The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
FESTIVAL CHORUS
 WILL SING TONIGHT Prominent Sunday School
 Workers to Hold Meeting EXCELL LEADS SINGING
Marion Lawrence VIII Be the Principal Speaker-LeWis to Head Sunday School Delegation Leav-
 Ing Tomorrow.

The Birmingham festival chorus has been invited to sing tonight at the meeting of the Adult Bible Class Federation at the First Bap- list church. The meeting will begin at 7:45 sharp instead of as heretofore announced, Prof. B. o. Excell of Chicago. famous in America and Great Britain as q convention song leader and devotional song soloist, composer of Count Your Blessings, "Grace Enough for Me-" and publisher of the Glory" song book, will direct the chorus singing and will sing solos, Miss Corrie Handley. organist at the First Methodist church. and Prof. Fred l.. Grambs, who Is training the festi- val chorus, will accompany with organ and piano. This promises to be a treat for music lovers.
 Professor Grambs says that as the festival chorus has an important re- hearsal at the Cable store tonight, he and such of his ch as will feel dis posed to respond to the request of the Bible Class Federation will be able to remain at the church and assist In the musical exercises only about 20 or 50 minutes. From the church they will proceed to the Cable store and the fes- tiva1 rehearsal will begin promptly at s:30
 Lawrence Chief Speaker.
 The meeting of the Adult Bible Class Federation tonight, which is a prelim- mary meeting to the state Sunday school convention beginning at Mont eomery tomorrow, will be addressed by MT. Marion Lawrance of Chicago, general secretary of the Internatton1l Sunday School association and official h cad of the Sunday school work in America.
 MT. Lawrance will speak to all Sun day school workers on winning men and women to the Sunday school. Sun day school workers from all parts Of the county will attend the meeting and many from other parts of the state will come to Birmingham for this meeting on their way to the state convention.
 The following call has been issued by local Sunday school officials;
 "All pastors and superintendents in the Birmingham district are specially requested to attend Mir. Lawrance's meeting at the First Baptist church of Birmingham Monday night, April 26. The teach CTS of all adult classes in the district are requested to attend with their classes in body. The main floor will be reserved for you.
 IN Arxyfo Bridges, B. L. WhatleY N. B. Feagin, J. p. Ramsay, ". w. sills, ". F. Tyler, M L. Bonner"
 Delegation Leaves Tomorrow.
 R. F. Lewis of Birmingham, vice president for Alabama of the Interna- tional Sunday School association, will also take a leading part in the meet ing tonight. MT. Lewis will lead the Jefferson county delegation at the con- vention. special train will carry this delegation to Montgomery. leaving Bir- mingham over the Louisville and Nash vile at S:25 a. m. tomorrow morning, running on through schedule as section of train No.
 At A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Jefferson County Sunday School association Saturday night ar- engagements were made to pay Jefferson county's subscription of ss50 to the state work. This is nearly three times as much as any other county gives, Montgomery county being next with $500. It was also decided to invite the state association to meet in Birming ham next year and MT. Lewis was in structed to invite 1t here without fail.