Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-14
SCHOOL AID
Institute Under Direction OF
Prominent Workers to Con.
vene Tonight.
Banquet to Be Given at the Ire.
mont. Followed by Con.
ference.
Exercises to Be Held Sunday
Afternoon and Evening in
N. E. Church.

| A Sunday school institute, in connec-
ton with what are known as interna-
tional tours of prominent workers in
this line of religious awakening, will be
held in Marshalltown commencing to-
night and continuing Sunday. The in
stitute will be conducted by G. D. Meigs
of Indianapolis, one of the most promi-
nent of the international workers. and
Moines. secretary Of the state Sunday
School association. They will be as
sisted by Mr.. B. f. Mitchell, general
secretary for Iowa, and Mr.. j. F. Har-
din. of Eldora, who is chairman
of the executive committee of the state
association.
One of the features of the institute
will be a banquet at s: 80 o'clock this
evening at the fremont, and it is ex-
pected that from 100 to $50 Sunday
school workers will be present. The
banquet will be followed by an open
conference. On Sunday afternoon and
evening sessions, with addresses on ed
vocational and inspirational subjects,
will be held in the M. e. church.
The institute is under the charge of
the Marshalltown Sunday School Asso-
citation, OF which Mr.. A. w. Dudley Is
president. and Mr.. Dudley will preside
at all sessions. The local association
was fortunate in securing one of the
twelve institutes held in Iowa. 1t is
part of the greatest campaign in the
interests of Sunday school work ever
conducted in the state. Mr.. Meigs has
the we'll earned reputation Of being one
of the brightest. most successful and
workers in the field, and is said to be
at home in the conduct OF any depart
ment of religious work. Mrs. Mitchell.
the state secretary, is also a brilliant
field worker, with her speciality the
primary department. The object of the
present movement has been summed UP
by the statement that 1t was for the
purpose of discovering the condition OF
the field and of reaching the unreached.
Statistics show that of the sixty-f five
millions Of protestants in the United
States there are twelve millions be-
tween the ages Of and 20 who are not
in any Sunday school and multitudes
OF grown people who have no church
connection whatever. This evangeliza-
ton work. such as is in progress here
today, discovers the workers. improves
their efficiency by contact with others
of large experience. enlarges their sym
pathies and as a rule leads to the as
of greater responsibilities and
a more complete conservation. In the
religious world cooperation or union
is to the world the most convincing
evidence of religious sincerity.
The conference following the banquet
this evening will be led by Mr.. Meigs.
The program for Sunday has been ar
ranged as follows:
2:30-Devotional, led by II. r. Mill
hiser. president County Sunday School
Association.
2:45-"How to Get Your s. S. Lesson
Till 1t Gets You,"-C. d. Meigs.
3:15-"Child Study for the Sunday
School Worker"-Mrs. B. F. Mitchell.
3:45-"The Home Department and
the Front Line Sunday School"-C. D.
Meigs.
7:30-Bible Reading-C D. Meigs.
7:50-The Line Decision. j. f. Har-
din, chairman state executive commit
tee.
s:15-organized Sunday School Work
In America, c. D. Meigs.