Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-25
WORK JUST BEGUN
REAL WORK F0R THE SUNDAY
SCHOOL AND PASTORS
ONLY STARTED.
Fiouse to.l1ou5e Visitation serves Only
t. pelnt Out Where ttaa s@eea
Is NeaI I=e4
40use to.l4ouse Visitation serves only
t. peint out @9oets tHs #eq6
Isl Needs
PLAN SUGGESTED BY HR. LONG.

Nj " gze1 laaz. at. sa..e.9ls
= charge af .ar Sunday school w,rlz
says lhe=warl= =e1e L.44-=fo.Heus
visitation. witch wa, started s3tuf.
day. has only just 4e7aa III reaz
w,ak of the Sunday sesool TIE
canvass Saturday was to find ont
the people. with their ehureh pref
erences. wao did not attend Sunday
school and church. and the further
work will now be to get those who
have not affiliated with the
church to properly identify them
selves with the church fcr which they
have expressed a preference. Nj.
Long says the work of ingathering has
Just begun. Mr.. Long says:
"Where the work has failed at a.!
in the past it has always been at
this point. Some have expected too
much from one or two calls. 1t some
times occurs, that if from this one
days wcrk and one call from the
pastor of the church preferred, the
people do not connect themselves i'm
mediately with the church, they are
left to thems elves and the visitation
is branded as failure. Why should
Christian workers expect that one or
| two visits will bring family into
| church? Leaders in the busineai
world would never expect success
from 81 little effort"
Mr. Long suggests the following
plan for the continuance Of the work:
From the church membership
choose capable representatives. Let
| the pastor or some one appointed, ta..e
them into, training, anticipate their
difficulties, oversee their work and
call them together fer conference and
encouragement. From the visitation
records select four or five families
located near together, entering their
names and addresses in a visitors
record book. Miss A. takes the list
| lIc. of oh
study the conditions. She may rot
even refer to the visitation, and, per
haps, net mntion Sunday school or
church. She just happens in as she
goes BY good impression is tee
first thing to secure AN order for our
goods is sure to come sooner or late
When she returns home a notation Is
made in the visitors record conce II
ing each family The list is then
turned over to Mr.. B., who seeing
what Miss A. has done, happens in
and deepens the good impression al
ready made. 1t may be that the quail
ity of goods they need is physical
comforts, consolation or sympathy. If
the way opens, invite them to church,
Mrs c. ncw takes the list and h p
pen in as did the others. She soon
finds what is needed to prepare for
the pastors call She informs them
that she attends certain church and
cordially invites them to Sunday
school and church the next Sunday.
The three notations having been
made concerning each family in the
book, it now goes to the pastor, who
makes a pastoral call at this home,
: while the forerunners are preparing
others for him. If the family does not
S identify itself with the Sunday school
e and church Immediately, it can be put
in the special charge of one of the
e visitors, who will keep in constant
touch with them until they reciprocate
y the interest shown in them, and lden-
d tify themselves with the church. They
n will certainly come if tactfully led
is One of the good effects CT the work
1t has already been shown, as seven OF
the Sunday schools on Sunday morn
is ing showed an aggregate increase In
attendance Of ninety-two. -