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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

no reference to the past in detail, the cesire being to trust the work to it's own inherent value and momentum, With the simple statement by the speaker that his personal knowledge of MT Blandford's experience in healing amply warranted the sponsorship he was privileged to offer.
 lhree mornings immediately preced- ing had been given to careful registra- t.oh or applicants, either personally or through near friends, the largest pro- portion being from Birmingham.
 following hymn, the rector opened "th direct and explicit address Then were offered collects, an extempore prayer for blessing on the workers in their several departments, as well as Ter the many sick and crippled some or whom were unable to walk or even stand alone; sacred hymn, and an en- Tightening address by Mr. Blandford, Who Joined the two clergymen in the sanctuary. and in successive railfulls thc halt, the lame, the deaf, blind. par a.yzed. tubercular. epileptic, dumb, rheumatic, sufferers from locomotor ataXia, infantile paralysis. and others,
 khelt or stood as best they could unde
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support, waiting for silent few mo- ments.
 One by one, beginning at the gospel side, the layman laid tense bands on the sufferers before him. varying his touch somewhat and the time bestowed on each as the case suggested; some times expanding his formula, but in- cluding always certain terms of invo- cation. The priests promptly alter mated after him in spontaneous solem- ntty, laying hands on each bowed head tc the accompanying utterance of fit ting words. to which they were fre- quently moved by the special case be- fore them. So on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Testimonies were of such character that it was resolved to hold a service of the same order on Sunday afternoon, succeeding with an interval the II o'clock accustomed morning prayer. when Mir. Blandford was sccheduled to occupy the time usually resolved to continue daily into the mid de of the following week
 There were amongst the most se- verely afflicted and eager those who had come a hundred miles in earnest qrest. Several cases of persons too i'll tc leave their homes entreated private visitatlons, and they are being made. The rector sees many such in prospect after the lay missioner has left They are being asked for and will of course, be gladly answered.
 The final public ministry of healing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
Brief Account of Sermons Yreached at Local Churches

, night: and all the while there has been
 subtle intoxication conveyed into our veins.
 And there has grown to be a super ftciality in the church life and in religious life in general. We must avoid this con> tagion of the day. sWe must not ad- vertise the things we havn'tl We must
 not go out and present lovely invitations t opeople to come into the church when we merely want them to swell our mem bership and increase our budgets We must want them not for them to help up, but for us to help them. The only excuse for an increase in membership is that we shall help others and multiply
 our powers for doing good. So long as it is a difficulty to get men and women to visit the downtrodden and the forgotten there is an element of dishonesty in our church life.
 'If we are to retain our place we must work and fertilize and make it more | fruitful and fragrant. We must do in- tensive work Our women must stay at home more and stop wasting their ener- gies here and wonder We must stop dig ging wells here and there and every where and yet never digging any one well deep enough to strike water! We must begin doing intensive work ana must train our membership. We must build in our homes training schools for 1, the church life. This cant be done un- less the home will cooperate. And we must touch those on the outside with a distinct emphasis We must espouse prin- ciples and not rules. We must keep step with the changes. Only that organiza- tion and that individual shall remain who lays hold on a changeless Christ for a changing world. Christ is the necessary center for all we do and say. You and I shall serve the King if we hold close to the One personl And there shall arise no new Kingp'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
bR. WARE OF ST. ANDREWS CHURCH ON CHRISTIANITY

What is Christianity? Being good.
 oins to church. Giving aims to the
 oor Saving your soul. Getting to
 eaven. All these answers are incor- ect. Christianity s seeing life I m come says Jesus. that ye may ave life more abundantly.'
 Health, education, art. music, work, leasure-an that makes life interest ng and rich-is part of the Christian eligion. The thou shalt nots' are herely gates barring roads which eem to. but which do not. lead to &fe.
 Yet. St. John tells us. not that the
 hristian shall receive. but that from
 i'm shall flow the waters of life. Like he stream, living waters are pos cssed only when they are flowing on. teligion is life. but life is light shin ng out The law of life is posses
 on through transmission.
 You say that. far from getting life ut of religion, 1t is intolerably dull nd uninterest:ne? That is because ou persist in conceiving of the church s club for worship and not as a eague for service.'
 Read the recently published biogra- hy of Canon Barnett. He was. minis er of an Episcopal church in White hapel. the worst of Londons slums. nd he founded there the first great ocial settlement. All honor to what
 e call a social settlement to the rained workers who conduct creches, indergartens and childrens clubs. fut how different from Canon Bar ett's ideal. His purpose was not sec lar, but religious. to enrich life for he unfortunate; and he sought to do his, not by creating an institution hanaged by professional social work .rs,' but by creating pleasant friend |hips between men and women of cul- |lre and attainments and others lack 'hg them. by means of which life was aimed in the transmitting.
 Birmingham does not so much need bore charities as that those which ex- Bt should learn unselfishness and be |o-ordinated one with another. Unlike london, Birmingham does not need a tettlement' where the rich may dwell mong the poor. for fortunate and un- |brtunate are near neighbors. But Birmingham is filled with people, many If them quite prosperous, who need .fe-goodness. culture. refinement, ducation. beauty, joy. culture. As the Episcopal Church understands Chris fanity. 1t is not the enjoyment of a .elfish religious experience. but gain |hg fuller and richer life in trans hitting it to these less fortunate 1eighbors.
 Next winter we propose to continue Ill our usual activities at St. Andrews, | ut we also propose to attain this fur her ideal. that every man and womaa hall establish a friendship with some erson or family outside the congEega- Ion to which they will consciously .trive to transmit something of the 'ullness and richness and glory of ife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
Looking for Woman In
 Elwell Killing Case
By Associated Press

 New York, June 20.--After nine days of diligent inquiry by scores of po- lice. detectives and assistants of the district attorney, the slayer of Joseph Bowne Elwell, turfman and whist ex- nert, who was shot to death Tn his home here on the morning of June II, is still at large Assistant District Attorney Dooling announced tonight the only new de- velopment was it is known definitely Elwell wa sin his home alive at 2:3o o'clock on the morning of the murder and at that hour someone entered. After this haze of mystery envelops the case.
 A report was circulated today that tho authorities were virtually certain the sportsman lad peen killed by a Jealous woman. whose place in his af- fect.cns had beer stolen by another woman and that her arrest was im- minent. She was described as the W oman in gray" but no official con- firmation of this could be obtained to- night.
 The murderess was said to have ac- companied Elwell here from Palm Beach.
 MT. Dooling stated the evidence gathered thus far did not warrant holding any person as material Wit ness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

divine institution. A truly godly nome is the most perfect symbol of heaven that earth possesses. God says. My house'-and He means yours-'shall be called a house of prayer, home of love and aspiration and reverence, and you have made it--what?
 And then, of course the church is the house of God, and man is responsi- ble for the making and marring of the church. Jesus says, My Fathers house shall be called a house of prayer'-but you have made it a house for sermons, for music for entertainment, for soci- ability.
 You have your own idea of what a church should be and you make it so The condition of any particular chur ch should not influence the judgment of any intelligent man upon the real church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some churches are reproach to the Savior they profess to love. Haven't we all known some churches cold and selfish and others where the heart of man is warmed and the soul of man nour ished? Our church is what we made it, and what we make it is the greatest responsibility God lays upon His chill dren. I know humble, reverent, de voted followers of the Divine Redeeme who will one day hear that welcome e to the eternal habitation of their God, You have made your church My home "a house of prayer for all Can you think of any higher achievement than that? Such a church, a house of pray CT. the Lord Jesus Christ will build up so that even the gates of hell can not prevail against her"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
DIR. MACSPORRAN SPEAKS
 OF THE HOUSE OF GOD"

At the First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning Dr. MacSporran took as his text, "Is it not written, My Fathers house shall be called house of prayer for all nations? But ye have made it."
 In his introduction Dr. MacSporran said, "God never becomes real to any one until He has local habitation and name. Our Bible is very largely con-
 cerned with the house of God Indeed
 that might be called the main theme Of
 the Bible. The temple built with hands is holy place where God dwells; but it is not the only room in His house.
 There are many others and each must be kept pure and undefiled.
 q am going to ask you to look at three houses of God with me this morn ing, and we can see what we have made of them.
 First there is the individual Each of you is a temple of the living God.
 You were made in every organ of your , body, every talent of your mind, every dream and aspiration of your soul for the living God. Every hunger, every impulse, every emotion was designed from the beginning of time to make you feel the need of your Heavenly Father What else could our restless ness, our unsuitable longings, our sense of the mystery and possible glory or life mean? A man loses his belief in the ultimate destiny of the universe and the value of every thing worth while when God ceases to be the SUI preme reality of the souls life. God
 made you to be house of prayer and when you are not it means the temple
 of God has been profaned.
 we can in imagination see the scene of our text enacted today in our lives The crucified Savior would say to one of you, My Fathers house shall be called house of prayer-but you have made it marketplace; all I find in the holy of holies Is bank account. To another, My Fathers house is 2 house of prayer. but you have made il
 playground To another. You have turned My Fathers house into home for the animal in your nature.' So He comes to each of us today What arc we making of these lives of ours? Tn the second place, the house of God is the home, for the family is a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
GIRL FIGHTS OFF A NEGRO GORILLA
African Sneaked in House and ChOked Her-Run
 Down By Auto

Meridian, Miss, June 20.-(Special)- Percy Thompson. negro. 2S years old, was placed in the county jail this afternoon on charge of attempted assault on Miss Effie Mitchell. Syrian girl. young daughter of E. J. Mitchell. suburban merchant.
 The black tore the screen from rear window of the Mitchell home and en tered the dining room. The noise att tracted the attention of Miss Mitchell, who was at home alone. She went into the room to investigate, and as she "ld so, it is alleged, the negro, who had masked himself with a piece of cloth so that only his eyes were visible, grabbed and began to choke her
 She managed by a desperate effort to free herself and scream at the top Of her voice as she fought off the brute The negro, becoming frightened, fled from the house by way of the window through which he had gained entrance, leaving his intended victim almost unconscious from fright and her desperate struggle. her face scratched and neck badly bruised from the grip of the negro's hands on her throat
 The police were notified, and while the angry Syrian population rapidly gath- cred to help take up the chase, the negro was run down and captured by follce Officer Charles Dease, driving the police patrol car. The prisoner was taken so police headquarters, where, after he was identified by his intended victim, is ai- leged to have made complete confession of his attack on the girl, but denied that he intended criminal assault, saying ne fought his way out of the house whlch he had entered to steal food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
Studio Cora Chapman Boterw.s. Repr

St. Johns Church, Ensley, is in the r,idst of a healing mission. scheduled for one week.
 Last Thursday. after an impressive eucharistic preparatory service, at which the Rev. Carl Henckle was epis- toler, Henry Conrad Blandford was pre- scented to the congregation. the church being about two-thirds full, mostly Of sick and crippled, from infancy up to age, some almost helpless, one of the most piteous and acute cases being from a distance. and the work began.
 The rector said he had known MT. B'andford originally from the Anglican church in London. many years, and that he had for sometime been a licensed reader in a former parish of his.
 They had never worked together In this way publicly before, but had done so privately,
 The introduction was brief and made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
pR. EDMONDS' SERMON
 SUNDAY MORNING

"A changeless Christ for changing |orld" was the outstanding plea em- |cdied in Dr. Henry M. Edmonds' Sunday horning sermon on "The Changing bays" And there arose Kink who |new not Joseph" was the text from |hich he preached.
 Showing first that we live in a chang
 hg world by calling attention to remark |ble and oftentimes unexpected changes hat occur in the political, literary finan- |al and social realms, Dr. Edinonds then |eclared that the same conditions pre- |ail in the religious world, and proceeded E discuss how these changes must be bet.
 If we are going to continue in favor tith the King he said, then we must Eer continue to do honest work. There an intoxication in Birmingham that IS
 bnt, ibuting to dissipation, and to extrav- |gancc which is only another form of dis |onesty. The growth of our city has |een rapid; great many people have on high financial prominence over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
 LOGGED AT HICKMAN
Waters Swirl, Ten Foot Wave Scoots
 Upstream
By Associated Press

Hickman, Ky, June 20.-Leaving as US visible result a sunken fish dock, barge filled with water and broken shore lines moorirg heavier crafg to land, an unex- plained phenomenon occurred here today in the Mississippi river The waters or the stream near shore became suddenly agitated, swirling and boiling and run ming upstream in a wave ten feet hish.
 There was no wind, earthquake or any visible explanation of the occurrence, which was witnessed by many here. The disturbance lasted only about three nt'n- utes. but in that time large fish dock was sunk, barge was filled with water by. the towering wave breaking over IL, and the owners of many pleasure craft moored along shore were put to heavy loss So great was the violence or rho wave as it reversed it's natural acton and raced upstream that the heavy moor ing lines of river steamers were snapped as though wrapping twine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
MEXICAN WIRELESS
 SERVICE RELEASED
By Associated Press

Mexico City, June 20.--Both houses of Congress will begin an extraordi- nary session on Monday, having met today for organization.
 Pascual Ortiz Rubio, secretary of communications and public works. has ordered the wireless station at Chipul- tepec to give to the Mexican press all news received from abroad. During the war the allied nations claimed the station, which is owned by the Mexi- can government. but which was oper- ated by Germans was being conducted for the benefit of Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
AviatOrs Prepare for
 An Alaskan Flight
ev A..ocIstsd Prs.s

sMineola. N. V, June 20.--Five army aviators will leave here July 10 on flight for Nome, Alaska, to reconnoiter a proposed commercial route, it was an- nounced tonight. The route will cover 4.S7l miles. including 800 square miles of unexplored territory. :. It is estimated that with ordinary delays. the slowest machine will require forty-five days for the round trip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
Polish Retreat Continues pv Associated Press

Copenhagen, June 19.-The Moscow correspondent of the rlingske Tidende reports that the Poles, continuing their retreat, have been forced over the Ibel river. The bolsheviki. the cor respondent adds, have crossed the Bug river and are approaching Bratzlav, thirty three miles southeast of Nin- nitZa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY something g We hardly realize that or all
 children civilized twenytwo nearly before they reach cent more than nehrd before they are five, and one-half before they are 6feen
 say timely Castoa would many
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
FAMILY GATHERING
 FROM'MANY STATES

Montevallo, June 20.-(Special)-Mr.
 and Mrs. D. w. Shivers had an inter
 esting family reunion at their resi-
 dence yesterday. Their children and
 grandchildren are now living in sew
 eral states and by prearrangement all
 but one daughter. Mrs. Marshall E,
 Stewart. and little son of Perth Am
 boy N J.. are here with their par ents.
 Among those present are Mrs Hor-
 ace Boyd and two children. Virginia
 and Huntington, of Gradyville, Ga;
 Mrs. Harry Shivers and son, Harry
 Arcadia. Fla; First Lieut.. William Shivers. U. S. A., now stationed at Montgomery: Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Shivers, Jr, Dallas. Texas, and Miss
 Marion Shivers, librarian for Woman's College, Montgomery. and acting librarian for the Technical Institute
 and College Summer School. Among other relatives attending the reunion are Judge w. H. Tayloe of Uniontown and Mrs. R. L. Maupin, West Point Miss, brother and sister of Mrs Shivers.
 While in Montevallo, Judge Tayloe is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Palmer He is a trustee of the col lege and is taking, advantage of this occasion to look into the workings or the summer school. This is his first visit to a summer session of this school. He is accompanied by his two little nieces, Misses Lllie Tayloe Davidson and Susie Lea Langhorne. Miss Irene Virginia Ulmer of the ex- pression department at the college was offered last winter the position of director of expression at the sum mer school at Asheville. N. C., by the
 Curry School of Expression of Bos- ton and she is now fulfilling her en- gagement. This is one of the largest summer schools in the south and the offer to Miss Ulmer is in recognition of her work al the Technical Insti-
 ute and College. She will return to Montevallo in September.
 Miss Lula Hawkins of the piano de- partment is spending the summer in New York, taking advanced courses in piNco
 l Mrs Mabel Powers Taylor has re- | turned to the college to assist in the piano work for the remainder of the summer school. The demand for music instruction is larger this summer than | ever before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

The Missionary Society of the Ensley Christian Church will meet this after noon at o'clock at the home of Rev. Thomas Lennox on Pike avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

The Ladies' Aid of the Ensley Chris tian church will meet this afternoon at the church at o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

, is set for Wednesday at ?. m. Mr. Elandford's next engagement will be announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

The young people of the Ensley High land Presbyterian Church will meet next Sunday to form Christian En- deayor Society
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spechl En A M H W u is
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

Mrs Mabel Powers Taylor has re- turned to the college to assist in the piano work for the remainder of the summer school. The demand for music instruction is larger this summer than ever before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

Miss Lula Hawkins of the piano de- partment is spending the summer in New York, taking advanced courses in pi>So.