The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-10
RELIGION FORWARD
 BANQUET'|S HELD
Committee Reports Heard at Big Meeting at the
 Florence Hotel

At a conference and dinner at the Flor ence hotel last night the committees which have charge Of the work of pushing the Men and Religion Forward Movement listened to interesting committee reports and heard three inspiring addresses by Hugh Locke H. R. Todd and Dr. L. C..
 MT. Todd's address was. the feature of the evenings programme. He called at tention to the many things in modern life which cause men to place eternal ques- tions in the background while fighting the firece worldly fights. and issued a stirring call for the evangelzation of the manly forces of Birmingham. He did not fail to emphasize the need of aiding the Christian after he is saved, and of helping him to grow until he is able to walk" He deeply impressed s'The Need for the Movement"
 Chairman w. M Cosby of the exec utive committee presided as toastmaster. After the dinner MT. Cosby first called upon John E. Taylor, chairman of the boys work committee, for report. MT. Taylor told of the work of his com- mittee in dividing the district,- and in holding meetings all over the city for the inspiration of the boys and boy workers. "The boys are conducting our meetings" he said, making the speeches and telling the need of the Birming- ham boy--a closer knowledge of Christ" He said that leading the boy to Christ was the greatest work in the world.
 H. l.. Latimer, chairman of the aux- Hilary towns committee, told of the spread of the movement into Huntsville, Tusca loosa and Decatur, and of the plans of his committee to carry 1t into every part of north Alabama.f J. P. Stubbs re- ported for the evangelical ton, cornmit- tee, calling special attention to the fact that Dr. A. M. Vance will be in Bir- mingham next Sunday to speak under the auspices of the movement and that next week is the week of prayer throughout North America for the success of the movement. J. F. Ramsey reported the plans for the eight days campaign in February, when the team of national ex- perts will reach Birmingham. M Lee Bonner of the exhibit committee told of his plans to bring religious exhibits to the oity during the winter and spring.
 Hugh Locke presented in an attrac- tive manner "Echoes from Other Cam pagns,'' reading extracts from daily pa- pers in many of the eastern cities where thousands of men are already actively enlisted in the work, and where an en- thusiastic revival of men in religion has begun. After the address of Mr. Todd Dr. Branscomb told of the good the min ister sees in the movement'Y He twas glad to see that it would remove the idea of sissy religion, and that it would bring the layman into active witnessing for Christi" T. H. Johnston closed the meeting with prayer. h~
 Those grouped around the attractive banouet board were w. M. Cosby. J. H. Frye, J. P. Stubbs, A. R. Dearborn, J. E. Taylor Ed S. Moore, J. F. Ramsey. H. L. Latimer, M. l.. Bonner, pr. L. c. Branscomb, w. G. Montgomery. w. E. Urquhart, w. c. Weems, Fulton B. Clark. J. R. Hornady, Hugh Locke Burr Blackburn, Judge Hugo Black, Job Co., ing Tom Edwards, w. l.. Brown, l.. D. Burr T. M.. Nesbitt, Dr. w. F. Berry,