The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
.APTISTS ARRIVE
FROM ALL PARTSOF
STATEFOR MEETING
Annual Assembly Opens at
Howard College With
Great Interest Shown
in Glass Work


president of Howard college, will de-
liver the principal address at the Bap-
fist assembly at Howard this morning.
All day yesterday delegates to the as
sembly were arriving on the Howard
campus and registering for the annual
meet of Alabama Baptists. which until
this year has been held at Pelham
Heights. Ala. the Baptists state en-
campment grounds
The assembly was formally opened
yesterday morning at $40 o'clock. At
that time good attendance was re-
1t is expected that there will be a
steady stream of incoming delegates
until Sunday when the meeting will
close
DR.. Paul Bagley. of the Highland
Baptist church, Louisville. KY. made
the address yesterday morning. His
subject was THE Relation of the King
dom of God and the Church"
1t was made plain in the discourse
that the kingdom is spiritual and the
church is temporal THE church is the
visible representa- ton of the king dom
here on earth" said DIR. Bagley. We
must be born again of water and of
the spirit in order to become citizens
in the kingdom of God 1t is a sad
fact that many church members are
not kingdom members. and it is some
times true that kingdom members are
not church members, which condition
should not exist
Many professed followers of Christ
confuse the church and the kingdom
and give the church the place the
frequently a misunderstanding of the
ordinances of the. church, the Lords
supper and baptism. These ordinances
were meant to be procurative in them
selves. They are representive of our
membership in the kingdom and of
what Christ has done for u.s..
Following the Bible study many
classes were organized in Sunday
school work. Miss Lillian Forbes is
teaching the New S. S. Normal manual
Mrs. T, S. Herren, a Birmingham wo-
man, has the class in winning to
Christ" The class in James Talks to
Teachers" is being taught by Profess
sor William E. Bohanan, of the chair
of psychology at Howard college, and
Seven Laws of Teaching" by Mrs.
Stallworth of Cuba, Ala A course in
The Use of Motives~in Teaching Nor
ais and Religion" is being conducted
by Professor James H. Chapman, of
Howard college. Professor Chapma n
is declared eminently capable of this
class of work He has the chair OF
religious education of Howard DR..
Richard Hall has class in Heart of
the Old Testament" by sampey. Anoth.
err course which is attracting much at
tention is Fundamentals of Story Tell
ing by Curry being taught by Miss
Fannie Riehl, of the Schuster school
of expression in Cincinnati Then the
story hour at IL: 80 is proving a de-
light to the children of the Birming
ham district.
The B. Y. P. U. study course by J. e.
Lambdin who teaches the senior work.
by Miss Ina Smith, the teacher of the
juniors, and by Rev Jesse Cook, who
has a class in What Baptists Believe"
are beginning with good attendance.
The w. M Y. study courses are be-
ing taught by Mrs. Kate Wakefield,
Miss Laura Lee Patrick, Miss Clyde Met
calf, DR.. Paul Bagby, and Mrs. VIM. F.
Johnson. These courses are the w M.
U. Manual The Crusade of Compass
sion,"- the course in Livingston the
Pathfinder" Comrades in Service =
and ''All the World in All the World
DR.. James f. billiard delivered the
principal address of the morning on
religious education. He prefaced his
address by describing the work of the
new education board of the Southern
Baptist convention. The object of this
board he said is as follows:
i. 1t wilh@serve as clearing house
for Baptist education in the south.
science by the distribution of tracts
ject.
8. 1t will study the curricular of all
the. Baptist schools, especially with
reference to the religious side and study
rural conditions. 1t will establish a
teachers agency for Baptist teachers.
The new Baptist education board Is To-
Gated at Birmingham. DIR. billiard is
acting corresponding secretary of the
board
Dr. billiard said in part that modern
education has more to do with deter
mining behavior than the mere accu-
mutation of facts. as was true with the
old education. In further discussing
religious education he said that relig-
ious education is general education
directed toward a definite end. namely
Christ likNlife.
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