Evening journal., 1903-01-09
The Wilmington Sunday
School Union Assisted
by the Local Ministers
Back of the Movement
Those Not Identified
With Churches VIII Be
Asked to Attend-TO be
Inter-DenOminatiOnaI

Twelve hundred active Sunday school
workers will sally forth on the after
noon of February to engage in one OF
the greatest cooperative religious
movement ever undertaken in the State,
and one which promises very large re-
suits. is now being planned by the Of
ficers OF the Wilmington Sunday School
Union, assisted by AN Advisory Com
mittee made up of ministers from prac-
tically all the denominations in the
city. 1t is expected that in one-half
day the representatives from the Sun
day schools will go forth and call on
every family in their respective COM
munities. The purpose is: First-to
extend a cordial invitation to those not
identified with Sunday school and
church life to become so, but in no case
to specify a particular church; Second
TO gather on uniform blanks such in
formation concerning each home as
Will enable pastors and other church
workers to intelligently follow up the
visit.
Mill Be Thorough Block
If business interests demand that a
directory call at each home in
order that the name and address of
each person be furnished, if the inter-
ests of political parties demand that
each voter in the community be can
vassed during the campaign, in order
that his views on the political issues
at stake may be known, Sunday school
and church interests equally demand
that the facts, in any community relat-
ing to their work, be placed in the
hands of the pastors and church Off
cials, in order that their work may be
intelligently directed and their efforts
productive of the best success. This
seems all the more necessary since care
full investigation reveals the fact that
there are eleven millions of children in
this country outside OF any Sunday
school, besides multitudes OF grown
people who never attend any church
Equally careful investigation reveals
/ the fact that the majority of these are
not in frontier States, but in the thick
ly settled portions of the country. will
churches ell about them. 1t is, there.
fore, the purpose of those having this
matter in charge to find out how many
such there are in this city.
Advantages Of Cooperation
The advantage of cooperative eff.
fort on the part of the churches for get
ting at these facts are many. Since tn,
territory is to be carefully districtet
there will be no ground missed anC
none Overlapped as would be the cast
"A If the work were done along individua
church lines Since the workers are tt
go out so far as possible in pairs, eacl
pair representing two denominations
all appearance Of proselyting will b,
eliminated. Since all direct persona
work is to be left for each local churcl
to do in its own way after the prefer
ences of those visited have been ex
pressed, there need be no fear on tn,
part Of any that the visitors are com
ing to talk religion" They are sim
ply coming to make a neighbor call
and at the same time try to ascertain
some facts the Sunday schools AM
churches have a right to know Sine
he work Of the entire city is to be don
at once the expense of the undertaken.
will be reduced to a minimum.
This is no experimental scheme
has been tried in large number Q
cities and counties in this country, an