The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-20

convention, composed of the Revs. G. L. Conner W. M. Murray M. K. Thornton, s. s. Brooders and D. A. Cooper. The committee on nominations was also ap7 pointed and this is composed of the fol- lowing: W. c. Bledsoe. J. R. Thomp- son, P. V. Bomar, J. r. Averyt and T. w. Palmer. These committees will report later.
 The principal business of the afternoon was the report of the state board of mis- sions with Alabama by districts. Presi- dent Pettus here turned the chair over to Dr. W. B. Crumpton, state secretary of missions. Dr. Crumpton announced that the reports would be but five minutes long, and he then called up for reports in the counties 6l ministers who made reports on the progress of missions, Sun day schools, churches, cOlportage and all other items of interest in their dis tricts. The greatest need of them all seems to be more Bible reading and re- viyals in the church itself. The home mission department is doing a great work and the reports as a whole are very satis- factory.
 One bright saving that Cropped out in the reports was when two delegates, one from the black belt and another from the pine belt. had compared notes and one found that the men of the black belt
 
 belt representative had discovered that tine pine belt man would pray but he wouldn't pay.
 The English Bible
 Tuesday nights session of the state Baptist convention in session here was devoted to a celebration of the 3O0th anniversary of the English Bible.
 The meeting was opened by Rev. A. C. Sims of Georgiana, chairman of the meeting. with a short devotional serv- ice. Immediately after Dr. A J. Dick inson spoke on "The Translation Prior to the Authorized Version" The address was a masterly effort and very much appreciated by the large audience pres ent.
 In his address he took the Bible from. the very beginning, when 1t was not in written form but handed down from father to son. then discussed it in ali of the different written forms, namely. Hebrew, Greek, Arabic and Sanscript
 He declared that the Bible was proof against destruction, using as illustra- tions, periods in history when only the loving devotion of individual Christians had saved copies of it from decrees of Instructions by kings, and kept it safe. Today our Bible is much more complete than in the time of Solomon, owing to the study and time given to revising 1t and completing parts. Certain changes have, of course, been made in the language, but only to make it more perfect
 Dr. Dickinsons lecture included in its scope not only the history of the Bible prior to the authorized version, but also liberal discourse on the history of the world in general He was followed by Dr. Charles A. Stake ly of Montgomery. who delivered a most interesting address on "The Au- thorized and Subsequent Versions of the Bible" His address completed the programme of the evening.
 Dr. Stakely began his address with the authorized version made by King James and described fully and intel lectually the various steps taken to make the intelligible and much ap- preciated Bible of today. He went on to say that this book was easily understood by the common masses and that 1t was mainly due to the efforts and zeal of King James.
 He asked his audience to think of what a wonderful influence this book of books had upon all civilized men and their lives and works. He said the Bible was really the basis of all organizations and socie- ties; in fact, the principles of society it. self are based upon it.
 He asked his listeners to think of how much men had suffered by their zeal 10 the Holy Book. how they had suffered martyrdom a the stake.
 Dr. Stakely brought his lecture to where the Bible was brought to America and then followed it through the years to the time when the second version was made ln 1881, and the third revision made in