The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-02
GOOD WORK IS SPREADING.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF SUNDAY
SCHOOL UNION IN
SESSION
ADDRESS BY SUPT. ENSIGN
Predicts an Unprecedented Advance
in All Christian and Mis-
sfOnRry WOrk-D. r..
NOyes Presides.

Over 100 delegates are in attendance at
the annual conference of the American
Sunday school union, which opened yes
terday morning in the House of Hope
church. In the conference Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana
and Northern Michigan are represented
Notable among those attending are Mar
tin B. Lewis, of Red Wing, Sunday.
school worker and missionary for over
forty years. Rev. j. M. Crowell, u. D.. OF
Philadelphia, national secretary of mis-
siOns; j. M. Andrews, Philadelphia ma
tiOnal recording secretary; T. G. Ensign.
superintendent of the Northwestern dis
trict and e. B Stevenson, Cedar Rapids,
To-, assistant superintendent.
D. R. Noyes president of the union, APP
pointed the following committees:
observation-disclosures w. H Kimberley.
Luther Speers, Lavender, Klniston, Hunt
and Fisher.
Place Of Meeting-Messrs. Peck, Falcon
er, Buck and Moss.
Manilius Rogers was appointed secre-
tary of the conference.
Supt. F. G. Ensign delivered his ar
nual address at the morning session. The
speaker was optimistic in his view Of the
future, predicting an unprecedented ad-
vance in ali Christian, missionary and
philanthropic work. Thirty years ago, he
said, there were seven missionaries in.
what is now known as the Northwestern
distr CT fifteen years ago there We're nine
teen, and this year 10.
Following Mr.. Ensigns address there
was a discussion on How to Secure Men
for the Work.
Vice President John E. Bell presided at
the afternoon session.
Rev. NJ. D. Edwards, of the Dayton
Avenue Presbyterian church, delivered an
address. Mrs. J. E. Hobart, superin-
tendent of primary work in the Mime
sofa State Sunday School association.
spoke on practical Primary Plans" Mrs.
Hobart explained her method of getting
children interested in Sunday school
work. She said the Lords cause did not
suffer so much from the apathy of those
people who were endowed with five tai
ents as it did from the apathy of those
who had but one talent.
Rev. Clarence F. Swift, of Minneapolis,
spoke on "a Workman Need Not to Be
Ashamed" Though the spirit of God was
the chief thing in Christian work, he said
it was not the only thing. The Lord had
provided axes for the doing of His work,
and these axes, which included all mental
gifts, should be kept sharp
Rev. E. r. Pope, superintendent of Bap-
fist missions in Minnesota, spoke on,
Wanted, a Man" Nothing was so badly
needed in this world, he said, as earnest
Christian workers, and to obtain these
the church could not start too early to
lay the foundations,
At the evening session of the union adj
dresses were delivered by DR.. James d.
Paxton, on "Minnesotas Place in the
Work. by E. B. Stevenson, assistant SUI
perintendent, on 1.-The Permanent Results
Of this Work" and by DR.. Crowell, chief
secretary of the union. DIR. Crowell said
there was urgent need of more missionary
and Sunday school workers in the South,
where so large a proportion of the people
were illiterate, and where so few of them
knew anything about religion Mr.. Ste
venson stated in his address that the
best results were not churches and large
buildings that were erected for the cause
but the workers gained for it and the
souls saved. Mr.. Stevenson and Supt.
Ensign will both take part in the services
next Sunday morning at the House of
Hope church.
At this mornings session there will be
an open conference 80 Student missionary
work; also one on house to house vista
ton, evangelistic work, and the growth
and development of the schools. At the
afternoon session Rev. George r. Merrill
and Rev. A. Knudson will speak This
evening there will be the annual dinner
given by the vice presidents of the unioa
i'll ST. Paul and Minneapolis at the Hotel
Metropolitan. Daniel r. Noyes will pre-
side