The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-30
THOUSANDS COMING ID EXTEND WORK
 OF SUNDAY SCHOOL State Convention Assemblies in Birmingham One Week
 from Next Tuesday
WHITE CAPPED GUIDES
 TO WELCOME VISITORS
Specially Trained Chorus of POO Voices
 Will Furnish Music for Sessions. Prominent Sunday School Workers Will Speak.

Just one week from next Tuesday, on 1 April 9, there will assemble in Birming- ham 2000 or more ardent Sunday school l workers, representing nearly every city l and town in the state and all Protestant churches, who will spend three days in | the Iron City discussing the best methods | of carrying on the work of instructing l the young in the truths of Holy Writ l and in inculcating religious beliefs in | their minds.
 Only few more days of preparation l for entertaining this vast throng remains | anu the committees in charge are wind 1 ing up their work with the major de- | tails worked out and complete. The coming of such large number l of consecrated workers to this city is
 an event of unusual interest and both l the people of the city and the visitors 1 will derive great benefit from the inter- 1 mingling and from the splendid pro- 1 gramme of addresses and convention work which has been arranged. Speakers of | national fame will be heard as well as 1 leading men and women of the state WlO VIII SlNc lllc ltSullS Ol llltli ldDOIS and experience among Sunday schools that all who hear may be edified. 1 Nine Committees Have Worked Hard The nine committees of the Jefferson 1 County Sunday School association who l have charge of the arrangements for this | great convention, have been busy for l weeks preparing to entertain the vlsi- l tors and upon inquiry yesterday regard | ing their labors it was found that very l little remains to be done except round- I ing out the final work of the commit | tees and the rehearsals for the musical | part of the convention work which will l be conducted by choir of 200 male and l female voices and will be a pronounced l feature of the convention.
 Prof. Stephen Alsopp of this city, for merly in charge of a choir of eighty l three voices in Abercarn, Wales, is in | charge of the music and is now giving frequent rehearsals with the promise of | rendering an excellent programme for 1 the convention. There will be no solos l or duets. All will be chorus work among | the numbers which will be given being 1 the Glory Song" of the celebrated Eng l fish evangelist, Alexander, and other noted hymns.
 The convention proper will be held in | the First Methodist church. while the subsidiary meetings will be held in the First Baptist and Cumberland churches. Eight sessions of the convention will be held. beginning on Tuesday afternoon, April 9, with two sessions in that day, afternoon and evening. Three sessions will be held on each of the two follow ing days, morning, afternoon and even ing, the convention closing Thursday evening with addresses by prominent
 workers.
 All Will Wear White Caps. A striking feature of the convention will be the distinctive uniform of the local participants, which will heighten the interest in the meeting and aid the visitors in seeking information. All the
 members of the committees, about 150 in number, and of the chorus, nearly
 200 strong. will wear white caps, and all the men in addition are to wear white vests and black necllties, while the wom- en will wear white shirt waists and black
 skirts. By this means everybody will be impressed with the fact that the Sunday school convention is in session
 and be attracted to the convention hall.
 Outline of Programme. The complete programme of the con vention has not yet been printed but an
 outline of the proceedings has ben re- ceived from the committee in charge, which is here presented:
 Tuesday afternoon will be devoted to a discussion of the work of superintend- ents, the principal speakers being J. B. Wadsworth, Coleanor; w. B. Davidson, Montgomery; D. H. Marbury, Marbury II. F.. Jones, Dadeville; w. R. Sawyer, Montgomery.
 Tuesday evening addresses will be de- livered by the Rev. A. l.. Phillips D. D., of Virginia; Governor B. E. Conner, W. c. Pearce of Chicago and Prof. C. c. Thach of Auburn.
 Wednesday morning will be devoted to reports of state work, and Mr. Armstead d
 Brown, president of the state organiza-
 ton, will deliver his annual address. Re-