The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24
RELIGIOUS FERvER
 SHOWN BY SHOUTS Enthusiastic Sessions By Holi- ness Union Yesterday URGE MORE MISSION WORK One Speaker Says More Money Is Spent on Hats and Kid Gloves
 Than In the Entire Mis-
 sion Field.

The Old Time Religion" had the Hol- mess convention well gripped at it's ses- sions yesterday afternoon and last night and the city hall armory was scene duplicating that of the old time camp meetings. Any doubts as to there be- ing any of that inspiration in the world today which causes a person to shout were utterly swept away for the evange- listic service yesterday afternoon was one long glad "hallelujah."
 Beginning at o'clock there was a testimonial service which lasted 45 min utes. This itself was indeed a rous- ing meeting and gave great impetus to the evangelistic services which followed. The latter were on the programme as "evangelistic services with missionary spirit" and were by far the most en- thusastic which have graced the con- vention. The meeting had not progressed gray-haired lady broke into fervent "Amens' and "Hallelujahs" which soon developed into real, old time shouting. It was infectious and another person quickly joined in. Continuing to spread it swept over the entire armory until fully a dozen were making the walls ring with their happy declarations of the power of the Holy Ghost.
 Another young peoples service was held at T o'clock which was led by the students of the Meridian college. It was followed by evangelistc services, a col lection being taken at this time for the furtherance of the work. These last services were also enthusiastic rivalllng those of the afternoon.
 The feature of the morning service was an address by Mrs. Ada Beeson Farmer, whose home is in Alabama, but who has been associated with her husband in missionary work in Liu Cheo, China. The speaker went after the luxurious, declaring that more money was spent on expensive hats kid gloves and the like by the women of American than for mis- sionary work and that as much money had gone up in tobacco smoke in one year in the United States as the whole world has devoted to missions in 100 years.
 She also charged that one church had spent more for printed programmes of its services than 1t had for missions; that another spent twenty times as much on the choir as they did for sending the message of Christ to the heathen, while the soprano alone received enough to support two missionaries. There are ample means,' she declared ito evan gelize the world but 1t is wrongfully y used.'
 Missionary Evangelism as Distinguish ed From Regular Missionary Work was the subject of a talk by the Rev. H. C. Morrision of Louisville in which he urged the co-operation of the union with the work of the different churches, stating that there was no necessity of the union establishing separate congregations in the mission field as there was opportunity open to it in the missions already opened We want consecrated men and women to go out from this holy body to carry the doctrine of entire sanctfcation to every missionary parsonage and every darkened soul" was his expression.
 Dr. Morrison has been appointed mis- sionary by the general mission board and will make a tour of the mission fields during the year 1910.
 The Rev. D. B. Strouse of Salem, Va, made a short talk describing the mission ary work of his church, and was followed by the Rev w. A. Farmer, who preached the missionary sermon. MT. Farmer has been located at Liu Cheo, China, as mis- sionary for a number of years.
 Todays programme is as follows:
 to a. m.-School of prayer.
 8 to 8:30 a. m.-Song and praise.
 S:30 to 9:30 a. m.-Bible study President E. P. Ellyson.
 9:30 to 10:3O a. m.-Papers: ''rhe Attitude of Holy Men and Women Toward the Prohibition Wave" the Rev--L. l.. Pick ett, Witmore, Ky; "The Pastor and the Evangelist" Dr. W. E. Harrison, Me- rldian Male college, Meridian, Miss. "Woman's Ministries,p Miss Daisy D. Gray Woman's college, Meridian, Miss "The Need of a General Revival and How Brought About" the Rev. J. w. Hughes, Kingswood college, Kingswood. /Ky.
 10:30 a. m-Eyangeistic sermon.
 2 to 2:30 D. m.Song and praise.
 2:30 to D. m.-Testimonial:- What the convention meant to me.
 D. m.-Evangelistic service.
 6:15 p. m.-Open air meeting conducted by student from Meridian Male col lege, Meridian, Miss.