Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-23
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Of the State Represented in
Convention at Lewiston.
Inc We|'-Known Norton Will Case
Settled by Compromise.
Aroostook's Potato Crop Is the LARGEST in
History Of the County.

lewiston. Me. Oct. pa large num-
Dor of sunday school workers arrived
htre. TINS morning. and all through
'hr gay others were taken 10 the Pine
street congregational church bv the
receiving committee. Of which G.. T.
Files l. chairman. and there welcomed
and assigned To homes.
Dr. y. \. Leonard of Bates College
led the convention in devotional cxer-
cises at > p. NJ
Al 30, was an interc sting feature
the roll cal! by counties. conducted BY
l. \. Halliday. Every county bu,
Aroostook was represented. The dele
&ations from Franklin. Lincoln and
Hancock were surprisingly large.
The president then addressed the
convention. The president. Smith Ra-
Er!. ID. -. "f Portland. the general
s"cretary. /. y. Halliday. Woodfor,ia.
and the treasurer. l.. X. Cook, Var
mouthville. Were in their places. Rc.
VIM. Fletcher was appointed recording
secretary pro TEN.
= symposium of Sunday school mod
els followed. Rev. David l. Yale of
Bath. presented The Model Pastor"
uroppirg the word model ana telling
If "A plain pastor who believes in in
yluding the Sunday school work among
his pastoral interests ard cares
Dr. Romborger Of Philadelphia. spoke
on The Model Superintendent" He
is something. knows something has
3ometh.ns. does something. He is
Christian. vitalized gcdliness. He re-
veals God in his work. He holds fast
TO both church and Sunday school and
brings them together.
The Model Librarian received a
lengthy presentation from l.. NJ. Bin
ford, Saco.
Or. \. 4. Salley of Lewiston. pastor
ot the Main Street Free Baptist
church. said in part: "Of The Model
Sunday School Teacher" piety is nee
essary. but ability to teach, either ma
tive or acquired. is of first Importance.
ne first question TO be asked as we
canvass our schools for teachers is,
Can he teach" If he cannot we must
look further. How can the pupil be
led to study the lesson? The real teach
e. knows how to do it,
Miss Eliza beth Hall, the principal of
the Lewiston Teachers Training school,
apoke on The Model Pupil"
Five hundred and fifty delegates was
the record. Tuesday night and still
they came The committee on assign
mcnts worked patiently and continue
ously for the good OF all.
Ex-Mayor W. II. Judkins welcomed
the Maine State Sunday School Asso-
cia tion in behalf of the government
8 nd the people. His remarks We're cor
dial and in humorous vein. His
theme was great ideas and great priIl-
ciples which are immortal and intan-
gible. Though you build not with
brick or stone. Yet you are building
daily. hourly. and the characters you
build with your influences will endure
forever We welcome you, Sunday
school workers. to our homes and TO
our city
Prof. A. W. Anthony of Bates Col
lege, welcomed the visitors on behalf
of the churches and Sunday schools of
Lewiston and Auburn. DR.. Smith Ba-
ker in response said: We intend while
we are here to do you good and to
wake up some of the sleeping ones, to
rouse some OF the youth TO become
such representatives as we have heard
tonight"
Marion Lawrence of Toledo, ONO.
brought the greetings of The Inter-
national Field 1T is in North Amer
lea" he said. where nearly all OF the
improvements in the Sunday school
world has been within the last ~
years" Dr. Bomberger OF Temple COL
ieRe. Philadelphia. spoke ON The sun
dny School Teacher and His Biblo.
The word Of God win stand forever.
hr asserted. Il do not fear the doubt
ers who would tear 1t down NIUE ny
little. But we want to he Intelligent
workers ready to answer the doubts oi