Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL TOPICS s aA.. H#4 ea# Fully and Ably Discussed by Good
 Speakers s-s zses --s-ss-- AT TIE PRESENT SESSION
 --- Of the Sunday School Convention of the North
 Alabama Conference of the Meth ,,....,i = odist Episcopal Church.


 The seventh annual Sunday school convention of the North Alabama c IT, ference is in session at the Methodist church. The opening sermon was de- livered Tuesday night by Rev. J. H. Mo- Coy. of Tuscaloosa
 Yesterday morning the convention was called to order and opened by prayer by Dr. A. B. Jones. of Talladega, the pres.- dent of the conference. About seventy five delegates were in attendance, besides quite number of otker Sunday school workers.
 Upon motion of pr. C.. c. Kelley, of this. city, Dr. A B. Jones was elected president of the convention. Ate. short speech Of acceptance. the secretary was4o electel.s Rev. L. F. Whitten, of Blccton, was elected secretary, and R V. Harry Wheeler, of Bsssemar, assistant. l. Roll. cal showed about sixty delegates present from the districts of Birming- ham, Decatur, Gadsden, Cunt arsVi.le. l Huntsville, Jasper, LaFay ette, T4lla- l dega and Tuscaloosa.
 | The address of welcome was eioqusntly 1 delivered by Dr. G. C. Kelly, pastor of
 the First Methodist church. of this city. l R4v. S J. Parrish, of Wilsonviile, re- 1 sporded in a splendid manner. Here the convent n sett ed down to wcrk and the first question under d.s- | cussion was, Should Secular Methods of Reaching Be Employed in the Sunday l School?" The discussion was led by pr. I z. Az Parioer president of the Athens 1 Female college, ard participate il by pr. 1 G. c, Kelly. of Birmingham Rav. E. M. 1 Gem, of Attalla and Rev. J. P Ham l. 1 ton.
 The next question discussed, whic h was 1 the third on the programme, was "The Imp cptance of the Sunday School to the 1 Church" and caused D l-s1y and inter- l Rev, L,.F. Whitten of Blocton; Drs. c. l l.. fleming, J. H. Leslie J. W. N wman,
 c. c. Kelly, H. S. Mathews, l.. J. Bras ] well. J. l.. Dobbs, z. A Parker. E. W.
 The next question, How Should v's- litors to the Sunday School Be Trsated," was discussed in an Interesting way for l quite while, and was succ eled by "How the Sunday School May Do M-ra 1 for Missions" This last question brought out ,someseloquent speeches from Rev. J. 1 D. Simpson, of Talladega, and Rev. c. L.
 Herring, of Calera
 At noon adjournment was had. 1 AFTERNOON SESSION. ! The convention was again called to or der at 2:30 o'clock, the religious services being conducted by Rev. J. D. Ellis. Af-
 ter the minutes of the morning session
 had been read and approved R. G. Hew
 itt and J. B. Wadsworth were enrolled | as delegates from the Birmingham dis | trict.
 The first topic for discussion was Flow I May Scholars Be Induced to Study Their I Lessons During the Week." and was | ably handled by Rev. J. P. Hamilton.
 president of the Alabama Sunday school
 board; pr. J. ". Newman. Prof. Allgood, G. w. Read, I. D. Mason, pr. A. B. Jones,
 E. M. Glenn, V. l.. Thompson. l Women and Workers in the Sunday | School was next discussed by F w. l Jones and J. P. Hamilton, J. I. Williams, Mrs Reville, Dr. T. c. Slaughter, pr. Ledbetter, I. D. Mason, Dr. A. B. Jones
 and P. L. Abernathy
 'fIs the Sunday School Sufficiently l Teaching the Bible?" was ably discussed l by Dr. 2. A. Parker.
 ! How to Teach the Primary Depart 1 ment" was the topic on which Mrs. D.
 B. Miller, of Talladega, read a sensible | and practical paper. It was an up-to- l date presentation of this important sub
 ject and was listened to with intense in- | terest. H. c. Howard also made an in-
 teresting talk on this topic.
 Song No. SIS was then sung and prayer
 was offered by W. c. McTye:re, after
 which the convention adjourned with the
 benediction pronounced by Rev. L. F. | Whitten.
 The convention reconvened pursuant to adjournment. Dr. A. B, Jones in the chair | The religious services were conducted by 1 Rev. l.. J. Braswell
 The minutes of the afternoons ses- | sion were read, corrected and approved
 "The Best Methods of Taking Collec- | tions" was presented by Dr. s. M. Hos l mer in a good speech. He was followed
 by A. -C.-Miller, E. B. Conner and pr. l Kelly
 The next subject was: "Is the Religious l Education of Our Young People Keeping i Pace With Secular Education?" In the
 absence of President Powers, of Flor
 ence, the designated speaker for this 1 subject, Dr. 2. A. Parker led in an hu- morous and characteristic speech. l How Shall We Vary the Exercises of the Sunday School' was discussed by
 E. B. Conner and by paper by Mrs. T.
 c. Banks, of Attalla.
 | This being the last topic for discussion
 the convention adjourned until this morn- ing at S:45 o'clock.