The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

strong type of man. The superan-
 nate relation reQuires that the ap- ,licant shall be too old to do active work for the church or shall be un- able because of physical disability.
 Dr.. Spain said that Mir. Jeffcont is unable to do active work ih the field. and declared that 1t would be unjust to locate him for the coming years work.
 Spain the petition of the applicant was disaliowed and he was ordered by vote of the Confefence to be located for active work during the coming year
 Navy Chaplain Reports.
 letter from Rev. Walter ]. Isaacs of the United States battleship Rhode Island. chaplain of the ship and q member of the Alabama Conference was read. The letter was in the na- ture of q report of his work on the ship during the past year.
 " c. Bryan and F. A. Strickland were at their request discontinued from active connection with the con- ference.
 The committse on Conference re- lations made a supplementary report and included recommendations for the following members of the Conference to be admitted to the superannuate relation: R. L. Selman. J. w. Shores. W. H. Norris. J. s. Williams. D. D. Reaves, A. A. Easiy. T. D. Albright, 2. R Peavey. B. D. GayIes. D. c. Stanley. D. J. Wright. J. F. J. O. Noble. T. F. Dailey, J. L.. Mathison, W. D. owens. J. P, san- ders. D. ! Hartxog. N. R. Hamer, A 1. H. Moore. w. H. Wild. W. D. Heath. E. L.. Lovelace, L. T. Rey- holds and w. ! Price. were reconn- mended for the supernumerary rela- tfon.
 A resolution of appreciation of the works of pr. John. Massey for the thirty-three years educational work he has done for the Alabama Conference and for the active aid he has rendered and promises to render the work of securing an endowment and building fund for the woman's College al Montgomery was adopted.
 The report Of the Sunday School Board was adopted. It embodied rec concentrations for the broadening and furthering Sunday School work of the church in Alabama. The work of thu, various departments of the Sunday Schools in the past year was review : ed and favorably commented upon.
 report of the joint board of fi- nance was submitted. It covered the matter of providing for one great hos- pital to be built and maintained by the two Alabama Conferences, the two Mississippi Conferences, the Memphis Conference and the White River Con ference of Tennessee as suggested by memorials to the Alabama Conference.
 The committee reported adversely on the proposition and suggested as a substitute that a committee be ap- pointed to provide for the erection and maintainance of great Methodist hospital by the two Alabama Confer were chosen to take the matter in charge: J. E. McCann, B. M. Wash. burn and D. c. Turnipseed.
 Conference Bible Hoard.
 The magnitude of the work done, by the American Bible Society was dis closed in the report of the Conference Bible Board. The report shows that in the last year, the ninety-third of the life of the society. 1t issued D. 15S.02S copies bringing the total up to date since foundation to s4,469,531 Bibles printed in all the known lan- guages and many dialects of the en- tire world 962,s00 of the Bibles pub- iished by the society last year were printed abroad at mission presses in Turkey, Syria, Siam, China and Ja- pan.
 The report contained information that Mrs, Russell Sage has agreed to give the society for the furtherance oi Its work a bequest of s500,000, pro- vided the society shall raise. by De. cember sf.. of this year. like amount The Conference was earnestly urged tc al once bestir itself to do It's part IT the matter The Conference was re. quested to make all remittances to the Society direct to the New York. head. quarters and not divert any par through the Alabama branch at Mont. gomery. This action Is taken in order to concentrate funds for the necessary sum to be raised to get the Sage fund It was shown that s200.000 Of the amount Is alreAdx in hand and that the balance ls believed to be in sight
 The balloting for the remaining del egate the Conference is entitled to for the General Conference was entered into and resulted in the selection of Dr. o. c. McGehee. of Montgomery. on the second ballot.
 The aiternates chosen are Rev. Hen