The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
NelO Years Greetings From
 the Churches ofBirn1inghan7
By CAROLYN E. ELLIOTT

A Hdppy ANeW l ear
 This is the wish the Church Page sends the churches of Birmingham while the Id year is dying. And may the records nat fill the columns of this page during |20 bear witness of much of the fulfill ent ''whereunto we are called.
 With faith in the greater accomplish ent of the churches during 1920, and ith qualification for the past, some of he well known. progressive pastors of he city send the greetings of the season Birmingham in the messages that fol- w:
 As we look back over the year that las gone, into the New Year that Is efore us, we are wondering what this he will mean to us. if we are alive to'the lings of the kingdom of our Lord, 7 aid the Rev. W. J. McCarty. pastor of he Fountain Heights Methodist church. When the peoplesof Israel were in the lidst of preparations for the building of he temple, after the stone, gold and all ther materials had been given David assembled the hosts to hear this carE Who then offereth willingly to conse- rate himself unto Jehovah?' "
 David knew" continued Dr. McCarty, that it took more than material to build
 
 is not so much your material gifts he church needs; it is yourself. God has ven our church the material.
 "As we stand on the threshold of a CIV year, the pastor of the Fountain eights Methodist church makes the call
 every member, Let us consecrate both Elf and material unto the Lord and work nd pray until God saves the people from n and prepares them for His kingdom ' rT<ux {, h. ir,cr Nf |rs J. E. Dillard, pastor of the Southside Baptist church.
 Every year ought to be a Happy New ear if we are Christians" continued Pr. Diliard. 'If we do our best we can lrely trust in God, and enter the new ear without forebodings and with jubi- mt hearts.
 NO one deserves a Happy New Year ho isn't doing his best to make others appy Real and lasting happiness is to e found in faithful work. and in con liberation of others and iff the approval f God.
 OUGHT TO BE HAPPIER
 sThe Baptist ought to be happier this Near than ever in their history. The asst year has brought to us marvellous Opportunities, doors are open everyw here b our message America was the first ountry in the world that gave the Zap sts fair chance to preach and to prac- ice their peculiar doctrines, and even ere they were persecuted often and in hany places; but now, the day of their Opportunities has come and the principles or which they have contended are now le recognized possession of the people. The southern Baptists ought especially b be hapy for they have marvelously rown in the past few years, and now Xutnumber everw other denomination In he south. The past few months have hown more than 5000 young people to of- sr themselves for definite Christian serv- e as ministers and missionaries. Most III of these are now in school preparhS or their life work.
 kssThe S75. .O0O,O0O campaign has resulted
 a phenomenal success. Indications are ow that s1OG, ,O00,000 will be raised, win hich to enlarge the work of the de- domination in carrying it's glorious mes age to those in need.
 "For the blessings of the past year, or the spirit of the present and for the Ehpe of the future we are profoundiy ateful,' concluded Dr. Dillard, and e, wish for all who love our Lord in sin rity all the things that we enjoy and ore May the New Year bring to our brely troubled world permanent peace Ind spiritual prosperity"
 From Rev. John McNeill of the South |ide Presbyterian church comes the fol- owing unique message:
 "As a much travelled Scot. who has we'd in Scotland, England, Canada and he United States, and who after two hd one-half years of war work (spent 1 Great Britain, France, Egypt and Falestine), is now citizen or Blr- hfngham. I wish to comply with the lind request of The Age-Herald and lend a. brief New Years message to my Fellow citizens.
 A WEE BIT "HEADY'
 May I congratulate you on the place &f your abode?" praises Dr. McNeill I've live in a young, lively, hopeful Inmatured city. With the faults of {outh, of course, a wee bit "heady," we Ire apt to think we are farther on han we really are, and not be spoken o-certainly not by Atlanta; no, nor |ny of these Georgia people. Glad to be folks coming to us from all other hates, but they aren't, of course, here 5 grumble. nor to begin to crack up 1e wonderful town, and state they sft-
 I've are apt to be bit unreasonable here" pr. McNeill warns. ''We ex ect newcomers to be off with the old nd on with the new very quickly. And bme of us,'' he reminds, ''have lived in owns that had the names on the street brners, and delivery of letters oftener, Ind more street lamps where they ere needed, and more police and fewer bbberies; and street cars that didn't lake such an internal racket when hssing. the church door on Sunday. ut these are only details and we are ot complaining. Oh no; we are only fishing our city commissioners happy lew Year!
 '"To be in Birmingham is like travel Ag on some great express train," Dr. cNeill compares. Not in the luxury the Pullman car, but travelling in the hgine, and feeling the rocking of the pot-plates as she lifts the load. and -avely climbs her upgrade way Give er a chance, engineers, firemen, and Is who mind the roadbed.
 gro this end, as the preachers say, It me congratulate you, my fellow tizens, that we are dry, May we con npe to show to all who care to look bw to be happy though dry Good v to prosperity, if that locked -up hisky is let loose! God keep that dev;i hained,
 TOO FRESH FOR YOUNGSTER
 "A man. wishing to be kind, of purse,' Dr. McNeill says, offered me