The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-10


and retains more. 1--WE have made dis
astrous failure If we have not brought
every child In our influence and made him
a child of God We must impress upon
him his personal duty, the fact that every
man needs a personal Savior, and that he
must carry this Savior to others OFFICERS
and preachers must be saturated with the
missionary spirit Loves TABOR Is never
lost and | feel sure that If we do our
part in making the corners shine there
will be diamonds in our crowns
So large was the crowd that the over
flow from the First Baptist church filled
the First Presbyterian auditorium, where
an interesting programme was carried out
| The devotional exercises were lead by
I the Rev. DIR. L. S. Handley and DR.. w. G..
! Pierce of Chicago made an address on
| Approved Worl<men, How Secured Mr..
. Pierce is q speaker of force and will be
heard several times during the convention.
President Thach Speaks.
| Dr. C. c. Thach of Auburn spoke Of
the Sunday schoo, as AIN educational
force. He took a birds eye view of the
| Sunday school as an organization-l500O
! 900 children, or 60 per cent of the school
J population: a host of trained teachers
, working for tho upift of the children
! of the land--high and low, rich and
| poor
| Next to the church the Sunday school
| is the greatest agency In the world for
winning souls to Christ Eighty-hVe per
| cent of membership comes through the
! Sunday school. As an educational force
| the work of the Sunday school is as real,
| concrete and scientific as that of secular
| education.
First 1t is based upon the fundamental
principle of appeal to the young. Youth
| is the formative period of man. All good
rta rt ri tn hs nj m n
start early to be bad.
| Give me the young men and you can
| have the old ones. A boy at 10 Is "A proph
! ecy of the grown man. After 10 the char
] acter of young man rarely undergoes
| change.
Second, the next great law recognized in
Sunday school work Is the law of growth
OF habit
Our todays Involve all our yesterdays.
and hence the necessity of good training
at early day.
President Thach referred in forceful
language to the power and efficiency OF
| a good teacher. Everyone has known the
great uplift Of a good man or good
woman In early life in charge of the Sun
day school class. The great need today
Is a supply of competent. well prepared,
| consecrated teachers Finally, 1t was
pointed out that the fundamental sub
| ject ma tier of all Sunday school work is
| the Bible. This is not merely book,
| but a library Of a great nation.
| The Bible Is a great storehouse OF
| history, of biography. of most beautiful
narrative and description. lyric. epic and
dramatic poetry. 1t Is rich too, in ora
| tory and eloquenoe. The Bible Is ex
! pressed in English undefled and pure,
| and has been the great moulding influence
| of our English speech All of these ele-,
| ments are studied In the school, and
| H..
| upon the fundamental principles that un-
| derle all education They are sound and
valid, and the work done Sabbath after
| Sabbath Is as enduring as the Rock OF
Ages.
The supreme aim of all the machinery
and OF all the literary and purely in
tellectua1 events Is to quicken the science,
to awaken the spiritual life in the soul.
This is a glorious work and one worthy
of the best efforts Of the best and most
cultured men and women.
Praise Work Of Committee.
The work of the local committees yester-
day was commended by all the officials.
The Jolly white caps met the delegates at
the trains and escorted them to the Chris
tlan church Here they registered, re-
ceived their homes and checked their bag
gage.
Then they were escorted to the First
Baptist church. where lunches were
served and everything possible for their
comfort was done. The committees will
continue their work today. and many
more delegates are expected. Here is
the programme for today:
9:O0-Devotionsl service. the Rev. /. ID.
Steele. ID. D., Birmingham.
9:30-"Our State Association"
The Presidents address, Armstead
Brown, Montgomery.
"The Executive Committees Work." G.
G. Miles chairman. Montgomery.
1.-The Money Received and Spent" NJ. NJ.
Sweat, Montgomery.
THE Advance In Field Work. Joseph
Carthel general secretary, Montgomery,
and Miss Minnie f. Kennedy. field work.
err Opelika.
Teacher Training Department" w. +.
Feagin, Montgomery,
1.-THE Home Department Progress" Miss
M. T.. Smith. Opelika.
Reports of division presidents: !. ].
NJ. Peerson. g X. r.. Pettus. 3. G. l..
Peck. T. W. X. Dortch. 8. G. T. Neil
derry. 6. X. T.. Lewis. T. William Ed
monds. s. -. +. Christenberry. 3. w. X.
Davidson. TO- IL. T.. Jones. IL. l.. NJ. Stew
enson. r. J. l.. Trotman 10. b. Davie.
IA. w. ID Dunn Is. G.. s. Rabb. 49, j. L.