The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-12
nes. way, and counseled advertising in


 Sunday School work.
 K He referred to the complete organiza- ton existing in political partes where every voter is reminded of the coming election and consequent necessity for registration. He illustrated by his per sonal experience the care taken by the political machines in Chicago to locate every voter and see that he voted This. he said. was what Sunday School workers should do--locate every one and see that he voted for Christ. He spoke of the necessity for being on time. Run your convention on time.' .' he said. Every travelling man knows Sow disagreeable 1t Is to wait for a train that is always tardy. Why, I am reminded of the train in Texas that was on time. Persons along the line were so delighted that they raised a purse for the conductor. Hold on hold on.' said the conductor. don't deserve it. The train is exactly twen- ty-four hours late Brethren. don't run your convention like that train.
 T very much doubt the enthusiasm that comes from emotion. 1 have more confidence in that enthusiasm that comes from information. Unless our convictions are born of information they will soon be dissipated. There fore. let your convention be educa- tional.
 Tn all of your convention work. al- ways try to introduce one new meth cd. Take the home department, the beginners class CT some one depart- ment. Don't try to do everything in one convention. Do some one thing and do 1t well. He related an anec- dote illustrating the subject by tell ing how man had advertised to give information for the sum of ono dollar as to how to load a shotgun so that it won't scatter. The reply came back to those who answered the advertise ment. Load it with one shot, That is my idtea of a successful convention, load 1t with one shot"
 Following the collection the conven- tion was addressed by J. W. Batson. of Rockford. His subject was Duty of Each Sunday School to the District Association"
 MT. Batson spoke for about twenty five minutes and stressed the impor- tance of duty. The loyalty of the support given by the schools to the district and State organizations. His remarks were interesting and com manded the attention of the audience.
 Mir. Blakey Pleased.
 R. O. Blakey, of Montgomery, chair man of the entertainment committee of the last annual convention held at Montgomery. called a meeting of the committee on resolutions in the ante room. He said that he was so im- pressed with tho hospitality of Birm- ingham that he wanted his commit tee to draft suitable resolutions ex- pressing the appreciation of the con- vention for the generous treatment.
 Dr. L. P. Leavell, field secretary of the Sunday school board. Southern Baptist Convention, spoke for twenty five minutes. on Discovering and De- veloping Workers"
 Nobody's feet. he said, were willing to run but the pastors feet; nobody's purse was open but the pastors purse. The crying need of the church today, he said, was men and women who could do things. Men and women whc 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 ev- cry business enterprise is doing, train expert workers for our work"
 He related an anecdote of a master mechanic who, after starting the wheels of machinery that had been clogged by an accident that the ordi- nary workman could not remedy, had presented a bill for fifty dollars and fifty cents. When asked why he had presented a bill of this nature he re- piled: why, the fifty cents was for the work I did; the fifty dollars for the knowing howl"
 We are always going to cry for workers. The pastors are going to say. Brother Eeavell your plans are good. but we have no workers The superintendent is going to say, T would like to see the work go on but there Is no one to do it. Why, pastors and superintendents, you will always hear this cry unless you 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 go- ing to put their brains into their work. The question of today Is Will you teach? Will you work?
 "A converted man is good thing. but greater thing is a converted man who knows how to work
 'e have got to train teachers for the Sunday school, for it is today the greatest civilizing influence in the world.
 God instituted the teaching serv- ice and God instituted the preaching service. They go hand in hand and you have got to train the teacher as well as the preacher.
 'Statistics show that nine out of ten of the converts to our church come from our Sunday Schools-and why? They have been taught to know God and to believe they know something. They have been trained.
 we are engaged in this great evan gelistic work land 1t is worth our while to train our workers. oD it, now Is the time to begin, and as we train them we can in proportion look for