The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-23
G0LDEY is
PRESIDENT.
Sunday School Association
Elects Him for Another
Term.
gHE SESSION i INTERESTING.
Many Topics of Interest Discuss
ed and Much Interest Mani
tested. Closing Session
This Evening.

&se The singing at tno annual meetl ng oi
the Delaware State Sunday School Asso-
citation has become feature of the session.
Yesterday afternoons song service sur
passed that of the morning, probably be.
cause Of the large attendance of delegates,
Professor Sweeney takes delight in good
4 music and he brought 1t out OF the dele
gates SO earnestly that one would have al
most believed himself to be ona Methodist
camp ground intead of in business SEES
sion Of such busy body. The service
was an appropriate opening and so great
was the manifestation OF the Holy Spirit
that the professor was inclined to splice
into the session, at every opportunity, a
song 1t was indeed an interesting ses-
sion.
Rev. F. c. McSorley, Of the NJ Il. Church
al Newark, conducted the devotional SER
vices, after which Rev. Mr., Stone of Pen
cader Presbyterian Church at Glasgow,
spoke of ..'The Model Sunday School"
Rev. G. A. Grice, d. d., was to have
spoken on the subject but he was pre-
vented on account of illness. He sent q
letter expressing regret at being unable to
attend, and also his address, in which he
recommended through Mr. Stone, that
room full of heavens sunlight, made
cheerful by natures contributions in the
shape of flowers, artistic copies of nature,
be given the scholars. Make the room
large enough to crowd nobody. Seat 1t so
that the whole school faces the face of the
superintendent. The supe inten lent
should be man intelligent and converted,
whose sole object Is to train souls for
Christ
He is kind but firm, never allowing his
temper to control, and entirely impartial
in oil his work. The school should be a
local school of theology from which very
member may be a graduate In due time.
Form four classes infant, Intermediate,
normal and senior. The school should
provide handsome diplomas to give to
pupils when they graduate from one de-
partmeIt tc another, and gratuati from
the Intermediate department. shou d CHI
title students to the rights of church NOM
bcrship.
When the time for discussion arrived,
Rev. W l.. s. Murray of ST. Pau.'s NJ. E.
church favored the adoption of the sug-
gehtions, If the preacher was included in
The sabbath school work He considered
the head of the church very important
factor In The work and novel that the
paper be SO amended,
Mr. Stone took the view that the preach
er should not enter the school uuloss there
WAS no one to take his place He thought
THE pastors should couiue themselves to
the church.
Rev. Mr. Davidson of St. Georges church
Thought the main object of the school was
the CONVERSION of tho children ana also
favored system whereby the children
wocld be admitted to the oh urch upon an
examination.
Rev A. n Keigwin of West Church
thought the model school was not neccs-
sariy one which had a fine organ or well
uphc stored seats The log school in
which there was no fire or organ he be-
2eyed could be IL model just as long as
Christ as a Saviour Of all conditions of
mankind was taught. David 2. Clark of
the Kenton Methodist Church said the
Sunday school connected with that church
VS. truly model. During the past two
years fifty six Of the seveuty-six scholars
had been converted. Mr.. Stone wanted
to know what he did with them. Put
tItem in the church, Christian Endcavor
and Epworth League" was the reply and
the Methodist delegates laughed
: Professor Reynolds of Grace Church,
Clarence Bebbe of Lewes and Aubrey
VBndever also spoke on the subject, Then
the delegates sang and Thomas McCorkle
WAS called to speak upon the subject, "The
House to House Canvass, Why? How !?
When saWho?" He favored visitation
of the homes of the respective neighbor
hoods on Sundays from 9 to 10 and to 6.
III confined to those hours the Church
would not be interfered with. He had
found the system very successful, having
frequently taken children and parents to
TIE school Anybody who is a child Of God
he thought competent to do the work. He
5 apologoticaliy, referred to his own work in
. frame school but believed here wns born
There the nucleus of II rCl o d which will 0
I. great factor in local Christian work.
lhc talk was so Impressive that Prcsi-
dent Goldey thought it IL proper moment
t. pray, and accordingly called upon
Aubrey Nandever to offer the supplca.
ti0n.
M. Goldey then announced that Mr..
McCOrklG's subject was open for discus
sion. Rev. Il. "A. DavIlsonsof Glasgow
was tho first to respond, He thought the
visitation highly important to the sue.
CESS of the school Hnd believed every one
who had Christ in their hearts were fitted
for the work. At this point Professor
Sweeney was called upon to lead the
delegates in singing the familiar hymn,
Il will shout His praise in glory" So
earnestly was it joined in that tho pro-
fessor remarked it was the model singing
A call was made by President GUldoy
for addresses from those who were expert
enCed in the work as portrayed by Mr..
MCCorkle and replies were made by Med
ford II CahoOu, Charles Baird, William
r. Morris, and Rev. Ezra Tinker who
fully endorsed the suggestions. A motion
toextcnd tho tim Ter Ill custom was de-
featGd, Another song was sung, the dele
gales sIanulhg
Or. beorse W. bfileyr pfeslden@ OF tNe
Ne" Jersey sunday Schcoi Association,
was next introduced nd leu confer q
on state and 1nierhut!"hA! work. ME-
GJluty Thought INC subject could DO one
claSScG for the good OF tile order, where
upon Dr. bailey smiled ana congratulate
gu the Association on lVS SUCCESSFUL nce''
ing.
lie explained that the object or the In
rna !olnl Association Wh5 the Ingather
y =, up5Nlding, Increasing and lnprnv-
Ing Of the sunday school, recognizing
Thai with only such attributes the work
cun be successful, The methods used arc
conventions, teachers meetings, house t.
house vlsitatiOns and primary instruction
linked with the untalerlEg faith in the
regeneration Of children. The sixteen
societies in tins country. Canada, ana
Mexico are ilOurIshing and assured all
that when Neyl2Ts grip on Cuba was
brJken, the work would be extended
there. He referred to the great work need
cd IN the South, where thousands OF cuIor
ed children are without religious inotruc
zion, and repeated one Chlld's request tt
20 to Sunday school thousand miles
distant,
u DR.. Bailey made use OF the innocent re
mark to 3lgAIty the willingness OF The
child to attend the school lie CausoC
somewhat Of n surprise by bringing The
nntipr near home and saving THAT in The