The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-23
A BROIHERLY HAIL
American Baptist Publication So
ciety Greets Presbyterians.
OPPOSITION is SWEPT ASIDE
"The sunday school and Denomina-
tional Life Discussed by DR..
Conley Of Nebraska.

Notwithstanding strenuous objection by
G. W. Lasker. editor of the Cincinnati
Journal and Messenger, f. the American
Baptist Publication society this morning
voted g greeting to the Presbyterian gem
eral assembly. Mr.. Lasher said he would
Rake he same speech he had made for
years. Never had the assembly sent a
first r-essage to the Baptists and he was
getting tired Of Baptists taking the mi
tiative year after year. But when
recited the lines of the old hymn, while
the lamp holds; out TO burn, the vilest
sinner may return" referring to the hope
OF a change in future years. the laughter
and calls for question fairly swept Mr.
Lasher from his feet.
Rev j. w. Conley, D. D., Nebraska,
spoke on "The Sunday School and the De-
ncminational Life
He said:
1t is not sectarianism to be loyal to our
denomination; it is simply allegiance to the
Master as we understand his teaching. We
give prominence to the acceptance OF Jesus
Christ. We find the Sunday school peculiarly
| adapted to our evangelistic agency. CONVEX
sion is "a question of a perception of divine
truth, and this the Sunday school Is peculiar
ly adapted to give. A characteristic of our
denomination is loyalty to the scriptures.
and the Sunday school is adapted to the car
ryng out of that idea.
Another feature of our Sunday school work
is study of the word of God because il is a
revelation Of God. We may well make much
of the Sunday school as an ally in magnhying
this loyalty. The UNCONVENTIONAL spirit is to
bear the gospel to. the uttermost parts OF the
earth Our denomination is In a peculiar
sense missionary. The Sunday school is pre-
eminently a missionary organization. There
should also be training in giving to missions
The society under whose auspices we meet
to- day has rendered inestmable service in
planting Sunday schools everywhere as germs
of Baptist churches. Remember, if we would
be faithful to dencminational life and would
carry the church to greater concuests. we
must guard with Jealous care the place and
possibilities Of the Sunday school.
Defects in Sunday School Work.
E. NJ. Thresher, president of the Home
Mission society in an address on "How
Can Sunday School Work Be Improved,
and the Hope Of Sunday School Work, .
said:
It is the chief instrumentality by which
a gospel church preserves it's teachings. 1t
is a work first in the conversion OF souls
! and second in the training for useful lives.
1t Is an essential school for missionary work
! and valuable training school for Christian
workers. Statistics show those who are
brought into the Sunday school early In life
| and held are almost always converted and
| become pillars of the church., The greatest
defect is failure to hold the young men Let
the church give itself to the Sunday school.
To hold young men, let the. Sunday school
have pleasant and convenient Quarters suit
able for it's needs and If you: hold Jack, you
will hold Jill. The young man should have
! good trained Christian teachers and a-class
suited to his capacity. The pastor shouHl
see that the training of teachers Is done
Sunday school Pedagogics.
Abandon the conception that all should be
gathered in one room to the same hour and
ask whether there should not be a full PRO-
fessorship Of Sunday school pedagogics in
the theological seminaries.
| There should be church reeding-room as
"a ralying point for the young people. Home
trimming also gives strength. It will i'm
prove Sunday school work also to give at
tention to worldwide missions.
Report of Publishing Department.
The report of the publishing department
was adopted. The report showed that,
chief difficulties were, the competition OF
| trade and the tyranny of public taste. The
society is publishing with profit many ex-
Ecellent books and papers, over $40, O0O
worth of publications were sent out IN
grants last year. :. - 100 .z.s'r
- Consolidation Question.
W. Howard Doane, the presiding officer
was made member of the joint committee
| of three which vii nominate the commit
tee of fifteen on consolidation. An
amendment to the constitution making
qualifications for membership the same as
those in the missionary union and of the
home mission society was passed.
At the afternoon session the report OF
| the committee on the missionary and
Bible department was received and was
| followed by an address by Rev. G. H.
Todd, DID,, New Jersey. Addresses by
workers from the field were made as fol-
lows: Work on the Pacific Coast Rev.
D.. P. Ward, California; wagon Work,
Rev It. J. Value, D. D., Texas; Chapel
Car Work. Rev. C. H. Rust, Minnesota
General business was taken up late In the
day with election of officers and commit
tee reports. one being that Of special
committee appointed last year on consoli-
dalton of district secretaryships.
Election of Officers.
Officers were elected as follows:
! President, Samuel A. Grocer, Pennsyl-
vania; vice presidents, w. Howard Doane
| Of Ohio Joshua lowering of Maryland
! Chester W. Kingsley Of Massachusetts
and D. G. Hughes, DID,, of New York;
secretary, A. j. Rowland, D. D.. record
ing secretary, j. G. Walker, D. D.; treas
urer, B. F.. Dennison. These are re-
election with the exception of D. C,
Hughes as vice president to succeed
Rev e. D. Hiscox,y deceased and w. c.
Perkins chosen as member of the board Of
managers to replace Mr.. Hughes
Tonight at the central church Rev. S.
x. Floyd, Alabama, will speak on Work
Among Colored People," and Rev. D. w.
sTruett, DID, Texas, on THE Leaf and the
Life" f
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