The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-31
DR. PRESTON BLAKE
 ID NEGROES
Alabama Baptist Sunday School Convention in
 Session Here

A sympathetic address of welcome to the negro delegates by pr. Preston Blake l pastor of the Southside Baptist church. an address of welcome by the pastor of 1 the Sixth Avenue Baptist church and the 1 plea of the president, Prof. A. s. Plump, for harmony and larger cooperation be-
 tween all the forces in the state in or der that the various causes of the denomi-
 nation might attain their greatest suc-
 cess were the principal features of the 1 first days session of the Alabama Bap- l tist State Sunday School convention, com l posed of several hundred eolored work
 CTS in session ot the Sixth Avenue Bap- list church, corner Sixteenth street and Avenue F.
 Coming directly after the close of the Baptist Young Peoples Union, the con
 vention retains all of those delegates and
 a large number of others immediately
 engaged in Sunday school work from all
 portions of the state. More than 15Oo
 visitors are in the city attending the
 meeting, and at each session the main
 auditorium is crowded
 Dr. S. N Vass of Raleigh, N. C., field
 secretary of the American Baptist Pub lication society. gave two lectures on normal Bible work, while Helen Mac Alpine gave expert demonstrations Tn handling d Sunday school class. In addi- ton to this, Prof. R. B. Hudson of Sell ana secretary of both the National Bap- tst convention and the National Baptist sunday School congress, mas given re- ports of the big Sunday school meeting held recently in Beaumont, and explained
 many of the new ideas promulgated by that organization.
 -ata-
 erable pr. C. o. Boothe. who leads the devotions and gives short Bible lectures when at the instance of the Rev. A. F. owens, a resolution was passed indors- ing him to write a history of the negro Baptists of Alabama. President Plump
 announced the following committees: State Missions-L. S. Steinbeck, J. H. Kelly, William Hornby, Mrs. R. T. Pol | lard W. F. Fitzpatrick, J. W. smith, 1 Alice Watkins, M. B. II. McDulle, T. NJ. l Howze and NJ. Rhodes.
 Accounts and Claims-J. NJ. T. Cunning l ham, E. L. Randall, John W. Williams.
 D. C. Spencer, T. P. Scott, R. B. Sims,
 Minnie Nixon, R. M. Hall H. Y. Woods.
 National Baptist Publishing Board
 John W. Goodgame, S. M. Hall, Velma l Wood, E, & Coin, l.. w. Mcdaniel. J. F. l Duvall. G. w. Williams, C. Aslew Mrs. Anna Thomas, C. H. Denson, J. A. Will 1 son
 Time and Place-W. S Johnson, A. s. l Prince, T. l.. Kynard R. l.. Riggs. V. | Leatherwood, Francis Foster, S. E'. Cook, l II. II. Rountree, Mrs. l.. M. Davis. J. F. Williams, A C. Koyton, Mrss Adella | Logan.
 American Baptist Publication Society | F. R, Kennedy, O. C. Craig, l.. II. Ingra- 1 ham, F. D. Peterson. Mrs. E. A. Gaile, Mrs. Ida K. King, l. L. Dismuke, J. w. l Coates.
 l The silver dollar rally held in the in- | terest of Selma university resulted in nearly $5G0 for that school, Short ad-
 dresses were delivered by Moses s. Hun | ter, a negro merchant of Selma. E. w. | Howell of this city, president of the At l lanta- Alabama Special Benefit company, l representing the Birmingham Negro Busi-
 ness league and Dr. J. D. Crenshaw of l Nashville, editor of the Union- Review published in Nashville, Tenn, the official l organ of the connection.
 | Rev. c. $. Reddick of Montgomery
 preached a powerful sermon at the night l session from Joshua, 6:6-9. stressing the importance of Bible study. ffH | The parade of Sunday school workers i will take place at o'clock this after
 noon, forming at the Sixteenth Street
 Baptist church on the Northside. R. B
 Hudson of Selma will have charge and
 each district president will lead the mem.
 bers from his district, followed by SUI
 perintendents, teachers and Sunday schoo
 workers from the Birmingham district The parade will proceed to the Sixth Ave
 nue Baptist church.