Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-03-01
Township Convention.

f . johnson 10 the chair, and Mrs S
S Hageman kindly assisting as or
ganlst Every topic on the program
was ably handled and freely discuss
ed A right smart good time was
had and now, don't you wish you had
been there? Probably on account of
the cold weather the people did not
gather in until I0:45, when the morn
ing session was opened by a praise
led by f @ johnson, followed with
prayer by Rev Smokey.
A convention needs to have good
singing and plenty of it to wake up
the individuals and get good start.
The president and the audience
then read responsibility Ps. 10, in
which the creatures show forth Gods
glory and the word HIS grace.
:'The Progress of Sunday School
Work was next taken up and particl-
pated in by Messrs. Hageman, Shock
ley, Furgeson and others. They
showed that there was much more &C.
tivlty along the line than formerly
more schools being established and
increased interest awakened.
''O1r Duty as Bible Students" as
reviewed by the preacher, the parent
and the pupil and the superintendent
was then discussed. Perhaps the
greater responsibility here lies upon
the parent and pupil. If the parent
sta died the word of God, the natural
tendency of the children would be to
follow his example, and would him
self be more efficient in training his
children, not only to lives of moral
integrity, but to Christian manhood
and Christian womanhood. The
more pupil studies the word of God
the more be wants to know, and finds
himself gradually reaching out to
higher aims and purer motives, real
izing that The law of the Lord is
perfect converting the SOUL" To be
familiar with the bible is of far more
importance than to question the facts
of it's history or the theory of its IN
SEPARATION. Perhaps there are those
superintendents who do not know the
need of studying the Sunday School
lessons. The organist is there to
play, the singers to sing, the teachers
to teach, the secretary to keep the
books, and all this backed up by the
preachers in attendance, and things
slip along quite easily, but the super
intendent should be able to review
the lesson Sunday after Sunday as
we'll as the teacher before her class.
and also to see that it is done
The session then adjourned for DIN
ner.
The devotional exercises, led by
Elder Irwin followed an interesting
song service immediately after inter-
mission.
What is the most needed in my
school," came next and was well con-
eidered. Various and many were the
needs. Cooperation among the Off
GERS. teachers and fellow-laborels,
was one of the many things which
could best be brought about by the
Teachers Meeting, where ideas could
be exchanged and the needs of the
school discussed, and ways supplied
of meeting those needs. A stronger
attendance amongst the young men
was urged, and also the bringing of
the parents to the Sunday School
The dearth of teachers in our Sunday
School could be greatly avoided if the
parents Wonld come with their chill
dren-and they would soon resIlzv
the necessity of the school. If the
people were ss Jealous in inviting
their friends and neIghbors to join
the Sunday School as they are abou,
many other things, our Sunday School,
would greatly increase in numbers,
and therein lies strength.
We rested ourselves by singing,
and then the collection was taken mp
which amounted to Sl.48. of which
81 Is was used for printing aud Incl
dentale, and the balance, % cents,
was handed to Miss Blanch Barnes,
Treasurer in the sbseAce of Mrs. Ella
Granger.
basis of Promotion in our Sunday
School" was generally discussed, but
no definite conclusion was arrived at.
The discussion, however, awakened
thought.