The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05
TAKES INTEREST IN
EVERY FEATURE OF
PUBLIC ENDEAVOR
Some Stories Told to Illus
trate Character of Gifted
Man known All Over
the Nation
BY WILEY l.. MORGAN

Knoxville. November 4.-tspecialo
The devil Is warned to be ON his guard
when George Stuart sets foot ON Bir-
mingham soil.
In fact, the devil knows this already
from past experience. for he has had to
cope with this long-haired. iron-jawed,
on-featured, six-foot plus Hercules of
rhetoric and epigram, giant of thought.
eIoquence and logic; arch enemy of the
saloon and it's allies. and. withaI, thor
oughIy consecrated man of God.
Rev. George r. Stuart, ID, leaves
this city after four years as pastor of
the Church Street M. e. church, south,
to become pastor of the First M. E.
church. south, of Birmingham, succeed
ing Rev. J. w. Johnson, DID.
If the voice of the people instead of
the law of Southern Methodsm had pre-
vailed DR. Stuart would have remained
here indefinitely, and Birmingham would
not now be on the eve of welcoming to
it's citizenship the most widely known
minister in the denomination Of which he
has been a minister since 1886.
INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING
DR.. Stuart is man among men. His
activities are not confined to religious
and church circles alone. In Knoxville
he has been leading member of the
Board of Commerce, serving upon nu-
merous committees that have had to do
with bringing factories to the city, pro-
noting civic improvements varied in
character, entertaining notables. and
many other matters He was the min
isterial member of the Rotary club of
this city. He occupied official position in
the Associated Charities, which. with
municipal and individual financial aid,
looks after the worthy poor of the city.
He was an original 'Trade Tripper."
an organization of more than 100 bust
ness men who make pilgrimages in a
special train to various cities and towns
within Knoxville's commercial territory
He is a live stock raiser, a practical
farmer, and an expert horseman and
dairyman, having owned and operated
one of the finest farms in east Tennes-
see. He is a real estate possessor and
|strader, and can cope with the best Of
Birmingham's realty experts in giving
pra ctical opinion as to values and de-
velopment ideas for dirt. He is a muchly
travelled man, having visited and spoken
in every state and territory in the union.
He is a baseball fan. and finds no little
personal pleasure In motoring, having
toured every ndVlSaple TOelu III east
Tennessee, and also in sections adjacent
thereto, He is linguist, a lawyer. pos
sesses q knowledge of medicine that is
exceptional for one other than an M. D.,
and his comprehensive learning in the
various sciences makes it easy for him
to draw upon any one or more Of these
for apt and convincing illustrations IN
his powerful. sleGge-hammer sermons.
Such well rounded many sided man
is the addition to Birminghams minis
terial colony. That he will qualify in
the Alabama metropolis as preacher
having the inclination and the capacity
to touch elbows with men and women
OF all classes and. in so doing, to win
their love, esteem, respect and rever-
ence, is a safe prediction.
AN UNCONVENTIONAL MAN
George Stuart, for he likes to be adj
dressed as George" is unconventional.
One of the first official acts he is likely
to perform in Birmingham is to ''kick
OUT all the form and convention char
acterizing services in the church to
which he goes as pastor, if such formal
ties be now observed. Perhaps he
theories that he prefers to take the time
for the delivery of his message to his
hearers than to conventionalize. At any
rate the absence of ritualisnl. which at
best is limited in the M. e. church. south,
did not detract from DR.. Stuart's congre-
cations in Knoxville. During his four
ears as pastor here every service at
which he preached meant packed house.