The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-06-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Of Waldo County at Searsmont June *4ti

The annual convention of the Waldo
County Sunday School Association was
held in the Methodist church IN Searsmont
Friday, June 9th. The weather was per-
feet and the attendance good, both from
the local Sunday school and from other
towns in the county The convention open
ed with devotional service led by Rev.
Chas. E. Beebee of Searsmont, including
the hymns, "Wonderful peace" My Saw
Jour first Of all' and "Everlastlng life"
MIR. Beebee read part OF the l4tn chapter
of Luke and offered prayer.
The business meeting was called to order
by the president, DR.. I. n. Pearson OF Nor
rlll, and brief and cordial address OF
! greeting was made by John Lane of Sears
mont, to which Miss Nellie ID. Thompson
of Morrill, feelingly responded.
The congregation sang, "Veiled is the
future before me.
The report of the treasurer showed an
increase in the money on hand from S12. 6S
last year to S19.5S now, after paying ex-
penses and contributing as usual to benevo-
lenceS.
The reports of the Sunday schools were,
In brief, as follows:
Pro4pect Ferry, good attendance and in
terest.
Belfast Congregational, whole number
SO; average 52 home department IA; cradle
roll 10; number of classes 10: Sunday
school members united with the church ).
Belfast Baptist, whole number registered,
500; average, Ill amount OF money raised,
S150SS; number in home department., so;
number on cradle roll, Is.
Belfast Methodist, scholars, 1856; officers
and teachers, is average attendance, SO !;
books in library, 90; has cradle roll.
Thorndike Center Free Baptist, school
held months each year; number OF officers
and teachers T. number of scholars 80;
average attendance %.
SearSmOnt Methodist, officers and teach
erS II; scholars 80; average attendance So.
Burnham Free Baptist, officers and teach
ers Z; scholars %; average attendance II.
Swanville Union, school held 6 months :;
officers and teachers 5 scholars 40; aver
age attendance 25.
South Brooks Union, school months ;
officers and teachers s; scholars, 16; aver
age attendance, 13.
SearSport I'd congregational, officers and
teachers, 10; scholars, 22 average attend
ance, 10.
Islesboro Free Baptist, officers and teach
ers l6; scholars IS; average attendance 46.
East Belfast Reform, officers and teach
erS &; scholars 40; average attendance 2S.
North Monroe, school s months; officers
and teachers I; scholars 80; average at
tendance %.
Monroe, average attendance 40.
Searsport Methodist, whole number re-
gistered 50; average attendance 50; teachers
u.
dren's day, Easter, Christmas, etc.
Youngstown, Lincolnville, attendance and
interest good
Morrill,, number registered about 200
average for past six months 100 The Su-
perintendent presents a book to each scholar
not absent for the year. Last year IA book 5
We're given. The library has been increased
40 volumes; members of the school were
converted, a primary department was Or
ganiZed last January and now has 40 men,
berS.
Waldo Centre, after suspension of a
few years was re-organized in January
last. There are now about 50 members.
South Montville has so members. They
are working for home department.
Montville, Plains, has an average atten-
dance of 90 in summer.
! Liberty averaged 20 in attendance during
the winter.
The president announced the following
Resolutions, Chas. E. Merriam, Morrill,,
Miss Isabel CHM, Belfast; n. G. Pettin-
| gill, Belfast.
Credentials, Jennie Mcfarland, Sears
mont; Mrs. L. Smith, Bcmont; Miss
| Nellie Greer, Belmont
mont; Rev. f. A. Dinslow, South Mont
vile; Mrs. Mary Whitmore, Belfast; T. c.
/ Smart, Waldo: Mrs. c. E. Rhoades, Belfast.
| The convention then adjourned for din
ner, which was served in Victor Grange
hall, near by. The people of Scar mont
! provided tea, coffee, beans, brown sbread
! and fruit, and the delegates brought picnic
! baskets.
| The afternoon session opened with a
| prayer and praise service led by Rev. E. A.
(! Dinslow. The music was by local choir
composed of Mrs. E. Cobb, organist; Mrs.
| C. f. Beebee, soprano; Mrs. NJ A. Fowler.
alto; c. +. Cushman, bass ;::E. Cobb, tenor
J1nJ G
he leads will follow and '1n the shadow
of the cross Scripture quotations and
| brief prayers by many delegates followed
and the hymn. ''No, not ne'' was sung.
| II. E. Lufkin of Yarmouth, General
Secretary of the Maine Sunday School AS
work in general; of the benefits of the use
of the blackboard, of holding members on
! the roll of working for larger contributions
and for accessions to the church from the
Sunday school. He also advised organizing
the counties into districts and striving for
more complete statistics. He said there
should be a home department and cradle
roll in every school.
Mrs. Mary WhitmOre spoke ON primary
work, giving methods of conducting an in
FAINT class. She believes in the black board
and pictures and in carefully selected IL
| brary books.
The choir sang the anthem, ''The Lord is
my shepherd
Rev. j. W. Vaughan of Belfast took for his
subject "How to remedy the lack OF interest
| in preparing the lesson" He is in favor of
the home department and thinks competi-
| ton between different schools and the
classes of a school acts as stimulus We
should make our standard high and try to
reach that standard. Rev. E. A. Dinslow,
T. [. Smart, Mrs. Annie L. Porter, S. A.
Stevens and w. S. Hatch spoke briefly.
They believe the quarterlies should be used
as guide, but not followed literally. Mr..
| Lufkin believes that the lesson helps that
| do not contain the text are the most useful
| The question of how to reach and hold
our young people was opened by Rev. r. S.
| Philbrook of belfast He said we must
have larger interest in our young people.
We must go out after them and not expect
them to come to us. Meet them at their
schools and on the playground. He COM
pared getting young people into the Sunday
school with fishing for trout. One must be
wary and skillful. We must look up the
absent ones. He believes in Illustration by
the blackboard, by pictures, by stereop-
ticon, etc. Rev. j. W. Vaughan, T. G.
Smart, d. o. Bowen and Mrs. Annie L.
Porter each had suggestions OH the subject.
| Miss Helen Cobb sang solo, with chorus
accompaniment by Misses Ethel Overlook,
Mabel Burgess, Olive and Mabel Wood, and
with Miss Helen Beebee at the organ. The
same young ladies sang a. selection accom-
panied by, class Of little girls, Sabra Dyer
Lytle and Mabel Townsend, Alice Whit
comb, Minnie and Angie Paine, -Etfie Rich
ards, Lillian Holmes and Mary Cobb.
| Rev. Robert Morris of Morrill, gave some
"Points on good teaching" The elements
! of ooO1 taachinp are nartly in the lesson