The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
Attendance Swollen on
 Second Day. SESSIONS DELvED DEEP
 INTO CHURCH HISTORY Rev. Joseph Shaekelfofd Enllghtens With His ''Pioneers." ]" Tsla of Eariy vieissitudss of Denem- s.atioa--other Pspsrs of In- 1 tereps---rhree sessions
 Tsday.
 

Three memorable sessions of the Alabama Baptist State Convention were held on the second day of the Centennial celebration yesterday, and the Attendance showed . great increase over the first day. The papers arew more interest than was anticipated py those in charge of the rich program fer the Centennial. In every way the celebration Is going down In history asa success. sa
 The program today embraces three sessions and marks the close tonight Of the celebration. The sessions will continue to be held in the Auditorium. The papers to be read today and to- night will undoubtedly draw big ao- diences Prominent among the number will be 'The Alabama Baptist Hlstor- teaI Society" my Chief Justice John R. Tyson. of the Supreme Court Of Ala baraa, to be read tonight. Judge Ty- son. is a prominent Baptist and has given considerable study to the arcn- Ives of the church.
 Another paper which will be read a4 the afternoon session. will be one by Ray Rushton, of Montgomery, on our Relation to the Political and Civil Order"
 The morning session of the Alabama Baptist Centennial, which convened in inc auditorium of the First Baptist church was taken up by the reading of historical papers by Rev. Joseph Shackplford and Rev. Wm. Blackweld- CT. These papers dealt with the pi- oneer life of the church in Alabama and proved of much interest to both the young and older members of the denornlBation
 A paper on the activities of the ne- gro was read by c. W. Hare, of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In- stitute, and Prof. H S. Halbert, of the State department of archives and his tory, contributed paper on the work among the Indians.
 Rev. Joseph Shackelford's paper was sn "onr Pioneer Preachers of North Alabama" Having spent most of his life as a preacher and educator in the northern part of the State, Rev. shackalford was able to speak advis- eaIy as to many facts given. espe- cfally where the lines of his life cross cd those of history makers in that sec tfon. The old controversies arising In North Alabama among the Baptists. who had drifted within the Mississip- pf territory from Virginia. the Caro- itnas. Georgia and Tennessee, bringing utith them the dissensions and plant ing the struggles of their native heath. were intelIiRentIy dealt with by him.
 Ltmes of Demarlkation.
 xfuep of demarkation were drawn around the question of missionaries NAd advanced ideas. Some were high CT Calwanistic than others in belief and a few were American in their lsarping. The church was divided, Some called themselves the Regula%ss sSparate .Bapttsts and United Baptists. Separate .Baptists were American and the United were the union of churches formerly divided by this line of cleav-
 It wss pointed out by Mir shackeI- ford that Flint River church in 1908 was the first Baptist church estab- ltshed in the State near Huntsville. and the Flint River Association came into existence in 1913 with Elder Nich- olson as Modera9oS, as YVES also about the same time the Liberty Association with Jesse Scale as Moderator. The Muscle Shoals Association was organ ized under the stimulus of 'Flat Foot- cd" .Jchn Davis.
 Flint River Association Comprised Madison county in Alabama, and sew eral counties in Tennessee.
 The Liberty Association comprised Madison and Limestone counties. The Muscle Shoals Association was a large association receiving its name from Au8Gle SuOolS sOA SuC 4ohhSSSoC AiNCNe
 The shoal Creek. the Mt. Zion, the Pottspasse, the Canaan, the Coosa Riv- CT Associations were mentioned, with the names of men, some of them dis tinEuished for their abilities and la- boRs.
 The length of the paper exceeded the hounds of time allowed. however, and the speaker was compelled to
 Tn the organization of churches and associations the same troubles were generally seen, that of the missionary and anti missionary elements. and now there-one had the advantage and then another.
 The spealxer closed with a compar- ison between 1908 when the first church, was formed with twelve mem-