The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16
WAGNER REELECTED
 PRESIDENT OF THE
 ALABAMA B. '. P. J.
State Convention Will Come to Close With the Ses- siOns to Be Held
 Today

C. A. Wagner of Montgomery was re
 elected president of the Alabama Baptist
 Young Peoples Union at the meeting in
 the First Baptist church last night and
 J. c. Borum of Birmingham was re-
 elected secretary. Karl Platowsky of Bir-
 mingham was elected chairman of the
 executive committed The following vice
 presidents were elected: Eastern district,
 Victor H. Mays, Sylacauga; Southeastern
 district T. J. Miles, Montgomery; South western district J. E. Jernigan, Green
 vile; Western district, A. D. Zbinden,
 Birmingham; Northern district, Roy Mia ger New Decatur
 The state convention will come to a close with the meeting tonight, and the place for holding the next session will be decided today. The principal features of the meetings today will be the ad dresses this afternoon and this evening by the Rev. Powhattan w. James, Tn D., pastor of the First Baptist church of Selma.
 Arthur Flake of the Baptist Sunday school board spoke at the session last night in the place of Harry L. Strickland, who was unable to be present. The Rev. J. A. White of Chicago, general sec
  Union of America, spoke on Our Unde- veloped Resources" The meeting closed after the election of officers and the transaction of routine business matters. At the morning session yesterday the Rev. c. Ross Baker led the devotional exercises, and the Rev. James H. Chap man, pastor of the First Baptist church of Florence, spoke on Baptist Funda- mentals" Prof. l.. P. Leavell of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary at Louisville delivered an address on the ] subject, '"The B. Y. P. U. at Work" Others who spoke at this session were
 Miss Ruth Thigpen of Sylacauga on the ."The Junior Baptist Young Peoples 1 Union;" the Rev. A. J. Dickinson, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist church at Eufaula. on "The Twentieth Century Mis- 1 sion of the B. Y. P. U.;'' the Rev. Pres 1 ton Blake. D. D., pastor of Southside Baptist church, Birmingham. on Eff ciency''
 l At the afternoon session the Rev. James H. Chapman spoke on "Baptists In Ac- tion;' Miss Margaret Bowcock of An niston spoke on "The B. Y. P. U. Study Course" and Prof. L. P. Leavell spoke on "The E. Y. P. U. and the Organ | ized Glass; The Rev. W. F. Marlborough corresponding secretary and treasurer of 1 the executive committee of the Alabama Baptist convention outlined the work
 
 the state. and told of the plans for the future The duties of the Baptist Young Peoples Union and the part that or ganization should play in aiding the de- | nominational advancement, was stressed 1 by the speaker.
 The programme for today's sessions fol- | low: 3:30-10 :45-Everybody in some Sunday school.
 11oo-12:oo- body in some preaching | service.
 :00-3:15-Prayer and praise service, led | by Rev. c. Ross Baker, D. D. 3:154:0o-Address. Rev. Powhattan w. ! James, Tn. D., pastor First Baptist church, Selma. Ala. l 4:00-4:10-Special music. l 10-6:30-Adjournment. 6:30-7:30-Demonstratio The Weekly Meeting"
 7:30-740-Song.
 7:40-8 :4o-Address, Rev. Powhattan W. James, Tn. D.
 S:40-9:00-Final adjournment