News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-09-13
LamOlIIe Co Sunday Schools
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Johnson. with a good attendance
and general interest shown. 49,. 49,
The Morristown Association re-
ported one Sunday devoted to spec
ial services looking to maintenance
of the organization. -~--------.EassS
The Elmore-Wolcott District was
not represented. r-zvg1ynse;ss
The Stowe Association reported
progress, through Rev. Mr.. Abbee.
Mrs. B. B. Blake, Supt. of Home
Department, reported progress there
in throughout the county. This re-
port was substantiated by letter
from one of the visitors In Morrisville
stating that she had worked 9 days
in the cause and obtained $50 addi-
tional pupils. Truly "The harvest Ia
great"
The report of the Secretary of the
Association, while showinga decrease
of three in the number of Sunday
schools in the county, shows a gain
OF 439 in enrolment, with the statis-
tics of five schools lacking. 1t also
demonstrated the need of more sys-
tematic method of enrolment of pu-
pills; and advocated a method that
should be uniform throughout the
county at least, whereby there should
be kept a permanent record of the
progress of each pupil from grade to
grade, and the date of accession to
church membership, together with
other facts which record should be-
come matter OF church history. A
half hour was devoted to a discussion
of this matter later in the day, but
no definite action was taken.
The Treasurer's report showed q
balance of $50 SO on hand.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year -
President-L. II. Lewis, Hyde Park.
Vice Presid ent-C. F. Smith, Morrsville.
Secretary-F. S. Hazard, No. HYDE Park.
Treasurer-H Waite, Morrisville.
Supt. Home Dept-Mrs. B B. Blake, Eden.
Supt. of Primary and Junior Work-Mrs.
Clayton Cornell, Cam bridge.
State DireCtor-Rev. j. K. Fuller. johnson.
Musical Director-Rev. C, c. st. Glare, Nor
risville.
Next was an open discussion of the
topic "How to maintain the maxi
mum of Attendance" after which
Miss Morse of Jacksonville favored
The audience with a very enjoyable
vocal solo.
Through the Right End of the
Telescope" by Rev. E. NJ. Fuller was
5he last address of the convention
and proved to be a true portrayal of
he ways in which different people
7iew the Sunday school, as may be
eadily seen from the following eX-
eedingly brief notes zones point
# view determines what he Sees"
yiewed through the wrong end, the
sunday school becomes a diminutive
fair, and he who thus views il has
conceptions of it's aims,
is hopes, its possibilities, as well as
# it's proportions and of the infiu-
nee it eXerts over the lives of men.
'iewed through the right end of the
elescope-the end through which
ne looks at things he wishes to
now about. things concerning which
9 wants definite and accurate infor-
Sunday school becomes
mighty educational and spiritual
)rce.
The last session of the convention
osed with a report of the Toronto
by j. W. Pomeroy of
Falls, which, though last
point of time, was far from being
Ist in point of interest. 1t brought
8 in touch with International Sun
ay school work, the leading lights
| which are the leading men and
omen in the leading nations of the
orld-leaders not only in the Sun
ay school work, but in the CONNER
al, manufacturing, agricultural, in
ct, leaders in all the vocations of
e. The paramount subject just at
resent is Sunday school work in the
)uth, in Mexico and in Japan. Il,