The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-04
Worth Alabama Conference Opens
 Today at First Methodist Church
Many Delegates in Attend ance and Meeting Gives Promise to Be Most Im- portant in History of the Methodist Church

The North Alabama conIer' ence of the Methodist Episcopa church, south, will meet in it's fifth annual session tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at the First Methodist church or the corner of Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street. Bishop James Atkins will preside and more than 800 ministers, lay men and visitors are expected to to be present.
 This session promises to be the most important as we'll as the most inter esting in the history of Methodism in north Alabama.
 The examining committees will meet today at the church to pass on the quail ifications of the under graduate going through the conference course oi study and are as follows:
 First year, Rev. w. T. McGlawn Rev l.. A. Waites and Rev J. NJ Me Clesky. Second year. Rev. H. c. How ard, Rev. l. F. Hawkins and Rev. B. E. Glasgow. Fourth year, Rev. H. M. Ste venson, Rev. F. w Brandon and Rev. q. W. Read. The committee on admis- sions is composed of Rev I. F. Chad wick Rev. F. L. Aldridge. Rev. T. s. McGlawn, Rev. ]. r. Sturdivant and Rev. C W. Hammer Committee on ad- missions on trial. Rev. l. D. Simpson, Rev. E. NJ Glenn and Rev. J. A. ]. Brock
 The calling of the roll will mark the opening of the conference tomor row morning and immediately follow ing the election of a secretary, the pre- siding elders of the several districts will submit their reports. Sessions of the conference will be held each morn ing from to 1 o'clock, and the various boards and committee meetings and the meetings of the bishop and his cabinet will take place in the after. moons.
 The conversation programme for the movement will be taken up at an after noon and evening meeting. Inthis con versation programme is included a church wide revival, that is, a revival in every Methodist church, the evan. gelistic programme to be completed about Easter of 1920, Among other things to be discussed will be the press- ing need of stewardhip and the enlarg- ing of the list of tithers.
 Saturday night will be devoted te Epworth league work and Dr. Andrew Sledd. of Emory university. one of the foremost educators of the Methodist church will deliver an address.
 INTERESTING EVENT
 One of the most interesting events of the conference will be the reading of the appointments. which will take place on Monday morning about II o'clock. the last day of the confer ence In order to complete the list of appointments by this time, 1t will be necessary for Bishop Atkins and his cabinet to meet practically every aft ernoon the conference is in session, The appointment of the various minis- ters constitutes one of the chief duties of the conference and is one in which all members of the Methodist church in north Alabama are interested.
 feature of the session will be the appointing of north Alabama's quota O, trustees for the Birmingham Southern college. which will be 12 in number, and when the Alabama conference meets it will also appoint 12 trus- tees At the present time the college is working under a commission which affected the consolidation of Birming- ham college and the Southern uni versity more than year ago.
 MEMORIAL SESSION
 Sunday afternoon will be devoted to a memorial session by the conference in memory of those who died during the the past year Among those were Bishop James H. Mccoy. the Rev. L. F. Whit ten and Rev. J. L. Ferguson
 Most of the members of the Method ist clergy in this district are of the opinion that there will be few changes in the appointments this year, as prac- tically none of the ministers have served four years and neither have the presiding elders However, the bishop and his cabinet will have to replace all of the ministers who have been in the service and have returned home. There are about 25 pastors from the north Alabama conference to enter some branch of war work. it was stated, and while some of them have been tenn porarily placed, there are quite num- Der who have not been placed at all.
 Among the distinguished visitors to attend the conference are: Bishop H. NJ. DuBose, Dr. P A. Baker. general su- perintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America; Dr. Stonewall Anderson, secretary Of the board or education, Dr. Andrew Sledd, of Emory university; Dr. H. A. Boaz of the general board of church extension, as well as many other leaders of southern Methodism.
 The people of Birmingham were most generous in supplying homes for the delegates, and more than 100 homes will not be supplied with delegates on account of the large number who vol unteered to accommodate the visitors at this time. it was stated by members of the entertainment committee, which is composed of pr. F. M Glenn, pr. R. F. Lovelady and Rev. s. O. Kimbrough
 The reception committee will meet all incoming trains today. and will assign the delegates to their respective homes
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