The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-18

Decide on the plurality plan.
 Decide to put the department heads on the ticket.
 This may not all be done in one meet ing as several will be required before the business of the committee Is finished. The committee will split on number of these questions. The proposal to put all the city officials on the ticket has always been a hard one, and many claim it un- lows: Future generations will rise up and bless the man who ever thought and perfected the plan of a society wh erein young people would learn to know and to talk with Christ, but the thought itself is as old as Christianity. for the Saviour believed in it when He said. Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not
 There is always a cause behind every effect, and this not only is ap- plicable to the natural world but to the spiritual as we'll So if the Epworth league ever counts for anything in the vineyard and kingdom of the Lord, t. will be the effect of some certain cause. You say that the cause will be the love and piety of the leaguers themselves, but whence came this pity? It came from the training received in the first department. Without the first department there would be no Epwortn league"
 She then proceeded to further empha- size the importance of this first de- partment not only to the league, but to the church as well.
 Following Miss Tbel, Mrs. J. L. Proc tor read a very interesting paper on the Quiet Hour.' This occupied a large amount of the attention of the confer ence as the Quiet Hour" is one of the leagues cardinal institutions. After this, Mrs. B. W. Lipscomb, who had ar rived. made a short talk, continuing the above discussion and telling the delegates of the value of a little pamphlet entitled the Quiet Hour" which she said should be in the hands of every member of the Epworth league.
 Junior League Discussion.
 Following these papers, Mrs. J. w.. Dixon of Birmingham took charge of the discussion of the Junior league. For the benefit of those present who did not clearly understand the diff ference between the two departments, she first gave clear and concise sum mary of the aims and purposes of them. She then spoke of the help that the Junior department was to the other societies of the church.
 Mrs. Dixon, who is superintendent of the Junior league, made her annual re- port. She said that 2S9 letters had been of new leagues, and from these 61 replies had been received; that 60 packages of general literature had been sent out by the general secretary in Nashville; that according to all of the information she could get upon the subject, there were more leagues in the Birmingham district than in any other in the entire state and that there were in all 37 leagues includ- ed in the conference. After the report she asked all of the delegates to give her any information that they could that might in any way assist her in her work. This request was liberally responded to.
 At 10:30 o'clock the conference adjourn ed for a 15-minute intermssion. When the meeting was again called to order it went into a song service that lasted un- til 11:15 o'clock.
 Immediately following this the Rev. H. E. Wheeler made a very interesting and
 
 ing Vision to the Young People," Dr. Wheeler, the speaker of the day, dis cussed at some length the various periods of a persons life telling of the im- portance of each one and giving advice whereby man might make the most of his worldly existence. His talk was greatly enjoyed and appreciated by every one present. After his speech the confer ence adjourned until it's afternoon ses- sion, which began promptly at 1:3O o'clock.
 Afternoon Session.
 The afternoon session was short in- cluding just two things. These were full of interest and instruction, however. The first was a missionary exhibit, which included pictures and curios from tho nedtnen lands. FOllOWlnB tHlS was d stereopticon lecture oh China by Dr. Archibald. He spoke of the vast mum Der of heather in that great country and of the needs of missionaries there. He supplemented his address with pictures of the various sections and people of that country, including some of the re- gently. established churches and missions. The exhibit and lecture were greatly ap preciated by all of the delegates, many of whom expect to be missionaries and to take up the great work in the far off lands. This afternoon another lec- ture, similar to the above, will be given on Japan.
 After this programme was finished the conference adjourned in order to allow the visitors to see the points of interest about the city. Several parties were ar ranged. each under the lead of a man we'll acquainted with this district.
 Evening Devotional Exercises.
 The final session of yesterday was promptly called to order at 8 p. m. The conference immediately took up the even