The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
ORPHANAGE TRUSTEES
 ARE HELD SHAMELESS
Methodist Conference Advises More Publicity in Affairs of the Summerfield Institution.
 Excellent Reports Received.

I ages valued at sF2.3OO. Five church. | es were damaged during the year for which S5,3O6 was collected. .t
 The report was accepted as .gratify-
 ing to every expectation of the Con | ference.
 Another report was that of the com
 mittee on Sabbath observance, which requested more right observance
 the Sabbath day. The committee de- ] fined Sabbath as day of needed rest | and as sacred. It denounced the idea l of Sunday amusement and combatted | the notion that amusement Is needed | to afford rest to the weary laborer. | The report asked that one week be set aside each year directly after Easter 10 be observd with prayer and cere- mony as the LorTs day week. The rport of the Sunday School board showd that sl.4e2 had been
 raised during the year for mission
 work.
 Books and Periodicals. The committee on books and perl odieols showed fiourishingk state or affairs in connection with the Confer ence publications and endorsed Rev. J. S. Chadwick, editor of The Christian
 Advocate and Rev. J. L. Ferguson as colportenr. It was shown that The Advocate was possessed of S'S5O bona l fido subscribers.
 The commission on superannuate homes recommended Rev. B. L. Moore as agent and showed that $1S90.ss had been collected during the var. It also asked that E. P. Flowers be elcted to the commission in the place of W. F. vandiver, deceased. Church extension work playsd an important part in the Conference -ses- | sion of Friday. Bishop Hoss con 1 ducting evening Sexercises. spoke Fei- ative to the subject. I Bishop Hoss spoke of church. extensions into the Western United States. Mexico and particularly Brazil Al which latter field he is especially interested. During his services a collection for the Brazilian churches was taken | over $500 being raised.
 The report of the church extension board showed collections for exten- sion work of sS.sI2 and stated that the Alabama Conference stood thirteenth In the Methodist Conferences in this respect.
 Bishop Hoss convened the session today with a discourse on the parable of the Pharisee and the publican | showing the fallacy of the belief that ! any one is not as other men. After hearing reports Dr. g. M Hos mer, president ne Southern University. addressed the Conference on the sub ject of the university loan funds ask ing that aid in this respect be given. pr. Gross Alexander, editor of The Methodist Quarterly Review, spoke in regard to that representative Metho- dist paper and it's administration.
 With this address and with a lengthy and heated discussion over the request to allow Greensboro students to play inter-colIegiate football, the morning session was brought to close.
 During the afternoon selected choir Of sixteen voices from the Greensboro Choral Society rendered the oratorio. The Holy City, at the Methodist Church, the performance lasting late into tn day and being at | tended by the largest audience yet or the Conference session.
 The rendition entirely by amateurs. | conducted by Professor Richardson of the Southern University, was really enjoyed as music surprisingly credit able.
 During the evening, Rev. w.. W. Pinson conducted services at the Meth odist Church upon the occasion of the annual missionary anniversary.
 Program for Sunday.
 The program for Sunday shows de- votional exercises throughout the day, with a love feast at 0:30 a m., con- ducted by Rev. W. H. Wild; a ser mon by Bishop Hoss at Il o'clock; another ct 3:3o, by pr. Gross Aexan- der, and services by the Conference Memorial Association during the even- ing. . Four young practitioners will be ordained as deacons during the morn ing. They arc: J. Bruce Airey, John C.. Marten, O. c. Clayton. and Ray Moore.
 Nine will be ordained as elders dur ing the afternoon. They are W. J., Simmons, D. H McNeal, J. P. Daugh-' try, Felix M. Wood, s. J. Gibson, F. M. Lowrey, L. B. Green, Frank Seay and P. s. Hudson.
 With the disposal of all routine busi- ness and with the work of the Con ference practically concluded, there crops out again the talk and surmises of, appointments. Everything is spec ulatton of who and where, but out of the maze of uncertainty there develops rumors of definite shape.
 The talk of Presiding Elders is set tied by the probability of few. if any, changes. These Presiding Elders who have served the four-year limit are likely to be changed from one circuit to another without new additions. At any rate, there will be but one or two