The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-25

FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Meeting of the Executive
Committee of the State
Association.
ROBERT R. DOHERTY's ADDRESS
He Emphasized the Necessity Of
Securing the Attendance Of Old
and Young Alike.
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TRENTON, Jan. Is, 1S95.-The upper
lecture room of the Y. M. c. A. building
was well filed yesterday with a repre-
sentative company of Sunday school
workers from nearly every county III
the State. The Executive OF
the New Jersey Sunday School Assoela
ton, which had been in annual session
during Wednesday afternoon ana even
ing. closed it's labors at ten O'Clock IN
the morning, and the Vtce-Presldent
Rev. |. P. k DID,, of Freehold
opened the conference with a hymn ana
prayer. The roll of counties was then
called by Mr.. Fl. G. Shaw. OF Newark
and all but two or three responded with
a brief statement of the work OF thel1
County Sunday School Association
The State President, DR.. George w
Bailey. of Wenonah, then called upon the
General Secretary, Rev. 2. M. Fergussoh,
of Trenton, who spoke on the work OF
the township associations. He exnlpitec
a map, showing that about one-fourth OF
the State is now organized for union sun
day school work.
He advocated forming such associa-
lions, organizing home departments In
each Sunday school, and appointing visl-
tation committees to canvas the territory
and thus reach neglected homes and chill
dren.
Rev. L. D.. stultz, of Westville, read
a report of his work as secretary OF the
home department work in Gloucester
Countys showing over thirty departments
organized and much good accomplished.
ANrTUr1 E=
AT this point Mr.. William Reynolds. OF
Peoria, ILL.,, Field Secretary of the inter
national Executive Committee, was IN
reduced the audience rising to greet
him. Mr.. Reynolds spoke with earnest
ness about the importance Of organizing
he townships. In Illinois last year they
held over 1890 township conventions.
and it wasn't a good year for
either. He hung up township and~eounty
maps, and showed how we aim to reach
all the people by organization, as the
politicians reach the voters. lie told OF
some of his experiences N organizing
Sunday schools. In a ro6m.oversa SALOON,
in the worst part of Chicago, at that
time. he once gathered a company OF
neglected boys who turned somersaults
over the benches and answered his sug-
gestion for a hymn with Dandy Jim OF
Caroline" That school has now grown
into a large and successful church.
AT the close of Mr.. Reynolds instrue-
tive and entertaining remarks, the pres1-
dent introduced the greatest sunday
school man in America or the World,
the man to whom every scholar and
teacher was indebted, Mr.. B. F. Jacobs,
of Chicago, the originator OF the inter-
national lesson system, member of the
Lesson Committee, and chairman of the
InternationaI Executive Committee. Mr..
Jacobs is a tall, wiry man, with a short
gray beard and bright eyes that reinforce
his earnest and often witty words. He
held the audience spenbound from the
start, as he emphasized the Importance
of Sunday school work. He told OF the
help and inspiration that Sunday school
conventions had been to him. The or
ganizat:on of New Jersey is looked up to
in other states as a model; but the
workers here must help us to extend
the work over the great and needy fields
of the West and South.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
Mr.. Jacobs explained how the lnterna-
tional Association is organized. The six
ty or more State, Territorial and Provin-
cial Sunday School Associations N the
United States IN Canada G up, every
three years, delegates equal to four t1meS
the States electoral vote, to the Interna-
tional Convention. This convention elects
and instructs the Lesson Committee, en-
ploys Mr.. Reynolds and other occasional
workers to traverse the great field. at
tending State and county conventions,
49, a,or,ciuy tho napnlp 10 the work of
reaching and helping the Sunday schools.
The need of such work was eloquently
portrayed.
an elaborate dinner in the adjoining
room by the Ladies Auxiliary OF the
Y. M. G. A., under the leadership of
Mrs. j. j.. Dale. A large assortment Of
Sunday school supplies We're on exh1pl-
ton during the recess.
At one o'clock the Rev. j. 4 Manning,
DID, of Red Bank, conducted the devo.
t.onal services. DR.. H. L. Gflmour, Of
We aI,asr ie Mr w yae srhg NJ patton s'a Of
Camden, conducted a conference. on State
work. He told what had been done, dur
the year, many new lines OF work un-
dertaken, especially the School of Prim-
airy Methods at Asbury Park, and the
Loyal Sunday School Army, and spoke
highly Of the work of General Secretary
In order to continue this work
and to grant an increased appropriation
to international work, the State income
needs to be raised from $1,000 to 1900
a year. He asked the counties to give
the State more money, and delegates
nearly every county responded with
a promise to increase their gifts next
year.
Rev. Robert r. Doherty, Ph.D., of Jer-
sew CITY. spoke on the topic, How can
we secure more teachers and better
HIS address was listened to
great interest, and many valuable
suggestions were thrown out He EN-
the need of securing the attend
ance of all old as well as young, on the
Sabbath school. The Importance of nor
NAL class training was urged as well as
use of all material available in all
of Sunday school work.
Mrs. J. w. Barnes, of Newark. read a
on What the Primary Teachers
Want" The list of wants, as she re-;
ferred to them, was quite lengthy, n
vet N her pointed manner of putting
things, there did not seem to be a single
want that was not a real one, n which,
il supplied, would add greatly to the
efficiency of any primary school.
Mr.. B.. f. Jacobs followed in the work
of the International Executive Commit
tee. in which he showed the wide field
opened for the committee. the numerous
calls that came to it, and the needs of
the work, not only in this but other
lands. There are 124, 900 Sunday schools
in this country, and every one of them
should be supplemented byS another
school where there are none.
The conference closed at four o'clock
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