The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-07
MRS. LAMOREAUX
 AND HAM|LL TALK
Bible Study Class Hold
 Fourth Days Session
DO MORE THINKING"
Mrs. Lamoreaux Asserts the Art of Thinking Is Disappearing-Dr. Hamill Talks on "Christ's
 Work"

l
 them one by one." sang the Bible Training school of the International
 Sunday School association at the open l ing of the fourth days session yester- day afternoon at $50 o'clock at the | Orpheum theatre After the singing Of several hymns the theme, "Constrain- ing Recruits" was adopted as the key rote of the days work. The average attendanee was present.
 The Rev Bell pronounced the open ing invocation. Mrs Lamoreaux then
 delivered the next of her series of lec-
 lures, Young Character Structure" the
 subject being. T Know" Do you know that we Sunday school
 teachers are the only instructors who can say of our special work. T know,
 because everything we teach emanates from God, the eternal truth?" said Mrs.
 Lamoreaux
 How are we going to help our boys and girls into that privilege of know ing? There are two things necessary l to be able to say I know and these are thinking and testing. There is noth- | ing we do so little of in the present day as thinking. We do not take time i to read. We join clubs where someone else can do the thinking We read mag | azine articles on a subject instead of l book and we want pre-digested Htera- ture to keep us from thinking. There | isn't a chance to think; we fly through life in all haste. whirl and rush with out taking time 10 think of what God wants us to know
 | What is the result? We don't develop
 mentally. You can't do my thinking for
 me, nor can ] do yours for you. When | one full grown woman. physically,
 watches another full grown woman to
 see what she will do it represents trag- edy of life.
 Another thing non-thinking brings upon
 us is instability of mind and character. A person who does not think is carried about by every wind that blows and every cult that rises. Another thing. you will find that the people who don't think have lives empty of achievement. If I cannot say I know. l won't struggle very hard for the Kingdom.
 Ut takes two things at least to think First, l have to have something to think with. Teachers, your great work is to give your pupils something to think with, something to work over We first have to understand before we can do the thinking, then it has to be clear and definite
 Young people must be taught to think through the interrogation of why God doesn't answer prayers. They must learn to say, I know that God answers pray CTS if they are with His will.
 You can't grow big unless you think big. We oughtnt to ask our boys and girls to jump at conclusions. big conclu- sions. The people who do little, narrow thinking, shrivelled up thinking, are those who get hold of our Biblical doctrine and never let go.
 "A conviction is the result of thinking through, and it can't be taken from US To induce all non-church goers to ac- cept the invitation next Sunday to attend the church of their choice. the Rev. J. A. Bryan led a silent prayer service and recital of scriptural verses. Dr. Hamill one of the strongest con- tributOrs 10 the faculty of the training school, began at 5 o'clock his lecture upon "Christs Works" and his treatment Of the life of Christ. There are a whole lot of people in the world who are gushers and sentimentaiists, and make of the gos- pels a playthipg for the emotions, yet when it comes to walking in the footsteps Of Christ are found elsewhere" remarked the Nashville scholar at the opening Of his discourse.
 T think miracles are quite common, in some respects. today as they were in the time of Christ. if I did not I had Letter stop praying. Please remember that not A thousandth part of the miracles performed by Christ are limited at the four gospels.
 "Our Lord was perpetually teaching the use of natural means. medical aid and human ingenuity 10 restore health and life"
 Dr. Hanill said the work of Christ are in general an example Of teaching, | training. healing, saving, intersnctirg ruling and judging. The study of the miracles were classified into their char acter. place of performing. record and kinds The enumeration of each of the s miracles was also cialked upon the blackboard.
 Miss Florence l. Ballard was award ed copy of Practical Outlines of the Gospels for submitting the best 200 word composition on the differences be- | tween. the parable Of the pounds and the parable of the talents. C. Leonard and Mrs L. r. Duekett. who also handed in compositions, will receive q copy Of the same book from Dr. Hamil. On Monday a book will be given the person turning in the best paper on 1 .Christs Greatest Miracle" i Dr. Simpson announced that today's | session would be limited to children s l evangelistic service at o'clock in the afternoon at which Dr. J. A. Truett | and Mrs. LamoreauH will speak All children are cordiarlly invited to at
 tend.
 The class was dismissed for supper
 to convene at 6:35 o'clock for the even 1 iEg programme.
 Today's Programme
 Theme-"Bible Necessity" (Matthew | 4:D.
 No afternoon session today. Census | of the entire city taken at the Sunday school hour by Adult Bible classes, to- gether with Catholic and Jewish yisi- tors Thefhecord cards will be distrib- uted, to the respective churches Tues day night any time after supper. Pocket Testament leagye launched in every church at night service. l 6 to 6:O5--Song; opening prayer led by Rev ". l.. Bedinger
 6:05 to 6:5o-Mrs Lamoreaux, q
 Aspire"
 $50 to 7--Prayer service, for all Bir- mingham to become Pocket Testament
 leaguers
 ' to 7:25-Excell chorus, Professor I Excell director. MT Roper at the piano
 Professor Grambs at the organ.
 7:25 to s-Dr. Hamill, the Pocke
 Testament league.
 T 8 to 8:15-Enroll members in Pocke Testament league.
 l s:15 to s--Dr. Truett on Bible Neces