The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

enough to enjoy a service to their Maker
with this good man. Many Of the stu
dents are regular attendants at Brother
Bryan's church, as the Third Presbyte-
ran is called by its members and
friends
One Sunday evening not long past the
girls of the Birmingham seminary came
| to the service in a body to show their
appreciation of Brother Bryans interest
in them. They rendered a pretty vocal
selection at his request.
He often visits the Mercy Home and
is interested in them. Several evenings
| ago they returned the compliment by Wis
| iting the church.
During this past winter all of the Bir-
mingham police force who We're off duty
| marched from their headquarters in the
| city hall to the Third PRESBYTERIAN
church, one sunny Sunday morning and
were in their places in time for the II
o'clock service. They are very proud to
call Brother Bryan their friend
| Brother Bryan is superintendent of an
| extension work among the foreigners at
Ensey a suburb of Birmingham. These
people. who secure work in the large steel
mills that are located at Ensley, are
mostly Italians, Poles, Slavs Hungarians
and Bulgarians. They cannot talk En-
glish and their children would get very
little education if they were not able TO
attend this school that was established
| by the extension committee.
Four teachers have taken charge of the
school. They are rendering this great
service for s25 a month, because the com
mittee is not able to raise anv more
| Brother Bryan is responsible for that
| amount, and he says that often he does
not know how it will be raised from one
| month to the next. There is a kinder
| garten, sewing class and night school.
which the young men eagerly attend In
connection with the work the Bible is
| taught three times each week
Brother Bryan has also established a
mission for white people, In a neglected
part of the city, that is well attended.
| Brother Bryans son. Thomas, holds him.
! self responsible for the Sunday school, to
which he gives his presence and services
every Sunday afternoon. Brother Bryan
also established nilsson among some
| negroes, who We're not able to o1Nsani
and support church of their own
Don't ask me how he has accomplished
all this work? He is a personal dynamo,
and has learned the art of being every
where at once, so far as his influence is
| concerned. When he sees that his f,orks
| in Birmingham are running smoothly he
runs away to the mountains. ITO rest?'
| NO, stree; to find some more work that
needs to be done. And lie does 1t, too.
| First he is at Puncheon Camp, Ky. Here
| lots of mountain girls and boys. men and
women, have been gathered from their
| mountain fastnesses and are taught in a
| comfortable building that Brother Bryan
| helps by soliciting subscriptions for the
work and preaching for them. Then he
| goes over to Nacoochee valley. Georgia.
to help with the same kind of work He
| also takes an active interest in the noun
tain work near Birmingham These peo-
| pie write letters to him, telling him about
the hope and cheer that he brought into
| their lives. once in a while one of them
! has an opportunity to visit Birmingham
and their beloved friend Brother Bryan.
| Sunday, June l. he celebrated the
oath anniversary of his preaching in Bir.
/ mingham with special services. The
| church was crowded and they had TO
| throw open the Sunday school room. The
Junior Christian Endeavor sang in the
| evening.