The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24
A SPLENDID ATTENDANCE

ds, ScnooI Cow n'ion Will
Meet in the
Spring.
The second day's session of the WSl,e
County Sunday School Convention was
called 10 order yesterday morning at 1915
by President-elect John E. Ray.
Devotional exercises were conducted By
w. j. Young, Sr. His subject was The
First Sunday school, based upon Scrip
ture found in Neh. SLIP. Mr.. Young
spoke OF the evidence we have IN the
Bible of the existence of Sunday Schools
in the time OF Christ. He also spoke OF
the modern Sunday School as organized
by Robert Raikes in Gloucester, England,
in 1880.
The following delegates arrived and
were enrolled: Marks Creek Township,
w. H. Hester, G. H. Marshburn. \. d.
Medlin; Holly Springs Township, G. F.
Spence; Middle Cre5ek. Willie Johnson;
Wake Forest, Prof. Y. Y. Gulley; st.
Matthew'S, H. B. Williams; Houses Creek,
a. c.. Sherwood, Wake Forest. c.. c..
Howard.
Dr.. L. n. Ivey being absent from the
city and hence not able to fill his place
on the program, the time was taken up IN
a Round Table discussion on "House-to-
House Visitation,' conducted by S. NJ.
Smith. Mr.. ]. H.. Moring, of Cedar Fork
Township reported that a House-to-House
canvass had been made in his township
during the past week. He reported the
following statistics as the result of this
canvass: Population (white) of the town
ship, 691: number of children in the
township, 396; number of children in Sun
day school,, 299; number of children mem
bers of church, AS; number of grown peo-
pie IN the township, 295; lumber of grown
people not members of any church, 54;
number Of children not attending any
Sunday school, 81. Other townships viii
probably undertake a similar anvass In
the near future.
Next on the program was the address
Of Mr.. n. B. Broughton on How Or
ganized Sunday School Work Helps the
Denomination and the Local SCHOOL, Mr..
Broughton began by speaking Of what the
Sunday School was forty years ago when
the primer, the Bible and Webster's
Bluo-Book Speller were the only books
and lesson helps known. He spoke of how
B. F. Jacobs conceived the idea Of uniform
lessons and the publication of lesson helps.
Of how our international Lesson Commit
tee was appointed and Of how the State
and international convention Gnter-
demo inationaD came about, of how.
through county and township conventions
the /, eal school was reached and helped.
He spoke also of how the denomination
has been helped by the uniform lesson
system, the Home Department, the Cradle
Roll, the Primary and Teacher Training
work, Graded Lessons, ETC., all of which
q hrDr1- n,Nroy, NC 49, ~,o1n oncIh l
through the organized Sunday School
movement.
Following this came the address Of
Prof. N. Y. Gulley. of Wake Forest, on
The Teacher" Professor Gulley inn
pressed the thought that the teacher some
times makes a serious mistake in endeav-
orIng to follow the methods Of somebody
else. He said that he sometimes doubted
il there was such a thing as 1.-The science
Of teaching" He spoke especially of the
Importance Of the teacher being able to
teach, not according to the theory or
plan Of some one else. but out of the full
ness of a deep Christian experience. He
aid that we must have an aptness for
the work Of teaching. must have some
thing to teach and the power of the Spirit
10 enable us TO present it IN such a way
IS TO reach the hearts OF others. Prof
Gulley is a very forcible speaker and his
address was enjoyed.
After Frof. Gulley's address the Com
%rnittee on Awarding the Banner reported
1t was won by Cedar Fork Township. and
was presented by Mr., J. NJ. B~roughton
the retiring president. Mr.. j. H. Moring
secretary Of the Cedar Fork Association
received the banner and responded with
appropriate remarks.
A motion was made that the time and
place of holding the next convention be
left with the Executive Committee.
The report of the treasurer was read
and adopted. A rising vote o. thanks
was rendered to Miss Maud Reed. Mrs. J
H. Weathers and Miss Bertha Stein fol-
their kindness in making the banner ant
to the sign-painter, Mr.. Bullock, for paint
irc it.
The convention closed at l o'clock. i
should be no afternoon session as nearly
all the delegates were compelled to leave
early in the afternoon.
The concensus Of opinion seemed to BIZ
that this was the best convention thu
County Association has ever held. The
attendance from the city was small. but
the representative from the country wa!
splendid. Nearly every person in attend
Rnce was either a Superintendent or {
teacher, all the organized townships il
the county except three were represented
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