The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-14

f. tunities you will observe a marked
progress In your work. IL tho Rhode
| Island Sunday School association has not
| been a potent factor in bringing about
| this better condition then II has failed
| largely In it's purpose. and we must write
! failure upon the record OF our efforts.
! But know that the opposite In true.
| and that We can truthfully write success
upon the past
I'VE have held 10 district conventions.
and as there are but IL organized dis
| tricts you will notice that this makes
more than one convention in some OF
| them.
I'VE have held II local conferences with
] small companies OF workers. These have
been held in every section Of the state, In
the cities and In the rural communities.
| IL Is In these meetings that we come into
hand to hand contract with the fndivid-
ual workers. where the special problem
or cause for discouragement ia freely dis
oussed and encouragement and sugges-
tions given.
THE summer school was a pronounced
SUCCESS from every viewpoint. as the fol-
lowing statistics will show
There we're enrolled II pastors, IL gem
eraI superlnt endents 4 officers OF the
Sunday school cradle roll superintend-
ents, Is beginners and primary teachers
and superintendents representing 2066
scholars: 81 Junior teachers and superfn-
tendents representing 545 scholars, IS in
termediate teachers representing 81
scholars making a total OF 127 teachers In
the elementary grades representing 1928
scholars There was 20 teachers OF adults.
II scholars and 10 visitors making a total
OF 22l enrolled. representing 1886 scholars.
The expenses and receipts are as fol-
lows: Expenses, S5i92s receipts. $506.Sl.
The statistical report OF the years
work Is as follows s district rallies 8
Teachers meetings. IL district conventions
q district committee meetings. n district
.rfaf taI
primary Union sessions. l56 addresses.
47o postal cards sent out 1893 letters writ
ten and 1907 callers received a the office,
which you will notice is nearly an aver
age OF three callers from every Sunday
school In the state.
MIR. MCRILLIS' REMARKS
At the close Of the various reports the
hymn There Is No Night There was
sung by Professor g. p. Stout Offerings
and pledges were then received after
which A b. McCrillis. Esq, OF this city,
was introduced and spoke for ten minutes
on the topic. THE Worlds Fourth sun
day School Convention, Jerusalem. Pales-
tine. April 18th 18th and 2oth. 1904 4"
Mr.. McCrillis gave a description OF the
itenerary Of the delegates and pilgrims
who go next April to the Holy Land
where the worlds Fourth Worlds Conven-
ton Of Sunday School workers is 10 be
held
Next March" he said. $50 pilgrims will
leave New York I'm a great palace steam
er bound for Palestine.
AT about the same time a great shin
containing the Sunday school workers OF
two continents will leave London on
leaving New York we shall organize into
various Sunday school departments There
Will he lectures. musicals and concerts
on route
We shall spend the Sundays while
away-one I'm Athens. two IN Jerusalem.
three on the Mediterranean. one IN Egypt.
one In Rome. We shall stop Malto.
spend three and one half DAYS In Athena.
four days In Constantinople then on to
Bereut. Damascus and the Sea of CAL
lillee. We shall spend sixteen and a half
days in the Holy Land, nve and one-half
days in Egypt,
The sessions Of the convention will be
held near Calvary AZ Bethlehem. and on
Mars Hill"
At the close OF MIR MoCrrlls talk the
morning session adjourned and proceeded
to Infantry hall and the banquet
The after dinner speakers hero were Or.
Potts, DR. Hartshorn of Boston. the chair
man of the international lesson commit
tee; Mrs Flora " stebbins Mrs Mary
Foster Bryner.
Professor r. +. Stout also rendered
several songs Al the afternoon session
the chief address was delivered by Rev
Floyd w kns. -. n. on Methods.
Dr. TomI will also give an address
az the closing session this evening on the
topic. Inspirations"