The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-28

struction OF children" Then some
preachers who do not preach these TWO
sermons a year, did not say they
were in our conference.
THE other denominations and special
organizations are alive in their lines.
need not report for them. They will
look after that. Enough for me 10 say
is that the Congregationalists have a
state superintendent association meet
ing annually. This church has at pres
ent two field workers in the state.
1.-The Baptist church have under direc-
ton Of their publishing houses on efiic-
lent laborer in the line Of Sunday school
normal work.
The Presbyterians have one synod
zeal and several Presbyterial Sunday
school Missionaries who, under pay from
their board. are doing special work.
The Christian churchs have a well
organized Sunday school association,
holding an annual state convention and
during the rally season called many of
her preachers and laymen into field
service. They added last year 10000 10
their school membership.
The state association Gnterdenomi-
nationaD have one field agent and pub
lish monthly paper. Their strength is
tons, a state convention and the gath
ering of statistics. Let everyone one of
our schools make full and prompt re-
ports to the calls it makes for imfoTma-
ton.
Several county associations, usually
in connection with the American Sun
day School Union, employ a county mis-
sionary and in some counties the county
Sunday school officers are doing efficient
field work.
THE American Sunday school Union
have a state superintendent and some
fifteen county missionaries. This union
is very jealous in organizing so-called
Union school and distributing their
own literature. The impression is in
some parts of the conference that Meth
odism is in partnership with this insti-
tuition, and as a consequence both
Methodist time and money have been
contributed. The action of the general
conference ought 10 be enough when it
says P % Apendix-1S99:
Il. The Sunday School Union of the
Methodist Episcopal church sanctions
no organic or official relation whatever
to the American Sunday School Union,
any relation existing being only of a
fraternal character.
-.
are sufficient reasons for having a dis
tinct organizations; and we exhort our
people TO organize any new schools
which may be formed under the au-
spices of our own union (see 2 1872 Disc.
1922.
80. Annual collections for our union
should be made in all our charges; con-
tributiOns for other bodies of like char
acter being of a secondary character
and no obligation as a church duty.
'The statistics give us some little
cause for rejoicing, but a study of them
opens up to US a tremendous response
bility.
There are in the world 225, $50 Sunday
schools. OF these 29.Ss2 or more than
one-sevith are in the Methodist EpiscO-
pal church.
There are in the United States 123.-
173 Sunday schools. One-fourth of these
are in the Methodist Episcopal church.
This proportion holds good in Kansas.
Nearly one-third of all the officers,
teachers and scholars in the Sunday
schools of Kansas are in schools con-
nected with the Methodist Episcopal
church.
"On the other hand, there are over
275, 900 of school age in Kansas in no
sunday SchOOl at all. Il might ada tnat
Romish, Jewish, Universalist, Unfair
ian, Christian Science, and all HeteOdoX
organizations are counted as no schOoL)
I'm the bounds of the Southwest Kan
saS conference there are as follows:
Other
NJ E Schools. Schools. Total
Officers and teach
Schools -. $500. 2f 1850 i.2@
ers.. =. .... BIAS 1899 10.247
Scholars 800. =. q. AS 51,106 72.521
There are of school age. that is be-
tween and q, in the bounds of the con-