The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-13

for their life-lonx effort and service.
Permanent summer s. aooas Ncb xnss
| purpose have been Undertaken IN sever h.
places. Most conspicuous OF these - tne
ole projected BY the League chapters 9,
the three States OF Louisiana. mississippi
and Alabama, at the Seashore Ca1np
| Ground, near Biloxi, Miss, ana now . :
sts fourth year. A plan for founding =
similar school at point on the ~ y
Coast Of Texas is under consideration oy
tho League chapters Of that stare, anu ~
valuable parcel Of ground has Deen W.
mated to the League for IKE use - =
Monteagle, Tenn. .,a ,--
The General Conference, at It's sesslo ),
in Dallas, Texas, sought by appropi l,.
LEGISLATION to put the EpWorth League .De-
partment on a footing Of selt-sup !2r
The arrangement from " hich the great
est relief is promised is that. oy " WHICH
tht. local chapters are to provide 1or tlle
entire cost OF the administrator % tlie
office Of general secretary and puD11ca :. =
Of the Epworth Era, only 20 pc 3ooi s i1o oS
the publishing house.
Total number of charters since orsaI'. .a-
ton in 1885: Senior charters, o,.oe; 1s f'
charters, $40; total, 6,526
The report OF the sunday-school editor
of the General Conferencesfs as tollo"s:
Report OF the Sunday-school3 edltor 70 .
the Annual Conferences Of the h1et1iod1s.
Episcopal Church, South wv:
Dear Fathers and Brethren,-sVe na -
entered upon a new quadrennium Win
every reason for gratitude to God and Tor
a feeling Of hopefulness and coulase.
The action taken by the General CONFER
ence in May last in behalf OF the SUNDAY
school work indicates spirit OF syn nE q.
anG aggressiveness on the part OF the
whole church touching the welfare OF
this department beg to call attention 70
certain important features OF the actlon
thus taken.
1. The General Conference placed 1t
among the duties Of the presiding elder
to furnish to the chairman of the Con-
ference Sunday-school Board at each ses-
sion Of the Annual Conference complete
list Of the superintendent within his dis
trict, with their postof1ice addresses Many
OF the presiding elders were already kind
ly5 doing this at the request OF the de-
partment, but from quite a number It
has hitherto been impossible to obtain
this important data. tits also required
i of the chairman of the Conference Sun
day-school Board that he shall transmit
a copy Of this list to the Sunday-school
editor.
z. The Bible Teachers Study Circle for
the better preparation OF teachers, was
Of the church. You will be gratltled 70
know that within the first six months
after the books of the first course were
ready, more than ten thousand teachers
and others had entered upon this Work
with an admirable enthusiasm.
s Provision was made for the office OF
superintendent of training work. the mead
of it to be elected quadrennlally by the
Sunday-school Board DR.. II. NJ. tamlll5
was. as you are aware. elected to this
work. and is now diligently and ably dis
charging the duties Of the office.
T. It was made one Of the duties or the
NJ cacher who is in charge to organize
the Bible Teachers Study Circle in each
of his schools and to do what he can
to help them in their work. The officers
will. on application. gladly and promptly
furnish all information necessary Tor the
carrying out Of this work.
LITERATURE.
The circulation of our periodicals on
April /, 1902. was as follows:
sunday-school Magazine. ........... 4ssoo
c1,ildren,s Visitor. 6S5O
SsEior Quarterly. 80, 1oo
Intermediate QUARTERLY 800 900
Home Department Quarterly...... $500
illustrated Lesson Paper...-...... 10000
Orr 8J3itt1aE Peonla 2G5. 900
0,ivet Picture Cards. 10000
Total circula ton. ], 156, 500
STATISTICS.
The general minutes give the following
statistics for the year 1901:
Number OF schools. .............-... =, 1886
Number of officers and teachers. 1c3.is6
Numbe.. Of scholars. .52a
Total number in schools now. eS7.So5
Total increase in Attendance. 3.,lS2
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