The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-08-19


and tho speakers were enthusiastic
and practical.
Your Executive Committee,
whose duty and pleasure is to carry
out the will OF the Association as
expressed by the convention, held
its regular annual meeting on the
evening on the 18th of April in the
law office Of our beloved President,
r T. Burns. After prayer by Dr..
Boland the Secretary submitted a
report on the organized work
throughout the county. The report
was adopted.
After a careful consideration OF
methods to build up the organiza-
tion in the weaker d s.
tricts, the committee accepted the
plan OF volunteer field workers as
the most feasible.
Special workers were chosen for
East Fork and Dry Fork, also for
Blaine and Upper Blaine. But the
workers failed to occupy their fields
and no good came OF the plan.
Necessary arrangements for
holding the County Convention
were begun at this meeting and
completed at subsequent session
May 26th.
am happy to report a splendid
improvement in the work done by
most of the district Associations.
Our district officers are beginning
TO realize that the Sunday School
is the great evangelical alliance
which proves the spiritual unity
of evangelical Christianity, and
that this unity cannot be effected
by correspondence, but by the vi
tai touch of the presence, the sym
patty aad mutual faith and pray,
or by the various Christian demon
nations. We are getting down tc
bedrock principles when we organ.
ize the Sunday School forces of the
county for the evangelization Of
the county through the CHILDHOOD
OF the county.
Conventions have been held al
Charley, Blaine, Daniels Creek
Long Branch and Gallup. The
brethren IN East Fork have ar
ranged to hold their convention al
Trinity, August Goth.
The Louisa district ought to leaC
the county in Association work anC
in efficient schools. 1t ought t.
hold the first and best convention
each year. 1t ought to set an ex
ample in Teacher training, Home
Department work, Cradle Rolls
House visitation and Decision day
II ought to do all of these ant
more, and in the name OF our Pres
ident and Executive committee
appeal TO its officers and citizens t.
move up to the front line OF Sun
day School work.
Because OF the literary ability
and the potential power for good II
our public school teachers | have
begun work among them which
hope will result in great good t
the Sunday Schools OF the county
Through the courtesy OF the pre-
siding officer at our teachers insti
tute i was permitted to distribute
among the teachers a number OIL
slips containing these questions
Name? Address? Are you a Christ.
ian" Whatdent minatiou? What
position in Sunday School? Sc
teachers filled out and returned the
slips. q We're Christians, l said
want to be a Christian, were un,
decided, SO were not Christians, "a
NJ. f., IA Baptist, 8 Christian,
Presbyterian, 10 Sunday School pu-
pills, II teachers, and district sec
retaries.
The percent. OF converted teach
ers is exceedingly small. o, that
we could all feel the Importance OF
winning the day, school teachers.
The Sunday School needs them for
teachers Of pupils aud teachers Of
teachers. II needs them for oil /.
GERS and 1t needs them for conven.
ton work. The church needs them,
but 1t needs them converted.
l had hoped ut this convention
to be able to give you a complete
statistical ropor. for 1904. Blanks
were sent early In the season to the
district secretaries, who, In most of
he districts, promptly forwarded
hem TO the superintendent with
no request 10 al out and return;