Rev. Mr. Bryan’s Anniversary

Notes: Rev. James A. Bryan will have been in Birmingham eighteen years tomorrow. They have been eighteen years of good to this community, years of kindly deeds for his fellow man, such as only those who have come under his loving ministry can fully appreciate Mr. Bryan was a graduate from the Princeton Seminary and preached his first sermon in Birmingham, where he has always remained. His church, the Third Presbyterian, has struggled against great odds for a time from the financial troubles resulting from hard times, and later from a destructive fire which destroyed both the church and Mr. Bryan’s home adjoining. Their effort to build a new house of worship and pay for it as they go has been a noble endeavor, and the real impetus to the work, the man whose watchword ts prayer and faith, has been their pastor. Rev. Mr. Bryan. Through all these years there has been no sacrifice too great for Mr. Bryan to make, for a man, woman or child in want Is to him an appeal from his Master. He will preach an anniversary sermon Sunday morning at his church, Twenty-second street and Avenue G, to which he invites all his friends. Mr. Bryan, since his pastorate here, mar-
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