The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-07
THEY TALK IT OVER
COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL C0NVEN
TON In SESSION.

day school-A Paper on Sunday OBJ
servance Classes the Sunday Morning
Newspaper as One of the Works OF
Satan-A Printer Present Wants TO
Include Monday Morning Papers.
The Sedgwick County Sunday School
convention convened yesterday in the
Y. u. c. A auditorium, as had been
announced in the Eagle, with Presa-
dent George Z. Campbell in the chair
and Rev. ]. BT'unker as secretary.
Dsvo tional exercises were conducted
by Professor @. w. Hosss, after which
the subject of discussion was announc-
ed, What Are We Here For?" which
brought out general discussion from
almost every delegate present, and if
pne-haJw Of the ideas suggested were
fully carried out the convention would
find plenty OF work 10 occupy its atten-
ton for a full month instead of two
days
Rev. J. Burnker then read a paper on
How TO Make Township Worke More
Effective which was replete with
many practical suggestions. P. II.
Blinn, who had been assigned a paper
upon the same subject, was not pres
ent and after singing God be with You
TIL We Meet Again." the convention
adjourned for dinner.
At 100 O'Clock the convention recon-
vened and the song services were con-
Quoted by State Secretary ]. f. Drake,
aiT. Shaver being reported sick.
The next subject announced for dis
cussiOn was Sunday Observance, and
How TO Teach it." This WAS respond
ed to by ]. S. Furnbull who read a
lengthy paper upon the subject, not for
getting in his zeal TO locate Sunday
morning newspapers in the same cate
CORY as Sunday thea'ters and beer gar
denS.
The gentleman's remarks as TO Sun
day newspapers were too much for an
old time printer who was present, who
introduced "a resolution to condemn
the Monday morning newspapers in
stead OF those issued upon Sunday
morning.
He made the startling revelatio that
the work of the Monday morning paper
required THE Dissertation Of the Lord s
day, by the editors, reports, compost
tors telegraph operators, pressmen,
max boys, business office. the gather
ing Of ads" and ithe necessary bust
ness transactions which deprived hun
dredS OF the best citizens of the coun-
try from os ying aside their usual labors
keeping the commandment suggested
by the gentleman, e six day thou
shalt labor, and on the seventh thou
shalt rest from all thy Raibors" While
the actual practical facts Of a Sunday
morning paper al this work was done
on Saturday, and on Sunday the office
was closed and these men had a chance
to attend divine services, including the
Sabbath school with their families. Yet
this man who had habored on Saturday
was compelled to hear the preacher and
every QBUhle 2X4 society that meet issue
a batch of resolutions condemning a
paper which gave to him the right of
enjoying the Sabbath day, and uphold
the issue Of a paper that would forever
bar Tilis class of citizens from the OBJ
servance. He also made the startling
declaration that editors, reporters, tele-
graph operators, printers, pressmen and
hundreds Of other helpers had souls to
save
These remarks brought forth consid-
eT'aible discussion, which brought forth
the old worn out Sterotyped argument
that men could not read the secular
news on Sunday morning and attend
divine worship fully submitted to be
led by the spirit of the Lord. In other
words, that men who engage in the
newspaper business did not possess
souls worth saving.
One poor fellow in his ignorance sug-
gested that Monday morning newspa-
pers could and We're now printed be
tween ~ o'clock Sunday night, and
made ready for the morning mails by s
o'clock ia the morning, but fortunately
there was no one in the audience out
side Of the speaker who would give the
subject a second thought.
The discussion as to Sunday morning
newspapers grew so warm THAI Chair
man Campbell suggested that the mat
ter be laid over until today when it
could come UP with the resolutions
The sense of the meeting could be
plainly discerned, however that the
person who knew the least about the
subject under discussion were against
the Sunday morning paper, simply be-
cause il was dated on the Lords day,
and would gladly accept the paper If
the hypocritical idea was adopted dated
on Monday.
The subject will be brought up today
and undoubtedly thoroughly discussed
as 10 Sunday newspapers.
How to Make Sunday School Work
More Attractive by J. f. Drake was
inspiring and helpful, followed by dis
cussion Of great interest.
How Ito Reach the Indifferent" by
W. i. DeIiroff. This discourse Weld
ed thoughts very practical outlined
Cd, discover the individual; (2). a de-
sire to reach him; go, stimulate a mis-
sionary spirit. Methods: First, per
sonal contact in round about ways
sometimes; second. by persistency. This
topic called out many good thoughts
and suggestions.
The comitte on resolutions was then
appointed. as follows: Rev. George
Smith, ms DIR. Bass, ]. NJ. Johnson.
Adjourned to met in the First Chris
Vian church AT 1880 p. m.
EVENING SESSION
Song service Led by Mr.. Caldwell:
prayer by Dr Wfn-e~s. ,-7dress of
welcome 10y Mr.. p. Rohrhaagh.
Coulnitte on nomiL4 c.oaS-sIr. w. L.
DeifUoff. Mr.. Williams, Mr. g :. Cajd-
well. Mr.. RohrA3ugh. Mir. Schollenber-
ger.
Then the cornritte listened n a lee
ture by ]. +. Drake on the subject The
Cld and the New, The first part Of
the lecture took the audience back 10
the days OF the Patriarch when oral in
situations WAS handed down from par
ent to child. The lecturer said x is
easter - do work now then in oliea
times Less than fifty years ago a
Sunday school worker was called a
fans tic. The first movement TO supply
this country with the Bible in 1900. And
today the Bible is crowded from the