The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-26
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never attract the youth or growing girl and hold them. Sunday scnools should. in their work, he mainta'ned. Introduce some feature wnicn w,l interest the youth and maiden. He suggested several new features which might be worked to advantage. two Of them being athletics for the boys. ana matriinony for both boys and girls. Advocates Mntrimony. Interest them in matrimony, he advised. "You may say we do not want to create matrimoni1 bureau in the Sunday school, or a mutual admiration | society. Listen: If matrimony be wong. oh, never let another such des- ecrtion be carried on in a church as a w,dding. The. church does not do It's dutytn this matter. 1t should encour- age he interest of young people in each ther and in the church. what father would not want his son to se- lect hiswife from among the girls of . would bt desire that her daughter
 wed wiS Q boy from the Bosom of , her churh?''
 The gaeraI topic of the afternoon : session WIS on The Organized Work in Cities and Towns Two other 5 speakers receded the Gadsden speak , CT on the pogram. one being Mss Min | nl6 E. hdneOy OJ opNiiho' oAo s other Marcn Lawrance, Secretary or the Unitedstates Sunday School Work. | After tn opening services. which S were condtted by Rev. W. M. Craw- 3 ford of Mntgomery. Miss Kennedy
 read her paer on The Teachers Asso- . ciatfon."
 r The keynte of the speakers remarks P constantly iferred back to one thought We must ave trained teachers" was 1 the statennt made and rigidly ad- e hered to. ad her talk dealt largely : with the mnner in which proper train g ing and ecient teaching forces may be secured
 Three reuisites for the efficient ! teacher wes named; That the teacher s know the Bible thoroughly that he h study and now the child, and that he . may knowtow to apply what he has l learned Te different plans which . have been dopted and are in practical
 Iworking o,ration today were outlined d by the sptker.
 . A sharpdistincton was drawn by s Miss Kenify between the elementary e teaching visions of Sunday School
 work andthe teaching force of the
 higher gries.
 Tt is ddent," she said, that an
 associatioiof all classes belongs in no q sense to te elementary work It be
 longs to ne teacher training branch q or the wR.
 a In closg Miss Kennedy made a . strong ariment for the adoption of a . plan whe,by regular courses of train . ing shoul be mapped out for the diff 1 fNrent techer's training ass0clatio1s. s which shild be supplied 1o those asso- n citations ' State officers.
 z SenuOns Life of Cities. 7 The iruence of the city and the ne- 9 cessity fl prosecuting the work of the
 Sunday chool most vigorously in the s closely ettled districts was brought 2 out by ecretary Lawrance in his ad- . dress The Town Association. "One characteristic of the city" he : said. {" the high state of tension [ which tiers into every department of 2 life. Tere is high tension of living |, in plesure. in social life, in politics ! and bdness. Even in the churches, : the lin is tightly drawn, and as re- lsult it's exceedingly hard to carry on any rd effective work in the cities. 'Bu the cities must be captured if the ste is to be captured. In the
 city ls the chief influence Of the . State. While it is true that thr cities l furnii many powers for good. and for 2 l educdonal advancement, they also : | contm the cesspools of all that is l worst in our civilization. This feature } of cy life. l understand, is not so l strosly marked in Alabama as it Is
  fIci,tly so to make plain the menace whh threatens"
 i capture the city, he declared the
 wok of the Sunday School must be
 thoughly organized Every city of
 5,W or over should have its sunday
 ScJol organization, Th:| organization | shild be advertised so that the eff 1 feo of it's efforts should be more wide ly .eralded. and thus more widely re-
 subnt of good.
 ripple was caused in the discus sic which followed the secretary sad | dr@ by a question asked from. the | ha, At the close of an explanation of he nature of city organizations, a 1 deRate arose to the floor and asked;
 Ire teachers eligible to teachers Iunns. such as you suggest if he is Inoa member of church?'
 1ere was pause for moment, Iwhe the Secretary adjusted himself
 to nswer the inquiry
 ,ty friend" he said finally. "l am lion way from home. and do not wish to fart a disturbance" Ills answer
 wa the cause of laughter from all
 paS of the church.
 Work Among the Young.
 To address of Mr. Van Zandt on
 "wEk among Young People followed. CorAmnIng any thoughtless practice lwhh might tend to detraet from the