The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-03
TALKED OF THEIR NEEDS
DELEGATES TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
UNION DELIVER AD-
DRESSES
PROGRESS IN SCHOOL WORK
Sunday Schools Regarded as Being
More EfficacIOus Than DenOmI-
natiOnaI-Warm Discussion
on This Point.

The afternoon session of the Sunday
School unions convention at the House
| of Hope church was partly taken ND
| yesterday with a presentation of The
! Particular Phase of the Work that
Needs to Be Emphasized in Ny Field"
Five minutes was given each speaker.
b. l.. Weber of Preston, Mimi. opened
| the discussion. Enthusiasm was especial
! ~ needed In the work In his field First
the preachers and Sunday school work
ers should be aroused Enthusiasm
among all Christian people would fol-
low. He thought that more Bible schools
| and Bible studies should be started
! among the Scandinavians
A G. Hunt, of South Dakota, empha-
sized the need of home department. work.
| Because of the scattered condition OF
! the people In frontier towns and tho
! 1mpossibility of gathering them together
into a school, it was necessary that good
books should be placed in their hands
| ana this was the special aim of the
| home department
| 0. N. Olson, of North Dakota, spoke
OF the need of organizing new schools
and supplementing the work by the home
| department. The main phase of the
| work that needed emphasizing in North
Dakota was he thought, that of getting
| the young men interested. He thought
|
| young people in music and hold insti-
! tutes
c. H. Frady, of Montana, stated that
| the phase of work which needed empha-
sizing in his state was the placing of
Bibles in the homes of the people The
Bible was also needed among the Indi--
ans and among the cowboys and sheep
men. How to get those Bibles was the
problem that was troubling the workers
in the state.
James Stanaway, of Michigan. said that
mis- district needed a good man to preach
the gospel One who was good singer.
could play an instrument and was pow
ertul In prayer and in family visiting
was desired.
c. w. FalcOner, of wisconsin, stated
that Sunday schools were especially need
ed in his state
Henry belong, speaking for Iowa.
said chat what was needed most I'm his
neld seemed to be sanctified common
sense.
George N. McCombs, of Minnesota
stated that the most pressing work was
the destruction of prejudice among for
elgners. Literature and Bibles in their
own language were needed.
There was symposium on 1.-THE I'M
portance of Cultivating the Financial
Part of the Work." taken part in bv
each missionary; one on Performing the
Service for Which We Are Commission
ed" and THE Duty and Obligation of
Being Thorough in Our Work.
Rev. George K. Merrill. superintendent
OF Congregational missions, spoke on
conventions, Institutes and Normal
Work. The successful teacher he said
must know three things, Christ, the BIZ
pie and how to impart this knowledge.
Other speakers were E. NJ Rfttenhouse
and Luther Speers.
The entire morning session was devoted
to discussion of THE Enlargement d
the Work" The subject was divided in
to four sub-topics, each being some mar
ucular phase of the effort to expand
Sunday school work
The question of denominatlonal as COM
pared with union Sunday schools was
debated at some length and with CON
siderable spirit
The question was brought up in an
address on the sub-topic of 1.-THE Growth
and Development OF Our Schools in
which 1T was contended that the schools
established should be denominatfonal
when organized as permanent schools.
Dr: Jay Clarke, of Philadelphia, vice
president took exception to this state
ment, and argued very warmly that
union schools should. in all instances
be organized by missionaries. DenomI-
national schools, he said, had been found
In the past to work with poor success.
n-ANQO lei IN TIE EVENING.
The superintendent and missionaries
IN the Northwestern district of the Amer
lean Sunday Schoof union were fine
guests of honor last evening at a COM
plimentary dinner given at the Hotel
metropolitan by the vice presidents Of
the union who reside IN ST. Paul The
banquet was a pleasant diversion for
those who have been in attendance on
the convention and the after dinner
speeches were not only concise presenta-
tons of the various departments of the
work of the union, but they were enter
tanning and witty as we'll Covers were
laid for eighty geusts. There were two
long tables besides the one reserved for
the hosts, the guests of honor and the
speakers. The only decora tons were ono
large American flag draped behind the
first table and smaller flags fastened here
and there on the walls Daniel r. NoyGs
presided. Rev. J. NJ. CroweiI, D. D. of
Philadelphia. secretary Of missions. spoke
on The Conferences of 1885 and 1900"
Comparing the two conferences he found
causes for congra tulatiOn In the growth
OF membership and in the increasing zeal
of the workers Bright and entertaining
was the response that NJ. B. Lewis OF
Red Wing, a man over eighty, the Oldest
missionary in the district, made to the
toast Experiences" Mr. Lewis voice
was audible in every part CT the dining
room and his talk WAS replete with
amusing "reminiscences Of his forty years
work.
Among the invited guests last evening
were Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Lewis, st.
Paul.; Robert A. Kirk, st. Paul; James
B. Sutherland, William A. Black. DR.. J.
F. Force, j. e. Bell and D. C. Bell, SIin-
neapolis.