The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-06

roper, hev. T. K. Hoberts ana neV G.A- Rush.
 When pr. A. L. Andrews came to the church. he found a debt of $2o,0ooA and It was under his leadership that the movement to provide for the canceling of the debt was undertaken. Dr. An drews was followed by pr. T. W. 6hoaff, who remained with the church one year, and was succeeded by Rev. w. M. Cox, the present pastor.
 The debt has been reduced to about $7.0o0 during the past two or three years. and the congregation Is deter mined that the coming year will be the banner year in the history of the church. and that another year will find 1t almost, if not quite. free from all indebtedness.
 Several years ago, Mrs. Ruth Hooker, . devoted member of the church, gave the comfortable cottage at 114 North Hull Street to the church to be used as a parsonage. The gift was . magnifi- cent one and, coming at the time 1t did, was most acceptable. The parsonage property Is valued, conservatfvely, at s4.00o. The valuation of the church property is placed at $6o.000.
 At present there are about 600 mem- bers of the church. The Sunday school is one of the best attended in Mont gomery, and, with E. c. Baugh as su- perintendent, Is continually adding new members to it's roll. Aiding materially in all the work of the church is Wo- mans Home Mission Society. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. an Ep- worth League with a large and deeply interested membership. and Juvenile Mission Society.
 : With the beginning of the new year and the resolve of the congregation to liquidate the remaining debt, no church in Montgomery has brighter future than the Dexter Avenue Methodist.
 At the monthly meeting of the Wogking Circle of the First Baptist Chufch, when the reports of the chair men of the five divisions, or circles. were made, 1t was found that the divis- ion of which Mrs. L, l.. Lasseter was chairman had raised the largest amount of money, and was. therefore, entitled to the banner. Following is list of the amounts of the different divisions reported by the chairman:
 Miss Mary Anderson, $24s.5e; Mrs. M Cody. $S40.52; Mrs Lewis Cobbs. 425.58: Mrs. L. L. Lasseter, $441.57; Miss Lizzie Wright, s4o5.4s.
 The report of the result of the church bazaar, which was given previous to the holidays, showed that the sum of $3os.2e was aded to the church building fund.
 On the afternoon of the fourth Mon- day of the month there will be @ meet ing of the Working Circle at the Church, at which time the annual cleo tion of officers will take place. There are more than one hundred members of the circle. The present officers are: Mrs. Florence Harris, President; Mrs. T. L. Peach. Secretary, and Miss Marie Burch. Treasurer.
 The meeting of St. Mary's Guild of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Conn., forter will be held Monday afternoon at o'clock at the home of the Presi- dent.
 Major and Mrs. J. M. Berriman of the Southern Division of the Salvation lecture at the First Presbyterian Church on the night of Wednesday, January 1e. A cordial invitation is ex- tended the public to attend the lecture.
 Revelations.
 The minister's wife was busily en- gagged one afternoon mending the fam fly clothes when a neighbor called for a friendly chat. After a few moments of news and gossip the caller remark ed, as she began to inspect a basket of miscellaneous buttons, You seem to be unusually well supplied with but tons of all kinds. Why, there's one like my husband had on his last win ter's suit"
 Indeed" said the minister's wife, with a slight smile. Well. and these buttons were found in the contribution box, and I thought I might as well make some use of them. What--must you go? Well. good-by. Come again soon."-Christian Advocate.
 Tulane University.
 The Tulane University of Louisiana is flourishing this year as never before. It's attendance of students, as reported in the November Bulletin, is, to date. 1,542, or already 240 more than last year, and 1t is expected to reach about 1900 before the close of the session. The students of this session come from 3S4 universities, colleges, normal schools, high schools. and private acad- emies; I6S of them have taken college degrees; 36 students are in the grad uate Department of the academic col leges, candidates for advanced degrees The teaching force numbers l52, of whom 55 are professors and 21 assist ant and associate professors The en- rollment of students will exceed that of last year by about 500. In its equipment, endowment and number Of teachers and students, Tulane is still making rapid strides.--Southws sstern University.
 The Year Book of Prayer.
 ''The Year Book of Prayer" for For eign Missions of our church for 1907 is the best in contents and most attrae- tive disappearance yet issued. It con tains special objects of prayer for ev- cry day in the year; full list of our missionaries; the latest obtainable sta tistics from each of our ten missions; a suggested Scripture text for every day; new illustrations; an appropriate Christmas or New Year token; a sug- gested program for the monthly meet Ings of 1907, with suggestions regard ing leaflets and other helps. The price is 15 cents per copy. It may be or dered from the Literature Department, Executive Committee of Foreign Mis- sions, Nashville, Tenn.-Southwestern University.
 The pastor of one of our most prom inent churches says, among other things, in his church leaflet. "If you see a stranger. don't feel that 1t will cost you your life to bid him welcome to your churchv
 Sir William Long tells story of an old Scotch woman who could not abide long sermons She was hobbllng out of the kirk one Sunday, when a coach man, who was waiting for his people, asked her, "Is the minister dune wi his sermon?" He was dune lang syne," said the old lady, impaVently.