The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
WAS THEIR TOPIC
Convention of Utah Sunday
School Association.
TWO SESSIONS HELD
ADDRESSES BY THE INTERNA-
TIoNAL LEADERS.


Intelligent Sunday school work was
discussed by international leaders at
the ffteeath annual convention of the
Utah Sunday School association yester-
day. The convention opened yesterday
afternoon in the First Presbyterian
church. with a conference of workers,
while the principal session was in the
evening
In the AFTERNOON Professor H. NJ.
Hamill. field. secretary of the Interna-
tional Sunday School Union discussed
methods win the workers. He began
by questioning each representative of
q Sunday school as TO the methods fol-
lowed in his school, and then EXPLAIN
ing some of the methods he recon-,
mended in various branches of the
work Mrs. Hamill did the same thing
in regard to primary work.
Professor L. NJ. Gillian, secretary of
the Utah Sunday School association,
presided at the evening session. DIR. w
M Paden, the president, delivered the
address of welcome, in which he spoke
OF the importance of the lessons to be
learned by. the convention, and by the
addresses Of the famous leaders, and
the necessity of putting the lessons into
practice. Rev. Joseph Wilkes of CO.
rhine responded. 80
International Union
7 Professor Marion Lawrence, the inter
national general secretary, told some
/ thing OF the history of Che interfla-
tioDal Sunday School Union and its
| work since its foundation in 1892, In
/ the course of his remarks Re told the
story OF the transformation of Nc
| Leansboro, Hamilton county, Illinois.
/ population of 1900 no churches, an
1 overtiowing Jail and numerous saloons.
/ A Sunday school worker found three
men Who professed Christianity, formed
/ them into a Sunday school association,
! called a convention, and started the
! work of organizing Sunday schools.
/ Seven years later ne returned to find
! six churches and Sunday schools, an
| empty jail and no saloons.
Professor Lawrence spoke Of the inn
portanee of SUNDAY school conventions.
He declared that the best Sunday school
i in the United States is conducted by
| DR. II. D. Reinhart in Coyingnon, O., in
La Cumberland PRESBYTERIAN church. In
| this Sunday school the ex penses of the
/ teachers in rotation are paid to the
state conventions, and if a teacher does
not attend when the turn comes, he OF
she is removed as a teacher.
Modern Sunday School.
I Rev. B. w. ,Spilman, a Baptist sun,
day school worker, was introduced by
Professor Gillian as the funniest mar
you ever saw Mr.. Spilman a.YerreC
that the only funny thing about him
was that he was as broad as ne was
long, and then went on to discuss stMod
ern- Sunday Schools He traced the his
terry OF Sunday schools, said that the
4 difference bet tween the church and Sun
day school was that between preach
ing and teaching. and declared that tht
Sunday school pupils should not be con
fined to children. He urged the teach
eTs to become thoroughly informed OF
each lesson before irving to teach, anC
said they should teach the Bible in
stead of what they thought the Bibl'
| ought to teach" Mr.. SpilHian also de
4 clared himself in favor of the bes
Professor E o. Excel led the sing
:. ing with which the other numberssol
the programme were iBterspersed. &
The following commi tees wer
named:
Resolutions-Rev. W. H. Bagby
David Home of Benjamin. and Mrs
Bertha Moore. eHsa
Nominations-Rev Joseph Wilkes o
Z Corinne. Rev. Mr.. Chapman of Provo
. A T. McCanne, John T. Axton an'
Miss PlinIpton of Salt Lake.
The programme for today is as fol
lows:
1o-song service. Professor E. o. Elk
i6:so-Bibie study, Passion Week,
Marion Lawrence.
1f-Address, 1.-THE Front Line in Stat
Sunday school Work. Rev. B. w. Spill
man.
! l.t ll-5U-kOunQ IaDle uASCCSSlOIs -sAod
= ern- sunday School Methodist led b
Professor Hamill.
Tuesday Afternoon.
2-Sopg service. led by Professor Elk
, cell. "a
. 2:i5-Reports of officers; .sPrimar
q Work" Mrs. Shepard: Normal Work,
Professor Smith: House to House Wis
itatfon, Mrs. Allen; treasurer a.
Mccain; secretary, L. y. Gdhilan.
: Next Sundays lesson taught by Mrs
| Hamill -a ~
4-Business and discussion
II S-Song service, led by Professor Ex
:, ! cell.
S.15- "The Book we Teach Pro
; feSsor Hamill. sF
S:45-"Teaehing and Training Chi
: | drem .. Mrs. Hamiil
! SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.