The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

way that the church was almost free | from debt.
 The annual conference of 1891 ap- pointed the Rev. J. s. Glasgow, the present incumbent, as spastor, and during his administration the church had great success with revivals resulting in the conversion of many people both old and young. Dr. Glasgow. began his work with a membership of l47 and when he left the pastorate of the Wood l lawn Methodist church after four years of service the roll had increased to 2s2
 1 The annual conference of 1895 ap- pointed the Rev. J. W. Newman as pre- siding elder of this district and the Rev F. W. Brandon as pastor of Wood lawn.
 Al this time the church was without a parsonage. hence the second quar- terly conference of fS96. appointed a committee consisting of r. w. Bran con, E. N Wood and V. L. Thompson, % buy lot and make arrangements 1 fer parsonage, but nothing was done toward that end during that year. The l annual conference of 1S96 returned pr. Newman as presiding elder of this dis l trlct. and the Rev. c, w. Brandon IS pastor for Woodlawn. The first quar- ! terly conference appointed committee of five with plenary power either to buy or build a parsonage. The com i lnittee reported to the fourth quarterly i conference in 1897 that they had ; bought a lot at S200 and that a sub scription had been taken amounting to | Si033, and that $42i.90 had been col ! lccted. The membership of the church | had now reached 332. The annual con ference of 1897 also returned the Rev, | Dr. Brandon to be pastor of Woodlawn church for S9S but he was soon elect . sll ..t1 resigned and the Rev. T. K. Tiercen was appointed to take charge of Woodlawn church as pastor for the remainder of that year
 At the annual conference of 1898, the Rev. Hiram q. Davis was appointed pastor of Woodlawn, and he commenced his work with a membership of 33S. A l great revival was held during the months of April and May, 1899. II was a union meeting in which all the de- rominations then fin Woodlawn heartily | participated and the membership of the 1 Woodlawn Methodist church climbed to l 450, with a Sunday school attendance of 2T5. The annual conference of 1899. elected the Rev. Hiram c. Davis to lhe presidency of the Athens Female | college and the Rev. L. A Darsey sue ceeded him as pastor of Woodlawn. When pr. Darsey had looked over the i field in Woodlawn he could not find all the members, as their names appeared or the roll, hence the roll was revised and the ranks reduced to ST0 members, as many had gone away and were lost l sight of. During the year Dr. Darsey | managed to add enough new members to bring the number up to S9o. Dr.. 1 parsey was returned to Woodlawn by the annual conference of 1901, and dur | ing that year three of the young ladies ot the church raised $500 and bought and installed a pipe organ. The an- ] nual conference of 1902, transferred the Rev. Darsey to Mississippi. and the Rev J. T. Morris was appointed as pastor of the Woodlawn church. He began his work at Woodlawn in 1903, | with total membership of 416. and during the first year of his incumbency dded 37 to the roll and dismissed 55.
 Decide to Buy Lot
 At the annual conference of 1904 Dr. | Morris was returned as pastor of Wood lawn At the first quarterly conference of 1916. on January 16. committee was appointed to make inyestigations as to the propriety of buying lot as an in vestment At the second quarterly con ! ference on April 8 of the same year, this committee was discharged and at d | full eonferei1,e new committee of three was appointed with instructions to buy ! the lot at the north of the one the church | then occupied. and to take such steps as the committee deemed right and proper to repair the old church and make more room for the Sunday school. or to plan q new church. as they thought proper.
 The minority of the conference was not pleased and, headed by the pastor man | aged to get the third quarterly confer ence called for April 23. just three weeks from the date of the second quarterly con- ference The action of the second guar terly conference was rescinded. The old committee was discharged and a new committee was appointed with instruc- tionS to buy the lot at the corner oi
 First avenue and Fifty-forrth street, or
 which to build a church. pr. Norris end ed his fourth year as pastor leaving a
 membership Of 5sS, net gain of 172 mem
 hers in the four years of his incum
 bencv
 The annual conference of 1906 appointei
 the Rev. E. R. Hendrix as pastor O
 Woodlawn, but before the year had ended
 Dr. Hendrix was transferred to KentuckA
 and the Rev pr. McCarty was appointed to finish the years work. The annua
 corferehce of 1907 appointed the Rev
 ]. l. Williams as pastor of Wooflawn
 D-. Williams began his work with
 membership of GA and after serving on year was recalled, leaving the member . ship at 731. The annual conference O
 1908 appointed the Rev. J. c. Persinge as the successor of Dr. Williams as pasto of Woodlawn. Dr. Persinger served tn WoodlaXn church faithfully for thre , years. during which time the church mad ' much progress and the membership in creased from T31 to s2l. also during hi administration the sum of $SS01 A wa l raised and expended on the new churc' 3 enterprise at the corner of First ave
 nue and Fifty-fourth street
 The annual conference of 1911 saw fl , to reappoint the Rev. J. s. Glasgow. afte } an absence of IT years. he having heel : pastor in 1895. Dr. Glasgow returned find ing conditions vastly improved and tn
 membership of the church at total o } Ssl. Dr. Glasgow today enters with a con
 grsgaticn numbering over 300 and a Sun
 day school attendance of over 4o0, int the rev church at II o'clock for all completed the church awaits it's dedica
 ton.