The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS.
The Convention Continues With increas-
ing Interest.

The Convention Continues With Increas
ing Interest.
gu The attendance at the afternoon ses
no sion of the Association on Tuesday wa!
large, and great interest was manifest
in the work, both by the audience anc
On those taking an active part. The pro
rt- ceedings of the convention were as
Ut follows:
Further discussion developed the
ed great need of field worker. Moved
ct that the matter of the field worker be
or referred to the executive committee
al with power to act.
Reading the letter from G. H Hines,
ID to the secretary in regard to the work
"a in Clatsop and Jackson counties, simply
it empathized the need.
,vl At 1:30 P. NJ. there were conferences
of the superinJendents, teachers and
- primary workers leo by E. Peoples, A.
- q. Barnard, and Mrs. E. W. Allen,
these conferences for the purpose OF
comparing notes in the various lines OF
3, work and were very helpful.
At 2:l5 devotional services was led
by Rev. G. A. Nutley, then came re-
y ports of departments of work. Report
of the home department was made by
Il Rey. G. G. Polling, of Portland. When
. he took the work there was onlv two
home classes in the state: there have
g been four classes organized. This
Q home class is intended 20 take in those
g who cannot for any reason attend the
l regular Sunday school, travellers, rail-
3 road and steamboat men, every en-
ployee who has to- work on Sunday and
all invalid and busy people, etc.
The report on primary work by Mrs.
7 E. w. Allen. of Portland, was very |
: intel esting, as Mrs. Aliens work al |
, ways is. A year ago there were two
primary unions, now there are four
with prospect of several more at
points where preliminary work has
been done. Mrs. Allen in her report
gave an idea of how the union works
and how the meetings are carried on.
House to mouse visitation, by letter
| from Rev. G. A. Blair, of Portland. He
asked that a superintendent of the
work for each county be named at this
\ convention and reported to him so
that he may be able to push the matter
through some responsible person in
each county. Discussion brought out
how the work is done.
Progressive Methods" by D. D.
Oliphant, secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, of Portland, interested and {
instructed the convention.
A letter from the W. c. T. q. of the {
French, also letter from Gov. Taylor, c
of Tennessee, inviting the convention
to attend the exposition ct Nashville. a
Question box was conducted by Rev. q
G.. W. Cue, D. D. t
Election of officers was held and re-
suited as follows: President, VIM.
Wadhams, Portland. Or; 1st vice Il
president, Mrs. Smith French, The
Qalles; I'd vice-president, Rev. II. L.
Wood, Shields; secretary, A. A. Morse, II
Portland; financial secretary and treas u
urer, D. D. Oliphant, Portland; sup @
erintendent of departments, state Ii
primary, Mrs. E. w. Allen, Portland; d
state normal. F. r. Cook, Portland; al
state home. Rev. c. C. Polling, Port
land; house to house visitation, Rev. te
G. A. Blair, Portland. Recommends p'
of the committee that new depart I'll
ment, that of intermediate work be es- g
tablished was adopted and Mrs.
Groom, of Portland, was
elected as superintendent, thereof. p,
The evening session was consumed
by the address of Rev. Ray Palmer,
whose subject was SIS This Old World il
Growing Brighter" and that by Rev. Ci
Il. +. dlll, on tne supJect UNSEEN Jr
Helpers" Both gentlemen are forci- tb
BILE speakers, and possess the faculty
of retaining the undivided attention M
Of their hearers. Each address was pr
IN able effort, and was listened to with IN
marked interest by the large audience Cl
IN attendance.
The couYention opened this morn. co
ing at $50, and model Sunday school de
vas organized, Prof. r. r. Steel, of CO
Portland, acting as superintendent. or
There were 13 classes, with 107 mem
oers in all, and the session was con- re'
lucted as a regular school, beginning pu
With opening exercises, then the on
'egular class lessons, during which
ime collection of 1925 was taken, or,
md closing exercises, including a re- ms
,iew by the superintendent. This was
ollowed by discussion of the methods tn,
presented for conducting a Sunday Gil
chool, that was instructive in that 1t da
upon the minds of those
PRESENT the systems presented by the we
and teachers. CT
Next Revs. Travis, Winans and III
hughes, of the Sunday school mission. G
ubmitted a report from the field work c.
icing prosecuted by the missionaries. =
t was shown that there are over 130,- 20 Io,
90 Sunday schools reported by the In Nh
ernational Sunday School Associa= Ca
ion, and that the officers, teachers Gu
nd children aggregate 12,2S6,6OO.
The report also states that there are .Ju
s many children outside Sunday A
chools, who are receiving no religious 4
raining. as there are attending yH W
chools. II
Rev. Hughes gave an interesting On
ccount of his labors in the destitute -"
istricts of Eastern Oregon. which he
Illustrated by means of maps. n
The afteanoon session of the Sunday cor
chool convention Thursday was the Co
most interesting and beneficial of the fer
ntire meeting, and brought out a ent
arge attenaarEace. {
The work of the.afterneon covered a dra
ontinuance OF the superintendent ed
Conference begun in the morning, and {
vas led by G. F. Billings. Mr.. Bill all,
ngs is an accomplished normal teacher, fire
'eing the state superintendent of r.
formal work, hence the systems pre- of
ented by him were helpful to the !
eachers present. His presentation of a L
heor1es was followed by normal les Ger
on with blackboard illustrations en- Pc
itlad ttworks of O uood soboo1 >, bx, n n