The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
MRS. KOOGLE IS
BANQUET SPEAKER
At B. Y.P.U j. MEET
Other Speakers Help To Make
Occasion One Of Spirit
uaI UpIift

"Christianity Is the. light of the
world, uniting all nations and de-
n nominations in the bonds of Christ,
for did He not say, He that follow
eth me shall not walk in darkness,
but have the light of life and also
I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more
abundantly? These were the words
of Mrs. Annie Belle Koogle in an
address On christianity, the Light of
the World" when she was the prin-
cipal speaker at the annual banquet
of the Birmingham District Baptist
Young Peoples union. held Friday
evening in the dining room of the
Young Mems Christian association.
What is this abundant life? Life
made glorious through reflectine the
divine qualities which Christ Jesus
so fully expressed to us. JOY, love,
peace. unselfishness, gentleness and
goodness, which made him the &c d.
like man. In Hebrews it speaks of
him as the brightness6cf His glory,
the express image of His person."
ITO prove what it is to be a Chris
tian. whose life is hid with Christ
In God, is to have thought so per-
meated with love that all the evil
elements are neutralized by its di-
vine presence; for where love is no
evil can enter, but its influence de-
MYERS from uHllht Bt gu.
Good alone Is indestructible and
everlasting; therefore, when dwelling
in the consciousness of good we are
in the secret place of the Most High
in place of safety. Wherever the
light of love enters, the clouds of
evil are chased away as che darkness
of the night is dispelled by the dawn
ing of the day. So the rising beams
tf the Son of righteousness are she'd
ding their rays of reality into all hu-
man consciousness. Transforming, ele-
waiting, purifying and purging of all
that is unlike the risen Savior. and
there 3Herges a universe bathed in
the glow of Divine reflection until
Love shall reign triumphant over all
the earth and accomplish its mission
of redemption, for love is the light
of the world. There is no night
there, and as the light of the Divine
presence of Love Eliminates our
pa thway 1T ever leads out of dark
ness to heights unknown.
I'VE shall see each other face to
face as our Father would have US see
through the transparency of love,
which ever beholds the image of the
Father shining through all.
"A minister was once called to the
bed of a dying child Taking the
Child in his arms he said, thank
Thee, o Father, that there is nothing
between Thee and this little one Is
there any wonder that the sickness
was healed and the child restored to
the bosom of the family? Such a
conscious recognition of the Divine
presence never fails to heal
The speaker was introduced by
Carl F. McCool. district president
who acted as POSTMASTER on this &C.
casion. In his address of welcome
Mr.. McCool related the purpose of the
banquet. He further stated that the
Great Teacher had said: Life is but
short period between two eterni-
ties" and that while the members
of the Baptist Young Peoples union
were jCurneying along this pathway
1t was good that they could meet
their co-workers in day of prayer,
song mirth and merriment.
At the conclusion of the banquet
it was evident that each and every
one of the members departed to their
respective homes with an increased
spirituality and with greater desires
to accomplish during the coming year
many more deeds of unselfish serv-
ice.
The invocation was pronounced by
Rev. Emmitt Williams. The pro-
gram included musical numbers by
Mrs. Claude T. Leymance. Miss MI
Ram Thornton and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Scholfied, and Carl McCool, and a
talk by Frank Willis Barnett, while
several readings were given by Lu'
Their Patrick