The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-11-07
in ATTENDANCE AT THE TER.
RiToRlAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
AEENT OUR BOYS AND GIRLS,
Prof, ssor steidley Gives an Interesting
Dissertation ON All Phases of sunday
school Work-President Riley De-
Iivers the Address of Welcome
secretary wenner Makes AN
interesting Statistical tie
port First Day.

Oklahoma Sunday School Association
now in session in this city is already
an assured success in spite Of the worst
weather the territory has known in
years.
Though the rain was coming down
in torrents at the time fully a hum.
dred delegates representing the great
er part Of the territory and all the re
ligious denominations were present
when the convention convened Mt two
o'clock and the number was consider
ably augmented last night and will be
doubled this morning
VIM. Davis, of Oklahoma City, led
the OPENING praise service after which
DR.. l.. IL Buxton wei omed the visi-
tors to the capital city
Rev Il. J. Riley, of Oklahoma City,
president Of the association, responded
briefly to the hearty welcome extend
ed and followed with the presidents
annual address telling OF the great
need OF more ca nest and consecrated
work and of broader views and true
christian charity one toward another.
An open discussion "Why are We
here" brought out much Of interest.
The report Of the executive commit
tee was submitted and following it
Fred l.. Wenner, Of Guthrie, statistical
secretary and secretary of the eXecu-
tive committee, submitted his annual
report.
lie Grst gave the detailed statistics
OF such counties as have reported and
2 told Of the counties organized Cana
. dian, Cleveland, pottawRtomie, Linz
coin and ID counties, with partial or
e ganizations in Logan and oklahoma.
p There are in the territory about 500
5 Sunday schools with an average at
! tendance Of thirty ana an enrolment
Of forty making total enroll
! ment of $4,000, aud as the school
I population is over 1l,OU0 this
! leaves ~, 600 children of school age
e entirhly outside of the Sunday schools
} and with twelve thousand more out
part of the time Add TO these the
children under school tgs who should
be in the Sunday schools a1d the total
I number OF children in the territory
e not in the Sunday schools is swelled TO
over sixty thousand, and the number
outside IS increasing more rapidly
5 than the number in.
Il During the year he had Travelled 450
= miles by rail. $40 in buggy, written
n 3s5 letters, sent $50 circulars aud 75C
c prog ans, secured free literature for
four schools and distributed tifty-HvC
/, bundles Of papers, organized five new
schools in person and two by ceres
pondence and revived three that were
about to expire, doing all this work
without any compensation and paying
his own expenses. Had visited from
one TO three schools every Sunday and
= spent thirty-one days out in the field.
Il lie spoke of. the great lack of in
terest and information on Sunday
" school work and recommended a cam
g paign Of education along the line ol
j. practical work iu the schools and ia
d association for convention and insu
tute work which cou'd best be accom-
9 plshed by the publication OF an asso-
- citation paper To be placed monthly in
l. the hand of every Sunday school
e worker in the territory.
He urged the necessity Of putting 10
" the field general secretary 10 devote
all his time TO the work of organizing
and building up presenting impera
tive reasons for such work and appeal
ing TO the Christian people of the ter
5, riLory for funds 10 carry on the work
u The formation OF normal classes ia
l. every community for studying the
Bible systematically and training of
r teachers and workers was recommend
ed and the loyal Sunday school army
movement, the boys brigade, home de
W partment work and house 10 house
e canvass of towns and townships spoken
uf iu detail, each as a means of awak'
ening the people 10 "A realization of
d the real importance Of the Sunday
sch Dol work and to the doing OF more
and better work all along the line.
70 do this greater SUNDAY school
work that was so needed In the Mas
, ter's cause the association needs oil
- GERS aud an executive committee whC
will give hours and days to the work,
studying the methods of other states
and adopting new and better ones
backed aud supplemented by an active
energetic organization in every county
e. and township, q financial response in
d some degree from every worker anC
every Sunday sehuuiin the territory
D. and more consecrated men and womeI
IN every department of the work
II workers who believe la common sens
= and true business principles In the
le Lord'- service, who not only cOnsecrat'
D. themselves but their money, who
N when they have prayed the Lord tl
remove the mountain OF ignorance ant
lack OF interest from the path ot In,
d. work, will not sit down with folde'
\, hands and wait for Him 10 move IL bu
will grasp the pisk and shovel and g
T. at IL themselves.
~ /" The appo.ntmen Of committees fol
o. lowed, after which open discussion
were held on "llouse to house vista
49, tion" aud "Our greatest need, III
10 consensus oi opinion on the latter sut
ject being that the greatest need wa
more earnest. consecratad teacher
r. who would feel their great respons
bility To the fullesteNtent
Tie evening soryiee was opene
er with a song service, led by Rev. j. /
Platt, following which Rev. BuXto
- took the platform aud raised by sui
y seripiion sufficient to pay II the IL
ef debtedness of the association.
he Prof. H. N. Sleldley, OF Illinois, wa
y, introduced an "A in manner most II
- teresting TO all told al about lou
w Girls and Boys" lie made stron
ne plea for the better-h'gher training {
10 the girls aud boys and for active, a.
M gressiye work hy an Christians, ia