Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-16
OUR SUNDAY-SCHOOL
WORK or THE INTERNATIONAL LES.
SON COMMITTEE DESCRIBED.
~. Dlckinson Subjects DIR. Hogs 20 the
Interviewing rrocess-some Inter-
eating Facts Elisited.


Tho last issue OF the Religious Herald
says;
Meeting our .honored and beloved
friend. Dr. Hoge. on the street a re"
days ago, we discovered that ne was
lust returned from the meeting OF the
International sunday-Schooi Lesson Com
mittce, in New York, and we presumed
upon n friendship OF long standing 70
subject him 10 the ordeal Of an interview
with his accustomed cordiaIity and grace.
he yielded, and our readers may no"
profit by his compliance.
Following this is nearly two Columns
Of exceedingly interesting matter wh'ch
II Is very easy 10 see was extracteu from
Dr Huge by that master OF interviewing,
Rev. Or. Dickinson. end from which Is
quoted the following;
ITS PRECISE NATURE.
..what precisely Is the work OF your
conrnltteeY" asked the interviewer.
"Our crief work." said DIR. Hoge. rs
IN the ARRANGEMENT OF an outline OF Scrip
furc lessons for n series OF years. which
shall. as far as possible. embrace gene
raj study of the whole Bible. alternating
between the Old and New Testaments'
and then 10 select the lesson for each
Sunday Of one year. with the golden text
and the verses to be memorized. ms
selection is then sent TO a corresponding
committee in London. and is carefully re-
vis.d by A. and returned TO the Ameri-
can committee. with suggested changes
and amendments. After these are con-
sidered by the American committee
gladly availing Itself OF whatever Is good
In these advices-the whole work. thus
patiently revised. IL sent 10 the press.
at may interest you TO know that our
system a. steadily growing In favor. not
withstanding tire fact that other systems
have been proposed as substitutes ana
that an ever-increaslng number OF chill
dren throughout Christendom. ana IN
pagan lands as well. are studying the
lessons arranged by US
Tell us something about the members
OF your committee.
eyes. / can tell you something about
the composition Of our committee that is
worthy OF mention. Baptists. Methodists,
I.utherans. Congregationalists. United
Brethren, Disciples. Episcopalians. Pres
byterians and the Reformed Church are
all represented In our committee.
'In our conferences there Is sometimes
earnest debate. each member expresses
his own opinions freely; but I'm no meeting
which I have attended has there been
the slightest manifestation Of unfraternai
feeling. nor has there been n word spoken
which could wound the sens'bilties or
brother or mar the delightful Christian
harmony which characterizes our discus
sions.
DIR. WARREN RANDOLPH.
"Our committee owes great debt OF
gratitude TO DIR. Warren Randolph. the
secretary. who has given his time ana
toll and helpful services for twenty-one
years. with no other remuneration thah
the consciousness of working In noble
cause. with the highest appreciation on
the part of the entire body associated
with him.
'Bishop John II. Vincent was one OF the
first to make popular the Uniform-Les-
son course by introducing II throughout
the schools of the Methodist Church. ana
since then he has been indefatgable in his
efforts TO make the system international.
Another of the earnest workers from the
beginning has been Mr.. IL. Il. Jacobs. or
Chicago. whose enthusiasm In Sunday
school work seems 20 know no abatement,
and whose success In making the Uni
form-Lesson plan intercontinental has
become a matter of history.
DIR. BROADUS
In one department. or service. DR.. John
A. Droadus has been worth, l might say.
all the rest Of us put together. He comes
10 our meetings with an outline of Scrip
ture lessons already mapped out. with
the most comprehensive and at the same
time with the most discriminating judy
ment. lie thus greatly facilitates the
work OF the committee. and in all matters
OF detail. such is the accuracy of his
scholarship and the Insight which belongs
10 the spiritual-minded student of Gods
Word. that with one consent We have
learned 10 prize his counsel and TO love
the man"
Dr. Dickinson was not satisfied how
ever with making DIR. Hoge tell all about
the work of the committee, but gathered
from him an interesting account OF his
visit TO Princeton. DR. Dickinson then
concludes the article rs follows:
CDR. Hoge is as 1.-THE and active as ever,
with immense capacity for work and ever
deepening and widening affection for his
brethren. May many years be added TO
him.