Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-02
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF EAST
TENNESSEE.
A Letter of distraction from the Pres
ident of the East tennessee Sunday
school Convention to the Comfy
Vtce.Presidents,


OFFICE OF w. r. MURPHY,
PREs'T OF THE E. L. S. S. CONVENTION,
Knoxville, TENN, Aug. 81, 1919.
TO the County Sunday School Vaee- Presis
dents OF East Tennessee rs
Having received letters of inquiry from
some of you in regard to the Sunday
School county campaign, which am as
sisting in carrying forward in Knox coun-
ty, and also in regard to the details of a
county campaign in general, consider it
not only a pleasure but a duty to
give such information, SO far as I am able,
and deem this method the most expedient
way TO render aid unto ALL
would remind you, and through you,
the thousands of workers throughout our
beloved East Tennessee, that this year s
work is that of the Sunday School world
Centennial, 1t becomes US all, who are
responsible, that we SO arouse the schools
of our respective counties that we can
celebrate our centennial on May 18th and
18th, 1850, at Loudon with the grandest
report of work accomplished ever known
in onr history. 1. therefore, urge it upon
you all as your certain duty to lnaugurase
and carry forward to glorious success
campaign for the thirty -four counties of
East tennessee, during the months of
September October and November. -
In answering the many questions in re-
gard to county work, l could not do better
| possibly than to give you the same plan of
operations which l have practiced in this
county for the last two years, and which
has made this the banner county of
East Tennessee:
|. You (the Vice. Presidents) should eff
feet county organization where there is
none, with q full corps of officers, and
good, working Executive Committee.
2. These should meet at once and decide
upon a county campaign-the times and
places of holding from four to ten Conven-
tions. Hold your first Conventions In
churches surrounded by communities
which can support them well, so a. to in
sure success. After your work is under
stood and appreciated you can go with sue
cess to the more needy portions of your
field. ~~- -
Announce the programme of the
whole campaign in all the papers of your
county. They will take q special interest
in your work All honor to the noble
press of this county, they have done vast
amount to popularize the cause in our
midst. No doubt the press throughout
East Tennessee will do equally as well.
4. Appoint good worker in every civil
district in your county, as District Vice
PRESIDENT. Give them instructions to visit
the schools of their district and arou
them to attend your conventions. They
are indispensable to your work.
5. Have printed from one to three thou
sand we'll arranged programmes, with
about six questions on them, including the
names OF your officers and Executive Com.
mittee at the bottom. Leave the place of
holding each convention vacant on your
pro ramme and use the same throughout
the county. 1t will average three hundred
programmes to convention.
9th. Purchase about fifty copies of the
most popular music book in your county,
have them stamped in red ink, County
s. S. Convention" and take them with
you. Music will be the life of your meet
ings. Also take Quarterly Review
Chart" MAP of PalesLlne," chalk of diff
ferent colors, black board and lesson pa
pers, SO that your work may be thoroughly
nine o'clock and close at four, giving one
hour and thirty minutes intermission at
noon. Take good workers with you, and
also work in the neighborhoOd talent as
much as possible. MAKE an effort to devel-
OPP the talent within the various schools.
7. In order to meet the expenses of your
campaign, take up collection at the close
of each Convention. The pc pie will
gladly assist in meeting the expenses of the
good work IN their midst State in very
few words that you give your time freely
to the work, and, therefore, do not hesitate
for a moment to ask the people to do their
part also. They will respond most liberal
ly, l assure you. Your expenses will not
be less than twenty five dollars. A county
had better pay ten thousand dollars than
to allow the.work to De neglected. They
will have to pay ten times this much to
take care of the young who grow up IN
sin and crime. The masses every where
already see this.
s. In answering the inquiries as
regards the management of your
county statistics, would state
that you should call upon your annual
county convention to meet in about the
first week of May. This time has been
almost universally adopted by all the coun-
ties which have organizations. The
printed blanks for Individual school re-
ports, furnished each year by the "Ex-
ecutive Committee of the East Tennessee
Convention to the various counties, should
be distributed by the district Vice Presi-
dents to each school of your county as
ear as the 1st of April.
Then, have district Vice-P Presidents
blank report printed, upon which
he may transfer the reports of his schools
and render district report to the County
Convention. From this you can easily
make out your annual reports for the East
course, you will secure method in your
work which will tell most marvelously
upon the statistical report of East Tonnes
see in next May.
9. In regard to the work among the COL
'ored race, l would, in this connection, APP
point Mr.. j. w. Ray rs Vice President or
Knox county, and will appoint one for
each county SO soon as the name offs good,
Christian worker is recommended to me
ON the various county officers. This is
work that is greatly neglected, and should
enlist our most hearty sympathy. We are
now holding Conventions in Knox county
for them This field can be most wonder
fully stirred by energy upon the part of
the county workers.
10. In order to understand your field
and show its exact condition to the
masses in your Conventions, have carefully
prepared a map of your county by
some good penman, with all the
churches and school-houses nicely marked
out thereon. Then designate the schools
throughout the county by red star. This
will show you just where work is most
needed, and you will find the map is most
essential to youe work. Be very certain
to carry nice map of your county, show
ing fully the condition of your entire field
to the next East Tennessee Convention.
Now, Christian workers, as final word,
would say to you all to go 10 work, carry
out the programme have herein sug-
gested, as far as possible to do so, and come
to our annual convention, " Bringing in
the sheaves," from the great harvest field
of East Tennessee.
Yours fraternally,
w. r. MURPHY.