The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

DR.. Robert N Simpson, pastor of
the First Christian church. has recently
returned from Cincinnati, where he was
a member of the International Conven-
ton of the Disciples of Christ. Don't
you like the phrase Disciples Of
Christ?' Some of the other terms DIR.
Simpson uses, too, you will like.
When he speaks OF what we OF the
south call the Christian church, he says
Our Brotherhood of the Disciples OF
Christi" when he talks about just any
man he says brother" and when he
talks about the Christian denomina-
lions as whole he calls them 1.-The
brotherhood" Doesn't that seem big
and fine, free from all narrowness and
prejudice? 1t is life size portrait of
DIR. Simpson himself, who though an
orator and a scholar, is first Of all, an
earnest, sincere man, finding his life
because he is losing it daily fot others
zone Of the features that made the
Cincinnati convention important" De
Simpson told me, was the proposed
merger of all activities under one
chief executive board. For number
of years we have pursued all our mis-
sionary work along different lines in
foreign and home missionary boards
and in ministerial relief, and benevo-
lent associations and church extension.
'In the recent convention this ex-
tensive work was thrashed out and
merged into the United Missionary
Societies of the Disciples of Christ.
Our headquarters for this work is yet
to be settled and while he have hereto
fore maintained these in Indianapolis,
Kansas City and Cincinnati it is now
deemed advisable to select one place
for the Capitalization because this Is
a central point to sections OF the~Unlted
States where our denomination Is
strongest
strange" DR.. Simpson said reminis-
Gently. that / didn't think until
came back the other day. that 1ne cles
of Cincinnati was founded in 1888, the
same wear that our pioneer Alexander
Campbell. was borniin Ireland. Ills
father came to this country In the carry
wears of the 18th century ana IN Low
q movement was begun by Alexander
Campbell in Cincinnati to form Snris-
tian union of all the churcheS, IN view
of the necessity for united eilort allei
the Revolutionary war. :. ~
simpson. For isn't it his war that mas
hroneht the realization of IKE nee
essitv not for organic union, out ior
40 co-operative effort that the inter-
church movement engendersE
IT think that is quite true, ". oiiI ipe
CON agreed. land Campbelfs plans aiso
saer very like som@ of our modern
sosn. nistic work. You remember the
1919 campbell- Owen debate in Slh-
aisnati when Robert owen attacked
~, ~ etianity as the enemy or comm y II,
isno ana how Campbell proved tnae
~ CO.. hr;stianitv was the vital part OF tue
communistic spirit? ,aen
"Trom that time, CINCINNATI mas 49, 49,,
the center from which the mlssloi c.
work of our church is launcheu' Us
Wnrnan,s Missionary Society was
ia there. and while much or our
dictionary work began in Pehnsy =
I1ania cincinnati has always been tne
aton ~ the missionary passion OF oui
s1,,,roh fine Mecca for our cohNeneioiiis .
eI, ,ban large numbers of our people,
Gather for national and lnterha'
conferences. co>rvu>rTJON
"At this last convention, ne reaa an If
..,are was a splendid attendance .,
there eoon ministers, speeches of a hign
order were made. and mlsslon ;ato
oru ssavements reviewed that ran ln'o
,.,iiIion and a half dollars
one ~ IA, are driving too. then, aren
mr. Sirnrson, just like All 'nese
ssSatbodist and Baptist and Eplse9 ,lso D.,
;aus and Presbyterians-and VINO e. iat
"Oh." he laughed, we leei have
sobl over the ldNl ~'t'NN ~,
.tarted this whole business. Doh - Us
20. PC. her we had our. drive SIX tl
80 IN what we called our men anu M =; :,
49, movement, when we ASKED lol "a
.;iiio,, dollars, and for one tnonsa w W.
i,,arirers for Christian enterprises va
MT If over too. although we are ~, ia "a
,roud of the small amount we 49, 81. :
pr IN me face of all these large asn
80 ~ Rut really the task was NJ
aisficu1t then than now. we hanuia
~ imnetus that has come with W.
nat,uities and sacrifice. Tnls splr,.
,nos evident and the result proushe oD'
at our convention. ,york I
"Gust as one phase OF our worh
,,;s, Won had seen the wonderiui pas
49, tbat was staged on Woman uay
stn,,,inee the work done by the women
81 our Church. Special offerings WEI
GIVEN in addition to s27ooo from tns
,yor,en,s societies OF Ohio. we always
rsmember with gratitude that after
the war between the states, the women
took charge of our missionary inter-
ests. and combined the home and Tor
eipn work in Woman's Missionary
Society. 1t has been theirs to develop
the womanhood of the church. and they
have an ideal task ahead.
THE WORK AT HOME
.One Of the splendid women Of oul
local brotherhood. Mrs s. B. Moore