The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-01

aas-s a uted in almost every country of the world. l. take great pleasire in in- troducins Dr. Hamill to. ylu." Dr. HainiIi. after replying to the in troduction of Mfr Brown il grace | full manner. said that he. wis delight cd to come. into an atnos,here such as Montgomery possessed tl the, .Dex- I ter Avenue Church last pisht. The speaker forthwith launch ed into de- | scription of the. great International Sunday School Convention which is to be held in Louisville. Ky, within few weeks.
 Tn just two more weeks the great est convention in the world Is to meet in Louisville" said Dr. Hanill Tt has never met in Montgomery, I think, but I wish that 1t could sometime in the near future. It has seldom met in the South. but it has come south of the line. and I hope that Msntkomery will have the honor and pleasure of entertaining such gathering before very long. sS Just think. One hundred years ago the Sunday School was just planted :" Dr. HamiH then graphically told of the first Sunday: School noise, of q crude log -cahins set out in the woods, and of the first Sunday School in the State of Alabama being of that descrip- ton andy owned by negro located not thirty miles from Montgomery. He told of the diffculty of meeting in brief but. strong outline.
 The next movement after the start ing of the Sunday-schooie was the child; {; getting the child to come to Sunday school and what to do with them after getting them there"
 The lesson came next" said pr. Hamiii. f.N
 Here the speaker gave a humorous description of the Sunday school fifty years ago. when the children came to the school and had no lesson. The idea of the sunday-schooI was a place to learn passages Of the Bible and re- cite them to the teacher .The teacher never dreamed of explaining the pas saEes Attention vas then drawn to the present international Sunday sch ool lesson which, has not been established for so long time that the older teach CTS cannot remember the old Scripture reading and rnenioriang.
 The adult as members of the Sum day school the speaker declared. was another feature that has lately devel- eped and which period the Sunday school now is combining with the origi- nal ideas.
 But what about the teAcher7" said Dr. Hafnill. I know that my subject is not attractive but I think that Mont somerys Sunday school teachers can listen to another Aiabamian about the 'bacon and eorn-breads of the whole Sunday-achool. I am speaking to e crowd of people supposedly interested in this subject, but am not going to speak learnedly upon It."
 Now, in my opinion. the qualities of. the Sunday. school teacher are: Personality.4 attractive personality; second education. education in the Bible a. real working knowledge of the Bible third, evangelism.
 Nov, In my opinion, personality Is heart power. If were called upon for my best definition of that iiiusive work. personality. could give no bet ter definition. And let me state that the people with the most attractive personalities are the. .ones who have ac- quired 1t; Sometimes 1t Is inborn. but more often t. ,is acquired by the per- son himself."
 Here pr. sHamili apoiogixed for his physical condition. and said that he would finish tho rest of hts address sitting upon the rostrum chairs.
 The other three. topics of the speak er,s list of dsialities for the successful teacher were touched upon briefly. with a sketch of the speakers work among the young, nar Of Japan in conclu- sion. m LQA8 lOFcf8n WOEks- A|t. 11afhAtii has had large experiences and much
 Mr. Cox. aftergshanking pr. ,HannIil for his excellent Rddress. requested pr. Hamiil to dismiss the congregation with prayer. fS
 while the congregation was filing out word was sent to Mir; Cox that q couple in the audience wished to be married as soon as the congregation had completely left the building The couple. Mir J D Jones and Miss Annie May weafer! went to Mir Cox's study. within the church building, and left the church in the rear of the congrega- tion. Few if any, of the congregation realized that the continuation of a TO- nance had been solemnized at the con- clusion of pr. Hamff1's tnlk.
 pr. Hamill. If his health will per nit. wIll leave today for the Auburn commencement, where he will deliver the address to the Association of the Alumni ofstiaat institution on, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.l pr. Hamill Is himself an alumnus of the Alabams Polytechnic Institution.
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