The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-10-15
AT BPWORIH M. E. CHURCH
ANNU4L SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY
 DAY YESTERDAY.

Dopartment-The Home Department -
 Harvest Concert and Blackboard Talk. Epworth church is trying to make, and is certainly approaching toward the goal In it's attempt to make, model Sunday school.
 Yesterday was the annual Sunday school rally day and harvest concert. The attention of the reporter was called in the first place to the splendid archl- lecture of Epworth church, and the especial adaptability of It's Sunday school room to the purpose of this ln- stitution The school room is built ar ter the celebrated Ackron plan, semi circular In form, with inclined floor, separate room being given to each class The main floor Is surmounted by a gallery, from which open a halE dozen more complete class rooms while every room, by means of folding doors, can be thrown into the main audi toriurn, and all again, into the church auditorium proper. Bishop John Il. Vincent remarked on his visit to Ep- worth church last spring that 1t was the most beautiful and complete com bnation church he had eeen.
 Not only in it's architecture, but ln the character of it's working force the Epworth Sunday school Is fortunate. hTe pastor Rev. r. Winslow Adams, is q thorough Sunday school worker and has entered with interest this part of the church work. The superintendent, r. A. Johnston, is a commercial trav- +l,o ln,,t plnpta6 to his new position is proving that drummer can succeed in building up a Sunday school as we'll as In selling goods. The school is feeling the effect of the application of wide awake busi- ness enterprise, and consecrated zeal of It's leader. The assistant superintend- ent is also a man of we'll recognized ability, William F. Fenno, the genial general secretary of the Railway Y. M. C. A. The retiring superintendent, William E. Camp, who held his position for twenty-five years, is still actively connected with the school at the head of the missionary department. The school has also an efficient corps of of- ficers and teachers.
 Especially noticeable are its two Bible classes The first includes adults of both sexes, and Is taught by one of our prominent railroad officials, Superin tendent C. H. Platt of the Consolidated road. MT. Platt has been for many years identified with Sunday school work, both as superintendent and a teacher, in this city in Hartford and in New York state, and his ''chalk talk lessons have become famous through tl,nI I ,;,,, rlr nfI class is for men between the ages of seventeen and thirty-five, and is known as "The Young Mems Wesleyan Bible class" It is taught by one of the younger members of the legal profess sion, Andrew T. Bierkan. The prest- dent of the class is also a member of the bar, Frank F. Northrop.
 The school makes a special feature of its well equipped primary department, which is taught by Miss Helen Garvie, Miss Agnes White, Miss Elsie Bradlee, and assistants. Yesterday at the rally a pleasant feature was the addition of a cradle department, the children of the primary department presenting the su- perintendent with a white enameled cradle containing the names on white cards of over a score of babies who were thus made members of the cradle department. The birthday of each baby Is marked on the cards, and they will be remembered by the school on the succeeding birthdays and on Christ mas day.
 Then there is the house department, of those who cannot attend but study the lesson during the hour at home, and further Wednesday evening Bible class, conducted by the pastor. This class ia studying for the year "The Founding of the Christian Church." as outlined by the American Institute of Bible Study, Chicago.
 At the rally and harvest concert yes- terday morning at 10:30 o'clock the church was appropriately decorated, l and fruits of the harvest displayed | The recitations and songs by the little folks were enjoyed by all. One special | feature was q blackboard talk on the | lesson by c. H. Platt. Though MT. | Platt Is in Paris at present his black | board talk was given just the same, it being presented for MT. Platt by the | pastor.