The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-29
LARGE ATTENDANCE
At SHELBY SPRINGS
Trains Bring Crowds to the
Baptist Encampment
ADDRESS TO THE B. Y. P. U
MIR. LeaveII, the Sunday School Expert
Talks to Young People on Prepn-
ration and Teaching of the
Sunday School Lesson

Shelby Springs, August 2s.-(Special.)-
The coaches of the Southern train this
morning looked like those of the o'clock
car in a city, all the gentlemen standing.
1t is estimated that this is the largest at
tendance since the meeting began and
the great tent was full.
Yesterday at O clock the quiet hour
DR.. Barbour continued this series in
beautiful lecture on the resurrection,
Jesus the Risen Lord" Showing that in
the resurrection the life of Jesus was
made complete and has place in the
atonement, and His claim to our faith
made complete thereby. Death had to be
dealt with and He conquered it. The
music at that hour was particularly
lovely.
In the evening Mr.. Leavell, the Sunday
school expert, delivered an address to
the b. Y. p. u. He suggested many things
that these initials might stand for-"Be
your pastors utility" "Be your pastors
ubiquity," BE your pastors underscore,'
BE your pastors umbrella" BE your
pastors undertaken etc.
He gave laughable description of the
way in which the Sunday school lesson
is usually prepared in his lecture this
morning. 1t is put off until Saturday
night. You fix yourself comfortably In
an easy chair, beside softly shaded
lamp and pick up the book; it then &C.
ours to you that you have had a very
nard week, and are tired; you think you
had better retire early and get up early.
The first part of this mental PROPOSE
ton is compiled with, but carry Sunday
morning is always late After breakfast
you have to dress and the Sunday school
hour arrives before this operation is COM
pleted. Then with hatpn in one hand
and Quarterly In the other you fly down
the steps, hasten to your class and put
up a mighty bluff about the subject of
the lesson; then 1t dawns upon you that
you are talking too fast and at that
rate your little knowledge will be exhaust
ed before the hour is over; then you
slow up.
How to teach the lesson he then illus
trated. Jesus Christ, he said, first talked
to His disciples about something that
they already knew that was similar 10
what He wanted to teach. To the women
He talked of leaven in the meal. To the
fisherman about nets and fishing. To
the young men about the virgins and the
bridegroom. Something that each under
stood He suggested that this was a
ROOQ pldI1 IOT preachers ds well DIS todtn-
ers. He had known good sermons thrown
away because the preacher started wrong,
10 miles above the heads of his congrega-
ton, and never got within reach.
Last night in addition to Mr.. Leavelrs
lecture the visitors were called upon fd<
an expression In regard to the encamp-
ment and responded heartily-J. w. Will
lis, Dr. w. o. Carver A @. Moseley, DR..
Crumpton, ]. H. Wallace. Opelka; B. F.
George W. Maco, Birmingham; J. @. Dob
bins, who heard of the meeting 80 miles
away came to 1t from Orrville. Dr. Stake
ly just arrived from Montgomery. John
Thornton, Mountain Creek, and j. d.
Cody of Montgomery were among the
speakers. Mr.. Cody spoke In behalf of the
pleasure-seekers who were on the ground
before the encampment opened. He ad-
mitted that they rebelled a little at first
over the invasion of pleasures domain,
but in the end all had enjoyed 1t and felt
that they had been benefited thereby.
Another case similar to him who came
to scott, remained to pray
The music was the best of the week.
The perfection reached by the chorus In
seven days was an achievement that can
only be appreciated by those who have
had experience along tina. line. Today
an anthem was beautifully rendered, and
Miss Askew sang Fear Not Israeli
with great feeling and power. Miss Law
renee of Montevallo accompanied her on
the violin.
Dr. Carvers text today was the third
chapter of Ephesians The lesson drawn
was that the plan of all the ages included
all mankind That He had not just be-
gun to love the Chinese or any other peo-
pie, but had loved always, and would love
them to the end. The Jew could not un-
derstand that He was God of the Gentiles,
and are we sure that as missionaries we
preach Messiah of God rather than
Messiah of the Anglo-Saxon.