Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-22
MEET IN SIOUX CITY
Iowa State Sunday School Associ-
alton to Convene June 1O-12.
WAPELLO co. WILL BE REPRESENTED
Extensive Arrangements Are Being
Made for the Entertainment of Dele
gates-Many Leaders of Note Are
to Take Part in the Program.

to Take Part in the Program.
The Wapello County Sunday School
association will probably be represent
ed at the thirty-seventh annual con-
vention of the state organization
which will be held in Sioux City from
June 10 to -. Many prominent Sun
| day school workers of both state and
national reputation will be in attend
| ance and everything is being done by
the committee in charge to make this
one of the best conventions ever held.
In point of attendance this will prob
| ably be one of the largest gatherings
ever had in the state. There will be
time devoted to every line and de-
partment of Sunday school work and
| it is expected that this meeting will
be an occasion which will give great
| impetus to the work of the Sunday
schools throughout the state.
The State Association.
The Iowa State Sunday School asso-
citation is the link which binds this
commonwealth in the chain of state,
territorial and provincial associations
making up the great International
Sunday School association. 1t joins
together under one organization the
schools of all denominations, thus
making it possible to accomplish a
greater work than could otherwise be
| done. Field workers are employed by
the organization, whose business it is
to attend the county conventions and
institutes for the purpose of building
up the work. It's one aim is to bring
assistance to those districts and COM
munities which have been hitherto
neglected.
The Associations Work.
| At present there are four depart
ments of work carried on under the
direction of the state association. The
normal course which has as its OBJ
ject the training of teachers for bet
ter work, the home department which
brings the benefits of the school to
those who cannot attend the regular
meetings. The third department, that
of house to house visitation has met
with unexceptional success and &C
cording to the last state canvass it
reached 140,15O families. The organ
izaton and maintenance or the pri-
mary departments is another most i'm
portant part of the associations work
Thirty-seventh Convention.
The thirty seventh annual conven-
ton of the Iowa State Sunday School
association will be held in Sioux City
from June 10 to -. 1t is the purpose
of the gatherings to bring together
the representatives from as many
schools of the state as possible and
make this the occasion of rallying the
forces of the Sunday school for great
er and more enthusiastic effort AS
time of great inspiration in the worl
of the Sunday school the coming con
vention promises to be one of the
best ever held in the state. e. o. Elk.
cell, of world wide fame, is to have in
charge the music of the convention
: w. C. Pearce, general secretary of the
: Sunday school work in Chicago will
; also be present to take part in the
!. program. Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner
the international primary field work,
;, er, has been secured and her special
instruction in the work of the pri
mary department will be of great val
lie to every primary worker who ha!
the opportunity to'see her. Many 9th
: er persons of equal ability in the var
ious lines of the work will attend the
convention and the opportunity fol
S fellowship, instruction and inspiration
r in the Sunday school work in lowe
. which will be offered at this time viii
! be almost unequalled.
:, A United Army.
| The largest army in Iowa which
marches under one banner is the Sun
day school. Iowa with it's 5,441 Sun
i day schools, with an enrolment O.
I Asst 500 members under the charge o
5 5S269 officers and teachers, repre-
!, sents mighty force which is striving
1 for the uplifting of the moral and spir
itual interests of the people OF thi
D commonwealth Through this organ
l. ization the forces of all the various
) denominations within the borders O
L the state are brought together, thei
aims are united, their interests becom
J. mutual and the energy and activit,
n in performing the work is greatly en-
e HANGED.
l. Extend a Hearty Welcome.
Not only are the officers of the stat
Z. association doing all in their power t
u make the coming convention mos
! memorable occasion, but the peopl
). of Sioux City are making great prepa
Il rations for the entertainment of tn
e delegates as they shall come from tn
various parts of the state. The al
rangement OF the details for the COZ
vention are in charge of various con
a mittees of Sioux City Sunday schoc
5 workers who are actively engaged i
C perfecting the arrangements for tn
different sessions of the convention
They are expecting to entertain
large delegation. B. F. Mitchell c
Des Moines, general secretary OF tn
n state association urges that every SUI
day school worker as far as possibl
make arrangements to be present q
this convention.