Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-12-01

work outlined by the master who
said: go we into all the world and
pre- ach the gospel to every creature"
Sunday school workers are practical
ly building men from childhood for
the Kingdom of God.
Romano Robinson, superintendent
of the Mission Sunday school on the
North side, spoke on the Sunday
school as a missionary factor. He
said that there was no work so dear
TO him as the Sunday school work.
He believed that large number of
the churches of this country would
never have have been built and the
work of spreading the gospel would
never have advanced as it has were
1t not for the Sunday school. The
Sunday school is the seed which
planted in various places has resulted
in the rearing of church in many
parts of our own and foreign lands
and it is a mighty factor in mission
airy work.
Rev f L. Porter spoke briefly on
the subject of cooperation in church
work. He said that he was glad that
the churches of Bedding were CO.
Operating in this manner for the up
building of Gods kingdom for it was
through co-oper ration that all great
ends are attained. The cooperation
of the army and navy always resulted
in victory and the cooperation of
churches would surely bring the
same. He spoke Of the great evil of
intemperance and said that when the
entire church or rather the entire
christian forces should cooperate for
its determination the work would
easily be done The church is the
body of Christ and even as the various
organs of the human body must CO.
operate In the existence somust each
part of this great body cooperate for
the upbuilding of Gods kingdom and
the salvation of the world His talk
along the line of temperance was a
beautiful one and showed the speak
er alive to his subject when it came
to the discussion of theme of that
kind
To Rey. II. n. Spear was assigned
the subject "The Bible as a Vital
Factor in Sunday School Work" He
said that the bible was Gods message
f to the earth and that though the
5 book had been in use for centuries
: still its message is being told every
r day TO hundreds and thousands
throughout the world and it's prec.
5 ious teachings are still being grasped
with the same avidity as it was when
, the Apostle Paul proclaimed the
! name of Christ in the centuries gone
: by. What ever means there is to
: promulgate the teachings of Gods
word are useful, but the Sunday
? school is the field where the bible
a should be first and foremost. He
= would do away with all books in the
t Sunday school class but the bible and
4 strive to make all members proficient
t in searching the scriptures.
E To Rev. j. w Sheehan was assign
: ed the subject of the Ultimate Aim of
: Sunday school work. Mr.. Sheehan
\ said that the other fellows who had
e proceeded him had stolen so much OF
y his thunder that he felt like a coun.
D tryman of his, who, on running hard
e TO catch train and seeing it pulling
e out just as he was about TO catch it,
2 shouted to the brakeman that there
d was man on board who had not got
on yet. The ultimate end of the Sun
j day school is to supplement the
: churches, schools and other establish.
D ments of like nature in the work OF
e training the rising generations in the
f ways of right. The Sunday schools
serve TO uplift the commonwealth
and the country and the world, by up.
e lifting the people who help to make
e 1t what it is. 1t brings up the boys
h.. and girls to best men and best women
: and there are over $1,000 900 scholars
f., who are members of some Sunday
B school in our country today.
e The singing for the meeting wa:
n under the leadership of Rev. Secord
e who proved himself not only good
5 singer, but a good leader for the 9th.
0 er singers. Two solos and duet were
pleasant features of the evening and
all in all it was meeting long to be
: remembered.