The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-27
State Sunday-School Convention.

Te the Editor of The Herald and
News: ! woLld he p,';I-cd 10 have L
few words with the Sunduv-school
workers Of Newberry County. 1t WAS
Il great pleasure for me to attend
their County Inter er-denonlinational
convention last year. AT that c0rveu-
ton I think several of the brethren
were elected delegates to the State
convention. To This meeting went
also, but did not see one of the
elected delegates. | am sorry they
were not there-erery one of them.
They missed treat. Rev. Il. W. Be
den baugh, from Newberry County, WAS
there. He may-l hope will-give his
impressions Of the meeting. II we can,
by repeating some of the good things
done or learned, impress them upon
some earnest Sunday-school worker
it will not be amisS.
1t has been my privilege to attend
four of these State conventions. The
last one, just held at Marion, $. c.,
was the very best of all when we con-
slider it from the standpoint Of prac-
tical Sunday-school worker.
The Normal Teaching" by Rev.
H. NJ. Hamill, of Illinois, was exactly
what our live teachers all over the
State need and long for. This great
leader in the work opened up to some
of us new line OF thought, and we
trust it may tell in our action. The
young nIen at Woftord College have
been often told by the President of the
advantage there is in realizing how
little they knew. 1t is step forward.
So it was at the State convention, at
least with some of US. Bro. Hamill III
his lessons in Old and New Testament
history showed us how little we knew
of ii, and at the same time we learned
how interesting is the study. | wish
there had been one teacher at least
from every school in New berry County
there to catch the enthusiasm from this
master Sunday-school worker.
There was another man there, one
better known than Bro. Hamill-Wu
Reynolds-a member of the executive
committee Of the International COLI
veutiOn. He spends several months
in every Year visiting State cnEvei-
tionS. He Was in good trim for his
best work this year. Our State owes
him great deal Of gratitude for his
kind, firm leadership for the past four
or five years. His speeches have been
full Of good, helpful suggestions.
Some of our own State workers'were
present, ready to learn of the new
methods and take them home to put
in practice.
1t is a little singular that at the last
two conventions the number of attend
auce was almost the saline. Seventeen
counties were represented in each and
in '91 there were 80 names enrolled
and in 1872 there were -.
Bro. Charles H. Carlisle, of Spartan
burg, is at the head of the work in this
State. He is chairman Of the State
executive committee. Bro. Carlisle
has a large furniture business to run,
but be believes that God calls upon
him to do this work too, and he there
fore : greatly in earnest in the work.
He is superintendent of one Of the best
in the State and has
helped largely to make it what it is.
l do sincerely believe, brethren, that
if we can get the Sunday-school work
ers of our State to attend these State
meetings and get the help they afford
we will make many steps in advance
of our present condition. It is we'll
for them to attend the County couven-
tions, but best to 60 to both if possible.
For it is not possible-as yet at least
to get into our County conventions
what we find in the State meetings.
BY the resolution of the convention
in Marion it is proposed to make an
effort to improve the State work by
employing an organizer for twelve
months instead OF six as heretofore.
it is hoped. too that we may secure
an organizer who will throw himself
into this Normal work." so that it
may be brought into the reach Of all
the teachers Of our State.
TO keep this man in the field the
whole year we must call for more lib
eral contributions. We look to New
berry to do as she has been doing, i. e.,
bear her share of the burden. I think
the secretary Of your County Associa-
ton called for only one dollar from
each school last year. Could not each
school send up two dollars just as easily
as one and get more benefit, too, from
doing SO?
1 trust there will he large delrga-
ton at New Chapel this year and that
you will have The best County conven-
ton you have ever held. See to it that
men are elected who aciU go to the
next State convention, which will be
held in Abbeville, S. &.
Very truly yours,
WALTER |. HERBERT,
Laurens, S. G.