The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
BUSYDAY AT SUNDAY
 SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Boyd and Hudson Central Figures at Night Ses-
 siOns of Negroes

Henry Allen Boyd. assistant secretary
 of the national Baptist publishing board with headquarters at Nashville,
 Tenn, and Prof. R. R. Hudson of Selma, | secretary of the national Baptist con-
 yention, were the central figures last
 night at the session of the Alabama l Baptist Sunday school convention being
 held at the Sixth Avenue Baptist
 church, corner Sixteenth street and Avenue F. Rev. Boyd spoke on the
 work of the national Baptist publish ing board while Professor Hudson re-
 ported from the recent meeting of the national Baptist Sunday school con gress.
 Explaining how the publishing plant
 was begun in 1896 without a cent ap-
 propriated from the treasury of the
 national convention, Rev. Boyd de-
 clared that the plant now had seven
 buildings with equipment valued at
 $S50,000, employing 150 persons, with
 $io0 a day operating expenses, capa-
 ble of printing anything from a postal card to an encyclopaedia.
 The busy day of the Sunday school
 convention opened with comprehen- sive Bible lesson conducted by Dr. C. 10. Boothe. discussing Jacobs
 Triumph" Dr. William Hicks of Uniontown, the state missionary, fol- lowed in a practical lesson on Jacob S
 life and the necessity of staying with the Book These lectures were following by the method of conducting model Bible class by Helen MacAlpine of Spellman seminary, Atlanta. Ga. the daughter of the late pr. W. H. MacAlpine, formerly one of the best known negro Baptists of the south. Complimentary remarks with reference to the effectiveness of these demonstrations were made by Dr. B. F. Riley, one of the interestd listen CTS. Mrs. c. M. Wells of Montgomery ana Dr. s. N. Vass made remarks con- piimenting the young woman upon the work she was doing among the negro people in this regard.
 pr. B. F. Riley was introduced to tine audience and declared that the most ldiscoura ging feature Of the work in negro uplift was the barroom; that bad white men sell the whiskey and bad negroes drink it and become the vic tims.
 The annual report of Rev. L. w. Call loway, the Sunday school missionary, was read by Prof R. B. Hudson It showed very creditable results of the work done in the state. Dr. Galloway lis very largely responsible for the large attendance at this convention. Dr. s. N. Vass delivered his second
 lecture on the Bible. selecting for his subject the origin of the races. The parade of more than 1500 negro Sunday school workers, district presi- dents and ministers. including mem hers of the various Sunday schools in Jefferson county. formed at the Six teenth Street church, led by the Tuggle institute band, and proceeded to the Sixth Avenue Baptist church, the seat of the convention. The parade was led by Prof. R. B. Hudson of Selma. When the procession returned from ke Sixteenth Street Baptist church to the Sixth Avenue Baptist church. an address was delivered by Dr. c. l.. Fisher of Mobile.
 At the night session addresses were delivered by J. o. Diffay. T. A. Harris
 and w. H. Carter of Tuskegee institute.
 Rev. J. A. Martin of Selma preached the Sleepers."
 large amount of business is to be transacted today, including committee reports, which with the usual demon strations in Bible study by Dr. Vass and the model Sunday school work by Helen MacAlpine, will make a very full cay.
 A model Sunday school will be con ducted at the Sixth Avenue Baptist church tomorrow morning. following l X hich the Rev. Thomas Dellinger of meeting in the afternoon will conclude the sessions of the convention. Dr. c. L. Fisher, formerly of Birmingham but | now pastor of Franklin Street Baptist church. Mobile, will preach Sunday night.