The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-06
ASSOCIATION MEETS
DALLAS SUNDAY SCHOOLS BE-
 GIN SESSIONS.
Interesting Addresses and Reports of Committees-Program of Street. Fair rAnnounced-The News
 of Central City.
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 The Dallas County Sunday School Asso- citations convened in the First Presby- terian Church this morning. During the mast two years the Sunday schools of Dallas have been very thoroughly or- ganized and nearly every beat in the county was represented.
 Rev. MT. Tappey. pastor of the Valley Creek Presbyterian Church. opened the meeting by conducting praise service. Dr. w. P. Hurt then led in prayer.
 President W. T. Atkins as chairman of the County Executive Committee then called the meeting to order. and stated that 1t would be impossible for President W. P. welch to be present this morning Mir Atkins made happy speech in talk ing the chair and giving a good excuse why MT Welch could not be present he took Mir. 'Welch's place. MT. Atkins stated that it was necessary to have a secretary pro tenn, and Mir. T. l.. Me Gill was appointed by the chair to act as secretary for the morning session.
 Colonel H. s. D. Mallory moved that the courtesies of the convention be ex- tended to the reporters of the city, which was unaniHously adopted.
 MT. Atkins said that he was much gratified at the opening session. as all the trains came in later.
 Mir. H. B. Kincey then took the floor and made a strong speech, welcoming the delegates to the city. He opened his remarks by saying that when Patrick Henry was dying he laid his hand on the Bible and said that it was the best book that was ever published. but that he had not had time to read it. and that now he only could trust in the mercy of Gcd to save him.
 MT. Kincey said that he felt like mak- ing an excuse like Moses did. that he could not talk, but if he made failure that his brother, Mir W. T. Atkins, like Aaron of old, could talk and that MT. Atkins would take his place. He hoped to see the influence of the Dallas County Sunday School Associations spread until it reached the most distant parts of the State and that many might be gathered to God through its influence, and wei comed the delegates heartily to the city.
 Professor P. E. Todd of Plantersville responded on behalf of the visiting dele gates. Professor Todd is graceful speaker and slid that 1t af.o. ded him a great deal If pleasure |" respond to this pleasant tasS. He told of the i'm portance of training the minds of little children in the way they should go while they arc young. II s response was most eloquent and he wound up by saying Train up a child in the way he shall 20 and when he is old he will not depart from it."
 While waiting for the trains to arrive with more delegates, President Atkins thought 1t best to have another service of song before proceeding to the regular work before the convention and all pre- sent then engaged in soul-stirring song
 President Welch's address and the re- port of the secretary and treasurer were lak1 va6 TtYAe Joseph Carthel, secretary of the State Sunday School Association of Alabama was called for and made an address on the work of the Association in the State Judge Carthel who is a most active Sun. day school worker took for his subject What the Alabama State Sunday School Association is doing for the Individual Sunday Schools in Alabama"
 The Association worked together as long as the work could be better done that way and all denominations met to- gether for training teachers, but when the work could be done better by the diff ferent denominations they took charge Alabama was leading the Union in pri- mary work today. He spoke of the necessity of trained teachers and of the great benefits of the house to house can. vass, to be followed up by the Home Department work. He said that efficient Sabbath school work could not be done until the workers in each school knew how much material there was to work on
 All over the State, Judge Carthel said the agitation of the work created { public sentiment for Sunday school work In Winston County, for instance, three years ago there were only five Sunday schools. now there are forty-four. Ht had just attended the Sunday Schoo Convention of Greene County at Boliges and he was glad to state that twenty. five out of the twenty-six Sunday schools in that county are kept open every Sun. day. He took the position that the public schools of the land were an out. growth of the Sunday schools and we ought not to let the public schools out. strip the Sabbath schools. He advocated grades in the Sabbath schools just the same as there are in the public schools The very best material, he contended should be procured for teachers. The teacher ought to win the affection of hi. scholars. But that is only half the work. After he wins the love and respect of his scholar he ought then to win the pupil to God.
 He spoke of the great help that the International Sabbath School lessons had been, The publishing houses have beer enabled by this means to put a good com. mentory in the hand of every teacher and scholar in the land at a nomina price. Under the old system the church papers were very little aid. but now each week the comments in these papers were of great advantage to both scholars and teachers.
 Judge Carthel laid great atraaa oY, Ix,h