Evening journal., 1889-03-07
4 PLAIN PRACTICAL TALK.
The Address of william Reynolds at the
Sunday School Mass Meeting In Union


Church.
Union M e. Church was crowded with
Sunday school teachers and workers last
evening attending the Sunday school mass
meeting called by the Delaware State
Sunday School Association. A large
majority of the audience were women,
and they represented all denominations.
Among the gentlemen present were
noticed the faces of most of the promi-
nent Sunday school workers of the city.
Joseph Pyle presided. The meeting
was opened by the singing of "All Hail
the Power of Jesus Name after which
Rev. J. NJ. Bryan. pastor Of Asbury NJ.
E. Church, offered prayer. This was fol
lowed by the reading of part OF the 18th
chapter of Matthew by Rev. Adam Stem
gle, pastor of the church. Mr.. Pyle then
announced the hymn, work for the
Night is Coming He attempted to re-
peat the first verse from memory, as
sisted by locking ON the book. But the
light was too dim and after making sew
eral rhymes not in the book, gave it up
and the hymn was sung.
William Reynolds of Peoria, ILL.,, was
introduced as the speaker Of the evening.
Mr.. Reynolds is president of the Inter
national Sunday School Association. He
is an earnest worker and his practical
efforts have been eminently successful.
He made plain, practical and
very interesting address of over an
hour. Before he spoke Messrs Franklin
and Smith of Connecticut two gray
bearded gospel singers, who, with A. w
Holt, are holding gospel temperance
meetings in the city, sang a selection.
One of the gentlemen is blind, he played
the organ and sang solo, the other &C
companying him on a flute. Both to-
gether sang the chorus.
Mr.. Reynolds said in opening. that
| 1900, 0O0 teachers were teaching 10, 600,
600 scholars in the Sunday schools of the
| United State. After more statistics of
like character, he said that in starting
church building, pastor and con
stiuency were necessary. A Sunday
school could be planted for nothing The
speaker had never heard Of school
house in the United States that had been
refused for the use of Sunday school
There was no locality where there
were no children it was a crop
that never failed There are
four anarchist Sunday schools in
| Chicago, established to neutralize the eff
feet Of the Christian Sunday schools and
| keep the children of the anarchists away
from their influence. They teach that
there is no government, that the Bible is
a lie, that anyone may take property
away from another who has more.
The American Sunday School Union
was ready to supply any poor school with
Bibles and hymn books, and with school
house all that needed was Cody man
or women, and these could not be found
in every community
The good effects of Sunday schools
were described. A story was told of a
man of 30, who could not read or write,
becoming converted and going to work
and planting 300 Sunday schools in
Illinois and Missouri. Other stories of a
like character we're related
Mr.. Reynolds believed that one sermon
Sunday was enough the remainder oil
the day should be devoted to work H,
would have the whole church a Sabbath
school in the afternoon. where parents
and children all attended In the even
ing he would have the pastor moderator
and Brother Joseph Pyle, for instance
speak on The relation between bushes
and the Church. or some of the Christia
lawyers of the city on The Law an
& Religion"
Mr.. Reynolds described his experience
in starting Sunday schools in Souther
Illinois, where he found whole countit
without a church or Sunday school. Il
organized Sunday School Association
!, with three men, swore them in for fes
they would backslide, and set them I
work. Some years after he returned an
q found seven church spires in a tow
/, where there had been none before. TIL
was only one OF the beneficial effects {
Sunday schools given by the speaker.
was asserted that the teachers of tn
present day had unlimited opportunitie
for study and used them. The secula
= and daily papers in some cities were pull
fishing expositions of the Sunday scho,
lessons weekly. Mr. Reynolds point
II were impressed and illustrated by anus
4 ing and interesting anecdotes and stories
He dwelt on the importance of Sabbat
school and the good derived from fire
quent conferences and conventions.
In closing, the speaker said it was tn
. intention Of the organization which
represented to 60 on with the work q
s never before. He expected to go frol
e convention to convention in state aftt
t state all down the Atlantic seaboard an
gulf of Mexico, and asked for a collectio
to assist the International Associate
g in its work.
: A collection was then taken up, viii
Joseph Pyle made short speech. TIL
aged gospel singers sang another sele
e tion and Mr. Pyle asked some Presbyte
y ian minister TO come forward. Nor
T came and Presiding Elder W. L.
Murray made the closing prayer Aft'
J. the long meter doxology had been SUM
Rev. Moses Heath pronounced the ben
diction.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Reynolds a.
dressed a conference Of Sunday scho
F.; teachers and officers in Union Church q
! practical Sunday school work The col
ference was well attended. After Il
address Mr. Reynolds answered question
put to him by the persons present al
Y remarks were made by others
+ Mr.. Reynolds speaks TO a mass lneetir
Is at Laurel to night and to one at Dow
Ie tomorrow night. The object is
arouse interest in the State Sundi
. School Convention that will be held
10 West Presbyterian Church on April
Il and -.
6 A PLEASANT SOclABLE.