Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-30
MISSIONS IN THREE STATES
WORK Of 0hurnh Pisnsu Discussed By
Dakota and Esbrasn Representatives
MISSIONARY IS The POWER sGTHERER
Theme OF Address By Rev. walter "a.
Reynolds At the Presbyterial
sunday school In
stitute.

Tuesday mornings session OF the Preby-
terrain Sunday School inStitute at the First
Presbyterian church was Siven over to a
missionary conference, in which the three
states OF North Dakota, South Dakota and
Nebraska representatives took part. Mis-
sion work was talked over generally and
plans were outlined for the work for the
coming year.
Rev. Walter II. Reynolds of CASTELAR,
Presbyterian church made the address Of
the morning, on the subject Of THE Sab
bath School Missionary and the Home
Church" He spoke Of the close relation
OF the Sunday School Missionary board and
the home church, which he likened to
brothers whose separate homes are on ad-
joining lots or farms.
THE missionary is the church's power
gatherer," he said, 'and while IL is true
that the church supports the missionary,
It is equally true that the missionary vital
Ices the church The work of the mission
AIRY is not conspicuous to the casual OBJ
server, but 1t prepares the field for the
work Of the church and the instrument
for communicating power for the home. In
comparison with the splendid equipment OF
the large number of trained workers in
the home churches, the achievements Of the
little band of Sunday school missionaries
Is most notable. Here is a summary OF
the work done by them in the last year:
Sabbath schools organized, 7S7; reorgan-
lied, S16; teachers, 3,4S4; scholars, %. 2sT;
schools visited, SSH; miles travelled 749, ss6;
families visited, III ,4ls; addresses 17,0S9
canvassers 1855; tracts distributed, 1873, 615
volumes given away, 1904; Bibles given
away, 3,467: volumes sold, 1,6s9; evange-
listic meetings held, 1885; institutes held
SIG"
Rev. n. It. BELL PresIdes.
The regular institute proceedings began
at 1870 Tuesday afternoon with prayer
and praise meeting. Rev. r. T. Bell presid-
ing After the roll call Of Sunday schools
of the presbytery the work of the prt-
mary department was taken up under the
supervision OF Miss Halle Hood of the Sec
ond church of Omaha. The session was
distinctly an Omaha meeting and took in
all the departments of primary study and
instruction, Mrs. George wallace, Mrs. DIR.
D. A. Foote Mrs. F. w. stallard, Mrs.
George e. Nickel, Mrs. Gray and Mrs.
Kate Copeland participating.
Following this THE School in Session
was given a practical demonstration under
| charge of DR.. w. o. Henry Of the First
church. Papers were read by William E.
Findley Of Knox church, Mrs. Edmund
II
| Thorpe of Westminster, Rev. w. II. Rey-
nolds of CASTELAR, and Mrs. D. w. Morrow
Of Knox church The subject of the Sun
day school training its own teachers was
discussed by Rev. A. 8. c. Clarke of Lowe
! Avenue church and by Rev. Alexander
Henry, D. D., secretary of the board of
| publication and Sabbath school work. Rev.
| Mr.. Henry delivering an interesting and in
| structive address on this theme. Among
the other speakers of the afternoon were
Rev. Mr.. Seller of Minneapolis and Rev.
| Mr.. Ferguson of Cedar Rapids, Ia.
Conference Of the Pastors. o."
Tuesday evening there were confer
ences of the pastors and superintend-
ents, teachers and primary workers POL
| lowing the conference devotional services
were held at the First church, during
which President Guy w. Wadsworth of
Bellevue college delivered an address on
| THE Firing Line of the Church"
| The institute will close Wednesday even
ing. the entire day being devoted to a
! general missionary conference as applied
| to Sunday school work.
Rev. S. r. Ferguson, superintendent of
Sunday schol missions for Iowa. will speak
at the Second Presbyterian church wednes-
day night.