The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-06

St. Peters Church will he secured
 soon; and, with the free instruction in
 music that will be given them by
 Prof. E. L. Merriam and Father Cos tello, 1t will not be long before an efficient choir will add dignity to the church services. Tn fact. whatever may have been, said about the oppor- tuneness of such an organization when the male choir w4s introduced in St. Peters, 1t Is now certain that 1t has passed the experimental stage. and with the splendid cooperation of all concerned in its future, It has come to stay
 Service at Court Street Church. Dr. O. c. McGehee, pastor of the Court Street Methodist Church, will preach this morning at II o'clock. The night service will be a union service of all the Montgomery churches in celebration of the anniversary of the Alabama Bible Society The following i is the musical program for the two services today:
 Morning Service. Prelude by orchestra--Selected Anthem-"o Saying Victim"--J Lew
 is Browne.
 ofrertory Contralto solo-selected- Miss Carrie Sanford.
 Postlude by Orchestra-Seiected. ' EyeDfnK scrVfce. Prelude--Selected.
 l. Anthem--Jubilee Deo-wgner-HoI- Offertory Soio--"Adore and be Still" l--Gounod--Miss Elizabeth Millspaugh. Postlude-Selected.
 Surprise Party to Pastor. The. Girls Band of the Forest Ave | nue Methodist Church. with number of the members of the congregation. gave a surprise party to the pastor, Rev. R. R. Ellison and his wife on ! Friday night at their home, 1o05High- land Avenue. The affair was enjoyed thoroughly by the entire party. Tho officers of the Girlsi Band are: Mrs | w. E. Beck, superintendent: Miss Lal- | lie Gilbert, president; Miss Buela Gull | len. first vice-president; Miss Jaynie Blue, second vice-president; Miss Pear cie Campbell, third vice-president; Miss Nettie Quillen. secretary, and Mss
 Ruth sweatt. treasurer. At a recent meeting of the Board of Stewards of the Forest Avenue Metho- | dist Church, an increase of S100 was | made in the pastors slary for the year. J. M. Stuckey was elected chairman of the Board of Stewards. C. M. Roe. | mer was elected secretary, and NJ. D. Sweatt was elected treasurer At the Clayton Street Bpaist Church 1 the pastor, Rev. J. w. OHara. will | preach this morning on. Soul Pros- perity." Tonight the subject of his sermon will be Salvation on the Cross"
 The Ministers Union will meet Mon- | day morning at the Y. M. c. A. building at 10 o'clock. Every minis- tetr in Montgomery is invited to at | tend.
 Rev, J. W. Reinhardt pastor of the | Fifth Avenue Methodist Church will preach at the Ii o'clock morning houl
 at the church but at the night service
 the congregation will attend the wes
 End Baptist Church where Rev Brooks Lawrence will address the meet.
 ing on the anti-saloon question. | A congregational reception will bt
 rendered Rev. I. W. Chalker. the new pastor of the South Perry Street Meth
 odist Church Friday night at tn, church
 Secure New Parsonage. A residence on Winnie street, be l tween South Perry and South Cour streets has been rented as the parson | dist Church and the pastor, Rev. I. W Chalker. and his family will take pos | session at once.
 The women of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church will meet Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the. parson. age to organize a Missionary Society. The ward meetings of the women o1 the First Presbyterian Church will be held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the homes of the chairmen in the
 five wards of the city. The annual Review Service of the Sunday School of the First Baptist Church with steropticon pictures ol held at the church tonight at 7:30 o'clock. The service will be conducted by W. B. Davidson with assistance oi other interested Sunday School work CTS.
 Rev. J. W. Elliott, office superinten-
 dent of the Alabama Bible Society will
 preach at the Baptist. Church at Fort
 Deposit this morning at II o'clock.
 Rev. Lawrence Trenches.
 Rev. Brooks Lawrence, of Btrming-
 ham. State superintendent of the Anti
 Saloon League. will speak at the West
 End Baptist Church in the interest of
 the anti-saloon movement at 7:So
 o'clock tonight. The congregation from
 the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
 will unite with the West End congre-
 gation in listening to Mir. Lawrence.