The Plymouth tribune., 1902-07-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
The Great international Meeting at Den-
EDITOR TRIBUNE.
yer, Colorado.

EDITOR TRIBUNE.
The International Sunday school
convention was held at Denver, Colo
RADIO, June 26 to 3Oth The appor-
tionment of delegates was four to each
$50, 600 Sunday school enrolment.
There were however several Thousand
who took advantage of the one fare
rate and accompanied the delegation.
The trip to Denver was free from
incident, except the pleasurable oc-
currences that would necessarily fol-
low such gathering; these occur
renceS were many, but will mention
but one.
When the train came to the city of
Lincoln, Nebraska, we were pleasant
ly greeted by that distinguished gen.
tleman, VIM. j. Bryan, with a hand
shake and Gods speed.
Thursday morning a. H., found us
in the Queen City of the west, Denver.
1t was really understood by everySun-
day school worker that the convention
was to be the greatest of its kind the
world ever held. The questions for
discussion and settlement were to be
most important, and the convention
attended by the most noted men and
women of the world.
The personnel of the convention
might be interesting and 1 will say,
that at one sitting of the convention
l counted thirty-four men on the
platform every one of whom are wide
" known over the United States and
many of them over the whole world.
On the Sunday of the convention at
10:30 had the privilege of hearing
the Rev. y. c.. Dixon, of Boston, and
at II attended Sunday school at the
Central Presbyterian church. This
building is modern, and was construct
ed especially with the Sunday school
in view with twenty-four class rooms
and everything along the line of SUM-
day school architecture complete.
During the school hour DR.. A. F..
Shauffier. of New York, was introduced
and talked to the school.
I
At 800 O'Clock the Sunday School
uperintendent' conference was con-
duct3d by Mr.. Marion Lawrence at
which 800 superintendent were pres
ent.
AT night Prof. H. NJ. Hamill, of
Nashville and Geo. c. Lorimer, of
New York City. each delivered ap-
propriate addresses.
These were meetings l attended.
many others were held in the city.
Every feature of Sunday work was.
during this convention discussed. but
to my mind the most important was
that of the Beginners Course" the
1.-TWO Years Advance Course of Les.
sons. and "Tne Temperance Les
SON"
This brought on spirited fight,
every phase of the question was ad-
vanced and discussed and the conten-
tiOn was warm and earnest.
The question was divided in three
parts, Beginners Course 'Two
Years Advance Course, - 'sThe Tenn
perance Lesson" / favored the un-
conditional Beginners Course. an
optional two years advance course,
and the retention of the temperance
lesson. The Beginners Course was
adopted and the temperance lesson re-
tanned, but the optional two years ad-
vanced course was not adopted and
the plan of advanced lessons for the
present abandoned.
The two great churches of Denver,
the Trinity NJ. E., and the Central
Presbyterian were used for the con-
vention. 1t was said either would
hold 1000 and the convention proper
being held in the Trinity NJ. E., the
other used for the overflow gatherings,
most of the time standing room could
| not be obtained in either
Denver was all alive and every
courtesy shown, it seemed every
church, and every citizen felt respon-
sible for the comfort of the members
of this convention, everyth 4g in Den
yer is new and modern and therefore
IN many ways far in advance of cities
of the middle states.
If the pioneer Sunday School Ex-
pensioners, many of whom have long
since gone tc the God they served,
could have looked out upon this great
throng, a pleasing spectacle would have
been their reward.
In that happy crowd were men and
women from all parts of the globe.
representing all conditions of life and
all united in the one endeavor to adj