The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-09


 4:O0-Synodical business.
 7:3O-Synodical business.
 S:00-Address by the Rev. John F. Carson D. D., moderator of the gen. eral assembly,
 The evening session was set apart for the public meeting to be conducted by the women of the synod, with Mrs. Fannie Jones presiding and Dr. John Dixon of New York making the prin- cipa, address.
 Night Session
 With the best attendance of the synod the special services conducted unoer the auspices of the Woman's Alabama Synodical Missionary society. proved to be one of the most pleasant of the sessions of the present meet ing
 Mrs Fannie Hereford Jones, pres!- dent of the State Missionary society, presided and a prayer service opened the meeting A general statement re- garding the forward movement in mis- sionary circles for the Presbyterian church in Alabama and campaigns for next years missions was made. The sermon delivered by Dr. John A. Dixon of New York on "The Cos pei in America" lifted the women's session to one of pre-eminence among the events of the synod and stimulated 1 the missionary zeal of the pastors who heard him. His introductory sentences were especially beautiful in language and sublimity of thought that inspired l his hearers with the Christianizins l yet to be done in their own midst Dr. Dixon gave a glowing description of the prosperity of the south and 1 southwest and predicted that it only foreshadowed the wonderful possibil. jties of the years to come in this re- zion. With the constant influx of tlit foreigners, said Dr. Dx.on, the church should turn their attention more tC- ward the education of the converted I Russians, Poles, Slavs Bohemians l Italians and Syrians that they may be-
 come ministers to their own people ant promote the evangelization of these i'm migrants in their native tongue. There
 are 137 converts of foreign countries now being trained for the Presbyterian
 ministry in the various theological schools of the United States and thi:
 number is daily being added to. 1 At the close of the sermon se
 of resolutions framed by a commit
 tee of ladies. was introduced by tht committee chairman, Mrs. s. G. Me l lCluney of East Lake. They were ex pressions of thanks to the ladies O 1 the church who were assisting through
 their hospitality in. making the synot | success, to the speaker Ol the even Ing Dr. Dixon. and to all those " { had any way helped the synod in tiiel
 annual convention These resolution: were unanimously passed.
 | An offering was taken as a comple l tior to the pledge made from the Fif.i Avenue Presbyterian church to thu
 missionary jubilee and the $2o0 prom ised toward the denominational worl ! in the foreign fields when the mission ary rallies were held there some 1'
 days ago was finished by the collection of last night.
 1 The moderator. Dr. Raeger, an nounced that pr. Clark, editor of th' Advance, the Presbyterian organ tha | is published in Nashville. would arrive today as would Dr. and Mrs. Jamei Carson. who are hurrying from Sal Lake City to attend the synod before 1 its conclusion this evening. Dr. Clarl
 is moderator of the general assembly The synod was dismissed until thi
 morning at S:3O o'clock by the pro nouncing of the benediction by pr Vance. The last session will be hel, this evening at 7:45 o'clock.