The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-11

Nhere communion services -fotIo.ycJ
ne preaching. aid ia the afternoon
I. invention sermon was preached
az me Methodist Church bv Or C.
'&hnbpeil Morgan ~ London. II was
2 mastery exposition ~ the famHfar
passage ia Marx Jos 10. "a. Il. Here
IS q bit of his stirring message
And Whera was All thie great move
Hlfht IN which We ere rejoicing toa4-
horn IN The white heat Of revival
" non men began 70 feel again the
GrninE PASSION for the corn4r gf the
kingdom ~ cod. when missionary zeal
was tanned 70 q flame when ~evangel-
Ism was the WatchwDrl Of the saints
men men also began 70 think OF the
ch1ldren. and the child began 70 take
us rjSht place IN our midst. Believe
me. Cnrlst's words Were not ideally or
carclessly spoken. and when IL said:
~ such Is the kingdom Of Cod He
was making His appeal - that which
alone can be fourd - provoke man 10
holy service In the cause Of children
There are two soul qualifications
in dealing with children. be Christ's
be the Child'-absolute!v HIS, abs1l-
utely devoted to the child. And if
YOU VIII find me the sunday Sch0
teacher. the father. Ct never lecture
mothers). that is wholly Chrlsts and
Wholly the child's. then ! viii find YOU
a worker. an apostle, 2 couorker
with Christ who VIII lead the little
IL - nun
MAY God give US. my brethren end
sisters. when this Convention is over,
TO 20 back 10 look once again into the
faces of the children and see d new
night and a new glory, and hear q
new appeal for Christ's sake"
The five davs Of the Convention
were crowded with addresses by fam
Gus Christian leaders. reports Of sun
day School progress in all lands; con-
ferenccs in Italian and German and
English: and committee meetings of
the widest import by the prominent
business men who had charge of the
Convention. and the worldwide Sun
day School movement. Among the
speakers who stirred the Convention
by their messages were Rev. i. B..
Meyer, bishop j. c. Hartzell. Mr.. Ma
rlon Lawrence. Rev. p. b. Tyler, p.
D.. and numerous others including
Madame Bieler. of Paris, the daughter
of Professor D'Aubigne, the historian
Of the Reformation. One man. Or.
w. A. Duncan, of New York State.
and return, simply to address an Ital-
ian and a German Conference on the
Homo Department OF the Sunday
School, which ne founded.
Not the least impressive feature of
the Convention was the sight of a
Of America and England throwing all
their great energy into the task of
making the gathering an epochmakinS
affair. They are men whose names
are household words and yet whose
chief interest lies in the Sunday
School movement, and who are giving
literally of their means to the great
cause. They include such Well-known
leaders as Mr.. f. X. Warren. of Fair
Oaks, Michigan, Mr.. William \. Hart
Bailey, of philadelphia; Mr.. II. J..
Heinz, of Pittsburc; Mr.. +. A.. Wells,
of Chicago: George w. Watts, of Dur
ham; and Mr.. f. L. Brown, OF Brook
lyn.
A large part of the Convention was
taken up with reports giving a birds
eve view of Sunday School conditions
Throughout the world. Many OF these
were intensely interesting and stirred
the hearts of the audience with new
enthusiasm for assisting the work in
lands where the movement is Yet in
its infancy and where the work is car
ried on under the greatest difficult
les. For example, in Belgium there
are. only 1900 scho,aos enrolled in
the schools; in Tu~ 1000; in Bull
garia 5000: in So 900; in Egypt
1881. In many s@..~r countries the
number in the Sundas schools is large
ing at an astonishing rate. In Japan
there are $4,000 in the schools; in
France $1,000; in India 100000; in
Germany 900, 900; in Great Britain
o,250,O0O in Free Church Schools. and
1000, 600 altogether. but not all are
affiliated with the Association. Last
comes America with about 14,000,0O0.
In making his report Mr.. William \.
HartShorn the chairman of the Inter-
national Committee said in part:
aln to speak for the army of
1900, 600 Sunday school workers in
The United States. Our God whom We
worship is none other than the Lord
God of israel. Our creed, the Ser
mon ON the Mount Orr practice the
twelfth of Romans. Our spirit that of
the Christ. Our purpose that of SER
vice.
"Our vision for organized work in
the township, the county, state, the ma
ton and in the world will not be real
lied until the isolated and discouraged
school in every country has come into
sympathetic and helpful relations to
the Sunday schools that ave wise
leadership. God is swinging wide open
to the Sunday school workers of the
world the door of opportunity.
The estimated population of the
United States is about $1,000, 90
Children of school age . to
Number of Sabbath Schools
5000
Number of officers and
teachers. 100000
Number of scholars 1900, 900
Total enrolment; about F.. IA, 000, 900
Per cent of population en-
rolled in the u S. . . Il per cent
The most unique of all the meetings
held during the Convention, was the
gath ering in the ruins of the famous
Colosseum at 4 p. m, on the last day
of the Convention. There, where
Christians We're thrown to the ions
and suffered martyrdom in great num-
bers; there, in the fullneSs OF time
assembled Christians representing q
score or more of different peoples to
praise God whose worship the Caesars
thought they We're destroying forever.
The exercises at the Colosseum, in
Guiding the reading of selections from
God Word by Marion L~aWrance; the
singing of "All Hail the Power of
Jesus Name and reading of a poem
by Rev. T. b. Meyer; prayer by DR..
NJ. Rhodes. of ST. Louis; the singing
of praise God From Whom All Bless
ings Flow" and the Apostolic enc
diction by Bishop Hartzell.
The closing meeting of the Conyen-
ton was enc long to be remembered.
Numerous delegates gave three-min-
ute talks on the significance of the
Convention and the closing address by
DR.. b. B Tyler was a deeply impre-
sive one from the text: arise, let us
go hence"