The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-03
HAVING A BUSY SESSION.
CONTINUED from Fourth Page.)

1t has been said, and truly, that no
ambitious boy or girl need fail OF an ed
ucation in these days of free schools,
Chautauqua courses and university ex-
tension. 1t may now, with equal truth,
be said that no one need 1alI 10 come
under the living rays OF Coos Holy
Word. Briefly outlined, the principle is
as follows:
l. A home class is made up OF one OF
more persons pledged to study the sun
day-school lesson at home, IN connectlon
with some Sunday school, at least nalI
an hour each week.
2. A home department is made up of
all the home classes formed in connec-
ton with any Sunday-school, ana is
recognized branch of the school under
Superintendent appointed IN accord
apce with the rules governing the school
and having corps OF VISITORS whose
duty it is to visit the members of the
home classes at stated intervals, for
purpose of distributing the requisite
lesson literature, receiving the class re-
port cards and the home class offerings,
stimulating the interest in Bible study,
and bringing the members into closer
fellowship with the school and church.
Each class may consist % of
group of individuals studying alone, at
different times and at different places,
under the direction of a visitor who
shall regularly furnish lesson helps and
other requisites. and assist them by
visitation or correspondence; CO the
class may consist of a family with the
father or mother as teacher, and may
Increase it's membership by inviting
others to join in the study of the lesson;
80 it may be correspondence class,
where supervision and direction is only
possible by correspondence; "a the in
dividuals may be grouped, as in the reg
ular Sunday-school, and taught by the
visitor or an assistant in any home or
classroom in the neighborhood, or %
combination of several or all of these
may be made under one visitor.
The first step is to thoroughly district
the city, town or rural district, and
make thorough canvass by corps of
visitors.
The end in view is to secure individu-
ais who for any reason cannot or will
not attend Sunday-school to study the
Bible half-hour each week at home.
But incidentally this canvass results in
stimulating every branch of the church.
Those who can attend church and Sun
day-school are urged to do so, and are
ever ready to respond.
The sick are sought out and brought
to the notice of pastor and deacons, and
general religious cesus is thus taken,
which ought to be of great value. This
canvass may be undertaken by an inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL committee, appointed
from all the churches in the place, by
each local church, or by single indvid-
ual. This plan is not new one, except
in the West. New York State has nearly
1000 home departments, enrolling 81
600 students of the Word. New Jersey
has 10000 people studying the Bible un-
der this system. One Sunday-school of
500 members had home department of
215, but in nineteen months 131 of these
became regular members of the school,
One pastor reported the addition of
fcrty members to his church, due to the
effectiveness of his home department.
Neither is the home department a beg
gar. One church received $3.50 in one
year from this branch of its work, and
another $50. Milan Cathedral was $50
years in building. The work for CEN
turtles was stopped because the archi-
tect's plans had been lost
Dear Sunday-school workers, thou
sands of neglected ones are waiting at
your very doors for you to bring them
the master builders original plan of
their misspent lives. Here you will find
1T in this magma charta"-this divine
plane of perfect character: Il thought
on my ways and turned my feet into
Thy testimonies"
HOUSE TO HOUSE.
d. p. Ward, the State Sunday
school missionary of the Baptist
Church, spoke on the topics of House
to House Visitation" and Normal
Work
The true spirit of the gospel, he said.
is that We tell others the good news. A
yearly canvass of a city is a good thing.
but continuous effort is better
The per cent. of children in Sunday
schools in California is very low, and if
every member of this association should
bring one, two or three new scholars
into the Sundayschool within the com
ing year the per cent. of scholars would
be greatly increased
The speaker then spoke of the need of