The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-21
BAPTISTS
 AT ROANOKE Ministers Re-elect Rev, R A. J. Cumbee.
THE CONVENTION IS READY
Gcod Reports of Wsrk tn the
 Centennial Year.
suds. Den.en win. Preside over the Deliberations of Great Body of
 Alsbama Churchmen-May
 Ceme Here in November.
BY REV. ,. W. oHARA.

Roanoke. July 2o--fspecial. )--rhe Baptist ministers meeting was called to order tonight by President R. A. U Cumbee. of Brundidge.
 Rev. !. H. Bush, of Montromery conducted the devotional exercises Rev. Arnold s. Smith offered a most earnest prayer for Gods blessings up- on the meting. After reading from John vii. Rev. T. J. Haygood, of An- dalusia, offered Q most earnest prayer for . wider vision.
 Rev. R. A. J. Cumbee was reelected as president. and Rev. J. W. Hammer. of Ashland, was elected secretary, after which Rev. J. M. Thomas. of Union Springs. was introduced and preached the opening sermon
 Rev. George B. Eager. Southern Bap- tist Theoiogicsi Seminary. Louisville, read Psalm 42.
 The following program will be car ried out tomorrow:
 ss- m.--Prayer Service--L- L. Gwalt. nev.
 a:ao to 1o:so a. m.--statement of De- nominational Principies-Rev J. W OHara.
 Should These Be Preached-R. NJ Hunter.
 1o:so to 1l:so a. m.-co-operatiou Among Baptists--J. H. Foster: How Attain It.--C. N. James.
 11:30 a. m.-Sermon-L4 O. Dawsop
 2:s0 ?. m-Prayer Service-J. Ms Green.
 ap; Inflow I Prepare My Sermons -. H Dickinson. H. B. Folk.
 s;30 p. m.--How To Make tho Prayey Meeting Attractive--J. R. Curry. J. J Haygood. J. R. G. White.
 p. m-Evanselism-T. O. Reese, B. S. Bailey. Otto Banner, P. M. Jones.
 SD. m.--Advantaxes of Simultaneous Evangeiistic Services in Our Ctties-J D. Ray. E. B. George.
 What We Hope For in Birmingham in Such gervice-Wallace Wear.
 g. p. m.-Prayer Service-J. H Bush.
 s:sO D. Instrumentation Blake.
 Miscellaneous Business.
 The convention proper will be called to order Wednesday morning in it's etghty-seventh annual session. Judgc N. D. Denson, president, will preside. Rev. Austin Crouch. Woodlawn, will preach the introductory sermon.
 The officers of the convention and its various institutions have fine re. ports to make Secretary Crumpton is eIated over the loyalty of the Baptists during the year. Secretary Crosslsnd will show 96.0o0 in the Sunday Schools of the State, while Presidents Mon tague and Patrick of Howard and Jud- son, will show the largest number en- rolled and best work of their history.
 The times have been hard for Rev. John W. Stewart and his orphan chtl- dren, but provision has been made
 It Is probable that there will be an adiourned session of the convention in Montgomery sometime in November to celebrate the centennial of Baptist hta4orv Dr. C. A. Stakely will read
 The Ministerial Benefit Society. W. B. Crumpton, President and W. J. Ei- liott, Secretary and Treasurer will hold its sixth annual session during the session of the convention.
 The following standing committees who were appointed last year VIII re- port during the convention:
 Foreign Missions-J. L. Jackson, orr vile, Chairman.
 Home Missions-S. A. Cowan, Mont gomery, Chairman.
 Sunday Schools-Charles H. Davis. Columbia, Chairman.
 Baptist Young Peoples Union work D. M. Stewart, Lafayette, Chairman.
 Woman's work--J. O. Colley' Blrm- InRham, Chairman.
 Temperance-W. A. Taliaferro, ope- lika, Chairman.
 Memorials--M M Wood. Furman, Chairman.
 Encampment-L o. Dawson. Tusca- Ioosa, Chairman.
 Press--J. ". .o'Hara, Montgomery. Chairman.
 Transportation--Will A. Davis, Anniston. Chairman.
 Centenniai-C. A. Stakely. Montgom- cry. Chairman
 Federation of Schools-J. L. Thomp- son, Ozark. Chairman.
 Aged Ministers Fund-H. B. Foster. Chairman.
 Co-operation-W M. Blackwelder. Greenville. Chairman.
 Program-T. J. Porter. Roanoke, Chairman.
 The woman's Missionary Union will begin its eighteenth annual session at 9:3O o'clock Tuesday morning. A splendid program has been arranged including the reports of vice-presldents and committees. report of officers. dis cussion of Sunbeam. Young Womans and Mission Work, raising pledges for the Louisville Training School, hear from representatives of Sunday School Board. Home and Foreign Mission Boards and Mrs. Mcclure matron of the Training School.
 Their work has been signaliy blessed during the year and they will assemble in Roanoke in the Centennial year of Baptist history with a great deal of Aa H,tla