Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-02
Mississippi State News
state Sunday School Convention.

State Sunday School Convention.
Rev. Isaac d. Borders, president
of the Mississippi Sunday School
Association, has announced the fol-
lowing program for the twenty-ffth
annual convention, which will as
semble in Yazoo City on June II
and continue in session four days :
FIRST SESSION-TUESDAY EVEN
ING.
Worship, conducted by Rev. c. E.
Cunningham. D. D., Yazoo City.
Address of welcome on behalf OF the
churches and Sunday schools, by Rev..
W. ]. Derrick, Yazoo City.
Address of welcome on behalf Oh the
city and its people, by Hon. Edwin Il.
Holmes, mayor Yazoo City.
Response, by the president OF the
convention, briefly outlining its mis-
sion work.
Voluntary exchange of salutations
by delegates.
Announcements, appointment OF COM
mittees, adjournment.
SECOND SESSION = WEDNESDAY
FORENOON.
Theme-"Effective Organization.
The quiet hour A period of deep,
soul-searching and earnest consecra-
ton. Rev. Dunbar H. Ogden, Column
bus.
"The Place of the Beat Convention
- yUorly - Cant Tnhn II
Buck. Jackson.
Voluntary discussion of beat and
county organization.
"a Veterans Ideas on Organiza-
|. tion," Rev. j. H. Whitfield, Brandon.
Gods Plan for the Evangelization
o. the World" Hon. W. c. Pearce, in
ternational field worker, Chicago.
'Adaptability of the Organized
Movement to Our State N. A. Mott,
field secretary Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, Yazoo City.
Report of committee on State work.
Consideration of such report.
Recess for luncheon.
THIRD SESSION : WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. i
Theme-"Teacher Training"
Worship, conducted by Rev. G. r.
Kincannon, Lexington.
Possibilities of Our Association IN
Training Work." L. A. Duncan, Me-
ridian.
General discussion.
"Value of Systematic Training
Courses" w. C. Pearce, Chicago.
Relation of Pedagogics to the Sun
day School," Hon. H. L. Whitfield,
State superintendent of educatcn,
Jackson.
"The Teacher Who Teaches" Hon.
John R. PEPPER Memphis.
"The Pastors Relation to the Sun
day School," Rev. w. w. Harrison,
Greenwood.
''ShalI This Association Attempt
Any System of Teacher Training2'
General discussion. s
Brief business session.
Adjournment.
FOURTH SESSION - WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
Theme-"Place of the Sunday
School,"
Worship. Rev. w. F. Marlborough, D.
D., Jackson.
"The Sunday School and Modern
Life" Bishop c. B. Galloway, d. D.,
LII D., Jackson.
"Organized Work as An Invest
ment," w. C. Pearce, Chicago.
Committee reports.
Adjournment
FIFTH ACKNOWLEDGMENT
FORENOON.
Theme-"The Individual School"
The quiet hour. Rev. Dunbar Ogden,
Columbus.
THE Use of Lesson Helps" Hon.
Rowan Thayer, Greenwood.
"The Teachers Meeting; How Sc
cured and Used," w. C. Smith, Jack
son.
Teaching the Temperance Lesson
Hon. E. A. Rowan, Wesson.
Primary Methods for the Missis-
sippi Schools" Miss Carrie Gillespie,
Greenwood
Methods and Means; Round Ia
ble," Hon Alfred D. Mason, Memphis.
Announcements.
Recess.
SIXTH SESSION-THURSDAY
AFTERNOON
IHeHe- Inc Mug DuoihoSo'
Worship, Rev. R. F. Laird, Winona.
"On the Sunday School as Crime
Deterrent and Consequent Civic
Value" Hon. M. A. Montgomery, Ok
ford
"On the Sunday School as Char
acter Builder and Consequent Moral
Value" DR.. ]. S. Hillhouse, Vicksburg
Suggestions from an expert, being
an hours institute on modern Sunday
school work, w C. Pearce, Chicago.
Business session Annual reports of
the officers committee Full consid-
Grafton of plans for future.