The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-05
TRAINING SCHOOL
 BROUGHT ID CLOSE Sessions This Year Most
 Successful Ever Held
ENROLMENT OVER 400
P. E. Eubanks Is Chosen, Chairman for Coming Ycar-Recofnition Service at the First Baptist
 Church Tomorrow

The regular sessions of the Baptist Bible Training school, which has been In ses- sion at the First church for the last five days, adjourned last night with the closing lectures. The school has been more successful this year than ever be- fore. there being an enrollment of over 4oo officers of the school are much elsted at the result and are already making plans for more extensive work next year.
 The awards that have been earned will be delivered at a recognition service to he held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at the First church Approximately 25o have already passed the examination and more papers are expected to be handed in today. Those who have not turned in the papers are requested to leave them at 5o6 Farley building some time today.
 The executive committee to serve dur ing the coming year was chosen last night as follows: F. T. Eubank of Ensley. chairman Gwylym Herbert Of Besscmer. vice chairman H. l.. Strickland secre- tary. and E. Perry Fowikes.
 Arrangements were perfected for the enlargement of tho noon conferences now being held iH the Farley building to i'm clude each age in each grade, announce ment of which In detail will be made later
 Dr. Gaines Closing Lecture
 The topic of pr. Gaines closing ad- dress on church efficiency was "A Plea For Wider Definition of Church Eli ciency." After speaking of the fact that as the campaign for efficiency had been f.. for the evanselization of the whole world In this generation it's chief objective was the securing of funds for this great task, the speaker said that in this way the movement had acquired a strong financial bias.
 'ls 1t we'll the speaker continued. to put the emphasis so largely on the iinan- cial activities Of a church? Can man discharge his chief obligation to 1t through his bank account? Is the church mainly collecting agency for such funds? If not 1t would seem that church efficiency should take into view the whole life of the church.
 For example the church has a variety Of different services-the preaching serv- ice, the prayer service, the teaching scrv- ice, and 1t would be well to recognize more clearly the differences between these, so as to hold each one more close ly to its main task. The Sunday school should not be made merely an evangcls- tic agency, nor the prayer meeting . pocket edition of preaching service.
 Great Progress in Education
 Tn the. educational side of the church great progress has been made and the work of the Sunday school especially is profoundly affecting the whole life of the church The chief need, per- haps, Is for better coordination of tn, various educa tiona1 activities so as to carry out a comprehensive programme of education.
 Much is said these days about the need of competent leadership and of ef- ficient organization and an adequate programme, but we need also to se- cure willingness on the part of the rank and file Of the members 10 fall in with the programme and respond to this leadership One of the chief ob- stscles to this is the prevalence of the conception that Christianity Is passive rather than active.
 "so many of us content ourselves
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