The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Annual County convention Of
sunday school Workers

The first session Of the annual
meeting of the Grant county Sunday
school convention was held at the
Congreg atiOnal church last Saturday
evening, and was called to order by
the president, Mrs. G.. A. Wood.
After a short song service, and a few
words of welcome by Rev. E. Fem
Lyman. pastor of the church, which
was responded to by Prof. Ramer.
Rev. S. j. w WatsOn gave a ten minutes
direction in a teachers meeting. A
discussion of methods elected some
good suggestions from Mrs. J. n.
Stafford and Miss Burman. This was
followed by an excellent paper on
primary work by Mrs. Lyman, after
which Rev. Teichman gave whole
some talk on Sunday school attend
ance and how best to keep it up. M.
NJ. Ramer, A. L. Horton and f. p.
Brockman were appointed nomina-
ting committee and Rev. Watson, G.
A. Wood and Rev. Strutz committee
on constitution and bylaws.
At the Sunday afternoon session a
pleasing feature was some class
exercises: class of little girls from
the Lutheran Sunday school repeating
the Apostles creed in concert, and a
similar class from the Congregatio
school giving the ten commandments,
and number from the infant class of
the Methodist school rendering a
motion song, each of the exercises
being very happily presented. An
excellent paper on aggressive work
in the Sunday schools of the county
was read by Robt. Hicks of the Big
Stone school, who has been connected
with the schools of the county since
the organization of the association.
Reports from the various Sunday
schools were then presented, and on
a roll call of townships, Georgia,
Madison and Osceola were represented
as fields for additional schools.
The nominating committee presented
the following names for officers and
they were elected:
President-F. w. Stahler.
Vice President-R. J. Hicks.
Secretary-E. p. Brockman.
Treasurer-A. II. Horton.
1t was moved and carried that the
fiscal year of the Sunday school con-
vention end December 3lst of each
year, and that the secretary ask each
school to make report at the close of
the year.
At the Sunday evening session, after
d ..
Tasker, of Albee, read we'll prepared
and suggestive paper on the cultiva-
tiOn of the missionary spirit in the
schools, and pressed the Importance
of the subject on all who have the
religious life of children entrusted to
their care.
Rev. G. p. Mollberg, of Marvin,
gave an interesting address on the
Sunday school and our foreign born
citizens, in which he told of the
religious life and instruction of the
Swedish people, and made an appeal
for broader sympathy towards the
foreigners who come to our shores.
Rev. ID. G.. Hauk of the u. Evan
gelical church in an extended address
presented number of thoughts on
the signs of promise in Sunday school
work, and urged teachers and officers
to continue in the work even when
immediate results were not always
visible.
The report of the committee on con-
stitution and bylaws recommended
that a county superintendent be ap-
pointed, whose duty it will be to visit
the Sunday schools of the county,
ascertain where it will be practical to
establish new schools and aid in
starting them.
For this purpose subscriptions were
called for and $3.50 was subscribed.
Upon motion the evening contribution
was also set apart for this fund.
Upon motion Mr.. julius Fenner was
was duly elected a member of the
executive committee.
The annual meeting closed with the
benediction by Rev. e. F. Lyman.