The Washington times., 1901-11-08
FIFTH ANNUAL SESSIONS.
Representatives of Episcopal Sun
day Schools Hold Conference.
Incumbcnt Officers Reelected for
Ensuing NeHr-Thc Rev. FLOYD W.
Tompl>ins, of philadelphia, Ad-
dresses the Evening Meeting

tnSuih. eur ne HcN. Floyd "
TompI<ins. of Philadelphia, AJ.
dresses the Evening Meeting
/ The ff.h annual Sunday school conven
! tion of the Episcopal churches in the do
! cest of Washington convened yesterday
( morning at II o'clock at the Church OF
! the Epiphany. G Street. between Thir-
! tcsnth and Fourteenth Streets northwest
! The convention was opened with HOLY
/ Communion. the Right Rev Henry Y
Satterleo, Bishop Of the Washington do
ccse, being the celebrant After the ser
vices of the sacrament the convention
went into business session. The first busi-
ness upon the calendar was the election
of officers for the ensuing year
The following were reelected unani-
mously: Bishop Henry Y Satterlee. Presi-
dent cx ofticio; Rev. Alfred Harding. of
st. PauIs Church First Vice President:
Rev Frank n. Barton, of St Johns
Church. Georgetown, Second Vice Presf-
dent: T. S. Hutchinson of the Church of
the Epiphany. Secretary and Treasurer.
The following were named by the presi-
dent as the Executive Committee: Rev.
w. L. Devries. of st. Mark Church: Rev.
L. II. La Motto. Of Epiphany; Rev. P NJ
Rhinelander, Of the Chapel of the Good
Shepherd; Rev. George f. Dudley. Of St.
Stephens, and 5 L. Kraemer. of the
Church of the Ascension.
After a lunch served by the ladies of
Epiphany Church the session resumed its
work Miss Rosa NJ Duffield and Miss
Lena Mecklin read papers upon The
pest way OF teaching youngest children"
and How far may kindergarten methods
ana material be made available in church
sunday schools. Miss Dufffeld's paDer
spoke of the disadvantage of having any
material of the kindergarten brought into
sabbath schools, and of the course to be
pursued in teaching the children.
As chiId, she said is related physi-
cally to nature, it must study nature. and
as mentally it is of man. it must, there
fore, study man
Miss Meclilin in part said:
he only way to teach children is the
truths should he unfolded to them az
the bud opens and becomes a flower
troebei once said: Put your child-Dlsnr in
an atmosphere all sunshine, surround him
with happiness. and love, and teach him
oi everything good and to be service
able, make being good {"
paper, entitled The Need of Normal
lass reaching, was read by Miss Mary
The fact that normal classes are being
established all over the land. said Miss
HiaNes, proves not only that the need
cNlSiS, nut that il is being recognized
We require special training for o,Ir CLERGY
our physicians, and cur cooks. ana ali
other skilled workmen, ard why not for
our sunday school workers, and teach
5; E. kraemer. PRINCIPAL of the Force
fubtlc school, explained the method OF
teaching the normal class
ne Key. K p Williams, rector OF
Trinity Church, read a paper answering
tHe question. Does the prevailing sys-
tenn tend to diminish church attendance"
lie stated that ii was the lack Of system
III ~ sIy SUNDAY schools that did diminish the
altthddhce at the church service. He
suggested means n renedying this con-
eltion, such as hotiinG children's services |
winch should be short and very simple.
+ oIloWing Mr.. Williams. the Rev FIovd !
w. Tompldns discussed methods for the |
lettering of the Sunday school system. |
ne children service he thinks is the |
only ehectve way to bring about the de-
sired end. and doubts the wisdom Of |
bringing a lot Of children into church |
where they disturb the congregation.
Have everything" he said. "as a regu- |
lar service, but shorter The result will /
be that the children will love the church.
and in later life it will have a good in |
tiuence upon their going to church"
The evening exercises. beginning at |
o clock. were well attended \ sermon |
was delivered by the Rev Floyd w. !
Tompkins, pastor of the Trinit,- Church
IF Philadelphia, in this city attending the
-OnNC CntlOu-
Mr. Tompkins' address was an appeal |
TO the various Sunday school teachers as
sembled in the church to throw their en-
tire soul into the work of preaching the |
gospel He related numerous Incidents OF
the good accomplished by various Sunday
school teachers by following that plan,
and said that ii tended to impress chill
iren a great deal more forcibly. In dis |
sussing the proper manner in which q
Sunday school teacher should perform |
ler teachings of the gospel, Rev. Dr.
rompkins said:
Throw all your vitality into your
work. Sometimes 1t seems to me that !
many of US are afraid to waste our vi
ality in that direction because 1t might
weaken US. Don't hold back, Think
rot of how long you may live the life
,iven you by the grace of God but think
low much good you can do while on
his earth. Hundreds die from manual |
a bor but | never heard OF a man dying
rom working too much for Cod
At the conclusion of DR.. Tompkins re- |
marks. Bishop Satterlee pronounced the
,enediction and the convention was
,rought to a close.