The Newtown bee., 1903-04-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING.
NOT LARGELY ATTENDED OWING TO
THE INCLEMENT WEATHER.

The Sunday school rally at the Con.
gregationaI church, Tuesday, was
lightly attended, owing to the down
had been provided and the church
would have; been crowded had the
weather been favorable. The after
noon session opened with a devotional
service, led by Rev Otis W. Barker.
This was followed by rousing mis-
sionary address by Rev H. G. Woodruff
of Black Rock. He emphasized the
fact that there should be the mission
airy spirit in the Sunday school, as it is
a missionary organization. Distance
from church does not make destitute
concerned. Push the missionary spirit.
Make the Sunday school go after the
children. Never forget the fact that
the Sunday school is missionary Or
ganization and it has a missionary
| work to do.
Miss Mary B. Lord gave an excellent
address touching on experiences in her
missionary work. A question box was
conducted by Secretary Deming. An
excellent luncheon was served by the
Congregational church ladies TO the
visiting friends. Rev Cyrus Francis
Of Brookfield was present at the after
noon session.
The evening session began at 7.3O.
In spite of the severe storm there was
a good audience. The session was
opened with song service, conducted
by w. w. Stevens of Danbury. The
devotional service, conducted by Dea
Allison P. Smith, was followed by
solo by Ezra J. Hall of Sandy Hook.
MI Stevens, who acted as chairman,
then introduced Rev Royal W. Ray
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subject was "The Sunday School
Field; Reaping as well as sowing" A
farmer would not think of sowing
seed If he did not expect to reap, and
yet Sunday school teacher expects to
sow the seed of truth to her class of
children and does not expect to see any
results; but it is found by statistics
that the largest percentage of CONVEX
sions are among the children. Our
grea test preachers have begun their
Christian life when they were under
IA years of age. Nine-tenths of the
criminals in our penal institutions
were put in under % years of age. It
is just as true that the young are to
be lost or they are to be saved, and at |
an early age. There cannot much be |
done for the drunken and sinful father |
but the children can be saved through |
the Sunday school. In large church |
of over 300, 600 Of them became Chris
tians before they were 20. or the 215 |
members of the Methodist conference,
the average age of conversion was Is.
AT the Denver convention, DR. Schauf-
fer asked those to rise who were con-
verified before they were IA years of
age. Out of the 1000 present, 100
arose. The other 300 consisted Of the
little children, the Non-Christians and
those who had been converted later in
life. Enough has been said to show
the Importance Of teaching the chill
dren, and the best way to reap the
harvest is to reap it. 0. w. Holmes
SAID: about all the honest truth
spoken is. by the children. There is
too much self interest later in life,
An older person becomes a Christian
through fear, the children through
love, and the love remains" Mr. Ray
mond spoke in favor of decision day
services. and cited a NUMBER of in
stances where the results have been
very encouraging. The address was a
very helpful one and the teachers
present felt that they would redouble
their zeal in behalf of the children.
w. w. Stevens of Danbury recited
! pleasing story which told OF the
church members practicing for just
)ne week what they had protested.
Rev Mr. Barker dismissed the audience
With the benediction.