The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-20

Contributors are requested to mest
 their obligations promptly so as to tr-
 crease the revenue of the College. The report of the Healing sprinSs Institute was read by W. B. Crumptoh.
 There was asmali decrease In number
 of pupils The school. however. has ], had successful years work with many needed Improvements
 'sThe report of the Judson College wag tread by E. F.. Ellis, Notwithstanding
 the yellow. fever scare of last year the Ecollege, has had great years work.
 Every building mas been crowded, so , much so that the President has had to 1 move to small cottage on the ground One of the important features of the years Improvement has been the be ginning Of a library building to eoss
 szS,O0e. Mir. Carnegie has agreed to bear q eertain part of this expense, The report of the Orphans Home was read by Rev, J, ". Stewart. the manager of the home. The health of the children has keen very good pu-
 ring the year the management has had to chronicle the death of two children and the Superintendent. J. D. Pittmau. At present the number of ch$ldren ia tiT. During .he year twefity-seven have been received into the home. Ire l income has been Si3,61407. The ex- pense $1s,559 46.s leaving balance in
 the treasury of s54,6l.
 | The Secretary of the State Board af l Missions made a few remarks on the Ireport read in the forenoon. He urged the adoption of the suggested sehed- ule, also the coming up with all apporv documents The Secretary said there
 was small indebtedness. but he was Inot alarmed about that. The only | thing he promised not to report sur plus, but use it all | Rev. c. T. culpepper of West Hunss- vile, made q short speech presenting a great work The church mas just com . pleted a new chapel, received about l25
 members. most of them by baptism, an | increase double h pastors salary Dal-
 las Avenue and Merrimae both advanS- ing. but still needing help to cover the Held. Only five resident pastors in
 Madison and Limestone counties. Ono only in Madison. His closing sentencs
 was an earnest plea for the convention | to send men to preach the gospel | throughout the section.
 Rev. c. W. oHara of Columbiana
 was present and presented the work of | Colporteur in Shelby County. MF o'Hara was too feehle to stand but sal and poured forth a message of love | from an earnest soul and loving heart. | He told how he was going from hom 2 | to home urging that they buy book or paper for each child or he would | give one.
 Rev. J. G. Dobbins. of Greensboro. though a pastor of three churches, was was doing much work among the weak churches of his county He was the | only pastor in the county. His church.
 es agreed to pay a missionary for a month.s The pastor failed to secure anyone to go, so he went himself, and
 his churches paid his salary. We, as | Baptistsa must take the country, but | in order to do so we must have strong men for the work.
 | Dr. A. J. Dickinson said there were
 more people in Birmingham who did I not go to church than in three or four thickly populated counties. He
 urged special effort to reach the mas
 ses of that growing city
 l Dr. Frost, of Nahsville, said the state missions lie at the basis of all
 our work It Is basal and sunday | School is basal to that. Sunday scheoi l work is State mission work Many ] States now have Sunday sehooi seere-
 taries in the State. He strongly urged
 the appointment of such man work
 ing under the Board in every state.
 Rev W. D. Hubbard. of Troy in- troduced the following resolution
 "Resolved, that the State sMtssion Board be authorized to put man m
 the field doing Sunday school work giving his entire time to the werk'