Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-07

ministers To- whom this inquiry went,
almost half the number had not an.
swcrcd at an and 1t looked as it 90
per cent did not want am advanced |
course.
The tenor voice of Meggs of Texas |
rang out; "Dr Schaulcr wrote 90 COO /
preachers God bless the preachers. Bu; 4
why didn't be write 90 6,OOO teachers |
! and a thunder of applause rang through |
Che hall. so the debate continued pro and !
con for some time.
Dr. II G.. NcCook of Philadelphia. one |
of the old guard. spoke and among other
things, said "lhcre was never @ Joint
of beef cut for the household from which
you could not make n bowl of soup for
the baby But the advance course is
bound to come as qcry Thing is adyanc-
ing. 500 The Sunday school and dcu0mina-
tions should have an optional course.
DIR. Potts spoke. 81 do believe that am
advance course marked Optional viii
satisfy small hut aggressive percentage
of the Sunday school workers
The president called for the vote and
closed the debate. but called for q hymn
and prayer for di,iuen guidance. The
ayes and nays seemed TO near the same,
the chairman called for a rising vote and
when AN were counted it stood 6li for
Dr. liamin or against advanced course
and OOl for. The chairman then asked
an in favor of adoption rise, and il was
made unanimous
The speaker next on the programme
was called and was just about TO begin
when Mr.. Hamil. who had offered The
resolution just PASSED came 90 the plat
form and said In very soft yelycty
draWl of the Southland, If wish TO oilcI
resolution
"Ihc nest half hour Is sacred" cam,
quickly from the president, "aud we car
entertain no further questions at thil
time" The resolution ] have Co oilei
viii give us "a better half hour To wor
ship. ! must present It now, and th'
flash of the eye in the great leader show
ed the spirit and character of the mai
when ho said the International Sunday
school convention had always been % uni
and IL must remain so. As the frame
of the resolution that has been Carried
] wish To- offer this in view of the fac
that SO large o. proportion of the dele
gates ask Tor an advanced lesson.
move that the request of the minority
granted. The 6l1 who had voted for ID
Hamlrs original resolution with him
this tactful concession IN the interest ,
harmony and when the verbal vote wa
. called for one thunderous aye shook Oh
air and one single no from the CALLER
I was by q misunderstanding of the m'
: tion
. Marian Lawrence, our general seer
p tary, who keeps his finger on the pull
of the worlds Sunday schools, spoke
- some length and stated al the last co
Nontion In Denver $4,000 was pledge
81. but during the triennium almost S550l
was collected. so when he asked d
money we just pledged $4,000 and TO
A. him III he wanted any more call for it.
~ Om organized worth is telling. Plac
~, that never heard of Sunday-schools ha'
~ been visited. helped and organization
formed and weak places made strou
~ until today as never before We have
vast army of workers in the field doi
splendid work 20 win souls for our col
'ey' mon Master ever Jesus Christ the Rigl
mas eous.
req l4s paid men and women in The regul
10 work. over 1000 counties organized.
lco. 10000 townships, 100000 people givi
by solid blocks of time TO this work wit
reat out any pay whatever. No wonder I
an blessing Of God is upon u.s.
ad- 1881 conventions held in the pl
also year, reaching more than 2,5O0OOO peo
lsed annually.
con- must say a word in regard TO the ].
e TO r. A. 2l States have adopted it q
be Delaware IS second in the list Of me
om- bership. 1885, lSince the convention NJ
and Maggie S. Wilson, our general secreta
Iere- SAYS we have increased our members
sys- to l,473. and Delaware Is the leader
the /. b. r. a. with 81 hanchesl.
tion California, Hot Springs, Winona Il
de- and Louisville, Kentucky, all made a d
scre- perate effort To receive the next cony
294 tion in 1908. After the vote was tal
the and Louisville vote was being count
23 the strains OF MY Old Kentucky HoI
600 were heard in the gallery, and in a