The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-24

One Thousand Voices at Bible Train
 ing School in Birmingham Early in December
 classes.
 City Has 1000 Members
 There are 21,0OO members of white evangelical Sunday schools in Birming- ham in round numbers. These are dis tributed among 99 schools, the largest of which is the First Meth odist, with an enrolment of 1450. Ninety-six oi these schools are unitel together in the Birmingham Sunday Scho association The public will be surprised to know that that association is the strongest organization In the city In point of numbers. It's officers are among the leading business men of the city: D. H. Marbury. president; L. P. Giddens vice president; w. M. Cosby, treasurer K. w. Ewing, auditor. and II. c. kel- lar, recording secretary.
 It's general secretary, Miss Minnie Kennedy, Is one of the leading Sunday school specialists in America. Miss Kennedy devotes all of her time to Bir- mingham Sunday sch ools, with her headquarters at the headquarters of the association, 1901 Empire building.
 Aim of Association
 1ut dliil Ol lIc dS5OCldtioiib louHu III its constitution, Is lofty ambitions. Ii Is as follows: "The Sunday schools ot Birmingham are united by this asso- citation to promote the progress of Christianity, especially the winning of souls to Jesus Christ and the estab- flishment of Christian character through devout and diligent study of the Holy Bible, and to that end, to effect the growth and betterment of the Sun -.t.z ~I 1&1. ,zff frrttf ,.xJ membership and to enlist every man woman and child in Birmingham in Sunday school work" The motto of the association is Birmingham for Christ"
 Sunday Schools in Alabama
 There are in Alabama 4316 Sunday schools, with 26,265 officers and teach CTS and 269,600 sch olars, making a to- tai of nearly 300,000. o- The worlds Sunday school statistics published last week, show 1 50, 455 Sun- day schools in the United States, with 1544,455 officers and teachers, and 12,- 322, 194, with an average enrolment oi 95 per school. The total enrolment throughout the world is 2S,011,194.
 The organized Sunday school work received its greatest impetus at the worlds convention last May. President Taft, in addressing the convention, said We have not found 1t practical to have public education associated with dis tinctly religious education. Therefore we feel, even more than in countries where that Is possible. the necessity for Sunday sch hools. No matter what views are taken of general education we all agree-Protestent, Catholic and Jew alike-that Sunday school educa- tion is absolutely necessary to secure moral uplift and religious spirit"
 Ambassador Bryce in conveying his regrets that he could not make his ad- dress, owing to the death of King Ed ward, wrote the conventions: "All we can do should be done to provide for young people in their early and impress sionable years. @ Knowledge of those Fundamental truths of Christianity on which their morality may be based and which should be the inspiration of their lives. And they should especially learn these truths and precepts from the words your Lord himself in the gos- pels."
 John Wanamaker, in addressing the convention, said: Tt is a mistake to suppose that a purely academic and scientific education in school, college or university is sufficient: There must be a religious education as well, if good citizenship is to be safeguarded. The Sunday school teachers of Amer ica, engaged in training the young by Gods plan, are responsible for the forming and uplifting of the charac- ter of future Americans"