The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
REVIVAL SERVICES
 FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS
MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH. WILL END IN GRAND RALLY ON SUNDAY.

At the First Methodist church last night special Sunday school services were held, which will be continued tonight and to- morrow night, and will conclude with three important Rally Day" services at the church Sunday.
 At the services last night the pastor the Rev. Dr. J. A. Duncan, spoke on the Model Sunday school" Escar Floyd. SUI perintendent of the Sunday school also spoke. taking as his subject, "Co-opera- tion in The Sunday School" He em- phasized the necessity of perfect Aar- mony and cooperation in the Sunday school. He spoke of the importance of Sunday school work, and the excellent prospects of lne First Methodist school. J. B. Wadsworth superintendent of the Sunday school of the Five Points Metho- dist church delivered an address on the Duties of the Superintendent"
 The Rev. H. NJ Hamill of Nashville, will preach Sunday morning on the sub ject the Bible and the Sunday School" In the afternoon at o'clock he will talk on How To Make a Sunday School Crow" and in the evening on the Hard est Sunday School Problem
 The children in the Sunday school will take part in the morning services, sing Soldiers A full choir and chorus will render a musical programme.
 At the services last night Dr. Duncan spoke as follows.
 Tt is hardly possible to overestimate the value of the Sunday school. No civil liZation can be maintained without moral ity and no morality has ever yet been able to stand without religious found- ation. We must keep the religious sense not only is 1t necessary to preach the truth, but we must teach it. The Bible is taught but little in our homes and Is not taught In our public schools. This puts the greater burden upon the Sum day school. How are we to discharge this great obligation?
 "I should say first of all that the Sun day school should seek to reach those children whose home influence-if the places in which they live can be called homes-is without any religious influence. There should be distinctly a missionary spirit in the Sunday school. This was the idea of Robert Raikes and the idea of many who followed him. But this Is only a single branch of the work, it Is for all not merely those without opportunities at home.
 Tt must never be forgotten that the Sunday school Is not children's church but Is an integral part of the life of the church. It is one of the great branches of service. Since this Is true the church should think of it, should plan for It. should aid in it's management, and es- pecially aid in it's financial operations. do not agree with those who think that the whole revenue of the Sunday school should go away from itself l believe that self-support for a Sunday school is as good doctrine as elf-support for an ln- dividual. In giving aid to the Sunday school the church must never forget however, that 1t is merely aiding itself
 "The most important thing in the Sun day school Is of course the teaching Here has perhaps been the great weak ness in the entire history of the work People have tried to teach in the Sun day school WnO lnefnSelNeS were never taught, and who therefore have no con. ception of the work a teacher should do.
 Classification Is indispensable. Though you may teach the same thing to the adult or to the infant, you do not ap- proach them the same way. In teaching the cultured and the uncultured different methods must be adopted. Classification has to bs carefully studied in order tc make model Sunday school.
 AS to who should be In the Sunday school. It seems to me that every one who can possibly attend should be there The youngest, because there Is need oi planting seed in the plastic mind of the child that shall bring forth the fruit of noble character, and the old because no one ever grows too oiu to learn the things of God.
 .'The subject matter of the Sunday school lessons is the most fascinating in