Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Institute for Sunday School Work.
ers Held at Methodist Church
Monday.

The Sunday Schools of Willmar
were represented by goodly number
of workers at the Sunday School In
stitute held in the Methodist church
Monday afternoon and evening OF this
week. The meetings were under the
management of committee compris-
Ing Reverends Buell., Cummins and
Osterholm.
A program was given including
"Some of the Failures in Sunday
School Work and their Remedies"
''The Teachers Responsibility TO His
Class and to the Home" "Loop
Holes, or, Why our More Advanced
Members Drop Out of the Sunday
School,"
The State Field Worker, Mr.. John
Orchard, was present and conducted
round table on the Sunday school
management, bringing out the found
alton facts of successful Sunday
school life, which arc: ~ Consecra-
ton, (2) organization, (3) education,
Il evangelization, making the four
cornerstones OF efficient bible school
life. The Minnesota Sunday school
association is inter ational In
its scope and purpose, having for its
one aim the improvement OF the Sun
day school in our state.
Mr.. Orchard laid exphasis on the
| fact that there could be no IT al or
lasting success in our Sunday school
| work apart from a consecrated body
of men and women in bible and peda-
gogical work. Schools are frequently
failure for want OF organization. In
that the executive body of the schools
are not planning for 4 permanent work
in succession both of officers, teach
ers and service for the pupils.
In educa alton much stress was laid
on the training OF teachers, urging
teachers training class in every Sun
day school in the state.
For evangelization, Mr.. Orchard
pleaded for the early committal OF the
pupils to conscious relationship to
| the Lord Jesus Christ and to vital un-
ion with His visible church, the
Motto of State Sunday School As
ISOLATION being:
"Bring to Christ.
Train up in Christ
| Send Out for Christi
In speaking of the failures of Sun,
day school work Rev. Osterholm felt
that there was q lack OF deiniteness
on the part of teachers and school In
bringing home the facts of the word
of God upon the hearts of the schol-
ars. He urged upon those interested
in Sunday school work the memoriz-
ing of certain truths OF the Bible apart
from the International Sunday
School Lesson System, thst would be
foundation truths for after life- Rev.
Buell. read q very instructive and
scholorly paper on the tescher's re-
sponsibility to his class and to the
home. This responsibility is two
fold: To lead to Christ; to make like
Christ. TO lead others to believe In
Christ and to help them become like
Christ is work which the angels of
God might we'll be desirous OF engag-
ing in. This Is our work, Sunday
school teachers, and that our respon-
sibility.
During the discussion of the work
it was felt that the teachers of Kandl-
yohi county should have the privileges
and advantages Of At least one county
convention year. To this end by
vote of the audience q committee of
three consisting OF Thomas Scotton,
n. E. Crawford and Nels Anderson
were instructed to make arrangements
for county convention, inviting to
Willmar all Sunday school workers
of the county for discussion of live
subjects OF the 10th Century Bible
School At this convention 1t Is
hoped permanent county association
will be perfected that will give to tho
Sunday school teachers some of the
advantages of institute work similar
to the summer schools held for the
benefit OF public school teachers.
| A resolution was read from Ray
mond, where Mr.. Orchard spent the
Sabbath, earnestly urging the .calling
of Sunday school convention as pro-
vided for by above committee. The
resolution was signed by Banker C.
E. Fouts as chairman and Rev. r. G.
Manly as pastor.