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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-13
OBSERVE ENTIRE WEEK
Programs For Mothers And Daugh-
tiers BY Sunday School Council

tiers BY Sunday School Council
Immediately following Mothers
Day." Mothers and Daughters
Week" will be observed. The week
of May 13 to 20. having been official
ly declared by the International
Sunday School Council, and a pro-
gram for the week announced. Each
day of this week will be nationally
observed.
The purpose of the Mother and
Daughter week is threefold: First
to help the mother to better under
standing ana appreciation of her
daughter. Second: To lead the girl
into a more wholesome appreciation
of her mother and the home. Third:
To lead both mothers and daughters
to regard the church and church
school as necessary to the finest de-
velopment of their lives, and to Sc
cure their cooperation in the work
and support of the church.
The Friendly Road has been
chosen as the theme for the Mothers
and Daughters Week and the pro-
gram as announced is as follows:
Sunday, May 13-Mother's Day.
Monday, May 14-Daughter's
Abroad Day. The idea for Monday
is that the foreign missionary en-
phasis should be kept in mind, moth
ers and daughters together doing
some service for the daughters of
foreign nations. A short missionary
play or missionary stories told would
be an appropriate ending for this day.
Tuesday. May 15-Class night. The
suggestion is that the girls classes of
the church hold social on this eve
ming with their mothers as guests.
Wednesday, May IL At Home
Night. The beautiful suggestion here
is that this evening be home eve
ming, the mother and daughter spend
ing the evening together.
Friday, May 1S-Mother and daugh-
ter banquet. This may be made a de-
lightfully happy occasion.
Sunday, May 20 Daughters Day.
A special Daughters Day service is
recommended. The Sunday school
service should be given to the en-
phasis of life's highest values and
should be made very impressive.
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Mothers Day Observance Will Be Feature At All Birmingham Churches
SENIOR B. Y. P. U.


The Birmingham Senior B. Y. P. U.
will hold it's regular monthly meet
ing at $3.50 o'clock sunday afternoon.
May Is, al the First Baptist church,
according to announcement made by
Carl F. McCool. d>>.rict president
Prior to the regular program meet
ing of the executive committee Will
be held at 2:30 p. m. and all MEM
bers of this committee are requested
to be present.
The western section of the Bir-
mingham district will be in charge
of the program to be rendered under
the direction of Ernest Hagler, dis
trict vice president, of that section.
"On to Mentone," will be the subject
of the program. while Mothers Day
will also be observed and all mem
bers are requested to bring their
mothers to this meeting.
The program as announced Will be
as follows.
Song and prayer services, conducted
by Elmer Erickson; assemble, Miss
Louise letters; vocal solo, Miss
Eunice Sloan; social features, Miss
Mildred Murray; piano solo, Miss Err
line Ezell: why Go To Mentone|'
Miss Lila Herrin. Visitors are well
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CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD
Special Program Prepared In Obsery-
nnce OF MNthers, nax


The Brotherhood class of the First
Christian church has taken on new
lie and has planned for Sunday, May
IL. one of the most interesting pro-
grams ever rendered by this organi-
cation.
A Mothers Day" program will
feature the occasion and a record at
tendance is expected. Music will be
furnished by an orchestra, while sew
erai numbers will be rendered by a
special male quartet. In further
ance of the activities of the class the
following officers and committees
have been selected DIR. Robert N.
Simpson, teacher; W. S. Stallings. as
sistant teacher; Thomas Christian.
president; S. +. Garrett. vice presi-
dent; A. N. Wilson, secretary; b.
Joiner. assistant secretary, and ]. L.
Lentz. treasurer. The committee
chairmen are: ]. F. Terrell, mem
bership; B. Joiner. publicity; II. T.
Batterton, finance; F. L. Andrews,
missionary; N S. Kitchens, relief
work; A. NJ. Arbaugh. program: d.
j. Davis. entertainment, and ], d.
Lentz. glad hand.
A cordial invitation Is extended to
the public to attend this service and
assist the class in paying reverent
homage to living mothers and a low
ing tribute to those who have passed
away.
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THE SANCTUARY"
By PENDLETON WATSON

In the evening, when kind of shadowtime
Reminds the hayward day its hour has come
And prompts the heart to ponder what it says
In the cool evening, my spirit seeks the air
And quiet music of sanctuary.
Heavy with silence, fraught with little sounds,
Unheard as if to lu tbs troubled breast;
Sometimes that way, seek a brown old church
To pause and think inside sanctuary.
Purging the soul, forgetting how our shells
Have held us till they shattered in the dusk
The dusk of day more brief than you and l
Had thought, pause to follow out
The great swells of etude played by God
She would have it so, to that
We're meek reverent, strong to own my SIM
She would have it so. And when think
OF lies l would have told her and how
She looked at me, and what pretense
And weakness l might wear; hear
Those greater swels than organs in church.
1t was her way; to give everything,
Even that part of her to bare my soul,
For she like part Of God
No other has attained it, only she,
And in the evening when the burden of my day
Becomes more strong than l. and time
Takes pause to ponder other things,
seek the brown old church and scourge my soul
In the sanctuary of my mothers eyes,
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"Her children arise up, and call her
blessed;" Proverbs xxxi:28.
WHAT CHURCH FOLKS
ARE SAYING AND DOING
By DR. GEORGE STANLEY FRAZER

campaign which has been in progress
in Great Britain for some months is
the fact that Gypsy Smith, the I'M
schooled child of the gypsy tent, and
DR.. 7. r. Glover, one of the most
brilliant and scholarly ministers of
England form the main team in the
campaign, and have been holding
meetings at kingsway Hall, London.
Gypsy Smith has been described as
decidedly old-fashioned in doctrine,
while DR.. Glover is regarded as a
leading figure in the class called
modernites But these two men have
worked together without any clash in
theology, and their intellectual diff
ferences sink into insignificance in
comparison with the fact that they
both preach Jesus as the sufficient
and only Redeemer of the human
heart. Gypsy Smith has held num-
Der of meetings in different parts of
the United States, and his efforts
have met the approval of workers in
all denominations.
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TO VISiTFLAI0P
Christian EndcavOr Society VIII Con-
duct Services For COnvicts

Christian EndeayOr Society VIII Con-
duct Services For COnvicts
Members of the Christian En-
deavor society are looking forward
to their trip to Flat Top Sunday
afternoon, May Is. The society will
leave the church at p. M. and
motor out to the state penitentiary
where they will conduct program
for the benefit of the convicts.
Hymns will be sung, musical num-
hers will beer endered and snort
talk will be made in keeping with
the occasion by one of the members
of the society.
The meeting Sunday night, May 6.
was an inspiration to all who at
tended Enjoyable talks on The
Pledge" were made by DR.. Robert
N. Simpson. pastor of the church,
and f. F. Ballard, state registration
chairman of the Christian Endeavor
society.
The May executive meeting was
held at the home of Miss Helen Mae
Linthicum Tuesday night The an
nual picnic of the society will be
held at East Lake park Friday night,
May Is. This will take the place OF
the monthly social
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or his majestic reign.
lut sovereign, sentler. mishter,
Il Man from his throne has hurled,
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world.
William Stewart Ross.
Is your mother among the living :?
II so, wear a red flower on Sunday
May 10, in compliment to her. If she
is numbered with the dead, then
white flower should be worn. This
is the request being made by the Vari-
GUS churches in Birmingham in OBJ
servance of Mothers Day, which Will
be nationally observed Sunday.
Heralding the approach of this
glad day, when mothers are to be
the honored guests at each fireside
and in each church, programs are be-
ing arranged and musical rehearsals
are being held regularly prepare
terry to the Sunday services.
During the past week practically
every civic organization in the city
has observed Mothers Day at their
luncheon meetings, and extended
every courtesy to their first sweet
heart.
Mails at the local post office have
heen unusually heavy during the lat
ter part of the week, bringing let
tors. candy, flowers and parcels of
. various sorts from sons and daugh-
ters in other sections of the country
10 their mothers who reside in Bir
mingham. From the increased volume
~ mail, it is calculated that there
viii be few Birmingham mothers who
20 not share in the joys of the day.
The praises of mothers will be
ing from the choir lofts of the Blr
mingham churches Sunday at both
morning and evening services, while
their stories will be told by each
minister of the city from his pulpit.
A cordial invitation is extended to
i'ie mothers of each congregation to
attend the Mothers Day services at
the respectiVe churches
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DR.. MEULEN TO PREACH


Large Congregations Are Expected
At First Presby terian
DR.. ]. H. Wander Meulen of Louis
willie, KY, will fiji the pulpit OF the
First Presbyterian church Sunday
at both morning and evening serv-
ices. Invitations which were sent
out recently requested that those
who expected to attend the services
come early In order that they might
be seated.
DR.. Wander Muelen made his in
itial appearance at this church last
Sunday and addressed a most APP
preciative' audience and express
sions heard at this time indicate rec
ord crowds for the two remaining
Sundays in May, that the visitor will
fill this pulpit. This minister, 1t was
said. made a deep impression upon
all who heard him.
His first talk Sunday morning will
be at II o'clock while he will ad-
dress the Mems Fellowship class of
the Sunday school, which meets in
the main church building. At the ii
o'clock hour he will preach on the
subject of THE Sweet Wine of Moth
erhood." in observance of Mothers
Day. His sermon topic for the eve
ming service to be held at 7:45
o'clock will be rs A Moral Man A
Chgistian"
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PRAYER FOR VISIBLE
UNITY OF CHRISTENDOM

An appeal has been issued by the
continuation committee OF the world
conference on faith and order to
Christians of every name, in every
land, to use the eight days, May 10
to 20, for ardent prayer on behalf of
the visible unity Of Christendom This
call comes from the world wide com
mittee representing the following
communions: ANGLICAN, Armenian,
Baptist. Congregational, Disciples,
Eastern Orthodox. Friends, German
Evangelical, Lutheran, Methodist, Mo-
ravian. Old Catholic. Presbyterian,
Reformed and South India United.
The committee in charge of the gem
eral plans will arrange for the call
ing of world conference of all
Christian churches to consider the
question of faith and order as the
next step towards Christian union.
The conference will be held In 1925.
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FOR MOTHERS DAY
Wesley brotherhood Class To Have
Appropriate Services

The Wesley brotherhood elias of the
Woodlawn Methodist church will OBJ
serve Mothers Day with appropriate
services Sunday morning. a splendid
program has been arranged for the
occasion and each member is re-
quested to be present sunday and
have a flower on his coat lapel.
The proposed banquet of this class
which was to have been given on
Friday, May II, has been postponed
and will be held Friday evening, say
Is, at the church. All members are
cordially invited to be present and
bring a friend. The entertainment
committee of the class promise an
interesting program for this ban
Quet
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PLAN FOR MOTHERS DAY

brotherhood Glass OF First Christian
Church To Observe Event
The Brotherhood class of the First
Christian church announces pro-
gram Sunday morning, May Is, in
observance of Mothers Day"
feature will be musical numbers
by the male quartet and a special
orchestra. During the past few
weeks this class has made remark
able progress and the members are
most enthusiastic over the future ac-
Invites.
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UNITED PRESBYTERIANS TO
CONSIDER CREEDAI lCVlSYAN

The general assembly of the United
Presbyteriap church will be. held In
Buffalo this month. One of the most
important issues before the assembly
will be the matter forced revision
A committee of scholars and theo-
logians will present restatement in
A articles which will be phrased in
popular language, and in general will
be considered as giving a liberal in
depreciation to the confession of
faith. 1t is predicted by many lead
ers in the Presby terrain church that,
should this creedal revision pass the
assembly, the United Presbyterian
church will lead the whole Presby-
terrain far Ny in an issue which now
presses in every section of the
church.
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REQUIRE TURK TEACHERS
AngOrn Assembly Sets Standards For
Foreign Schools


CONSTANTINOPLE. May 12.-(By
Associated Press. )-Under recent
decree of the Angora government,
all foreign schools will henceforth
be required to employ at least three
Turkish masters to teach the Ian
guage. history and geography of
Turkey for minimum of 13 hours
weekly These masters will be ap-
pointed by the director of public in
structon, but will be paid by the
foreign schools. AS there are moro
than 500 Greek, Armenian, Jewish,
British and French and American
schools in Turkey, this new and
drastic order will have far-reaching
effects.
The American Girls college and
Robert college, which between them
have nearly l 900 Students are try
ing to secure a reduction in the
number of hours prescribed in the
new curriculum,
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WEST END METHODIST

A cordial invitation is extended to
mothers to be present at the service
to be held at the West End Methods
church Sunday. May IS. An unusual
ly beautiful musical program will be
rendered at this time under the di-
rection of 9. 7. Downs, director. The
program is as follows: Morning
service, II o'clock. Organ voluntary.
Solo and chorus, "A Flower For You,
Mother Dear" CWilson). Solo, Just
Vision of Mother" (Burdette).. b. c..
Downs. Solo and chorus, THE Prodi-
gal and the Song" tWilson). Solo,
Mother o. Mine" tTours), E. r.
Rlackwood. Organ postlude.
Evening service, s O'clock Organ
prelude. Duet. Sometime, Some
where" (Tillman). Quartet. "They
We're Nailed to the Cross" (Golfax).
Organ postlude.
Miss Leona Lewis, organist: G.. IT.
Downs director
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THIRD PREsnyTERIAN

DIT. James A. Bryan, pastor Of the
Third Presbyterian church will fill
his pulpit at the II o'clock service
Sunday morning. He will take for
his sermon topic at this time THE
Honor the Bible Places on Mothers"
Thomas c. Bryan, student in the
Divinity college at Columbus Uni
versity, will fill his fathers pulpit at
the evening service. A cordial invi-
tation is extended the public to at
tend these services
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MUSIC AT CHURCHES
HIGHLANDS METHODIST

Orla d. Allen, choirmaster and or
Eanist at the Highlands Methodist
church, has prepared a. beautiful mu-
steal program appropriate to Mothers
Day. The program is announced as
follows: IL o'clock service, TIC Deum
Laudamus" (Kotzschmar). Lovely
Appear over the Mountains" cGou-
noG)-from 1.-The Redemption"
Evening service at s O'Clock Will be
featured by the following program:
God Who Madest Earth and Heaven"
&c. w. Chadwick. Lead, Kindly
Light" Dudley Buck).
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Memorial services will be held at
Walkers Chapel Sunday morning i'm
mediately following the Mothers
Day" exercises to be held at this
chapel
beautiful musical program has
been arranged for the occasion and
will commence at 10 o'clock promptly
while the memorial services will be
held at 1880 o'clock All members
and friends of this church are cor
daily invited to be present.
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eth STREET METHODIST

DR. ". F. Price, presiding elder Of
the Birmingham district. will fill the
pulpit of the Sixty-seventh street
Methodist church at II o'clock Sun
day morning. instead of Rev. J. NJ.
Wigley. pastor. Rev. Louis Robin
son will preach at this church at the
evening service at 7:45 o'clock
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GIVEN LOVING CUP
..rmcr Birmingham Pastor Is Hon.
Orcd In .Iack SonYilIc, Elm.

srinCr b1rm1 ncnam fHStOr Is HON.
Ored In jacksonville, Fla.
Presentation of a loving cup, trlb
ute to his % years of service as
pastor of the First Baptist church
of Jacksonville, Fla. was made Sun
day to Rev. w A. Hobson, pastor of
the church, following vote by
which the congregation refused to
accept his resignation. Mr.. Hobson
is former Birmingham man and re-
sided in Woodlawn when here. He is
a brother-in-law of II. II. X. JEFF
ferson of Birmingham.
DR.. Hobson followed up the gift
and the vote by sermon on The
Triumph of Love-" DIR. S. B. Rogers
presided over the service at which
the vote was taken. DR.. Hobsons
resignation had come unexpectedly
to the congregation three weeks be-
fore, and after elaboration by the
deacons of the church it was decided
to leave the acceptance or rejection
to secret ballot of the members
Sunday. Mrs Norma L. Riculfi an
nounced the result refusing to ac-
cept the pastors resignation. The
Loving cup was then presented in
scribed:
presented to DR.. w A. Hobson
by the First Baptist church, Jack
sonville. Fla, in loving commemora-
ton of the twenty-third anniver-
sary of his faithful and efficient
services ,as pastor. May 1928"
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CHURCH OF THE ADVENT

Services will be held at the Church
of the Advent Sunday. May 10, when
the following program will be rem
dered: Holy Communion at 1880 a.
m. Church school at $50 a. m. Mems
Bible class at $50 a. m, and the
morning prayer and sermon at II
o'clock. DR.. Middleton S. Barnwell,
rector, will have charge of the SER
vices.
Beginning at the $50 o'clock SER
vices Bible class for men will be
organized under the leadership of
Leland Rankin. This class will meet
each Sunday morning at $50 o'clock
in the church building. You are
earnestly invited to come and join
this class.
Offices of the Bishop Coadjutor of
Alabama are located in this church.
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INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN

Doors of the Lyric theatre will open
at 1870 Sunday night for the service
under the auspices OF the Mems club
of the Independent Presbyterian
church. which begins at o'clock and
will be featured by a musical pro-
gram, during which the church
quartet will be heard In two selec-
tons. one being Rogers 90 Lord How
Manifold" and the other the offer
tory number Sweet the Moments"
by Donizetti.
Members of the quartet are Mrs.
May Shackelford. soprano; Mrs. r. p.
MCGOWAN. contralto: Byrd Haley,
tenor o. Gordon Erickson. baritone
and director, and Mrs. Walter c. Rea,
pianist and accompanist.
Sons and Daughters" will be the
subject of the sermon of DR.. Henry
NJ. Edmonds. offering the other side
of the morning sermon on the sub
ject of Mother" in honor Of
Mothers Day." at the new church.
Highland avenue, at Thirty-first
street
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1sr cuMRERLAND PREsRYTERIAN

Rev. TT. c. Walton, pastor OF the
First Cumberland Presbyterian church.
will fill his pulpit Sunday at both
morning and evening services. For
his morning sermon topic he has
chosen, The Uncrowned Queen
while for the evening service at 8
o'clock his theme will be, The Re-
turning Prodigal." Sunday school
will be held at this church at $3.50
a. M and Christian Endeavor at
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

Services will be held at the Seventh
Day Adventist church. 725 Nine
teenth street, north. Sunday night.
w. P. McLennan, pastor, will take for
his subject When 1t Was Wrong To
Pray" The public Is invited.
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THE FAvoRITE HYMNS

a popular musical journal recently
published the result of a poll of it's
readers on their favorite hymns. A
total Of more than $1,000 votes were
cast. The ten hymns that are placed
at the head of the list with the num-
abide With Me- 1901 Nearer, My
God, to Thee" $40; Lead, Kindly
Light" 4,161; Rock of Ages" 3.432;
Jesus, Lover of My Soul" 2,709;
Holy, Holy. Holy, Lord God AL
mighty" .444; Just AS l Am" SIS;
Jesus. Savior. Pilot Me- 4S7; My
Faith Looks Up to Thee" 236; "All
Hail the Power of Jesus Name" 220.
Some of the distinguished persons
and their selections are: George AIDE,
onward, Christian Soldiers" Nicho
las Murray Butler, Lead, Kindly
Light" S. Parkes Cadman, Rock of
Ages" Frank Crane. abide With
Me-" Chauncey NJ. Depew, Rock of
Ages" Irving Bachelor. Dear Lord
and Father of Mankind" John Drew.
Lead, Kindly Light" Amelita CALI
Curci, abide With Me-" Henry Van
Dyke, 30 Jesus, l Have Promised"
One of the interesting results of the
poll is the fact that so many people
of such diverse types and occupa
lions. soldiers, humorists, educators,
actors, ministers. and opera singers,
are found to have at heart a love
for the same great forms of eligious
expressions which are sometimes
looked upon by churchly people as
their own private possessions.
GREAT REVIVAL CAMPAIGN
UNDER WAY IN ENGLAND
One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the remarkable evangelistic
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METHODIST MINISTER'S
SALARIES

Church leaders are noting with
pleasure the increased salaries of
ministers of all denomination The
advance in living expenses, together
with a growing conviction among
church members in general that 1.-The
laborer Is worthy of his hire" have
been the outstanding causes of such
increase. The average salary of
southern Methodist pastor, including
rental value of parsonage, - 1888,
and the average salary of presiding
elders, estimated on the same basis,
is $3,132. The average salary of
pastor in the Northern Methodist
church is 1851, and that of the dis
trict superintendent is $40
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THE AGE FOR
JOINING THE CHlRCH

Or. Walter Scott Athearn, student
OF religious statistics, has Just made
an interesting study concerning the
age of conversion and joining the
church. In this special effort. DIR.
Athearn was aided by the secretaries
of the boards of Sunday schools of
the Methodist. Congregational. Pres
byterian, Baptist and Disciples
churches. The records of 6,l9i per-
sons in 40 states We're tabulated.
Dates of birth were verified by court
records and dates of joining the
church by church records The inves-
LEGATION shows that more people JON
the Methodist church between the
tenth and eleventh birthdays than in
any other years. In the Congrega-
tional churches the children are Join
ing at Ii years of age. The peak for
the five denominations mentioned is
between 10 and Ii years. Those who
may be interested in additional fig
ures on this investigation will find
it of value to secure the pamphlet
which may be had by addressing the
Boston University School of Religious
Education.