The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
In Annual Convention at Wells
1annery Last Week.

i"iinSTy Last Week.
The oath Annual Convention of
the Fulton County S. S. Assoca-
ton was held at Wells Tanncry
on Thursday and Friday of last
week. The sessions opened in
the Presbyterian church at . o.
clock Thursday afternoon, and
the address Of greeting was
made by Hon. S. p. Wishart, who
referred to the fact that he aud
Rev. Lewis Cham bers were the
only two persons present who
were present at the first conven.
tiOu, which he said was held at
McConnellsburg and did not at
tract much attention. Mr.. Wish
art remembered that the minis
ter who delivered the address of
welcome at that time referred to
the various attractions which the
County Seat offered to visitors,
and added that if any Of the dele
gates got dry" they should
slake their thirst at the Duf1ield
spring.
Mr.. Wishart assured the visit.
ors that Wells Tannery and com
munity felt honored by their
presence, and told them that
it would be pleasure to them to
add every comfort at their dispo.
sal to the visitors during their
stay.
In the absence of Hon. d. II.
Patterson, 10 whom had been as
signed the duty of making the
response, Rev. Chambers was
pressed into service, and said he
was not in the habit Of making
apologies, but he would like to
mildly advise the committee who
should make out the program for
the next convention to consult
their men before they gave them
a place on the program. Then
Mr.. Cham b9rs asked, Why are
we here? Why have we left
homes and business, and many
of us travelled "a long distance
over roads not the most smooth?
Have we been inspired to come
by the thought that here we
should spend a few days with
these people so justly famous for
their hospitality? While their
hearty greetings, their warm
tiresides, their choice dinners,
will add to our comfort, I trust
that we haze been inspired by
motive beyond and above this
the thought that we are here as
emissaries of Jesus Christ to
confer in his name for the more
successful carrying on of his
work of evangelizing the world.
DR.. Frank w. Lange, of Phila-
delphia, Field Secretary of the
State S. S. Organization was then
introduced and made very prac-
tical address on the Best Sunday
School for Fulton County. OF
course, DR.. Lange showed that
the best Sunday school for Full
ton, would be an alright school
for Bedford, or any other county.
The truly consecrated teacher oc-
cupies rank of Importance in
the economy of Gods plans
scarcely second to that of the
minister. The teachers work in
relation to his subject is: /. Cor
rectlve. 2. Constructive. 3. Con-
servative.
The last period this afternoon
was occupied by Hugh Cork, of
Philadelphia, General Secretary
of the State Organization. Mr..
Cork, like DR.. Lange is a strong
worker. Since arriving at man,
hood his entire time has been de.
voted to the Sunday school work
spending the first two years on
the prairie in North Dakota as a
Sunday school missionary, and
later doing work in towns and
cities.
Among the many things Mr..
Cork said we had drifted a long
way from the principle which
actuated Robert Raikes in found
ing the Sunday school. Mr..
Raikes felt that the Sunday school
should look after those children
who did not have Christian pa.
rents to train them. In these
days Christian parents are un.