The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-23
TO HELP SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Workers of the International sun
day school Movement to Come.

day school Movement to Come.
Next Friday five members Of the Inter-
national Sunday-school Work Committee
will be in Savannah, and will hold two
meetings. The FIRST. called a workers
conference, wiz be held in the afternoon
at one of the churches yet to be selected.
This conference is Intended for the benefit
OF all the Sunday school teachers, ana
officers, and in fact for everybody inter-
ested or engaged in the work. Al it will
be discussed the most approved and new
est methods of teaching.
The second meeting. which will be held
at night at Wesley Monumental
Church, will be general mass
meeting, at which. also Sunday
school work will ba discussed with view
of stimulating the present interest and
awakening renewed activity in II.
The pans and scope OF the committee
may best be set forth in the words of one
of its members. He says the Internal
tional Sunday-school movement to which
all state and provincial associations are
auxiliary, is an aggressive, cooperative,
INSTRUMENTATION activity on the part
Of Christians of all names, by when, with
out discussion of doctrine or polity, the
Sunday-school as The Bible Studying
and Teaching Service of the Church " is
considered, with a view TO enlargng its
membership and Increasing its efficiency.
1T stands for The cooperation of all
Christian churches, not organic union;
for the International System of Uni
form Lessons, now used in all parts of
the word, by more than twenty millions
Of people; for encouragement ana sttmu-
alton, by bringing the strong into helpful
contact with the, weak. Fully 10000 con-
ventons are held annually under its aus
pieces in the United States and Canada, at
tended by at least "a million people.
1T stands for better teaching, through
teachers meetings, teach-training classes,
teachers reading courses. institutes, pri-
mary unions, summer schools. etc and
for everything helpful, hopeful and good
in Sunday-schooi work; and for extending
to all-no matter how old or hoW young
the benefits of the Suhday-schoo1 ana the
House of Cod through the house to- house
visitation, home department, cradle roll.
etc, aud for carrying the open word of
God by the hand of competent, conse-
Grated teachers to every man, woman ana
child,
1T stands for the thorough organization
of all states. provinces, counties. town
ships and cities. IN order that its bene-
dcent influences may be felt in a vital
way by every Sunday-school and Sunday
school worker in North America. For
this purpose it controls the entire time
of a field secretary (Prof. Fl. Nj. Hamill,
ID. d. a general secretary, CMr. Marion
Lawrance). a colored field worker, (Rev.
L. r. MAXWELL, besides necessary Office
help, and the occasional service of various
state secretaries, primary workers ami
others. The entire annual expenditure for
this continent-wide work is less than SIP
00O or very little more than that of some
single state associations
This tour, it is said, like those which
have preceded it, is made under the aus
pieces of the International Executive Com
mttee for the purpose of advanving and
improving the Sunday-school work in the
states and territories visited. BY arrang-
ing the conventions and special meetings
IN consecutive order, the expense is re-
duced to a minimum, and a number of
states can be visited at practically the
outlay necessary to attend single re-
mote convention. None of the party re-
ceive any pay for their services. The
secretaries salaries are provided in
another way The travelling expenses are
provided from funds specially contributed
for this purpose, and from offerings at
the conventions and special meetings. 1t
is estimated that the tour can be made
at an expenditure of $3.50, for travelling
expenses, printing, etc.
Mr. e. o. Excel. who will conduct the
singing at these meetings, is one of the
best known evangelical singers in the
country, and also is widely known as a
COMPOSER. Song sheets containing the Sc
lections that he will use i'm the meetings
| have already been received here and have
been distributed among the different
| choirs OF the city, who have been invited
! to take part in the services.