The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-12
GREATEST CONVENTION IN
 THE STATES HISTORY CLOSES
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CONFINED FROM lAGE 5) B. Wadsworth. J. B. Greene. E. C. All c. Bynum, N, T. Atkins, Armstead Brown.
 Escorted to Platform.
 MT. Lewis was escorted to the platform by the retiring president, Armstead Brown, who has served the association faithfully, amid general demonstration and waiving of white caps. lie made an appropriate address thanking the dele gates for selecting him to 0 high place in the service of the Lord.
 The devotional exercises were lead by the Rev. A. k. Moore, pastor of the Christian church, after which "rhe Plan ming of the State Work was taken up. J. r. Fuller of Gentreyllle was the first speaker. his subject being Essentials of Good County Organization
 Mir. Fuller impressed upon his hearers the importance of a consecrated county leader, with all the necessary experienced auXiliaries, each having charge of certain districts and all one in brotherly love and purpose. He was especially insisient on the necessity of county conventions in order to reach the people In all quar- ters and inspire them with the duty of saving souls.
 Pearce on Convention Programme.
 "The Convention Programme What to Put In It, What to Leave Out" was the subject of another very interesting address by w. c. Pearce. Tine essential points which he brought out were tho necessity of advertising, running the convention on time, and working not so much along emotional lines but along educational lines. Don't try to do everything at one convention, but center upon some special department such as the home depart ment.'
 J. w. Batson of Rockford delivered the next address on 'The Duty of Each Sun day School to the District Association " Loyalty to the organizations he said is the greatest requisite to the campaign over the whole state. The duty of each school to elect and send representatives to the meetings, as well as to furnish pe- cuniary support could not be too much stressed
 After considerable discussion the last speaker on the programme, l.. P. Leavell, spoke on Discovering and Developing Workers.
 Developing New Workers.
 'Nobody's feet he said, were willing to run but the pastors feet; nobody S purse was open but the pastors purse.
  he said, twas men and women who could do things. Men and women who would stand by the pastor and aid him in his work.
 We have got to do."he said. what the technological schools are doing, what the railroads are doing. what every bus mess enterprise is doing, train expert workers for our work"
 He related an anecdote of a master taaor arfo ttfhn uft ct avtfn tHfha e of machinery that had been clogged by an accident that the ordinary workman could not remedy, had presented a bill for $50.50. When asked why he had pre- sented a bill of this nature he reeplied ''Why, the 50 cents was for the work I did the $50 for knowing how!'
 We are always going cry for work CTS. The pastors are going to say, Brother Leavell your plans are good, but we have no workers. The superin- tendent is going to say T would like to see the work go on, but there Is no one to do It. Why pastors and superinten- dents you will always hear this cry un- less yor train the young men and young women that you have In your Sunday school.
 We want teachers who can teach. We want superintendents who are going to put their brains into their work The question of today is, Will you teach? Will you work?
 "A converted man is q good thing, but q greater thing K a converted man who knows how to work.
 We have got to train teachers for the Snnd ly school, for it is today the great est civilizlng influence in the world
 God instituted the teaching service. and God instituted the preaching service They gc hand in hand and you have got to train the tecaher as well as the preacher
 Statistics show that nine out Of ten of tho converts to our church come from Sunday schools-and why? They have been taught to know God and 10 believe they know something. They. have been trained.
 We are engaged in this great evan gelistic work and it is worth our while to train our workers. Do it-now is the time Co begin. and as we lrain them we can in proportion look for results.
 Afternoon sescion.
 Yesterday afternoon with the Sunday school cons ention was full Of features all og them Interesting. There were four separate meetings iif progress at the same time and every one. was greatly instruc- tive.
 Miss Minue Kennedy presided at an elementary conference at the First Pres byterian church This was perhaps one of the greatest meetings of the whole scs-