The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-28
EVENING SESSION

After the evening session had been
called to order by Judge Brown. a res
olutfon Of sympathy to Miss Edith 3.
Rice. OF Selma. State Primary superfn-
Ienoent was passed. on account OF the
recent death Of her sister.
DR.. Il. b. Chappell, of Nashville. not
ca as the Sunday School Editor of the
southern Methodist Church. was the
nrst speaker Of the evening, and be-
ginning his address on Dissemination
~ Corporation he said that n was
no exaggeration when he stated that
tnsre was no age In all the world ever
confronted with an accumulation of
such perplexing questions and prob
lens, as this age Of today.
Or. Chappell next told how people in
the oiden times grew what they need
ed, manufactured and made what they
wanted for their own use. and were
free and Independent, but today the
difference In farming. the use Of ma
chinery, the rush into cities. and the
big corporations OF capital had made
gxeat change. And so, In conse-
quence of this. one had to deal today
with the problem OF crowded cities
crowded tenement houses, fresh air,
the problem of the saloon and the Ii
quor question. Men. consequently, were
corrupted by politics. city officials by
the greed for gain. and young men,
who would train for other things were
entering commercial pursuits. on ac-
count of the dazzle OF wealth. Contin-
uing. the speaker said that In the
midst of all this, people were going
out into the world with a question
mark In their minds. as to the moral
and spiritual life. and the skepticism
Of the day was showing itself in the
colleges. periodicals and cities of this
country.
These are the problems Of such aw.
full magnitude. according TO DIR.
ChappeIl, which can only be solved by
men who have the great belief In the
moral and spiritual. by men who can
purify the cities, the political and So
| cial life. and build up the gospel Of
Jesus Christ In the world today. He
asked the question: "How can this be
accomplished and answered 1t BY say
| ing that God gave the world childhood
and II was up to the people to make
men and women out Of their children
teach them manhnod and womanhood.
would do His.
Concluding. Or. Chappeli stated that
these were the tremendous problems.
the church had to solve. as the home
couldn't do 1t and the State couldn't
do II. The church must take the boys
and girls and give them teaching and
| training in the right channels. place
raise them In an army for the living
God. But, ne stated, one church cannot
do this by itself. but all the churches
must get together to solve these
problems This is the most essential
factor At the foundation Of the whole
thing. for all the churches to center
their combined forces In the one great
purpose, that OF building a great army
FOR the Lord Jesus Christ, which Is the
kew to the problem OF this age today,
and In order to accomplish this, the
church must join hands once Tor all
| and have denominational co-operation;
Toilowinr this came the report OF
the state teachers training committee
showing ISL graduates this year
against nine last year.
| Oyntion For Mr.. Lawrence.
Judge Brown then introduced Ma
rion Lawrence, the international gem
erai secretary. and upon his rise 10
/ the platform he was given the Chau-
| tauoua salute, by the entire assembly.
| In his Introductory remarks about his
subject, s''The Recognition Service OF
State Teacher Training" Mr.. Lawrence
said, that he was always glad when
the time came for him TO turn his face
toward Alabama for he was always CIV
Fen q warmer greeting here and
warmer hand shake, He next congrat-
uiated the new class, saying that 1t
was great thing to be teacher, as
the Savior himself chose to be teach
or, and that teaching was the greatest
factor in the church today outside OF
the ordained minister.
Continuing the speaker stated that
training did not make a good teacher,
but made Q better one and that the
day IL coming when no one will be