The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-01
NEW FIELD . WORKER
D. w. SIMS OF RICHMOND COMING
 TO ALABAMA.
VIII Serve as Co-WorI<er With Judge CarfheI and Miss Kennedy in Sunday school work
 of the State.

Tn the person of David w. sims, of Richmond Va, Montgomery is to have a new Sunday School worker and res- ident. The announcement Is made, by the Alabama Baptist Sunday School Association that the distinguished Bap- tist superintendent is to come here to take up his residence. acting in the capacity of State Field Worker for the Baptists of Alabama.
 MT. Sims will serve with Judge Car- thel as co-worker in field work, and with Miss Minnie Kennedy, the Meth odist Field Worker of the State. Judge Carthel is listed on the side of the Presbyterians.
 The News-Leader of Richmond, un- der the date of August 29, has the fol- lowing to say of the new Montgon- erian:
 David W. Sims. Superintendent of the Sunday School of the Pine Street Baptist Church. will tender his resig- nation Sunday to become field worker of the Alabama Sunday Schoal Asso- citation, an interdenominational body in the Land of Flowers.
 MT. Sims has received several offers to become superintendent of Sunday School work in various churches of the North. but said he preferred re- maining with Pine Street Church to accepting d position similar to the one he has here.
 MT. sims was teacher in the Pine Street School twelve years before he became superintendent He became head of the school January 1, 1905 :. Since he became superintendent the school increased in membership from 951 to an enrolment of 2,072. Tt is the largest Sunday School in the South and the third largest in the world, the Baptist Temple, of Brook lyn, being first and the Calvary Baptist of Washington, being second. Rev. J. B. Hudson who has been pastor of the church thirty-four years, and the members of the church, greatly regret that Mir. Sims is to leave. A | number of the women who attended the services last night were in tears when bidding Mir. Sims farewell
 MT. Sims is son of the late J. ". Sims. of Chesterfield County. He was born about twenty-two miles from Richmond and his mother died when he was IS years old, at which age he went to work. He was engaged in the wholesale confectionery business here | about six years, but recently sold out his business to devote his entire time to Sunday School work. He accumu- lated considerable money while en- gagged in his business here.
 "Mr. Sims attended the Worlds Sum- day ScnooI convention Tn Rome, ana 1 afterward went to Palestine. Jerusalem, Egypt, Italy. Switzerland, London and Paris.
 MT. Sims attended the meeting of the Alabama Sunday School Association in Montgomery last week and practi- cally decided to accept the position off, fered him by that body. He will leave here Monday to assume his duties, which will necessitate his travelling over the State of Alabama in the in- terest of Sunday School work. He will be joined later by his family, composed of his wife, son, Garland, and daugh- ter, Miss Elma Sims. They will make their home in Montgomery.
 The visit of MT. Sims to Montgom- cry will be recalled by those who att tended the Sunday School Convention in this city one week ago. The new field worker is man of strong person ality and will be given hearty well come upon his arrival in this city.