The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-31
ENTHUSIASM
 UNABATED State Sunday School Work Advancing. ECHOES FROM CONVENTION Field Secretaries Are Being Kept
 Busy. General State Secretary sims Has All Dates Filled Up to September
 sad Big Things Are
 Expected.

Since the Alabama State Sunday School Convention, which was held in Montgomery the latter part of April, the delegates have gone to their re- spectiye homes throughout the State filled win a renewed inspiration and enthusiasm for another years greater effort along the lines of organized Sun day School work, and from every quar- ter of the State comes the report of this new life and spirit.
 D. W. Sims, General State Secre- tary, stated last evening that the work was coming along nicely all over the State and that the field officers had their work planned clear up to Sep- tember with every date filled. He also stated that he was trying to secure Rev. F. B. Myel, of London, England President of the Worlds Sunday Sch ool Association, for Alabama's 1910 con- vention.
 Last year every County in the State contributed something toward the or ganized Sunday School work with the exception of Greene County, and Mir. Sims will leave tomorrow for a few days sojourn at Eutaw and West Greene, in that County, in order to in- spire into the schools there the life of the new spirit of the Sunday School work
 On the return of the Mobile delegates from the Montgomery convention, a mass meeting of the Sunday School workers in that city was held on May 20. and the following committee chair men for the 1910 State convention were chosen:
 General Chairman, Hon. W. J. Young.
 General Secretary, MT. A s. Barnes. Chairman Finance Committee Mir. R. o. Harris.
 Chairman Publicity Committee. Mir. l.. E. Page.
 Chairman Entertainment Committee, Mir. R. P. Roach.
 Chairman Executive Committee, J. N. Carmack.
 Chairman Reception Committee, s. P. Gailard.
 Chairman Committee on Place of Meeting, J. H. Jackson.
 Chairman Music Committee, J. H. Weinand.
 Chairman Parade Committee, Major Robert E. Danley.
 Following are some letters received by D. W. Sims, lately, from several counties in the State relative to the new spirit and enthusiasm which Is being imbued into the work for the coming year:
 "Troy. Ala. May IS. 1909. "Mr D. W. Sims:
  them to spare send me 100 copies of the little pamphlet Banner Standards 'FWe have arranged, beginning with the 30th, to hold district conventions every Sunday till every district reaches the Banner Standard.
 Keep in mind that Pike Is going to be the third Gold Star County in the State.
 "With best wishes, am.
 Faithfully yours.
 John W. Bowers,
 'President Pike County s. S. A"
 "opelika, Ala, May IT, 1909. "I regard the recent State Sunday School Convention as far-reaching in its effects. While one's personal en- joyment was greatly married by some giaring defects of the hall In which 1t was held, yet the program was admir- able, and. barring these obstacles. was admirably carried out.
 "I think the parade of adult Bible classes was probably the most signIh- cant object lesson Christianity has yet
 "J. B. Greene"
 Tuscaloosa. Ala, May 22, 1909. "It filled me with enthusiasm for the work and a determination to try to make the work in my own school more efficient. It was worth the trip to see and hear Marion Lawrence. No Sunday School officer or teacher can afford to miss these conventions.
 Every talk I heard was strong and to the point. One learns more in the same time about Sunday School work by attending a convention like that than in any other way.
 "(Judge) H. B. Foster,
 Tuscaloosa County President"
 Louisville, Ala, May IS, 1909. Dear Brother Sims:
 The Sunday School Convention just held at Montgomery was the best ever attended. I congratulate you es- pecially upon your efficient work as Secretary, for to that much of the success was due. I would mention as especial features, MT. EXcelrs work with the choir. MT. Marion Lawrence's