The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-16

an order that hereafter no cigarette
smokers were to be employed on that
vast system.
This was his application of these
facts: "Can we, as christian people,
be any less particular, as candidates
for Christ, than armies or railways?
God doesn't want anyone whom bust
ness corporation can't use. Yet often
we turn to Him, morally poor rejected
Ones"
A ten minute conservation service
followed, benediction was pronounced,
and the convention was at an end.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
The Thursday afternoon session was
divided between the work of the home
department, conference conducted
under the direction of e. e. Calkins,
of Ann Arbor, and the work of the
primary department was conducted by
Mrs. Bryner.
The first part of the session was
taken up by William Strong, of
Kalamazoo, with practical talk on
the home department work. This
department is rapidly proving itself
necessity in Sunday school work and is
one of the most profitable branches of
the work. The necessity for it arises
from the fact that such great proper
tion of the people are not connected
with the Sunday school in any way.
The matter was taken up in further
remarks by e. E. Calkins, of Ann
Arbor, who kept at the audience with
pointed questions and suggestive
hints until he had got an idea of work
into many of those present if not into
the majority of them. There are
some 1925 Sunday schools in the state,
while there are but about $50 home
departments organized. The differ
ence between the two numbers
represents the number of the home
departments which sho lid be estab-
lished in Michigan, during the coming
year. In other words there should be
a home department in every Sunday
school.
MRS. BRYNER's CONFERENCE.
One of the most successful confer
ences of the convention was that held
Thursday morning in the Congrega-
tional church. Mrs. IBryner found her.
self greeted by large audience which
nearly filled the main auditorium Of
that church, clearly proving that her
reputation had not suffered from the
memory of the preceding days ses-
sions in which she took part. During
the two hours over which this confer
ence extended considerable number
of different matters were discussed
and much help and inspiration were
derived from the quick, sensible
answers of Mrs. Bryner, whose expert
ence evidently covers every branch of
prim airy department work.
In speaking of the relation of the
primary department to the whole
school the fact that it was to be a
source of supply from which the whole
school should draw was duly impressed.
The primary teachers were to keep 1t
in mind that they were to train the
pupils to become i'm turn good mem
bers OF the larger school and then OF
the church itself in few more years.
| A trouble of curing teachers of tardi.
ness was suggested In the placing OF
the names, not only of the pupils who
were tardy but the teachers as well, on
a board In front OF the whole class A
plan for interesting pupils in the mem.
Orizing OF passages of scripture Was tC
assign birthday chapters to different
pupils. For instance to an eleven yeal
old pupil assign the 18th chapter OF
Hebrews, to another the 18th OF
Romans, or the 14th of John, etc
Ways OF teaching the primary pupils