The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-24
COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOLS
IN ANNUAL CONVENTION

exchanged as to how the school might
be improved.
Miss Maggie Irwin of Montgomery re-
ported as secretary of the Montgomery
Sunday Scholo Union. She said that a
house to house canvass had been made of
all the white homes in Montgomery and
the suburbs of Vesuvious, Highland Park
and West End. She said that although
she had no statistics to offer, there had
been a decided increase in the member
ship of the Sunday school of the city.
A ]. Brooks was called upon to dis
cuss THE Relation of the Home to the
Sunday School" He said the relation
of the home to the Sunday school was
the keystone to the Sunday school Tx.
The home ought to be brought into closer
communion with the Sunday school and
church, and parents should take more
interest in the spiritual welfare OF their
children.
Mr.. Brooks said he went twenty miles
every Sunday to a Sunday school and
church. Out of thirty members of his
church, twenty-three of them belong to
the Sunday school department
Miss Minnie Kennedy of Opelika, was
asked to address the Association upon
any subject. she might select. She spoke
upon The Possibilities of Little Child
She compared the child to the ocean
showing how great trees and even forests
may grow from one little acorn. She
said there was latent in child the power
of moving the thought and sentiment OF
the whole world. But, she said. by rum
ming a pin through the acorn Its future
possibilities may be destroyed. So 1t Is
with the child; you may make great
man or a scoundrel out Of him.
w. B. Davidson then discussed Home
Co-opperation in the Sunday School
Work" He said that at home the i'm
portance of Sunday school work should
be magnified in the eyes of the child
He thought the basis OF the SUNDAY
school was in the nursery. A child shouio
always be taught it's lesson before going
to Sunday school, because 1t would then
cussion of the teacher upon the lesson'
be in a position to understand the as
He said that a great many people pelt-
tied the inuence of the Sunday school'
sending their children there simply. to get
them out of their way and to keee them
out of mischief.
Judge Carthel endorsed the statements
made by Mr.. Davidson and added that
the Sunday school teachers should keep
in constant touch with the parents of the
children. He said meetings of teachers
and parents should be held frequently to
discuss matters of cooperation or the
home with the Sunday school. The Sun
day school, he said, was similar to the
secular school; without cooperation, 1t
would have to fall.
Miss Kennedy said that keeping up
with the birthdays of each of the children
and writing them a letter on that day
was an excellent method of keeping in
touch with the child as well as the
parents. She said she had found by ex-
perienec that there was a wonderful
power in the touch BY stroking the
head of a child or patting a boy upon
the shoulders, one could accomplish much
good with the child.
The evening session of the Association
convened at o'clock and the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
w d. billiard president; Miss Maggie
Irwin, secretary; Murray Dix, treasurer
The following executive committee was
appointed: A. j. Brooks. chairman; w.
b. Davidson. w. w. Pearson, John W.
DUR. Jr., j. Is. Fuller B. NJ. Washburn
C. C. Gulder, A. Roemer, w. +. Hollo-
way and A. w. LeBron.
w. w. Pearson read an entertaining
paper on THE Substitute Teacher" he
recommended to the Association that each
Sunday school have a class composed Of
substitute teachers and that they study
the Sunday school lessons one Sunday
ahead of the other class in the Sunday
school so as to be able to instruct on the
following Sunday should any OF the
regular teachers be absent.
w. f Holloway delivered an address
on the Reward of the Sunday Worker"
The Association then adjourned to meet
at O'Clock this afternoon.
This morning the delegates will parti-
cipate in the Sunday scholo services OF
the various Montgomery churches.