The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

most interesting meetings have ever at tended, the r1ftieth Anniversary Of the Organized Sunday School Association of Philadelphia
 How does the work of the Southern States in Sunday School work compare with that of the Northern cities? l asked.
 Tn Kentucky we have everything that comes up to the International standard, said MISS F,rayser, which has been ac- eqmplished by years of the very hard est sort of work Alabama has an excellent reputation also; in fact, heard MT. W. c. Pearce of Chicago, the head of the Adult Department, say in Paducah, Ky, only a short time ago that Ken lucky and Alabama were the two south ern States which were always spoken Of as the two best States in Sunday School work Birmingham is largely responsible for Alabama's g success. There is no sucn organization in the world as the Mems Graded Union of Birmingham.
 That means that the South stands vrev we'll in the work, I suggested.
 pr ". H. Hammill's work at Mont eagle opened the eyes of the South in regard to the Sunday School" she replied "A great deal of the credit goes to him for his excellent work ana Influence. 1 have been present at meet lH2S In GOnnHcllOu W1ln kouh1oS oShCoA work in Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Ok lahoma. Tennessee, Mississippi and Virginia, so I know something Of the status of these states particularly"
 Tell me something about the meth cd you use in your work l asked.
 My speciality is Story work, Miss Frayser replied. Not as confined to the Primary Department, which, of course, Is my metier-(the boys and girls from n a of N h Ef1f6iA6 the psychology of that period and ped aeogy or the application of methods to theory; but 1t runs the whole gamut from the Elementary to the Adult De- rartn1ent."
 You mean your stories of the Bible7" I asked.
 Not necessarily" she said. Tn fact, during my visit to Birmingham l am not using any Bible stories at all, but with the children's work, the Grimm and Anderson Fairy Tales, the old Eng fish and German Folk Tales; and when I tell that I have given The Blue Bird % times you will readily understand how popular such things are"
 And the connection between these stories and the Sunday school work?' interrogated.
 rIs Just this" Miss Erayser explained. "The modern purpose and aim In Sun day School work is to know the indi- vidual as he really is and to fit re- ligious education to the needs of the individual definitely as it is given him in the secular world. In short, we have come to the day of the closest CO., operation between secular and religious educational agencies. Hence the story teller's method
 which really. emanates from tho Kindergarten idea" I suggested. which Is so interesting to chillren."
 "Precincely.o said Miss Frayser.
 "Precinsely," said Miss Frayser. liever in many gods-was deeply spir- itual in his worship of nature and nat ural forces. His object, which his fol- lowers have endeavored to carry out, is to point the child to God behind nature The whole modern idea of Sun day school work Is constructive and not destructive-the same beautiful thought that Christ came not to destroy but to fulfill"
 More happiness, more beauty. more joy. more light" Miss Frayser con- tinued, lis the shibboleth of Sunday School work, with temperance In all tlhngs--by that I mean temperance in the broadest sense; in other words, all things in moderation"