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ing such conditions an impossibilit,
| this land.
Workers Should BE Paid.

Workers Should BE Paid.
Then we could be of more service in
the schools of the District If it were pos
sible to keep our field workers under small
pay. at least, so that they might thus be
able to devote more time to the organiza-
ton of new schools. There are sections of
the District where schools are sorely need
co. Wnere people are ready to attend, but
nave not school or church within fair
distance that children may attend. There
IS other work that ought to be done You
Will be amazed no doubt when YOU hear
some OF the figures from the report of the
secretary OF the committee on house to-
mouse mouse VISITATION. The number of individ-
uals and families with whom a COPY of
lne Bible was not found is Information
wnlch appeals to us as loudly as the call
from any mission field can do We need
10 go INTO the world. but we ought to re-
member that a part of the world lives
next door to U.S.
II mas seemed to me that the superin-
.endents do not fully realize their respon-
Sars ana their opportunity. The men,
bers OK a school are going no farther in
the direction Of enlarged work than the
superintendent himself will go. IF he ia
pehi4a IN the onward march the school will
good organizer and leader the school will
be where he plants the banner. IF The
superintendent believes that his whole dutv
nes IN the direction of building up the
the minds and hearts of his officers. teach
ers and scholars self-advancement alone
Will constitute their whole ambition. II
vi .ne otrer nand, the superintendent is
man VINO believes there Is nothing that
VIII pulid up his own school so rapidIy as
cooperation with other schools in advanc
ing the whole cause. then all the members
viii have in them the shirt of the com.
mand. Go We into all the world" then
the harvest will be richer and more gra-
eious. want also to appeal to superin-
tendents; and to teachers as well. to study
advanced methods of work. and apply
them where you find them of use. Make
the conduct of your school and your class
part OF your business here. The Lord
puts hundren things in your way dur
ing the Week. that you stumble over which
were meant for you to pick up and use in
teaching and in directing
The Committee of Fifteen,
Following your Instructions at the last
convention. as has already been stated
a committee CT fifteen members was ap-
pointed to devise plans and put them into
execution, to make a house-to-house can
vass of the District in the interests of the
Sunday schools limit Of time was nut
upon the committee to do the work, but
II was found. unCer all the circumstances
after the most careful considera ton that
In the Judgment of the committee the can
VasS ought not to be made until some time
In the autumn With the consent of the
Poned until October 16, when the work
was undertaken. with such success as will
appear In later reports. Without antici-
pating anything of these reports l want
to commend the undertaking with all my
heart. Much of the great good that was
accomplished may never be known to the
pubic. because 1t came to scores of indi-
viduals who are permanently shut away
in their homes. and because. too, 1t was
of vast benefit to those who did the work
of going from house to house. But we be-
lieve that the practical results will show
that the effort was worth the time. the
labor and the expense.
'Since last we met Mr.. William Reynolds,
the international s. s. field worker, has
been suddenly called away from the work
here. 1t is providence which we cannot
understand. He was doing a great work,
the benefits of which cannot be measured.
The convention at another time will be
asked to take suitable action in relation
to Mr.. Reynolds death.
I'VE have secured for the work of this
convention men and women of consecrated
lives, of great and varied experience, and
yet or such practical knowledge that / am
sure they will bring rich things to us from
the great storehouse. We ought to be bet
ter men and women ourselves: have
broader view of our own field and a more
generous one of the world, and we ought
to be more practical workers and better
equipped for the work when this conven-
ton closes. trust that each one, speaker
or singer or listener. shall both bring and
take away a blessing
The Field Work.
Next followed the reading by Mr. Jerome
F. Johnson, field worker of the association,
of his report for the past year, as fol-
lows:
I'm submitting this report Of the condi-
ton and progress Of our District Sunday
school work to you it becomes us first of
all to render thanksgiving to Almighty
God for His very evident presence and
PIE blessing during the year that is past. for
the measure Of success that has attended
our Sunday school work, for the growing
interest in Bible study and for the in
creasing number who find joy in this SER
vice for the Master. We come together to
get new inspiration, to strengthen each
others hearts, to compare methods and
take counsel with each other, hoping that
better work, better workers and better
ways of working may be developed. 1t is
well-known fact that the states that
lead in the number of its conventions in
city, in county and in township, are the
states that stand foremost in enthusiasm
in the quality of the work done, in the
percentage of the population in the Sunday
schools and in the increase in the number
of schools. Said our lamented friend Mr.
William Reynolds, who was with us one
year ago, We are not seeking to remove
the fences that divide us denominationally,
but to remove the barbed wire from the
top. so that we can reach over and take
each other by the hand and cheer each 9TH
er on the way.
LAS has been stated heretofore, 1t is no
part Of the the work of this association to
establish or maintain Sunday schools, but
to point out the vacant places in our Dis
trict where schools are needed, and to be
of as much help to the Sunday school
workers possible through conventions,
institutes and lectures. and thus to aid
them, 1t may be, in taking more adj
vanced step and making the most of a
great opportunity to help in extending the
kingdom of Christ and in upbuilding His
church.
1.-The object is set forth in one brief SEN
tence of our constitution and reads as
follows: To promote the efficiency of Sun
day schools in the District of Columbia
Statistical Showing.
You will understand that our statistical
report properly covers only the white
Protestant evangelical schools in other
words. those which are eligible to member
ship in our association.
"One year ago this number was $50. We
now report 154. The number, enrolment.
ETC.. of these 154 schools according to the
statistics gathered, arranged denomina-
tionally, are as follows:
Methodist Episcopal-Schools, 80; officers
and teachers, 1854; scholars 6,612; total en-
rollment, 7.476; loss, II; number uniting
with church from school, 2s2; number Of
schools holding teaChers' pnaatipo n,,,