The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-10
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a.. ' IN s,,ccoss;on v-;,bant h.ino looked
after, either by call or letter, inquiring
the reason for non-attendancs.
"Do not fail to recognize your scholars
| wherever you may meet them. Again. to
keep them interest ed, for that Is the secret
| of regular attendance. give them work to
do: the bringing of flowers to the school
| to be sent to any scholars who may be
| sick. We inquire each Sunday who OF orr
scholars are sick then short prayer In
simple language is offered for them and at
| the close of school the flowers are sent to
| them by ones living near. Also make
them recruiting agents for the building
up of the school. A stranger moving into
| the neighborhood or block or Outlines
father and mother may BE- enlisted in this
way"
The afternoon meeting was dismissed
! after a very earnest prayer by Rev. Mr.
| Markham of White Citv
| pvrx,xc oros,o~s
| ~, $500
Inc evening session Opener az ciooA
win a Dsautiiui and lm prgssIvS so,,g SCI.
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aadlence joined In singing anu the enec'
was tIrIiing Tue siuslus was ao0om
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part u Ins P'oS'ahE
HOUSE TO HOUSE VISITATION.
The principal feature of the night ses-
/ sion was the address of Mr.. Greenwood
Jr, of st. Louis. on House to House Visi-
| ta,ionn He said that the best of the state
| of Kansas were in the church. the best
people in the churches were chosen and
sent to Wichita. He impressed the people
! with the idea that AS they fix the future
of the youth they fix Ibs destiny of the
state and nation. He said that the Master
| had sent his disciples two and two to the
| homes and thew carried blessings with
| them. He referred 10 the work of the
| famous Rev. Thomas Chalmers of Scot
land: how be divided M his parish into
| TWENTY-FIVE districts and placed au elder
| over each who visited every family. learned
| their condition aud in this way were quail
! fed TO proyide for their spiritual wants. He
| gave a brief sketch of the house to house
Visitation SYSTEM and said ir was not a
new thing. He reported the details of the
oroanizafion of the system at ST. Louis
and tbe results that followed ii. The city
was divided into eiphtv-one districts and a
chairman secured for each The chair
man secured workers and at a certain day
every home i'm St. Louis was visited There
wsrc in ali 1922 600 nersous visited. of which
nnmher 1O4 Otl0 were protestants II 900
Catholics and II 600 without any prefer
vas among these II. 600 unsayed souls for
the work of an earnest Christian. The
movamant became General AMI as a resuit
,bs cbnrcb.. of CT T,ouis have bean great.
Iv streneth,ned
Ha called attention tn the growth of in.
fidelity He thoughI a more freuuent use
of the 'Rihla .mon1 tb. rising generation
wonid correcr this oroving throat m relic
ion
He o.,lod o,+art;on otba fact that with
in the I,st fiva wasks there has come from
Pm. fro,, ~ none himself an edict To
tb. nriasts throIubont the world tn stand
frn, on tho Rih1e md dscI.ring that If
the great sdivjne fix.d truthn should fail
ali would fail and fall with If
..y as INV hretbrenn said tbe sneaker
ssir thssa 3ays vh.n uanv ca considerad
orsbodoY Observation-Disclosures and nv own ma.
Lived PraSnvteri.n cbnrch is snlit tn
niacos over snch essential doctrine Whist a
lesson for us and from Rome. to which we
often point with /, derisiya sneer
"Rut no smcb onestions ever divided ma
a, these Sunday schooI conventions The
children must not hear that the inspira-
tion of that Bible is questioned l thank
God for the platform upon which we all
stood and were REQUIRED to stand at the
International and worlds conventions held
in St J,onis last Sentember. Here il is.
in the call for the convention:
..sRy one name we are called: in one
nsme we meet Sunday school workers
vhn believe in God the Father A mighty.
in the divinity of the Lord .Jesus Christ.
in His death. His resurrection aud His re-
turn. who believe in the personal pres
sncs and mower of the Holv Shirt and in
the Inspiration and authority of the Bible.
the word of God. and who believe in the
Importance of the work In which we are
engaged. are invited TO come, not as de-
nomiDationalists. but as Christians. to
this interdenominational convention, to
engage i'm its deliberations and to share ia
its blessings
"What a blessed creed is that 81
eyes that Bible is Gods word. every
syllable in it from thetfirst of Genesis to the
last of Revelation No chapter nor verse
nor word to be omitted, no appendix to be
added Gods Revelation is complete and
has come from the Divine hand, and we
are not TO alter and amend SO as to permit
of this or that construction to suit our
peculiar cases.
There was no 'Briggsism' or 'Smthism'
there. but we stood firm on Gods word.
lhe soundest religious gathering that this
world has ever known. and those conven-
tions coming when they did, when the
country aud the world seemed at unrest
and uncertainty. in these DAYS of higher
criticism. ethical culture, and SO called
advanced Thought and false science. pray
that Cod may use them and all Sunday
school conventions Tor the Fastening of
tina, day when the Christian banner will
he spatcbed from the hands of PHILOSOPHY
c.