The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
,roes Tn the last analysis, faithfulness

fines. In the last analysis, faithfulness is the supreme test of our life work.
 CT want to give you five key words that have come down through 130 years or Sunday school history. The words are foundation, organization, improvement extension and training
 q believe that one could be teacher, with some degree of success, without training Some Sunday school teachers fire born to teach, some achieve 1t by way of training and some of them have 1t thrust upon them and win out by faith fitness.
 q remember very well my commence ment day at old Auburn, when l gradu- ated with Chief Justice Dowdell, and 1 have found it has meant the beginning of all our trials, joys and sorrows
 Dr. Simpson also expressed thanks 10 Dr. Hamill and pronounced him the greatest Sunday school specialist in the world.
 With a few appropriate remarks, Dr. Simpson then presented 49 diplomas that were marked as special because full notes had been made upon every lecture. The next lot, consisting of 1.p, were awarded those who had attended lectures extend- ing through r hours. The remaining of the total 275, were presented those at tending certain features of the cur riculum.
 The awards were facilitated by the prompt work of the ushers and response from the graduates as their names were called.
 The dean dismissed the audience for supper recess with words of commenda- tion and good wishes for those who have completed the work prescribed in the sec ond years course of ti5e worlds largest assembly of Sunday school workers and educators.
 Evening Session
 For the last time after eight days of companionship the Bible Training School convened after supper to witness several pleasant features that made the final meeting one that will nott soon fade from the memory. There was the applause breaking from the audi ence at the reference made by Dr. Truett to politics and morality, then the very high tribute paved M. Lee Bonner by James Bailey, president of the Birmingham Sunday School asso- citation, and unanimously second by the rising vote of the audience and the demonstration of night class of the Mems Graded union on the stage. It was the greatest meeting of them all, and one devoted to the cause of the Men and Religion Forward movement, with the work of men playing the prom inent part of the programme.
 Al prayer service for the better at tendance at the Graded unions for men and women every Tuesday morning and evening was the opening number and this was followed by number of terse ly expressed reasons from Dr. I1amili why men should attend the Graded union every Tuesday night.
 The members of the Mems Graded union we're seated in a body on the stage and the regular order of meet ing was carried out to show the nature of the work being done by this organi- zation of Sunday school teachers, work CTS and superintendents. j. V. Shae- fer one of the ablest members of the union, made very interesting and well delivered address upon the lesson for next Sunday. Others conducted the training, prayer and lesson construc- tion periods before the union separated into the various departments for spe- cial instruction.
 As tho Excell chorus was arranging themselves on the platform for their last singing of "lmmanuel," pr. Simr- son thanked them in most compli- mentary terms for their excellent work and called to the front the respective district managers who had made the music possible 10 specially commend them. stephen Allsop, local director was in charge and everything went as