Evening journal., 1902-11-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS MEET
Annual Convention Of the Christiana
Hundred Association Held in
Newport Church
sDacial 20 the Evoning journal


Newport. Nov. S.-The annual con
venlgicn of the Christiana hundred
Sunday School Association assembled
in Newport NJ. r. Church yesterday af-
ternoon with a large attendance OF dele-
gates from all pants Of the hundred. 1t
was called to order by its president,
James Cranston. r.. p. Robinson was
secretary. Efficient Work was the
topic of the Rev. w. H. WingaIte, of st.
Barberous' Episcopal Church Mar
shallton, who gave a beautiful iliustra-
tion OF the work done by the Sunday
schools, their superintendents and
teachers in the past year. Mrs. Mary
ID. Green, in her paper on THE Primary
Department" showed this hundred to
be the banner one in this work on ac-
count Of the active interest the teach
ers OF these divisions are taking in the
work
The report OF all the schools in the
hundred, by George ]. Chandler, was
read and showed an increase over pre-
vious years. The Rev. w. o. Hurst and
A. M. Rich, of Newport, made able adj
dresses In the absence of the Rev. w.
Ia S. Murray, who was detained at
home.
| At 4.4O p. m. the election of officers
resulted as follows. President, Freder-
icl1 Bringhurst; vice-president, John
A. oliver; secretary and treasurer, w.
/ II. Wingate, of st. BarberOus' Episco-
pal Church, Marshallton; Executive
Committee, Miss Emma Lyman, Miss
Edith Day and James Cranston, OF
Newport; Edward Woodward, and the
Rev. j. e. Franklin, of Elsmere, and
! George j. Chandler, of'Centreville.
u The evening session opened promptly
at 7.30 O'clock with a song service, with
Ralph l. Flinn as chorister, and VIII
lard T.. Wood. Organist The OPEN
ing address was by the Rev. A. M. Rich
on THE Sunday School and Auxiliary.
He said that the Sunday school was
J founded by Robert Rich, in Gloucester
England, in 1880, and in 1889. The frs
report showed the scholarship TO b'
300 600. To-Day it is over 100000
: Mr.. Rich was followed by the Rev. j
. w. Easley, of Harrison Street NJ ID
Church, Wilmington, whose subject Wai
Some Essentials on Sunday Schoo
! Work" He explained the course th'
. Sunday school is pursuing now, anS
: what would nave to be provided in th'
: future At present there are three dt
= visions in the great wOrll-the infan
Q class, the primary class and the highe.
l or older class. In the future the sun
: day school will have to provide tci
= five different grades or divisions: First
s the infant scholar, until 6 years old
, primary. from to 9; then from 9 to l3
T then an older one, and, fifth, the nor
lmal class, where teachers could b
turned out by experienced leaders. .
a The retiring president made a brie
4 address as did the new president Mr
( Bringhurst who urged the hundred u
meet with the county convention to b
4 held in Summit Bridge M. e. Churcl
G next Tuesday, November 13. George J
d Chandler called the conventions atten
v ton to the fact he had not the annua
r report from several Sunday schools
r and as he had to give this report to th
county convention next TUESDAY, it wa
!. very important that the following
r schools should convey to him thi
= week their report: Christ Church, Bran
! dywine. Star of Bethlehem, and New
!: port NJ f. Church.
d The meeting then adjourned to NEE
q at the call of the Executive Committee
y The benediction was pronounced by tn
/, Rev. A. Nj. Rich.