The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-15
WITH THOSE WHO WORK
 IN THE LORDS VINEYARD
nY V. D. FRANCIS


 F'innish-swedish,. .Bohemian-slavok, Span ish Polish and Hungarian. Meetings were | held also for coored. people. | Each year the scope of the work under taken by the committee is broadened until l it seems that no class of people is over | looked While the gospel is carried to many in the prison, the workhouse. or the almshouse, the majority of those who listen to the message are those who may | be brought into vital relations to the church. Each season larger number of converts unite with the churches and more than one mission church has l been formed as a result of the summer campaign in it's neighborhood.
 | As in previous seasons, tents will be erected in different sections of the city with a view to reaching especially the various foreign elements of the metropo- l lis. Early services are held each even ing for children, with an accepted course of study followed by all tents in com mon; later services for adults reach thou sands of men and women from nearly every station in life. The attendants at these tent meetings are from the great unchurched masses of the city. Some are of those who have outgrown superstition, some are victims of change of circum- stance and environment some hear the gospel message for the first time, to others it comes as an echo from happier l popular, welcomed each spring and la mented upon it's departure.
 Outdoor meetings are held as soon as | the weather permits continuous series | Groups gather at street corners, in parks and open squares, on the midway at pleasure resorts or halting amid the rush of Broadway or the stress of Wall street
 Meetings are so arranged as to reach l int n their own particular needs. Mothers are invited to cosy little round-table talks calculated to he of practical help; men are drawn into brotherhoods and women | into circles of Kings Daughters; meet | ings for "big girls are conducted by | wise woman of wide experience and nfin- | ite tenderness who speaks warningy Of | the peris of the city for young women and maidens; meetings for "blg boys are supplemented by a reasonable num- ber of baseball games and other sports, concluding with great athletic meet at | the close of the season. It would seem | that no class of persons has been neg lected or overlooked In the plans Of the committee.
 The evangelists, singers. students and other workers engaged by the committee come from different parts of the country, representing many denominations. Their
 
 the secret of the great success of the campaign. Each tent is equipped with an | svaneglist, precentor. children's worker, student worker, pianist, and caretaker and in many instances cornetist. In most cases the student workers are col- lege or theological seminary students. For the purpose of following up the work of the converts, visiting them Tn l their homes and bringing them into | xyif 10 force of workers was continuedA at the close Of the campaign. During the winter this work is continued, Bible classes are conducted for the converts and plans for the following summers work are formulated.
 The evangelistic committee of New York city, composed of leading clergy men and laymen of nearly every evan gelical denomination, having on its executive committee the superlntend- ents and representatives of the city mission boards. the young peoples so- cieties, brotherhoods and Young Mems Christian associations and King $ Daughters.
 | Features of the work so successfully carried on in the past will be carried on in a way which promises to be even T more effective, while especially need full lines of work will be enlarged. pr. Arthur J. Smith returns to the super lintendency from a five months tour ot evangelistic meetings, including simul- taneous missions in Kane, Pa. Elmira, N. Y, Lawrence and South Farming ham, Mass, and St. John, N B. Mir. Orin c. Baker continues as assistant superintendent pr. William Jay Schieffelin has recently been elected chairman of the general committee. John S. Huyler and John Nicolson are the treasurers. Headquarters will be as from the first, at 541 Lexington ave- nue, New York city.
 Professor Hilprecht's latest "find'' is a broken tablet, containing part of an account of the deluge. It is the property of the University of Pennsyl- vania The writing, which is cunei- form, contains what is believed to be the oldest account (from Babylonian sources) of the flood that has yet been discovered.
 It was found among the remains O. the temple library of Nippur (the modern Niffer), and was so covered with crystals of nitre and other sedi- ment that at first only few cunei- form signs could be recognized. The word "A-bu-bi' (deluge) was clear.
 All arrangements are now completed for the sixth worlds Sunday school convention, to meet in Washington, May 19 to 24. As 1526 delegates were present at the convention in Jerusalen, and HIS at Rome it Is expected that | 20O0 will be in attendance at the Il Washington convention. At least S7 nations will be represented and over 50 religious denominations.
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