Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Cmcers EIec:ed: Other Features of Inter
est-Au Excellent Paper by Mr..
T. H. Robinson.

Tho township Sunday School
Convention was held at the First
Baptist church in this city We'd
ncsday evening, The rain pre-
vented any session at night, but
the discussions in the afternoon
were very interesting and We are
sorry that al the Sunday School
workers in the city were not pres
ent, and we regret that we have
not in writing copy of the many
strong points Of interest given US
by the different speakers. We
oro able, however, to give in full,
the excellent paper read by Mr..
Thos. r. Robinson, superintend-
ent Of St. Paul, M. E. Sunday
School, and we hope that every
church member and parent in the
city, will read it. Hero it is:
DIFFICULTIES OF THE TOWN
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
paper Read by t K. Robinson)
My FRIENDS:-Tne subject
assigned me, as noted on the
Programme, is the difficulties
of Town Sunday Sohools"-Bu5
this is a misnomer, for town and
country Sunday schools have the
same dificulties-the same diff
culties il common, and these
common difficulties ara traceable
to the same common source, viz:
the Home. The home is the Sum
day schools hope; without Chris
tian homes the Sunday school is
futile and its work is vain; for
however prayerfully and diligent-
~ we may sow the SEED in the
Sunday school, il must BE- nur~
tured 10 the home, else it will
surely Wither and die-or be
sadly dwarfed at best.
Parents cannot be too diilgent
in nurturing in the home the
work of the Sunday school. II
we would have our children good
citizens, good and abiding Chriss
tians, they must be taught at
home. If we would have this
country maintain her present
proud position among the nations
Of the earth our children must be
trained at home to reverence the
name Of the Almighty, in whom
the fathers Of this country
trusted and to whom the members
Of the first Continental Congress
prayed. Let regard Tor the Sum-
day school grow cold in the home
and it will not be found warm IN
the hearts OF the children. Let
Indifference as TO Sunday school
attendance take root in the hearts
Of the parents and you will find
the attendance at Sunday school
falling off in proportion, and
both parents and children becom-
ing lukeWarm il faith, and when
the faith of g people becomes ex-
tingujshed disintigration is sure
to follow. Remove all mention of
Almighty God from law and
statute, text book and primer,
and you paYe the way for inidel-
ity to enter in. Preach the Cos
pei only on Sundays and teach
the Bible and religion only in
Sunday school and you will sure
~ have a generation Of materiaia
lists, atheists, indifferentists. The
welfare OF the Church ana the
State alike depends upon the ris-
ing generation.
As Sunday school teachers it
is our part to train the children
who are committed to our care
on Sundays into the religion and
spirit Of the Lord Jesus, but how
can We do this permanently if the
homes unto which We return them
when the days lesson is over be
not garnered with Gods grace
FOR their weeks sojourn? It is
the duty Of the homo to make
Religion something to be adj
mired, something to be revered,
something to be loved. The
family altar should be one Of the
child's earliest recollections of
home, where the merits Of the all
prevailing sacrifice Of the Sa
viour Of the world were daily
pleaded, and where the comforts
able Gospel Of Christ was set
forth in ali it's simplicity and all
it's beauty, a solace and strength
for the present and q hope and
incentive for time to come.
So, the Difficulties Of the Town
Sunday Schools-the difficulties
Of all Sunday schools, do not
arise in the schools per Sc, but
they come to US from the homes.
Get the homes right and the
Sunday schools will know nc
difficulties save in providing room
for the .teeming children who
will crowd thither to learn the
Words of Eternal Life" and &C
forth to battle for the glory o1
God and the welfare Of their fell
low men.
The Same township officers were