Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-13
Dr.. D: Percy HI Killing said that the union
had failed. to eyiHa the i,ranei. financial SIM

port to its officers. who have themselves
been compelled to advance the funds to
pay the Just debts of the organization.
This was neithee fair nor just and, while
the pledges of the different schools have
been paid they ha1e not been paid until
aee ace n WAY eY mient 100 other rS Sc
| have done. He :YrgS9. the delegates to see
that heree fter the schools which they rep
matter. Since his last report as treasurer
he had receivedI from all sources s2i935
ard the disbursements had amounted to
S177.37, leaving. a. h@aance of s51.9S. The
| which were madkeat the last convention,
nsys q sfR aaa sas
| leaving q; balance at the. time the books
| ticnal, contributors. have been received
| In conclusion DR.. Hickling made an earnest
| Plea for more regularity In giving. He said
| to the. officers. AZ they could but know how
| much money they were going to receive
| for the support of the union, and when
they might expect to get it.
T. The field worker of the union Mr., Heroine
F. Johnson, reported that during the seven
months he has been in office he has visit
| ed 100 different schools. He told briefly.
what he had done in the work of securing
a more hearty sympathy and ce-opera ton
among the various schools Which compose
the union. In the matter of the proportion
of the population represented in the Sunday
schools. the District of Columbia is well up
| N the procession as compared with the dit
| ferent states in tire Union, If not in the
very lead, and the outlook is in every way
| a most encouraging one.
Accredited Delegates.
Mr. William B. Mathews. chairman of the
committee on credentials, read the report
| of the committee, which showed that there
are 342 delegates entitled to seats in the
convention.
The proposed constitution for the union
was then read by President Bristow 1t is
! a brief but comprehensive document, and
was adopted without discussion
This concluded the actual business of the
morning, and the rest of the session was
devoted to addresses by two of the most ac-
tive and successful Sunday school workers
IN the country, Miss Harlow and DIR. Pc
! loubet
Miss HnrlOw's Talk.
Miss Harlow gave an interesting and
highly instructive talk On the subject of
Simple Teaching" With the aid of a
blackboard. she gave a series of practical
hints to the teachers on how to succeed in
their work. especially In the primary
classes. She told, in an informal sort of
way how best to arouse the interest Of the
little ones, and then to keep it fixed en- the
lesson of the day. She said that as spiritual
truths cannot be completely comprehended
by the intellect, it is necessary to begin By
appealing to the spiritual side of the chill
dren's nature, and the lesson. therefore
must be preceded by prayer The golden
text, she said, is the DIAMOND, and tine his
torical facts. connected with it constitute
the setting.
Taking as a sample text the verse
Though an host shall encamp against me
my heart shall rot fear, for the Lord is with
me-" Miss Harlow, with the aid of pictures
blocks and dummy figures, gave a speci-
| IL
addressing her infant class, but her hearers
found it vastly interesting and replete with
timely suggestions
DR.. Peloubet talked on the subject of
should be held and how they may be made
attractive and helpful. Shortly after noon
the session adjourned with prayer.
The Afternoon and Evening.
The program for the sessions this after
noon and evening is as follows:
Afternoon-313,f primary class session.
with 100 children, Miss Harlow; program,
opening exercises; Teaching Song, Miss
Bertha Bristow; teaching the lesson of No
vember II: drill In supplemental work: clos
ing; 400, model of Palestine and illustra-
ton of next lesson, Mr.. Frank Hamilton;
4:35, Incentives Miss Harlow: /: 30, confer
ence on the same subject Closing prayer
and benediction. -
Evening" praise service, Mr.. Foster
I:45, prayer. Rev. Joseph B. Stitt $50. re-
port of nominating committee and election
of officers and delegates to the International
convention at Eust5n; 7l5. report of COM
mite on resolutions; 500 Benefits of a
Sunday School. Convention. DR.. Peloubet;
S:15, Needs of the Work. Rev. Samuel II.
Greene, D. D.; $50. The Scholars Prepara-
ton, Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, D. D.; S:15,
The Teachers Preparation, President Whit
man of Columbian University; 500, The
Alpha and Omega of Sunday School Work,
T.. ID ID Closing
and benediction
The Committees.
The committees which have mad charge
of the various branches of the work of the
convention are as follows: General com
mittee-The executive committee Of the
S. S. Union, P. H. Bristow, chairman. FL
nance. H. Lichlitar, chairman: d. Percy
Hickling NJ. D.; Maj Samuel II. Walker,
Lucius d. Alden, Edward Warren. Pro-
sram-P. H. Bristow, chairman; Jas. l..
Ewin, d. Percy Hickling, NJ. D.; Col. Wes-
ten Flint. Frank Hamilton. Music-Maj. C.
H. Darlington, chairman Jerome F. john
son. John B. Sleman. Place Of meeting
D. P. Hickling, NJ. D., chairman; z. ii. Eris-
tow, Henry NJ Shook. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
EFT, B. Frank Meyers. Ushers-W ashingtD1
Topham, chairman; John G. Keene, FL.
Sunny. Statistics-Jercme F. Johnson,
chairman: T. II. Martin. Andrew Wilson.
Sleman. jr.; Hernlon c. Metcalf.
Many Questions Considered.
There was a large attendance both at the
afternoon and evening sessions of the con-
vention yesterday. The exercises were up
to the high standard set at the morning ses-
sion, and many suggestions and hints of
practical value to teachers were made by
men and women who are experienced in
Sunday school work.
The afternoon began with a devotional
service. conducted by Mr.. George w. Havell,
and Mrs r. N. Tilton addressed the con-
vention for quarter of an hour on the
subject "When Should We Graduate?' She
was followed by DIR. Peloubet who spoke
on ''The Front Line Of Sunday School
Work" An Interesting feature of the af-
ternoon was the series of two-minute talks
by delegates to the convention on the espe-
cially good things of the several schools
represented. Mr.. P. H. Bristow, president
of the union, kept time on the speakers,
but he rarely had occasion to call any one
down, for thirty delegates found chance
to tell of some one feature CT work that
had proved particularly successful within
less than twenty minutes assigned to this
subject. The remainder of the afternoon
was devoted to two addresses, one on the
subject of interesting young girls in Sun
day school work and the other on the same
subject devoted to the boys. The fl st was