The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-21
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION BEGINS.
States Discuss the Urgent Needs
of the Day.

conference of the International Sunday
school Association began yesterday at the
Second Presbyterian Church and will con-
tinue until tomorrow afternoon. The dele
gates are from Ontario, Canada, and the
States of Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois
and Kentucky. The Rev. Z. Morris Fergu-
son, of Trenton, n. j., is president of the
field workers department and is in charge
of the conference. The opening session
was held yesterday afternoon at the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church, where all of the
meetings will take place. The session was
devoted to organization and discussion of
reports. Last night at the Commercial
Club banquet and conference were held
Mr.. w. c. Hall, of this city, presided tenn
porarily at the dinner last evening, and
then w. N. Hartshorn, chairman of the
International executive committee. took the
chair. The subject of the conference was
on needs and plans for the coming year.
w. c. Hall told of the need of combined
work among the Sunday schools of the
State. He also mentioned the fact that an
International committee was needed 20 fur
Their the work. All of the reports were
of a fiattering nature, showing the Sunday
SCHOOL %0rk t TO De making strong ce
Illinois. followed Mr.. Hall and then Edward
l.. Young, of Ohio spoke of the work in
that State w. A. Eudaly, also of Ohio,
and j. A. Jackson. of Ontario, followed
with brief talks. The latter took the place
of the Hon. Justice McLaren.
KENTUCKY SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
The method of work in Kentucky was
talked of by John Sites, after which the
general secretary of the association,
Marion Lawrence, of Toledo. made a
speech on the general outlook for the COM
ing year. He spoke of the good which the
Sunday schools are doing and of the i'm
portance of this phase of church work.
The Rev. Sol c. Dickey, of this city, made
a few remarks, expressing the hope that
| the delegates would have a pleasant stay
| in Indianapolis. DIR. Dickey also spoke of
| the approaching session of the interna-
| tional conference, which will be held at
Winona next June. r. X. Warren, of Mich
| igan. talked the plans for the world s
conference, which takes in a trip to the
Holy Land. After talks by other represent
atives the conference adjourned.
The work this morning will be devoted
| to the discussion of educational work. AL
| parts of Sunday-school work will be dis
cussed and papers read by E. A. Fox, OF
| Kentucky; Alfred Day, of Michigan; III
| p Hart, of Illinois: w. G. Pearce of Illi-
| nois, and round table conference led by
| ]. A. Jackson. A devotional service will
| begin the afternoon meeting, at which pa.
| pers by II. A Downing, of Ohio, A. T
| Arnold, of Illinois, and Joseph Clarke, OF
| Ohio. will be heard. E. Morris Ferguson
| will lead a round table conference at $50
| The meeting in the evening will be In
charge of w. N. Hartshorn and will be
| devoted to the discussion of Sunday-schoo
| methods of all kinds. The public is invited
| to all of the meetings.
| Thursday morning will be given up to q
/ department session. at which the work OF
/ the association will be the subject. To-
/ morrow afternoon will be an evangelistic
| session, and a number of interesting talk:
| are on the programme. The conferenc,
/ will adjourn at o'clock tomorrow.