The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-09

devil The game has been going on for some time, only a few pieces remained on the board. and at last the devil has the young man checkmated On the deviIs face Is a fiendish grin. while
 the young man is a picture of abject despair as he sits thre with his eyes
 riveted on the board and realizes that
 there Is no way of escape That pie l ture hangs on the walls of one of the
 great galleries of the world and one | day, so the story goes, Paul Morphy | the champion chess player of the world
 In his dying days, dragged himself In to
 see the famous picture. He sat for a
 little while before the picture and then | ne called for a chess board. and he arranged the men on the board exactly
 as they were in the picture, and he
 said, I will give the young man one more chance And he took the mart ! or the young man in the game, made one move and set him free. Afternoon Session
 The afternoon session of the convention, with service of prayer at o'clock At I'lo A. M. Brunner was introduced as the
 ilrst speaker. He had chosen Community Expansion" for his subject pr. Brunner
 IS a specialist on this matter and care | fully explained the value and necessity | of bringing the message of God to the
 working man in his own environment Mir.
 Brunner is carrying the Men and Religion | movement into the shops and factories of
 the city and is stirring the men at every
 meeting Yesterday morning he spoke at | the street car barns at the postoffice and
 at the fire department. Pumping ITp. was his subject at the car barn meeting
 "Hitching Up at the meeting at the fire
 department and the Messenger" for the | ri Mr I1,ttn
 guage of the shop in his talks and he
 applies the life of Christ to each of the | different occupations. Today he will talk
 to the boys at the Southern railroad shops
 and at several factories. At the conven-
 ton yesterday afternoon he explained the . work of community expansion as follows: l Community expansion is the entering wedge of the gospel to the unreached un-
 churched masses, carried to all places not
 erected for social, literary or religious purposes, such as shops, factories, board l ing houses, office buildings hotel lobbies | etc. Extension work includes Bible study.
 social service, missions and evangelism. | The work Is an inter-church enterprise
 and is intended to strengthen men and
 to develop morality; to induca frugaIry
 and real brotherliness; to alye a clear, ringing message of the good news of sal
 vaton through Jesus Chrisb tN the indus
 trial class socially, morally andNspiritually, right where they are.
 "The church at the present time IS
 reaching less than one-fourth of the in
 dustrial class while socialism is making
 rapid advancement among them. Un- | less the church enters this wide open field | with message that includes friendship. personal salvation. Bible study, personal 1 evangelism social service and missions the | opportunity will be lost to the present | generation"
 | The convention was also addressed by r. S. Goodman on Bible study and R. A. Waite delivered another excellent lec- | ture on boy work, taking Practical Ap- plication to the Individuar' for his sub ject.
 The convention was closed at { o'clock, but a number of the visitors will remain in town until the close of the campaign on Sunday.
 Institutes Held
 The institutes were held as scheduled last evening from 6:30 until 7:30. The at tendance at these classes is growing every day, and great deal of interest Is being shown. not only by the laymen, but by the ministers of the city. In his institute on social service at the First Presby- terian church last evening, Dr. Stelzle ad- dressed the class on the subject of The Church and Modern Efficiency"
 Efficiency in industrial and commercial life is being widely discussed" said Dr.
 Stelzle. Naturally men are beginning
 to apply the same tests of efficiency 10 the work of the church. While the church is not machine shop nor a conn mercial enterprise. nevertheless certain standards of efficiency may be rightfully applied to it.
 Principally, it is a question of compe 1 tent leadership. Herein lies the greatest
 weakness of the church today. Many | Ci pbt is ad ola I,o- 1 rated country church programme. 1n some of the old fashioned machine shops | there are still simply the superintendent
 and foreman. and then the great mass of l workers. In the modern shop there are
 many teachers and leaders.
 When the average business man in the 1 church exercises the same business sense
 in the conduct of the affairs of the church l as he does in commercial life, the church | VIII be more victorious in it's attack upon | modern problems"
 The institute on boy work conducted by | R A. Waite, is drawing large crowds of
 men and boys MT. Waite is heart and soul in the movement of boy rescue and ins spreading his plan of work through
 out the country.
 The attention of the mothers of the city | has been especially called to the meet
 ing this afternoon at S:s0 o'clock at the l First Presbyterian church. when Mir. 1 W alte VIII taik 10 them about methods of saving their boys.
 Platform Meetings l The feature of the platform meetings | in the different districts last night was
 when Dr. steze "let loose at the High
 lands Presbyterian church in the south
 side district He took for his subject l Can the Church Make Good?r and care | fully explained just where the church i stands at the present time in regard to social conditions.
 Bishop Williams of theN Protestant | Episcopal church recently said in a prom ineilt magazine that there is conflict between religion and the church. Great mo, ements. essentially religious and hay- ing to do with fundamental questions of social righteousness, industrial equity. political and social honesty are sweep ing over the land. He declared that the church as an ecclesiastical body was ont of to,1rh with these movelneDts Her