The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

0od stOFeb Hau tUt ne put ms love Into the making of him and his surround inKs.F Our Missionary Movements are akin to God-we are dealing with God. What Is prayer but communion with God, and e supplication to Him for help7" .g, s.t
 The committee organization then signiffed that 1t was ready to hand in It's report, Tho.report carried an adop- ton of the plan of organization, ac- cepted by the meeting held fin Chatta- nooga held during last month Fur ther resolutions were offered for the acceptance of a share in the increase of mission funds to be raised. and a recommendation that the plan be left in the hands Of the executive com mittee.. Asfurther resolution called for the raising of $500 needed for expenses in the organization in the Alabama ana west Florida Conferences. Another requested the election of a vice.ieader. a secretary and treasurer.
 On the vote the. resolutions were adopted by rising vote. The vice. leader as recommended by the commit tee on nominations was elected unani- mousiy, M.. Lightfoot of Brundfdge; the secretary. Mack Featherstone: and the treasurer. Brooks Flowers.
 After the adoption ofSthis report the program was continued. On account of the absence of J.sB. Barnett of Mon roeviile, Rev J. l. Gerdinu of Korea, a Missionary to that country spoke upon "Tidtngs, from. tho Hermit Ma ton" Mr. Gerdihe has been in this country on hls Vacation for almost year. but his tfdings from the distant country were none-the. less Interesting.
 T1dings From Korea.
 T have been greatly interested in the discussion which has taken place at this convention regarding the re- flex benefit which the church here ex- poets to attain from missionary en- deavors in foreign lands. am sure that this benefit is true, but rather resent this part of the question being church in Korea and a church wfth real problems as you have in the church at home.y
 Mir. Gerdine then told of some very interesting phases of. his work in Korea. and gave a comprehensive re- view of the number of people, their condition and accessibility by the mis- sionary.
 He told .viyidiy of the quality of membership which was in his churches in Korea. and of the standard which was set of two services on Sunday and one during the mid-week His fig. ures on attendance, and his story of the native preacher apologizing for an attendance of only 800 at a weekly prayer meeting. were received with amazement by his hearers.
 Mir. Gerdine told of the system of laity work in Korea, saying that the missionaries could not get to a church possibly more than once or twice in a year. and that every man when he be- came a church member took as his duty an active part in his church. He lead meetings and prayed in public from the very first,
 The missionary said that he would be sorry for the members of the churches in Korea to know that mem bers of the home churches did not at tend to these duties nor did they take an active. part. in their church life.
 The loyalty. Of the church was told to the assembled delegates. with Illus trations of men going ninety miles to attend the meetings of the district con- ferences. He told vlvidiy of the zeal of the Korean to evangelize his own people, as evidenced by his; voluntary church leadership.
 Tn conclusion MT Cerdine told of some of the possibilities of a people who were so favorable to the recept- ion of Christianity. provided mission aries could be sent to them.
 After Mir Gerdlneis talk. M, Light food, of Brundidge, was called upon. to sneak upon the topic of "Our Oppor- tunity-shaII We Go Forward7" Mir . Lightfoots talk, was truly i1spira- tional He earnestly advocated guing forward, saying that 1t was the only thing which could be done. The value of prayer was touched upon. and fig- ures of the wealth of the people mak- inc. m the rnenbership of the home church were given to the congregation.
 On the conclusion of Mir. Lightfoot's address cards were passed for sub scriptions to the raising of the $500 needed for the organization of the work in the Southern Alabama Confer ence, and $115 was raised within ten minutes.
 of the cards, Bishop Morrison closed the afternoon session with the benedic- ton. f@
 pr. Pinson's Address Last Night.
 The devotional services last night were led by Judge Barnett. of opelika, and the prayer led by Rev. J. M. Green. after which M M. sweatt ex- tended an invitation for those assem- b1ed to attend reception to be given fin the ,baaement. ofs the church by the Women's Missionary Societies.
 Despite the fact that many of the daIeaates left after the. afternoon ses- sion yesterday for their several homes, the auditorium of the Court Street Church was comfortably filled with, congregation which listened to the ad- mirable address of Dr; w. W. Pinson. of Nashville. Tennessee secretary of the missions of the Southern Metho- dists.
 Dr.. Pinson opened his remarks by congratulating the city and the dele Eates upon the convention which was to be successfully brought to a close after the delivery of his speech.
 This assembly is but one of the many all over the country, meetings of great depth and feeling, The lay men of the different churches are pe- culiarly responsive to this plan now. The iaymen of the Soaths heard a New York pastor say. are more alive to this question than are the laymen hf any other. section of this great county of ours
 T haven't attended a single one of tn hese meetings that was either dull or uninteresting, and this one about 10 be brought to a close tse no excep-