The Portland daily press., 1899-10-26
Paper on Motor and Sensor Chill
dren by Mr.. Archibald.
Addresses by Other Well known Workers
and Discussions.

as follows: Figures cannot adequately
represent results In Gods vinsyard.)
Memo. of Field Work Dso. !. 1898. to
Oct. 20, 1890
Number OF Counties Visited, 90
Number Of County Conventions at
Numbsr Of District Conventions at
tended, 80
Total Num- sr Of Conversations attended, So
Numbsr Of Addresses delivered at
Conventions, %
Number Of Short Talks and "Qu.s-
tions Answered" %
Total Number Of Addresses at Con.
ventions, 12
Numhsr Of People Addressed, $500
Number Of Union s. s. Rallies held, "a
Number Of Peopls Addressed, 600
Number Of Week Night MestInss and
Sunday Rallies OF ons dsnomina-
Nun Der Of People Addressed. 1900
Numtor Of schools visited dnring
NUM- Der Of Schools addressed during
session, G3
Number OF Pulpits supplied at regular
service, 10
Total Number of s. S. and General
Addresses, ga
about, ai.oOO
Number Of District Associations or
rsnized. o
Number Of Letters and Postal Cards
written and mailed, 500
Numb sr of circulars and blanks dis
tributed, about Ia 600
Amount Of collse tlons. subscriptions
and other sums received, $500 co
The number Of Home Departments and
Normal Dope rtments organized cannot
be here reported, for In some instances
the visit Of the Field Worker resulted In
only the Assurance that these branches OF
our work would be at once Instituted.
and later reports arc wanting. 10 show
that the promise was made fact. The
same may he said Of nav Sunday schools.
At one rally reliable workers proposed
ssts bDshipg three schools at once, and
others on other occasions, expressed the
same determi nation. Less than dozsn
schools have Eeen reported this yenr rs
new schools, three OF these organized BY
the Field Worker during his Visits. Our
work lie not to organizs sunday Schools
so much as to organize workers into
consecrated effort to further ths Sunday
School interests In their own district, and
a statement cannot this year b, made ms
60 definite results. Another year, better
statistical IS stems will show more clearly
our actual work. The right kind of CO.
operation will hasten the day when every
school district IN Maine will carry on the
study OF Gods word OH Sunday, from SIX
to twelve months each year.
Primary work has taken q forward ftsp
AZ 1t must do with SO much said In Its
Lehalf at convt tious, so much printed In
Sunday School Lapers, and SO much put
before this parents In many ways. still,
no persistent positive progress can be
made without the institutlo on Of primary
unions, and a patient constanoy In keep
ing them up Those who have prepared
ha1 do
quatsly appreciated tbs great necessity
that our teachers better understand, the
little ones they ars expected TO feed with
the milk Of the Word.
While we m st look to the Spirit OF God
for aid that can come from no earth
history of the Sunday School work,
general need Of HARD thinking. pAinstas-
Ing planning. and eager endeavor. The
multitude Of good works and orgsniza-
tions should never deprive the Sunday
School Of its proper estimate as the
ina God" whSn 1t Ia allowed Its place
the gates Of hell shall trsmble, and heaven
shout tho anthem of coming victory.
STATISTICAL REPORT.
ghsre are about 1000 Sunday Schools in
Maine, Including Roman Catholic and
Protsstsnt Schools. These have total
mem bership Of about II 200. About one
person In seven attends q Sunday School
with largely varying degree Of regular
ity. Placing the average attendance at
sixty psr cent, which 10 slightly less than
our reports show. about 20, 600 persoEs are
actually present. every Sunday in our
Sunday Schools. or about one In ten Of
our population, Sunday School attend
ance IL not keeping pace in increase. with
the increase OF our population, whom IL
should be growing. What 10 the duty of
this convention and our organization In
Its most Esrious mattsiS
1hs sunday Schools Of the Maine State
Sunday School Association embrace those
Of svapgelistioal Denominations, and
many OF them fail to send In reports. thus
king IL impossible to submit report
At all approaching completen S. 1t Ii
very small matter which rests with each
superintendent and becomes source OF
the heaviest work Of our clerical officers.
uscause this small matter Is not courts-
| ously ana promptly dsalt with and dis
charged In the individual school. The
largest schools seem to have the most in
| different supsfintsndsnts. still further
Iaggravating the anxiety and difficulty ut
| headquarters Supsrintendents please
wake up and be kind to long suffering
senstarisa The following report ID much
more complsts than any ever presented to
| this body, and yet 10 depreGses the Field