The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-11

The state convention of Sunday school
workers has adjourned.
Their meeting was a very successful one
from many standpoints. 1t was the means
of giving the Sunday school progress
fresh impetus and consequent enlarg-
,nent of the realm OF christianity.
It filled one worker with the ideas OF
another and the inspiration of all.
They were oyally entertained in Wichita
and left the city with hearts full of
gratitude for the hospitality of the people.
They saw, while here, ard were i'm
pressed with the sight, that Wichita is a
community filed with an exalted Chris
tian spirit, and not the free and easy cow
boy city that mean, jealous rivals would
have the people believe she is.
They saw the spires of twenty-seven
Christian churches standing gracefully
erect over the dense foliage OF green forest
which overhangs and overshadows the
wide and beautiful streets and avenues,
and everywhere "A combination oil nigh
standard of refined morality aud material
progress.
MORNING SESSION.
The morning session was opened with
prayer and one of those splendid and up
cell so ably conducts.
The first speaker was Rev. Dunsmorc,
on the subject, How to Make Sunday
school attractive without impairing its
spiritual power" Among other good
things he said:
The superintendent should be warm
hearted aud cord al and possess Chris
tian spirit. He should be familiar with
the guide book if he would be "A leader and
be always prepared to teach any class from
the primary to the Bible class. He should
be at the Sunday school early to greet the
teachers and scholars. There should
he reception committee to look after
strangers and introduce them into classes.
The attractiyeneSs of the school should
he increased by flowers. which
should afterward be distributed among
the sick with pleasant notes expressive
OF sympathy, attached There should be
a logical arrangement OF the musical selec-
lions for the day. Children love their
baby songs and two should be selected for
the little ones two that bear some relation
to the lesson and two of general charac-
ter. The teacher can suppress much of
the IA behavior OF half grown youngsters
during PRAYER By standing behind them
with her eyes open, thus obeying the scrip
tursl injunction TO watch and pray"
He Was followed by Rev. Jesse Bowman
Young of st. Louis, editor of the Central
Christian Advocate, who spoke on How
We Should Study Our English Bible"
IN putting emphasis on English" he
said, II do not intend to depreciate III
any way the study of the original Hebrew
Or Greek. For those who have enough
scholarship even to refer to Hebrew or
Greek lexicops and ascertain some OF the
applications of some OF the Greek and
Hebrew terms, the opportunity Is before
them. but for the most OF US the English
must suffice. | viii suggest briefly and in
tentative way but as definitely as | can,
how TO study our Bible in the English
Translation. Aud first, don't be afraid 20
investigate the book. People who fear
such an investigation are foolish. The at
iitude of this church on this subject is
welcome investigation and scholastic re
search In reference to the origin and
context and early history and text of the
book, If any book don't belong there; if
there is any misapprehension on the part
OF the church, the sooner we fud it out
the better.
There are four things that you can't
take out: First, the doctrine of sin; second,
salvation; third, Gods faith and works,
and fourth, the character of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Providence and the soul and
Book are so coordinate that we say:
This book reads me through and
through" The doctrine of salvation is
not found in any other book unless taken
out of this Book and appearing in a weak
and diluted form; also the doctrine OF the
divine fatherhood of God in all the posi-
bic relations of a father, all that is in it
and is interviewer IN all the pages of the
book. Suppose they would take ont the
song of Solomon. There is no salvation in
that, il is a bit of oriental literature. Even
il they should, they couldn't take out the
Savior. the one peerless pattern of man
hood
I'm order to get a clearer idea of these
from great truths, we ought to study the
hook with added earuestness and new in
telligence. | will now tell you how TO
study the Sunday school lesson. People
who study he Sunday school lesson simply
and not the connecting passages will have
a very scattered knowledge of the scrip
lures and will need the genius of scat
tered intellect as i once beard il express
I'd. to make anything out of il. l will
tell you how, for example, 20 study
he lesson of the Parable of the Prodigsl
SON. and here let me say you ought to be
bic to turn to any particular story or
lessen in the Bible st once; you ought to
snow exactly where to :ud things. Be-
yin by reading at once, then turn to the
beginning and read IL through aloud.
Third, read il IN the revised version, which
i wonderiui commentary on thel Bible
and ought to be in the hands of every pss-
tor, superintendent and teacher. 1t throws
new light on many Passages that have
been difficult before aud hard to under
stand. As An illustration, the old version
If the siXty-righth Psalm reads: The Lord
gave the word great was the company of
hose that published it, The revised YER
SION gives the translation: The Lord gave
the word: tire women that published the
tldings are a great host Hidden awsy
for /, 500 Years and now in this piueteenth
century. when woman has stepped forth
ST. grandiy and is now greater host than
ever before in the history of the world this
great truth is for the first time made
known"
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was called to or
der aud commenced with a PRAYER by Rev
Lawrence OF the United Presbyterian
church OF this city. This was followed by
song service conducted by Professor EX-
CELL
The first afternoon address was made by
Rev. Mr.. White of WALTON whose subject
was "WhaC Can Young Men Do for the