The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-19
THE GREAT WORK
OF PRESBYTER|ANS
The State Sunday School
Committee Met Yesterday
at Winona Lake.
RECORD OF THE PAST YEAR
PUTTING THEIR HANDS INTO
THEIR POCKETS AND AIDING IN
THE CAUSE.


Winona Lake, Ind, Aug. 18-The
Presbyterian Sunday School commit
ee of Indiana met here today with
a number of workers from all parts
of the state to discuss methods of
pushing the campaign of the coming
winter. The meeting is under the dl
rection of the Rev. L. n. HOuser, of
Connersville, one of the committee
men, and other members who are pre-
sent are: The Rev. r. II. DunaWay,
of Greensburg, state chairman; the
Rev. George Knox, of indianapolis,
chairman of the Vincennes Presby-
terry; the Rev. Chas. T. Richards, of
Columbus, representing the Indiana
polls Presbytery, and the Rev. J. p.
Fowler, of Muncie.
A number of undergraduates of
Presbyterian seminaries have been at
work in the state this summer under
the direction of the committee, and
Mt tomorrow's meeting steps will be
taken to add a third field. worker for
next winter, the three to give their
efforts to Sunday school and other
Presbyterian development in Indiana
twelve months in the year The Sun
hay school committee intends to or
ganize new schools in open fields and
expand those that are already organ
lied.
To Push the Work.
A part of the scheme to push the
Sunday school work of the church is
developing through the training
L Zoo 1ITrs "a
organizers which is now in session
here. A large number of superinten-
dents and teachers from the Presby-
terian schools of Indiana are students
In the training school, and will tak1
home with them great fund of
knowledge which they have obtained
from eminent authorities who have
been giving them ideas here.
At present the organization in this
state is opening up new lines by COM
bining the home mission, the evan
gelistlc and Sunday school work I'M
der one leadership, and the Rev. Mr..
Knox is chairman of the combined
movement. The step is being taken
TO save money, to reduce the number
Of men employed and to concentrate
the three reports. Under the old
methods of operation these three de-
partmcnts had separate organizations
and three forces of men. The com
bination of the three means only one
machine. Illinois, Michigan and some
other states, have taken up this triple
combination idea.
All the Cumberland churches of In
diana will be gathered into the Pres
byterian organization this fall, and
The newer Sunday school, evangelistic
and home mission work will at once
be extended to them by the state COM
mittee.
Work of the Past Year.
The minutes of the Presbyterian as
sembly will in a short time be ready
Tor distribution in published form, and
Mr.. Knox said the volume will make
splendid showing as it applies to
Indiana. In the last year, he said, the
Presbyterian Sunday schools had
membership of 10000. There are 335
churches in the state. Some of them
have three or four mission schools
There are 10000 members of the
church in Indiana, over 5000 adding
their names to the rolls in the last
year.
The Presbyterians of Indiana are
fired with the kind of spirit that
causes them to go into their pockets
and bring out money to carry on their
work 1t is a great church organiza-
ton to back its enterprises with tinan-
cial support. In the last year Indiana
Presbyterians gave their pennies and
banf notes to the amount of $4,000
or more for foreign missions. They
invested $4,000 in Sunday schCOh
work and raised as much more for
the aid of Presbyterian colleges. for
students preparing for the ministry
and other educational work. In addi-
ton over 100000 was raised for con-
gregational support. All told. India
ma Presbytcrians subscribed at least
S630,000. 1t was a good year for
church building, too, and some fine
structures were erected at Peru, Mar
ion. Huntington and Anderson. In
Guiding the construction funds. the
sum of about 100000 went out of
Presbyterian pockets in Indiana dur
ing the twelve months for the vari-
Gus causes of the church.
The signs Indicate very large
crowds of church workers and other
religious people at the Winona Bible
conference. which opens next Sunday.
II will be the great outdoor church
meeting of the summer in the middle
west. and ministers who are to speak
as we'll as people who will hear them
nre now arriving.