Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-10-22
AN IMPORTANT MISSION.
The Summing Up of a Successful
Years Work.

Just year ago the American Sunday
School Union, an undenOminational
organization more than sixty years old,
whose headquarters are at Philadel-
phia and whose object is the Organiza-
ton Of new and the Improvement of
existing Sunday schools throughout
the United States, at the request of
several leading Sunday school workers
in Dickinson county placed in this
county, as they had done in several
other counties in the state, a man to
devote bis entire time to the interests
of Sunday school work.
The result of the work is more than
gratifying. Mr.. c. d. Wood, our
county Sunday school worker" has
labored indefatigably for the advance
ment of this particular line of work
and as many of our Sunday school
workers have expressed themselves,
with deserved success.
Below are given a few facts and incl
dents of the work. 1t will be we'll to
add that these figures poorly express
the great good that has been accom-
plished.
Ten new Sunday schools have been
organized with 43 teachers and 267
scholars. Many of these were in
neighborhoods where no other religious
services were held. 1t is pleasing to
note that in four of these places
arrangements have since been made
for regular preaching services.
Forty-nine schools with 364 teachers
and 1852 scholars have been visited
and encouraged, besides a large num-
Der of officers and teachers who have
been talked with personally.
One hundred and thirty-eight talks
have been given before schools, in
conventions and at evening meetings.
Twelve Sunday school conventions
have been taken part in by Mr.. Wood
besides holding of his own arranging.
Besides this 20 Sunday schools have
been revisited and aided. A number
of gospel meetings have been held in
out of the way places which have re-
suited in bringing some souls to Christ.
The work has been strengthened all
along the line to accomplish this. The
county worker-has travelled over 1000
miles, mostly by his own conveyance
oyer all kinds of roads and in all sorts
of weather.
Many of the new schools organized
have largely increased their member
ship, some having more than doubled.
At one point where a school was
planted the people remarked that they
had not been to Sunday school for
years. At arother place some IF the
young people were neatly grown with
out having had the privilege CT attend
ing Sunday school with any degree of
regularity.
In one community where Mr.. Wood
was told Sunday school could rot be
organized, one was organized and now
has a membership of over sixty,
No matter what people think of
other organizations for Christian work,
there are only words of commentator
for the Sunday school, nearly everyone
being able to SEE the great good that
this organization is accomplishing.
Those who do not claim to believe in
its teachings desire to have their child
rem come under its ennobling influence.
One year of this county work is
enough to demonstrate its great value.
The friends of Sunday school work in
the county do not propose to have such
a grand work cease, but will do more
for the work this year than last.
Mr.. Woods support comes from vol
untary contributions from friends of |
the work in this county. While a
large proportion Of his support comes
from the towns, most of his work is
done in the country where the schools
are not so well organized.
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