New-York tribune., 1905-08-12
SUMNER CONFERENCES.
Progress at Richfeld Springs-LeS-
sons from SilUer Ban.

At Richheld Springs the second OF the four coz
ferences which make UP the Episcopal vacation
conference season closed last week. and on Tues
day began the Church Workers Conference.
which is the most important Of the four. The
Right Rev. DR. James H Darlington. who was
! consecrated Bishop Of Harrisburg a few months
ago. is to be honorary chairman Of the conference.
and his brother Dr. Thomas Darlington. Health
Commissioner of Nev-York, is to be one of the
speakers Other notable speakers include James
s Sherman. chairman Of the Congress Com
mittee Indian Affairs; Captain A 7. Mahan, OF
New-York; DIR. Booker T. Washington Of Tuske-
gee: Francis E Leupp. United States Indian Com
missioner; Judge Charles G. F. Wahle. OF New
York; the Rev DR.. z. E. Chivers. of the American
Baptist Home Missionary Society, and the Rev
DIR. a. Woodruff Halsey, OF the Presbyterian
Foreign Mission Board
Attendance at the mems conference was not so
large as was expected it found that the
majority OF the men interested in the conferences
preferred TO defer their coming until the opening
of the Church Workers Conference There was.
nevertheless, sustained interest IN the meeting,
with good sized audiences.
The Church Workers Conference is TO close on
August 20 and will be Immediately followed by
Sunday school conference, at which Will gather
the leading Sunday school workers OF the Prot
estant Episcopal Church A series of addresses on
Sunday school methods will be given by the Rev.
L. y Galley, OF the Philadelphia Sunday School
Institute; the Rev Lester Bradner. jr.. Of the
Rhode Island Sunday School Commission: the
Sunday School Commission and the Rev Charles
Scadding. Of the Chicago Sunday School Comuis-
sion.
The fourth annual conference Of the Young
Peoples Missionary Movement, al Silver Bay.
Lake George, y. Y. closed July 80 after
sion OF ten days. The strengthening grip of the
missionary idea upon the minds and hearts OF the
young people OF the churches was evidenced at
Silver Bay by many other facts than that simply
OF an enlarged conference registration devel-
opng initiative among the leaders OF a multitude
of local and district leaders. a reader grasp Of
comprehensive educationa! plans. and greater
We're an 10 be noted Nor were the results Of
previous conferences, as brought out in discus
cooperation than ever before the part OF sew
eral participating denominations was especla4y
OF the gathering was most notable y small
ference was the continual emphasis placed upon
singing. led by the International Association Quar-
teL s. 49, h.,, -,
sHer M0 or the one at siTeT Bay and the Other az
AsheviIle y. c. The demand for additional con
and the Middle and Far West. will probably re
suit in provision for such gatherings 70, for the the
secretariaI force of the Young Peope's Missionary
n for aq IN 'af c of ep 0i s On
local problems through an extensive eorrespon%d- nd
erturs on mission fields and methods Of promoting
rreased number Of secretaries viii be enlisted for
this work during the coming year
The seventy morning sessions OF the Church Fed
Grafton Vacation Bible Schools held for children
during the last week have shown in the increased
attendance that the parents growingly appreciate
the work letters and messages from the mothers
TO the teachers making thankful acknowledgment
Cleaner hands and faces are on the increase, and
in one school. where poverty had denied few
children their breakfast before they school,
milk has been provided by a thoughtful friend.
party OF forty taken from the school TO
Brighton Beach, and the children got their first
sight Of the ocean one boy asking Whose is it,
unable TO imagine anything not owned by some
body
The first aid talk for the week on Drowning
was Illustrated in every school, and the children
were shown by examples how to resuscttate-a sub
1ect IN which the deepest interest was taken The
health and first aid talks OF DR.. Hoobler have
been so successful other institutions plan
ming for a similar course next year. In the social
hour, held a week. attention Is paid 20 the
subject OF manners ana there is not one school
present where the boys do gladly wait until
the girls served. and lend their assistance
The sewing department, Of which Miss Evelyn c.
Smith is superintendent. has made such progress
that in the L2th-st. the girls have already
completed their models. The Bible stories are
made thoroughly interesting by the OF
crete objects, school superintendent taking
small carpenter outfit into the school make re-
alistc the shop in Nazareth and TO enforce the
lesson that perfect character requires labor The
forty-fve members OF the staT will be entertained
by the Rev DR.. Anson P. Atterbury, president OF
the Federation OF Churches. and Mrs. Atterbury.
at their home. in Rye, on Saturday. August 19.