Evening star., 1901-10-31
THECONVENTlON ADJOURNS
LAST MEETING UNDER AUSPICES OF
S. $. ASSOCIATION.
Election of Officers for the Ensuing
Year-Program of Exercises
Last Night.

| VI lie SuIudy SCuOOl ASSOcldtlOl OA Tie
District Of Columbia. From every view
point the last session was regarded as the
most impressive. The music was of a re-
| markably high order. The addresses united
the most advanced theories Of religious
| thought and the most practical methods of
religious teaching. The audience, made up
entirely of serious workers in the city 5
Sunday schools, gave to the program :he
most undivided attention. Finally the CON-
vention chose new officers for the ensuing
year with exceptional unanimity and with
satisfaction in the result. Justice Thomas
| H. Anderson Of the District of Columbia
| Supreme Court presided.
Children's Chorus.
A chorus Of about forty little children
about eight years Of age began the meeting
with a service of song. In single file they
marched sturdily to little low chairs set
| on the platform at the front Of the church.
Then with their eyes fastened on Mrs. Julia
| T. Bodfish, their leader, they sang half a
dozen anthems observing the time and the
expression marks with care and skill Most
| of them knew the words of the songs by
heart. The singing was all very pleasing,
| but when the choir of little folks rendered
arrangements of Handels Largo and Ru-
binstein's melody in F, the enthusiasm of
the convention manifested itself in bursts
Of applause.
Justice Anderson spoke briefly on assum-
ing the chair ITO have any part in a
work of this character he said, '1is to en-
JOY great privilege. I congratulate you
on the program of addresses you have
heard since the opening of this convention.
II the end and aim of all systems of edu-
cation is character-building, then you may
well be assured yours is truly an educa-
t1onal work. 1 congratulate you upon the
high purposes of your association
Concelvlng the convention to be a gath
D. D., read the parable, Behold, a sower
went forth to SOW
The Officers Chosen.
A roster of officers was submitted in the
name of the committee on nominations by
Chairman A. NJ. McBath, as follows:
President, w. W. MILAN; first vice presi-
| dent, Gen. W. S. Shallenberger; second vice
president, E. 1. Booraem; secretary, R. A.
Balderson; treasurer, J. H. Lichliter; addi-
tional members of the executive commit
tee Lucius d. Alden, Rev. Stanley Bill
heimer, H. NJ. Shook DR.. George p Sam
son, ]. E. Dawson, George S. Gibson, ]. s.
Barker, w. ]. Bowman Weston Flint R.
E. Harvey, James a. Scott, E. P. Leeds
Eugene c. Brown, c. W. Bohannon and
John w. Stewart.
These nominations were approved unani-
| mousy. The convention, by the same vote,
referred to the executive committee the
election of delegates to the annual conven-
citation, to be held in Denver in 1852
While the collection was being taken,
Mrs. Bodfishs little choristers sang THE
Holy City" This was succeeded by Mrs
Mary f. Bryner's address on Pointers"
The speaker began by writing the letter
''P' all over a blackboard. When she had
spoken a little while the board was COW
cred with such words as pleasant place.
''punctual, prompt" plenty of pure air.
prepared program" "precept,' purpose >,
progressive" pictures parents pow
er of prayer" and perfect pattern
The address consisted of a running talk
or the topics suggested by the letter ''P.'
Mrs. Bryner's methods can be indicated by
a single example. Under the topic Par
ents' she noted that all Sunday schools
should cooperate with their pastor but
than the pastor; that their parents were
often greatly helped through the Sunday
school; that teacher in Chicago devoted
an entire quarter to teaching the text
Children, Obey Your Parents" that the
results of such teaching would do more
than any teacher would believe to clear
away the difficulties of the workers at
home.
Old Bible for New Century.
Rev. Oliver c. Huckel, ID, of Baltimore
delivered the second address His topic
was '"The Old Bible for the New Century"
The address was an exposition of the
higher criticism, a defense of that move
scholarly and plea for the "humanness"
of the Bible in contradistinction to the
'old theory that God Himself indited the
several books, word for word, line for line"
DR.. HuckelS paper was very scholarly and
the longest read during the convention, but
the delegates were reluctant to have him
close. The character of the address is in
dieated e. ted by ay,the the following extracts
things only are fixed The tree of life is
rooted in eternity. Yet it sends forth fresh
blossoms, fresh foliage and fresh fruitage.
The substance of the new must not con-
tradict the old, lest it be false. But it's
application must adapt itself to new con-
ditions.
THE whole Bible has been retranslated.
It has been rerendered into the most mod
ern speech. Never has there been a more
active interest in its teachings Never has
there been so large an army Of Bible stu
dents as today. The Bible is still the best
selling book in the world. I believe we
are closer to the Bible today than ever
before. Yet we are far from the Bible of
fifty years ago.
New Avenues of Approach.
Theology is important. but it Is rot
everything. Mystical vision Of the biblical
teachings was the method of Milton, Emer-
son and Bunyan. But these later days
have given us new avenues of approach to
the study of Gods word. These are the
days of philosophical research. Christ can
earlier age of the worlds history. We have
been given a literary approach to the Bible
No one supposes that it is the best ap-
proach, but it is distinct gain, 1 believe
when the students of the Bible realize that
the Psalms and the book of Job are Won
derful poems, poems beautiful as Paradise
Lost but much more powerful as the
channel Of divine truth.
There is tendency in some quarters
to regard science as veritable foe of the
Book, but Ibelieve the scientist Is almost
always friend. Gods word is truth and
science is truth. and they must inevitably
approach nearer and nearer. The work Of
biblical research and scientific exegesis is
largely only the gathering Of the old dead
leaves and branches. The way is being
made for the true word Of God to bloom
forth In greater beauty and effulgence. NE
are being thus taught new age in the ap-
plication Of the Bible-that the teachings OF
Christ are as truly for social rejuvenation
as for individual redemption, that it is as
much a Christian duty to attend primaries
as it is to attend some services in
churches
In concluding, DR.. Huckel enumerated
the elements OF the Bible that could not
be touched. In brief. they WERE The bib
lical picture of God: the biblical picture of
man; the biblical view of the after life
The new century was to establish the SCI