The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-09

coccccccooooo ocooococooooco | To formally launch the Pocket Testa- ment League for. Alabama and to re- sume their studies after a recess of Saturday, the Birmingham Bible Training | school opened last evenings session at 6 o'clock.
 The dean of the faculty, Dr. J. D. Simpson, led the first prayer and then announced that Mrs. Lamoreaux would speak upon the verb q aspire" With her easy manner and expression of far reaching understanding of human na- ture, Mrs. Lamoreaux said, among many other things:
 Power of the visioning has preceded great things of the world. This was so in case of Columbus discovering Ameri- GUS. the composing of the Messiah, the painting of the Madonna and the writing of all the hymns that have touch human hearts. I must do something that was never done before to satisfy the feeling of T Aspire
 You Sunday school teachers, go and and on and on with the monotony of Sunday lessons until some day you will catch the vision of being a better teach CT. of doing something different from any other teacher to win your boys and girls to Christ.
 This feeling Is in the heart of a lit tie child when he sees somebody he wants to be like, the lad feels it when he picks out his hero and wants to be like him. But there comes a time in their lives when they want to reach higher, to aspire for something greater than any one else has yet touched.
 Gods Power Ut is Gods power that lifts us up out of the commonplace and ordinary that brings the vision of the better self Preachers, my message to you is that in spite of the fact that everything around the life, from the house, school and street, comes into the character building of child, yet it is possible for you with the power of Jesus Christ, to bring to the child a vision that he will turn to and hold"
 Bonner Outlines Plan Requesting those present to recite with bim the verse from Matthew, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" M. L. Bonner outlined the policy of the Pocket Testament league. saying: q think this is the most momentous movement ever begun in Birmingham. and am glad that it has been established in this wonderful city. I want you all to pray at this meeting your first prayer
 
 all Birmingham will become carriers of pocket Testaments.
 There are two pledges a member Of the league must make, and these are: An agreement to make it a rule of your life to carry a pocket testament with you all the time, and to read chapter every day.
 "To get the Bible in our hearts we must get 1t into our minds first, and the best way to get it into our minds is to have 1t on our persons. It is a subtle infiu- ence that will send us many places we should go and keep us from many places we should not go It will make better parents, sons, daughters, Christians and citizens
 Chorus Does Fine Work
 Perhaps it was the unusually spirited. accompaniments or perhaps the usual good humor of Professor Excel that af- forded inspiration, but for some unknown reason the excellent Excelsior chorus sang better than ever before, and pleased the audience to the extent that they seemed to want the music to continue indefinitely. The members of the chorus certainly sang themselves into the hearts of those present by their splendid ef- forts of last evening. The volume and melody of the music was increased two- fold and filled the auditorium with the beautiful strains of "Immanuel" and "In- cline Thine Ear.'
 Not any the less appreciated and en- joyable was MT. Roper's piano solo, "The Palms" The applause, as usual, was so resounding that it required the upraised hand of Dr. Simpson to restore silence as the period allotted the choral exercises had expired.
 Dr. Hamill followed with talk on the Pocket Testament league, first re- latng the history of the movement its originator, the girl of Birmingham, England, and her subsequent career The institution for the world wide or eanization of this league was launched in Philadelphia, Pa.
 ''It was as popular in Corea and China as it can be in Birmingham, Ala.," said pr. Hamill, "and though it grew out of the habits of 60 high school girls it grew to membership of 100000 within two years.
 It aims at man, woman and child, home citizen or foreigner, wayfarlns man or hermit. signed pledge to carry and read the testament makes you member of the league. You are to take the pocket testament with you wherever you go and let it be your sign and countersign.
 'T came across the power of a little pocket testament in my travels through Japan, Corea and Hawaii when great hearted men had sent them to, be dis tributed.
 "The youngest Pocket Testament leaguer is Hamilton Chapman, who has to have his daily chapter read to him by his nurse. l know the oldest one in this part of the country and she is Mrs. E. J. Hamll, aged 94 years, of Hanceville, Ala
 Tt is an honor to you to have pro1- | ected the first Pocket Testament league | of the state and places you as the first | city of Alabama.
 "If could make every boy and girl, l every household in the city members | of the league, it would make a won derful revolution.
 Let your boys and girls be as en-l