The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-26
ITS CLOSING SESSION
Convention of the Silver Bow
Sunday School Association.
OFFICERS WERE ELECTED
Reports From Nearly All Of the Sunday
Schools in the County Received.
Several Interesting Let
tiers Read.

Bow County Sunday School association
held its closing session at the First
Presbyterian church last night. Re
schools in the county were received and
officers for the ensuing year were elect
ed. Several interesting letters were also
read. The new officers were selected by
a committee appointed by President
Passmore. consisting of Mrs. Mckay.
Rev. J. f.. Noftsinger and j. w. KEN
per, who reported the following: Presi-
dent, l.. r. Foote: vice president, j. c..
Brummett; secretary and treasurer,
Miss Langston; executive committee. j.
w. Passmore, Annie Pierce, j. ID. Slem-
mons
Miss Orr. the secretary. read reports
from II Sunday schools in the county,
showing the enrolment. attendance,
etc, for 1897. as follows:
First Presbyterian-Oficers, 5; teach
ers, 26; enrolment of children, 263; to-
tai membership, 2S0: average attend
ance, III; expended for the school,, 1913.
Burlington Sunday stockholders. s:
teachers, s; enrolment of children. 60:
total membership. IL; average attend
ance. Il; paid to missionary. $40: paid to
state and county Sunday school work,
IS: expended for the school. $50.
South Butte Union Stockholders, s;
teachers, s; enrolment of children, so:
total membership ~; average attend
ance, SO.
Mountain View NJ. T.. Church-Off-
GERS, 8: teachers, 13: enrolment, 10; to-
tai membership. 1855: average attend
$50 A. -
Sunday school,, 6; paid to missionary
causes, s96.27; expended for the school,
$3.50.
Walkerville Stockholders. 4: teach
ers, IA: enrolment, 1855; membership,
1873: average attendance, 100: contribut-
ed to missionary cause, $3.50; expended
for the school, $27.9 go.
Christian Sunday Stockholders. A.:
teachers, s.; enrolment. 30; membership,
100; average attendance. IS; added to
the church from the Sunday school, 10;
expended for the school. $685..
Observation-Disclosures, 3; teachers, IL:
enrolment, 40; membership, 156; ave-
rage attendance. 1O5; added to the
church from the Sunday school, 4; ex-
pended for the school. $50.
Grace M. +. Church, South-Oficers,
4: teachers. s; enrolment, 10; member
ship 122; average IS; added
to church from Sunday school, 8; ex-
pended for the school. $3s.
South Idaho NJ. T.. Church. South-Of-
ficers, 4: teachers. 6: enrolment. so; ave-
rage attendance. so: contributed to mis-
sionary work. $685.: contributed to state
AIRY work. $63. IS; contributed to state
and county work, $3.50; expended for
the school, s6S.
First Baptist church-Oficers, s.;
teachers. Is; enrolment. 305, member
ship, 22i; average attendance, 1903; con-
tributed to missionary work, $40; con-
tributed to state and county work. $40;
expended for the school. $50.
Calvary Baptist church-Oficers. g.;
teachers. 6: enrolment, 1873; average at
tendance, 1870; contributed to missionary
work, IS; expended for the school,
S45. 80.
Emmanuel Presbyterian c~hurch-Ofi-
GERS, =; teachers, Il: enrolment. 200;
membership, 220; average attendance,
1870; expended for the school. s122.
No official reports were received from
the Episcopal Sunday school. the Gem
terville, Travonia. Melrose and the mis-
sion schools at Williamsburg and Sill
yer Bow park, but ii was stated that
ST. Johns Episcopal had an enrolment
of about 240, exclusive of officers and
teachers; St. Paul's, in Centerville.
about 50; the Travonia, go; Silver Bow
park. 50. and Williamsburg. 81, so that
il was roughly estimated that the total
attendance at the Protestant Sunday
schools i'm the county was $500, against
an estimate for last year of about Zoo.
The official reports for last year showed
1,514, and this year ,16s. an increase of
254. The average attendance reported
last year was 1.073. and this year 1.2I4.
Last year the total number of teachers
reported was l59, and this year 1856. an
increase OF 81.
At the convention last year il was
voted to make certain revisions in the
constitution, and a committee was APP
pointed to draw them up. The COM
mittee, however. did not know what
was expected of 1t, and was not pre-
pared to make a report.
Mrs. Sherman Hill read an interesting
and well written paper on PRIMARY
Work in the Sunday School" She said
the primary work was the most import
ant, and that a great responsibility
rested upon the primary teacher. mrs.
Hill advocated teaching children story
telling in such a way as to bring out
the spiritual lesson. Her paper was
favorably discussed.
II. NJ. Patterson read a paper on The
Silver Bow County Sunday SCHOOLS.
and said they were in good condition,
and progressing favorably, but regret
ted the marked Indifference manifested
by church people generally in Sunday
school work. and spoke of difficulty in
getting enough teachers for the work.
He said the Sunday schools had as
MANY children as the limited number or
teachers could care for. During the
discussion that followed many reasons
were advanced why only so few church
men and women attended sunday
school. One was that they did not get
up in time. and another was that they
were afraid Of b~etraying how little they
knew of the Bible.
AT the conclusion Of the discussion a
collection was taken to defray expenses
incurred. and the convention adjourned.