The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION OVER
;edar Fork Township Wor
the Banner.
4 SPLENDID ATTENDANCE
he NIX Convention Of the Wax. County SUI
day School Cow n'ion Will
Meet in The
Spring.

The second days session OF the wake
county Sunday School Convention was
called to order yesterday morning at 1915
~ President elect John E. Ray.
Devotional exercises were conducted by
w. J. Young, ST.. His subject was The
First Sunday School,, based upon Scrip
urc found in Neh. S:1-12. Mr.. Young
spoke OF the evidence we have in the
Bible OF the existence OF Sunday Schools
the time of Christ. He also spoke OF
he modern Sunday School az organized
" Robert Raikcs in Gloucester, England
in 1889
The following delegates arrived and
we're enrolled Marks Creek Township
W. II. Hester. G.. II. Marshburn. n.
Medhn; Holly Springs Township c.
Spence: Middle Cfe5ek. 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.. T. ~ Ivey being absent from the
city and hence not able TO I'll his plac,
Oh the program. the time was taken up in
: Round Table discussion on Housed to-
House Visitation, conducted by s. VI.
Smith. Mr. j. II. Moring, Of Cedar Fork
/. Township reported that n House to- House
canvass had been made i'll his township
during tie past week. He reported til"
following statistics a. the result OF this
canvass: Population (whitel Of he town
ship. col; number of children in the
'oWnship, 1885, number of children in Sun
! lay school, 800; number OF children mem
pers ot church, Ia; number OF grown peo-
pie IN the township, go; number OF grown
people not members OF any church, 81
number OF children not attending any
Sunday school, %. Other townships vii
probably undertake a similar canvass in
the near future.
Next on the program was the address
OF Nh n. y. Broughton ON How Or
gained Sunday school Work Helps the
Denomination and the Local SCHOOL, Mr.
Bronghton began by speaking OF what the
Sunday School was forty years ago when
the primer, the Bible and Webster's
BueBo Sreller were the only books
and lesson helps known He spoke of how
b. f. Jacobs conceived the idea of uni orr
lessons and the publication OF lesson helps
OF how Cur International Lesson Commit
tee was appointed and of how the State
and international convention (inter-
denominationaD came about, of how
through county and township conventions
the local 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
had been given us and made possible
through the organized Sunday Schoo
movement
Following this came the address of
Prof. y. Y. Gulley. Of Wake Forest, OF
"TEe Teacher Professor Guley im
Pressed the thought that the teacher some
times makes serious mistake in endeav
oring 10 follow the methods of somebod'
else. He said that he sometimes doubted
Ut there was such thing as "the science
of teaching" He spoke especially of tn
Importance OF the teacher being able t.
teach, not according to the theory o
plan Of some one else, but out of the full
ness OF deep Christian experience HI
said that we must have an aptncss TO
the work of teaching, must have some
thing 10 teach and the power OF the Spiri
10 enable us to present it in such a wa!
as TO reach the hearts of others. Prot
Gulley is a very iorcibe speaker and hi
GNtleSS VI d. cnJONt%l.
After Prof. Gulley's address the Com
nittec on Awarding the Banner reported
II was won by Cedar Fork Township, an
was presented by Mr.. J. NJ. Broughtor
the retiring president. Mr.. J. II. Moring
secretary OF the Cedar Fork Association
received the banner and responded wit,
appropriate remarks.
A motion was made that the time ant
place Of holding the next convention bt
left with the Executive Committee.
The rerort OF the treasurer was rea(
and adopted rising vote of thank
was rendered to Miss Maud Reed. Mrs. J
II. Weathers ana Miss Bertha Stein 70
heir Kindness in making the banner am
70 the sign-painter. Mr.. Bullock, for paint
in@ it.
The convention closed at 1 O'Clock. i
being decided at the opening that therf
should be no afternoon session as neari-
all the delegates were compelled to leave
early in the afternoon.
The concensus of opinion seemed TO be
that this was the best convention the
County Association has ever held. The
attendance from the city was small bu-
the representative from the country wa
splendid. Nearly every person IN attend
7nce was either a superintendent or
teacher, AL the organized townships ir
,he county except three were represented
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