The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-27
What Societies and
 Churches Do
OLD SOUTH CHURCH
FAMOUS STRUCTURES TO BE AGAIN
 USED.
For Thirty-Ffye Years No ReligiouI Service Has Been Held Inside Successor to Colonial Meet
 tng House.

Boston. Oct. 26.-( Especial. )---Alivs with more historic memories than any other church structures in this country but tucked away in the midst of the busfest section of the city at Milk and Washington Streets. is the Old South Meeting House. which promises now to come out of the lethargic sleep into which 1t was forced thirty-nve years ago.
 Tn three and half decades thous- ands have visited it, but none come to pray. The record does not show how many have come to pay 1t rever- ence, the great passing throng having shown tangible interest only in the relics which fill it's museum and which serve to attract the casual visitor to the city.
 and historic meetings on the roll of the thirty-five years since the congrega- ton which had used it for so long left the quaint structure to take up resi- dence in modern building located in a more accessible quarter. It was only recently that a Sunday service could be held under the restrictions by which the old South Meeting House AssocIa- ton became the guardian of the build ing.
 Despite the temptations of fine CnuTCflss LlETG WGIG ittdny WtlO AClb thS historic church with qualm. The only way in which they felt they could force themselves to remain away from it was to stipulate that for thir- ty-five years there should be no re- ligious meetings held within its walls. The pact was kept. No one dared try to break it.
 Now the time limit has expired. Rev Dr, E. E. Hale took advantage of the occasion to open the doors once more to an advanced and liberal gathering. an undenominational outpouring of those who wished some place in which to hear the Gospel without being tied to creed. The house was filled. Bishop Mallaliea of the Methodist Church. and Professor Moore of the Harvard Theo- logical Scho ol, took prominent part in the meeting. This was the ieaven that has been working until now 1t seems assured that regular Sunday gather inss will be resumed.
 The intention is to have is as meet ing place for the strangers within the gates of Boston. Tn expressing his wish for new work. Dr. Hale called attention to the constant stream of new arrivals on the shores of the country. He suggested that they be met by someone with cordial Chris tian word of welcome.
 He thought the Salvation Army or the Methodist Church or the American Unitarian Association could be trusted to do the work and laborfng one and all together. they could turn the new arrival toward the Old South Meeting House until such time as the irnmi- grant spirit caused the newcomer to move to other fields.
 A notable thing about this new church is it's leaning tower. which in- ciines at an agle of nine degrees. and Is shown to all visitors. But it does not eompase in interest with the old meeting haase, whose history is told briefly on the tablet fastened. to the front. On 1t can be read this inserip- ton:
 "On the ground where the Old South Meeting House stands the old cedar meeting ouse was built. and has been the scene of the greatest crises and