Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-13
Miss Harlow's Talk Before the Sun
day School Convention.
ANOTHER LARGE CROWD TODAY
Statistics Of the Schools in the
District of Columbia.
THE CLOSIN PROGRAM

There was another large crowd this morn
ing in the Calvary Baptist Sunday School
House, where the District of Columbia Sun
day school convention is holding its ses-
sions. The convention will close this even
ing.
The session this morning was opened
with religious exercises, the singing of a
hymn and a prayer by Rev. Hugh T. Ste
-venson Of the Anacostia Baptist Church.
The Bible reading was conducted by Rev.
DR.. A. W. Pitzer, who said that he had ac-
copied the invitation to address them with
the greatest alacrity, for he said that with
out depreciating other forms of Christian
effort he thought that there is no work
done in Christs vineyard which exceeds in
Importance and value the work done in the
Sabbath schools. With this appreciative in
PRODUCTION, DR.. Pitzer went on to speak
briefly of the Book of Acts. This book. he
said. Is not, as some people think, a mere
disjointed collection of fragments 1t is the
most thoroughly scientific and logical his
tory ever written. Briefly summed up, it is
three things-it is the book of the Holy
Ghost, 1t is the book of applied Christian
ity, and it is the manual of missions.
AT the conclusion of DR.. PitZer'S address
taken up in the form of reports from the
different committees and officers of the
union.
Statistics of the Schools.
The report of the committee on statistics
was presented by Mr.. Jerome F. Johnson
1t dealt solely with the white evangelical
Protestant schools Of which there are MS
in this city, though accurate reports have
been received from only 40. Owing to the
lack Of statistics of other years it was i'm
possible to make comparison which would
Thn 0ff IN,
schools number $50; teachers, ., SOB; scholars,
26,s3l; grand total, 30,374. The contribu-
tons for the year amounted to $30,379, or
just about 81 to each member.
Secretary James l.. Ewin, in his annual
report. spoke briefly of the work of the
union during the past year.
Growth of the Union.
In the course Of his report the secretary
said:
There has been a marked development
of the Sunday School Union in every par
ticular during the past year. AS you have
already been repeatedly informed, We have
14S schools entitled to admission to our con-
vention this year against 1873 last year. and
sixty schools regularly admitted to men,
bership in the union against twenty-six
last year. The accomplishment of this last
named result and the discovery Of schools
which had been overlooked are largely due
to the efficient services of our field worker,
who has also been of great assistance to me
in securing the latest addresses Of the SUI
perintendents Of our AS schools This alone
involves more work than any one can
imagine who has not attempted to do it.
MANY of the added schools have not
been discovered. but have been newly or
ganized during the past year. Among these
are Congress Heights, Bladensburg Road
Mission, Faith and ST. Paurs Methodist
Episcopal. and Deanewood and Tuxedo I'M
UNCONVENTIONAL schools
Arrangements have been made this year
to publish verbatim report of the proceed
ings of this convention. One of the most
important matters of the work of the year
was the preparation of a constitution for
the union. This had been professionally
adopted by the council. and would come up
for final actio1 by the convention later in
the morning The absence of a printed
constitution, said Mr.. Ewin, had probably
kept number of Sunday schools of the
District from joining the union but this
impediment. he hoped. would be done away
with before the adjournment of this con
vention.
Tnrdy Payments.
In his report as treasurer of the union,