The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
TRAINING SCHOOL CLOSES ITS WORK Dr. Hamill and Mrs. LamOr-
 eauX Speak DIPLOMAS AWARDED Mrs. Lamoreaux Talks to Children on Serving Christ-School's Only
 Rival Is at Winona,
 Indiana

A well worded baccalaureate sermon spoken by Dr. Hamill of Nashville, the awarding of 275 diplomas to graduates, the last of the lectures on Pupil guidance de- livered by Mrs. A. A. Lamoreaux of Chi cago, were the conspicuous events of the last afternoon session of the Birming ham Bible class at the Orpheum theatre yesterday.
 The opening prayer was by Rev Brown. Dr. Simpson, as dean, was at the presi- dents desk as he has been throughout the term, never failing and always cheer ful.
 For the final of her series of lectures on character building of children, Mrs. Lamoreaux was in her accustomed place on the platform and began: "No matter what we amount to, if we cannot stand among others and say I serve,' we are not enjoying the fellow ship in Christ.
 There never was such a cry in the church as now for men and women who can do the work of God. The cry is ev- anywhere being raised for white lives who will serve.
 Tn order to be able to tserve, a little life must have the power of serving and God has put this energy into every little body. An older child has that restlessness that is always causing them to say, I must do something Life for the still older boys and girls means an invoice of energy that tingles to the depths of their souls. Youth doesn't know enough to be afraid; it feels that 1t can accomplish anything. Did you ever come in. contact with boy and girl who did not want something to do?
 Preachers, I believe that the reason your pupils drift into doing things is be- cause their heart cry for task is not answe4ed. They must have something to do and with you rests the power of directing them to the proper task.
 Two Things for Service
 You have two things for service, the I can and the I want to- Another pres sure that is brought to bear on service that grows from I can is the I ought The feeling of obligation to do something for God, to be a missionary or minister comes to every girl and boy in their teen years.
 You can go to youth with the hardest task imaginable and your idea will be taken up by him with joy and without fear You can take a girl or boy who has felt the touch of God and set the heaviest work before them and they grasp it with their very soul.
 Life only needs to say one other thing to be ready for the Lords service, and that is T will What type of service are VOL to expect from these young people who are ready to serve? l am afraid that we have as teachers given them the wrong kind of service. It Is the wrong time for the verbal expressions or their love of Christ such as singing and pray ing in prayer meetings, for it Is the Good Samaritan time of life, when the young people want to do something with their hands,
 There are two things that the church will have to see and see very soon if we are ever to bring the king dom of God into reality. They must give the young life an opportunity to do something. We let some emerg : ency and responsible work be shirked by older persons when the younger members would make 1t succeed.
 T must first be prepared to do work and then given the chance to do some thing. We are not going to have loyal ty in the church until we teach our young people to work for the church Ii is one of Gods laws that We love that for which we work hardest. You and I always love that, that we do most for.
 "Is your church doing something for the Sunday school scholars in the line of service? It ought to go out into the community as well as in the churches. We do not realize the wonderful power that is in our Sunday schools if we would only utilize It. Put the young people of your Sunday school against any unfavorable conditions existing in vour community and these conditions will disappear.
 But you must make your place of service broad enough to embrace many interests. Is it nothing to the church of God that little children under 10 years of age toll in factories, when they should be out in the air and sunshine Who is going to change such things? Our boys and girls must be brought up to alter the wrongs practiced and you must learn them by doing. Opportunity Furnished opportunity and training for serv- life. must be furnished for boys and girls. God calls to us because the waste of soul power is the most aW- ful thing in the world.
 sOur boys and girls are reaching now to us for something to do and the time
 is so short"
 pr. Simpson arose when Mrs. La moreaux had finished and expressed an apprecia ton of her instructive dis course, saying:
 1T am sure we can all say from the 4aan of our hearts that Mrs Lamoreaux's $