Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-07-04
COLORADO MAN WINS
SUNDAY SCHOOL PRESIDENCY
Rev. 3. 3. Tyler Of Denver Elected
President Of tho International Sun
day School ociation-oreaniza.
tIon Flourlshina.

tion FIourIshins.
Denver. June 2s.-The second day OF
the Sunday school convention devel
| Oped several surprises which made i
| one OF the liveliest, II not the very live
Hest, that has ever been known In II,
| history. This was the election of Rev
| Il. B. Tyler OF Denver as president OF
i the convention. and the violent Objec
| ton made on the floor OF the morning
session by Prof. ii. NJ. Hamill of Nash
| Vile, Tennessee, against what he called
too much politics Injected into cleo
| lions.
There. We're three sessions held In
Trinity NJ. Il. church, one at Central
Presbyterian In the evening. and the
primary department. which elected
Mrs. j. A. Walker OF Denver Its presi
dent. in an executive session held al
the Central Christian church.
Trinity church Is the point of greatest
Interest because the business sessions
are all there and II swarms from early
morn until late ut night with the hun,
dreds OF people who have come from
every part OF the world TO attend the
convention. From distance this hive.
Ike appearance IL stronger, as per-
feet stream OF humanity pours In and
from the several avenues which con
verge In that direction. the spectacle
holds hundreds more who are passing
and requesting up and down the streets.
Rev. II. II. Tyler. the newly-elecie,i
president. II pastor OF the South Broad
way Christian church In Denver. hav-
Ing come to Denver from New York
City about four years ago. He has a
fiourishing church and IL very popular,
having been president OF the Denver
Ministerial Alliance during the past
year.
The morning session opened with =
prayer service. led 10y Rev. u. \. Beach
and Rev. T.. =. Lewis Of Columbus.
Ohio. The executive committees re.
port was postponed and the general
secretary. Marion Lnwrancc. read his
report. He spok. OF the assistance
given by q. ". Bailey. the treasurer.
who had several time. carried III. ii-ld
work along when there was no money
In the treasury to io IL. Also the lib.
crnl support that W. y. Hnrtshorn had
given from time la time In riding over
u difficult period Of the work.
IL. said Il. had visited every stat.
and territory OF the Union. except
Alaska. speaking In all hut Nevada and
Indian territory. Had visited Nova
Scotia. New brunswick. Prime. Ell.
war,i Island. Quebec. Ontario and brit
ish Columbia during the last tri-nniuin.
and everywhere received the kind.-;
consideration aud help.
With the party who had nccompa.
MED him. he had Travelled io.Oso miles
nni spoken .-ts times. the tour brins
known ~ the, northwestern. All but
the general s-cn,ary gave their ser.
Vices. nnd ss..fs was taken In pledges
for the work. There Was si.SXJn
taken In. which moE- than covered OK.
p-ns-s. For .int- work. over si.Sp
was secured. In the South large audi.
-nc,,. were ,h- rui-. indian schools
w~rr visited. AMI Mrs. II. ". iiamiii
established iw-nty..'isht Sunday school
unions. Mr.. fawrunrs. said he had
raised sIi..S alone for the states in
their own work.
The organized sunday srlinoi Wrrk
was newer in a better condition. AMI
stxiyafaur iscopi- ate giving their -r.
iiF- time a. u. The Sunday schools ~
the Hawaiian islands arr carried on In
80 many iiir-rrut languages that little
has hs-n done thrFs' yet in securing ~.
operation. hut a woman from Ohio.
who has worked ih-Fs'. has i-rcn nc.
a<nisc,i as n delegate from Hawaii.
The announcement hy q. u. MciEs
that Nevada had i-r-n organized crt-
strsl enthusiasm. a. that brings in tho
only r-maininE state into the nsspCih'
ton,