Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-18
IN THE LORDS WORK
Kent County Sunday School La
bofers IN Convention.
A GRAND RALLY is PROPOSED
~ Ninth Az the schools May Pa
rssle--.rhe Townships Well fiepre-
ssnsed--Nesseraas Discussions


There i nothing duIl or pross going
on IA fhe city and csnDty loins sunday
srhool oosl> eBiioa nov IA progross IA the
Division sees II. r church. Every
thing thus Ia pas been bright. business.
IKE AMI iatsessing. and nssl q al.
short. Mhea he csnysaticn assembled
Yesterday ln0g aieg nfsrly all the town
shils Hefe represented and The city
furnished ths remainder II good At
tc.,lance
After prayer by The Rev. A. NJ. Gould,
tbs president. Amos s Musselman. vel
coined the gathering and the Res. Mr..
tulstef Il Rockford responded on behalf
II the country .aeiegafes- \ Bible read
ing IN the subject of The Inspiration
II the Bible sas led by the secretary.
r. X Mohr. whose line was that Of
literal inspiration II scripture. Herbert
Everett 81 THO Pianhsld sunday school
fe.d q paper on Tire letter Use II the
Bible. which he said should be studied
mcfe as a whole instead 81 a fsagmentary
fashion. The Rev. Mr.. SailoIof Walker
thought the world would be very near
the millennium when the Bible becomes
the book II daily family perusal. &.
H. Wood read a paper on soul winning
and a discussion followed. led 10y jerome
Travis OF Lansing.
The Ofiicer~' Report.
The reports II the president and Sec
tary showed the receipts and disburse-
msnts of the association for 1892 were
Sl3O09. Secretary Mohr's report gives
the number of Sunday schools in Kent
county at l64; teachers, l.645; scholars.
1910; number Of scholars attending
public school, 220l5.
At the afternoon session the treas
urcr's report showed elo0 collected. s75
paid To the state association. The
pledge for this year to the state associa-
ton is 600.
There was a larger attendance at the
afternoon session. After quite lengthy
song service. led by George ID. Herrick,
the center OF attraction became a map
Of Kent county's townships. which
showed them all organized into the
county Sunday school work except
Sparta. Vergennes, Byron, Gaines and
Bovine. The reports from the various
organizations were briefly given ver-
bally by Representatives from most Of
the associations They stated the
number Of schools at from six to fifteen
and the attendance from 80 to 1000.
Each highly commended the work Of
Secretary Mohr i leading their con-
ventions and it was suggested that he
be engaged at good salary to prosecute
Sunday school work in the county.
Election or Odicers.
The special committee on nominations
reported the following slate: President.
George c. Whitworth. city; vice presi-
dent. c. Finster, Rockford; secretary, +.
X. Mohr. city. President Musselman
had informed the committee that no
could not accept a denomination and it
able TO ascertain whether Mr.. Whit
worth could give the necessary time and
finally the convention ordered an amend
mcnt Of the report renominating Mr..
Musseiman. and it was then adopted.
Jerome Travis OF Lansing gave talk
on General Sunday School Work" lie
said that in the stndy Of the gospels and
Of Palestine there had been too much
indeiiniteness. and counseled more effort
in the way OF bringing the Subjects.
particularly the country. down to tho
pupils Of the present time. As test.
he asked several geographical questions
of his audience. He advised teaching
the peculiarities Of the writer's IL the
four gospels, and the various peoples TO
whom they wrote.
Secretary Mohr gave an odd and
practical Illustration Of teaching an in
termediate class by getting together six
boys and teaching them next Sundays
lesson. In the presence OF the audience
in manner that amused and instructed
both the boys and audience. Fred r.
Smith gave a talk on normal Bible teach
ing. and the afternoon closed with an
swers 10 questions by +. a. Hough Of
jackson.
Evening Session.
Mr.. Hough had many questions yet 10
answer at the evening session. which
WIS held in the audience room II the
church and attended by large au-
dience. A leading question was whether
the international lessons had not better
be dispensed with. He was decidedly
opposed 10 this. and believed the crit
cism az them was natural. but entirely
urf0unded. Deacon X. B. Doomis led
in the subject % how best 10 secure
study ~ the lesson at home. He quoted
Horace Greeley $ famous editorial. The
Way 10 Resume IL 10 Resume" and en-
joined more study and interest as an ex
ample by teachers and parents. Several
others gave experiences and suggestions
or that point
The enthusiastic subject ~ the even
ing was Grand Rally Day. brought
ont by Mr.. Hough. who advocated raj
lying procession in Grand Rapids a at
least 2l.0p0 members II Kent county
Sunday schools. lie said the plan was
followed now ia most large cities. and
would he IN Detroit this year. Its in
fiuence on the city would he very effect
I've, be vas sure. lie also spoke glow
ingly II the coming International aud
worlds Sunday school conventions 20 he
held 70 -. Louie and Chicago. Tie con
graduated Grand Rapids and Kent
county on the progress made in organ
iz'si sunday school work Today viii
h. devoted "a tho city Sunday school
union.