The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
What the Reports Show of the Work
ACCOMPLISHED.

Last evening the Sunday School teach
ers again gathered in the Union Congre-
g~ational Church, and after an organ re-
citsl by Mr.. Charles l.. Kenyon and
praise service led by the Union Gospel
Choir, they listened TO two addresses, one
on the Teachers Touch, 4" by Rev. Fred
erick Ii. Pullan and the other, the
"Tralning OF Jesus at Nazareth" by a.
Il. Cunning, d.. d., of Boston. Both adj
dresses were of an educational nature
and extremely interesting.
This morning the fourth session of the
convention was called TO order by Presi-
dent Blakeslee. and after the prayer SER
vices had been held the business OF the
meeting was transacted.
H.. &. Bangs. the recording secretary,
submitted the following report for the
| year commencing November "a, 1891
Executive committee meetings have
been as follows: November "a. 1894, mum.
bsr OF members present, six; Decem Der 3,
eight; July y, 1895, six; October 10,
eleven.
At a meeting of the executive commit
tee held December 3, 1894, a s~ub-commit-
tee OF three was appointed, consisting of
r.. ID. Blakeslee, III. G. Bangs and A. II.
McCrillis, with whom the field secretary
should confer, and from whom he should
receive his instructions, said commit
tee OF three being subject to the full ex'
ecutive committee, and 10 whom they
snHlI TtDOft. Inc SlD-tOHufnl lltS T1tttlukS
as follows: December 10, 1884, att MEM
bers present; April 1, 1895, all members
present; June %, joint meet ing with the
finance committee, six; making meetings
held this year: Executive, four-average
attendance 7sa subcommittee meetings,
three, average attendance. 2 2-3; total,
seven formal meetings.
Treasurer James III. Smith. in his an
Eual report, showed that S2lo5. % had been
received by the r., i. Sunday School Asso-
citation. of which $3.50. IL had been used
for expenditures, leaving q balance or
han OF s125. 09.
Mr.. McCriilis. in his report OF the ex-
ecutive committee, said In part: GAS the
executive committee IL composed OF
active professional and business men
from different parts OF the State. IL has
been obliged to leave much OF its detail
and advisory work to a subcommittee.
1--WE are more and more impressed with
the importance OF the work and recog-
nize the necessity OF more frequent meet
ings OF the whole committee.
"All our schools should willingly re-
spond TO the call to contribute a small
sum based upon their enrolment mem
bership and in addition there should be
persons in every community who will be-
come regular sustaining or contributing
members, paying 20 or $40 annually for
the support OF this work.
There should be a hundred persons in
Providence and another hundred in tho
rest OF the State who would pledge them
selves to this. Thus would am pie funds
be provided for vigorous work.
"Our work - bruade than some of
the older Sunday School organizations.
We are not simply trying to increase the
numbers of Sunday School scholars. 1t
is our work to stimulate activity, secure
the adoption OF improved methods, see
that scholars are taught to study, and
that teachers are more thorough in their
work.
The committee on resolutions then pre-
sented a resolution embracing the work
OF Field Secretary Wilson and thanking
him for his effective and earnest labor.
The rest of the morning was spent in
listening to Miss Bertha Il. Vella of Bos-
ton, who spoke on the Needs of Pri-
mary Workers, "and to Mr.. George w. Pease
of Springfield on the oNormal CIass.a
Present Day Necessity in Sunday School
Work.