The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-23
NEW CHURCH
 ORGANIZED Will Be Known as Tabernacle Baptist. REV. H. W. FANcHER CALLED Well Known Baptists Assisted the
 Organization. Hist of saesy Three Members Was Read out--of Those Thirty Were Present ct the
 Service.
REV. H. W. FANcHER CALLED

Before a presbytery of seven the neople who with their pastor Rev. Henry w. Fancher severed their con nection with the Adams Avenue Bap- fist Church during the early part of this month, last night organized them selves into a separate church to be known as the Baptist Tabernacle or Montgomery.
 The occasion was a solemn one. and despite the rawness of the night, the chairs placed within the railing of the court house were all filled. Some of those who had signified their inten- ton of joining the church were not present at the formal organization last night, but their names were read as being on the list of the charter mem bers of the new organization.
 pr. W. B. Crumpton of the State Board of Missions was made modera- tor of the Presbytsry. consisting of Rev. D. E. George pastor of the First Baptist Church at Prattville. William Anderson of Prattville, J. J. Sanford and c. E. Atkinson of the Highland Avenue Baptist Church of this city. l.. D. Dix and Paul Dix of the First Bap- tist Church of this city.
 After electihg Paul Dix as clerk of the presbytery, Dr. Crumpton stated to those present that there was no formal or set form for the organiza- ton of the Church. Tt Is simply a custom for . few Baptists to hold a presbytery and read to the new organi- zation the sthurch covenant. and other forms of kelief of the Baptist faith and have9the new organization as- sent"
 pr. cruppton then read the coven- ant whicE the new church members were abott to enter, and at the con- clusion q this the secretary of the presbyteIT read off the names of those persons who wished to form the new church. There were sixty three names on the list. but of this number there were bit thirty present. There were other Thmes read to those assembled, the cate of the church until such a time b they could obtain and deposit their letters with the new organiza- tion.
 ThJ covenant as read by pr. Crump- ton vas then moved to be entered into lby those present The motion was Iadopted unanimously. The De- clarttion of Faith and rules for the decFum of members of Baptist ChFch were then read in skeleton, ana were also unanimously adopted.
 lev. D. F. George then moved that tlll presbytery assembled recognize tIA new church. which motion was abpted. The meeting was then turn- el over to Mir. Fancher that the bus- .Iess of the complete organization of ne church might be entered into. On motion of Mfr. Barnett the new Church extended the call of the church ito Mir. Fancher to be their pastor. The motion was unanimously adopted. The officers which were brought from the Adams Avenue Church were then elected as officers of the new church. and the organist was selected
 On the suggestion of Mfr. Hilton, the name of the new church was deter. mined to be The Baptist Tabernacle of Montgomery"
 The services were then adjourned with the hymn, 'sBiessed be the Tie That Binds" the congregation of the new church shaking hands with each other, tn presbyters and Mir. Fancher. wishing their new church the greatest prosperity in the cause of Christ. Dr. crumpton pronounced the benediction.
 Rev. D. E. George of Prattv:Ile preached the sermon of the occasion. Mir. Georges train from Prattviile was q little late in arriving, and the ser- vices were started by Mir. Fancher MT. George, however. arrived just be- fore the services reached the point of starting the sermon.
 The reading was taken from Second NOAAhShtAAAASp tAAc WnO1O OI the elknln chapter being read. The text from which the admirable sermon was taken was found in the fifth verse of the reading.
 Self Dedication" was the theme which Mir. George chose. He stated that he had given the sermon which he was about to deliver most careful thought. and had arrived at the con- clusion that in new church the mem bership should give themselves to Christ. It was a practical plan for a new member, and was doubly practi- cal to those about to form . new church to work in the great cause
 Men deem 1t a disgrace to fail In their business" said Mr. George. ''yet 1t seems to me that in the business of the Lord, men are callous. They do not seem to care whether they have made a failure or a success. A busi- ness man to make his business a suc- cess, must identify himelf with that business, and the man or woman who would make a success of the Lords business must accordingly Identify