The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-28
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL
WORKERS BEGIN WORK
Governor Conner Sends ! Letter Of
Welcome.
Two very Interesting Addresses DUR
sng Evensns--Parade or Adult
sunday school worHer. win
ne . Fsss-rs To-day.

The opening session Of she Al
abarfa state eunday School Con
yention was called to order
yesterday afternoon at the city au-
dgtorium. by Judge Armstead Brown
ct which over 1000 delegates were as
mr. IA the state. representing the Pro-
testaut Christian life. OF the entire
After the opening Of the meeting. the
Assembly first appropriately adopted
and sent resolutions OF sympathy to
state President George q. Miles. on
account OF the illness Of his wife,
through the following COMMITTEES. Geo
w. Ellis, q. w. Barnett. and Rev. .. a.
Cowan.
After the singing Of hymn and the
invocation by Rev. N. M. Wood. Judge
Brown. chairman Of the State executive
committee, who presided In place OF
President Geo. q. Miles. read the fol-
lowing letter from Gov. B. b. Conner,
{ who was down on the program 10 give
the address Of welcome but who was
not presents 80.
~To the etate SUNDAY school Conver-
montgomery. Ala.
Ladies' and Gentlemen:--
II extend to the Sunday School work
ers OF Alabama thrice welcome to the
Capital City. AS Governor. extend
you welcome; as citizen. extend you
welcome; as co-Sunday School WORK.
er. extend you welcome. inviteNyou
most cordially to the Capitol grounds
and to the Capitol. It Ia In every sense
Of the sword yours. ] have instruct
ed the cuIturist at the Capitol to send
you each day, q thousand roses. and i
wouId suggest that every man In tne
convention give to lady in the con-
vention. rose, and ! hope thsy WILL
wear It as q memento from the Govern
OF. 80
best wishes and earnest assurance OF
sympathy and cooperation In every
department of your work, for believe
that your Organization, in its remark
able development. has accomplished
more In the extension Of Gods King
dom on earth. than any other agency.
and / believe that the future will more
and more show the great work and
good work, you are accomplishing. ]
will say to you. In an unbroken. ever
Increasing army. dressing to the right.
march on, march on. A never divided
army; be up-builders OF civic rights-
ousnesa. always forging to the front,
always trying to attain the highest
mark.
with kind regards and very best
wishes that this may be the most sue.
rcesafnf ana happiest convention in
yours faithfuIly.
(signed.) 'B. B. Conner"
The Child In Oar Midst.
Next Miss A. L. Williams, superin-
tendent Of the primary department of
the South Side Baptist church Of Birm-
ingharn. took the convention on Its
feet, by her address on the Child In
Our Midst" She divided the subject
into three heads, mental. physical ana
spiritual and stated that IS per cent.
Of what cfiiIdren learned, came through
their eyes. y Concluding she made
strong appeal to the teachers and pa
rents to be careful what they, allowed
their children to witness.
Following this, DR.. H. M. Hamill.
Of Nashville, gave training lesson on
"A Birdrs Eye View OF the Book OF
Acts" using the blackboard through
his talk. to illustrate and thereby IN
fuse the faets,o more deeply into tha
minds Of the delegates.
Beginning, he said that the Book OF
Acts was q history of the church for
thirty years. and that Luke. the author
was not only convert, a traveller, but
O scholar. in that he wrote the book
In hts native tongue. while Matthew
and John wrote in Greek Continuing,
the speaker stated that the purpose of
Luke in writing Acts was to narrate
the spread of Christianity and to set
forth the administration of the third
person of the trinity. showing how
Christianity spread from Jerusalem to
Antioch. to Athens. and finally to
Rome.
Concluding DR.. Hamill divided the
book into three parts. the first. at the
period OF organization in which there
were only Jews: the second was the
period OF transition, taking In both
Jews and GentiIes; the third was the
period of expansion consisting of all
Gentiles.
DR.. Hamill used the blackboard
throughout his address and asked the
assembly many questions in connec-
ton with the book and also had them
repeat after him several times.
Making Home Department.
The last speaker Of the afternoon
session was DR.. w. A. Duncan. OF
Syracuse, N. Y, who addressed the
assembly on THE Making OF the