The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-07-27
THE MISSIONARIES CONFER
Four Interesting Addresses We're
Given at the Opening Session
OF State Conference

CAS'Clsc VI Tue SldUc conference OF
the missionaries OF the American
Sunday School Union. conducted by
Missionary Larson, OF Madison, was
the tirst OF Il series OF interesting
features of the Wednesday afternoon
program. Mr.. Larson has been en-
ployed on.the field, OF which Madi-
son is the centre. for some sixteen
months and during that time has
organized more than thirty Sunday
Schools, which tact added not a little
to the interest OF the occasion.
The trst address of the afternoon
was made by DIR. Thomas Nichol-
son OF the University. The Doctor
babe the conference welcome in a
hearty manner. He also spoke OF
the work of the Sunday school and
the imperative need for not only
more schools but for better schools.
the Sunday school in the United
States is left the bible instruction
of the people. TIE present social
and religious conditions 10 this coun ,
try would not admit OF bible instruc-
tlon in the public schools and our
Christian colleges, to a large meas.
ure, We're failing to give adequate
instruction in tible facts and his
tory. The doctor deplored the fact
tiat some OF these schools even we're
advertising that they were like state
SCHOOLS. in that Glley did not have
blb!e instruction as Il part OF their
courses and felt that it was ABOUT
time that they were truly Christian
schools, in that they did teach and
advertise to teach the bible. He
compared the ignorance of the pres
ent day high school pupils and Sun
day school pupils regarding bible
truths with the knowledge of the
pupils of Germany. England and
France. AS an illustration he men
toned the answer as to whom Moses
was as given in a written examina-
ton, by a member of a Sunday
school. Moses was AN Egyptian was
hidden in IN ark of bulrusbes, was
reserved by his brother Joshua, was
by his son Absolam while rak~
ing under q tree. His end was peace.
ln speaking OF the bible instruction
of the schools of Germany he stated
that while the matter was optional
she average German youth awaited
himself OF the privilege and he
found them coming into college with
as full a knowledge OF the bible as
could be given in the regular college
course. While the public schools of
Germany were the child OF the Re-
formation. in France, where one hour
a day is left open to optional bible
The Reformation bids fair
to be the child OF the public schools.
His final plea was for more Sunday
schools and better schools, for upon
these schools rests the responsibility
for bible instruction in the absence
Of public school bible instruction and
home bible instruction.
Rev, j. S. Surbeck spoke on 1.-The
School as an Evangelistic
He stated that in the time
OF spiritual death, God raised up
10 so to the ends of the earth
to preach the gospel and in this day
OF need the Sunday school missionary
had been raised up to go to the out
Of the way places to preach the COS.
pei. A great mission is that of tue
Sunday scholol worker. for not only
does he himself work but the child
also becomes an evangelist in the
home and among those who do not
get into the Sunday school. He
mentioned a nun. Der OF Sunday
schools planted and showed that the
percentage become churches
and brought into churches large
numbers. Of converts.
Bishop Hare. OF the Episcopal
church, gave a most helpful talk Oh
The Impress which the Teach
He likened the mind of the
pupil to the sensitized plate Of a
upon which the impression
0f the object before it was made.
He SAID that should we live IN a room
the walls OF which were sensitized
plates upon which was made the i'm
print Of our moods OF pride and an
ger that some of us would find our
in a horrible place in which to
live. We are all teachers; fathers,
mothers, pastors, teachers and we're
making an impress for good or i'll
He advised us to be what we should
want u children to be or our pupils
to be, then We might hope for them
to be as we wished These notes
but lily suggest the h%elpfulness
81 the Bishops address in that they
lack his personality.
W. S. Doty, of Miller, one OF the
successful evangeIists CT the. society,
spoke on tie evange]istic place of the
work, suggesting that the winters
and lare fall Shnujd he snont sin th;e !