has grown from on
 of the smallest to one of the larges Sunday Schools In the city. In fact such strides were made by the schoo
 that the building was found inadequRt and a tent was placed on the churc
 lot in which @ number of the classe : were taught during the summer. The women's societies of the Perr' Street Church are the Home Mission
 with Mrs. E. G. Adams, President, an the Foreign Missionary Society wit
 Mrs! Ollie Edwards, President. Thes { societies are doing Q splendid worl along their respective lines.