El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-05
BIBLE TRAINING
SCHOOL SUCCESS
Notable Bible Study Cam
paign Closes Tonight at
First Bpatist.

The Bible Training school which
has been in session since Sunday at
the First Baptist church, viii be
brought to a close tonight. after al
most a week of successful Bible study
work. led by four experts in Bible
teaching.
With an enrolment of about 200
training classes were organized with
about 125 members. The Convention
Normal Manual divisions, first and
second, are being taught by William
P. Phillips. of Dallas. Baptist Sunday
school secretary Cor Texas Division
8, The Bible, is being taught by Rev.
c. Ross Payne, Baptist Sunday school
secretary for New Mexico.
The opening lecture Of the Training
school was by L. p. Leavell, OF Nash
vile. The four specialists Who are
conducting the school are l. T. Lea
veil Of Nashville; William p. Phillips,
of Dallas, DR.. W $. Wiley, OF Mus
kOgee, Okla. and Rev G. Ross Payne,
of New Mexico. Each Of the special
lists occupied Baptist pulpit bOth
morning and evening last sunday
Monday evening at o'clock IN the
auditorium of the First church, Dr.
o. J. Wade opened with devotional
service
The successful completion Of the
manual course entities the pupil to a
normal diploma issued by the Sunday
school board Of the Southern Baptist
convention at Nashville. Tenn Mr.
Leayel teaches each evening. Talks
With the Training Class tSlattery) ;
DR.. W. S. Wiley. field secretary OF
the Baptist sunday school board OF
the south, teaches. Winning To
Christ" (Burroughs). The spiritual
nd ennfnT nd IA Ia
blend in these meetings
Fifteen minutes at the opening is
given 10 praise, prayer and scrlptural
message Then an hour is spent IN
the class Immediately after all the
mem berS Of the classes come together
. in the Sunday school room comes 80
minutes for lunch Then another hour
is spent in the class room. followed
by an inspirational address Of As
minutes by Mr.. Leaveu or DR.. Wiley.
Dr.. Wiley's address on Wednesday
evening on intermediate pupil was
Last Address Tonight.
This evening DIT. Wiley will deliver
the last address Of the present ses-
sion VIM. Phillips Of Dallas, dean Of
the faculty. is the moving spirit in
T inaugurating the school in Ell Paso
as Wen as all similar schools He
goes 10 New Mexico to aid Rev. c.
Ross Payne in training school in
return for Mr.. Payne's services in e.
PasO.
on Sunday morning at the close of
the services in the First Baptist
Sunday school. DIT. Wiley delivered
/ persons connected with that school:
DR.. P NJ Rigdon, superintendent,
Z Mrs. p. n. Rigdon, superintendent OF
Z the Junior department, Miss Dove
Husbands. superintendent OF the In
termediate department; Miss Nell
I Taylor, h L Kidwel. Mrs Tom Lea
and the pastor. DR.. J. F. Williams
I There are about Is members Of the
I First Baptist church now holding
normal diplomas.
study Of the Child.
Here is a significant statement
Z from the author Of w inning To
I Christ one of the books Of the
I course The whole world is STUDY
ing the child The whole christian
world is studying the child from the
viewpoint OF the kingdom Of God
The supreme question for the day
and for coming days is the question
I Of the child his estate by nature and
the changes necessary IN order thai
he may enter the kingdom of grace
I together with the means by which
such changes may be wrought a
! ceaseless stream of literature is is
suing from the press which teaches
I the attractive but deadly doctrine
[ that the child is born in the Kingdom
( Of God and requires only christian
culture in order 10 be christian.
! The commanding problem Of the
church and sunday school life Of our
I day is the problem Of the child. the
: problem Of Interpreting the child ma
ture in the light Of the atonement
and Of interpreting the atOnement in
i its message for the child
The training school viii be brought
I to a close tonight with a round VI
{ and organization for the next annual
/ session