Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-21
GREAT Convention;
ALL DENOMINATIONS
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CON
VENTION AT GAINESVILLE
Big Event viii Take Place July 9,
10. ll-Many Notable Speakers
Will Be PreSent-All Preachers
and Sunday School Teachers
and Adult Scholars Invited.

| dll0 AQulL SCnOldTS invited.
The Sunday school hosts of the state
are stirring up lively interest in
their coming State Convention to be
held at GAINESVILLE, Tuesday, July 9, 1C
and IL, and every preparation is benig
made for the greatest convention in
the history of the association. They
have been for over two years without
a worker In the fisld but have recently
engaged as General Secretary W. j.
Semelroth, who has been in the same
work for years and Comes to Wiscon-
sin with ripe experience. He is
making lively tour of the counties
of the state. holding conventions and
reports an increasing interest in the
annual gathering at Janesville. They
are after big results and have some
of the biggest Sunday school men in
America Oh the program.
Judge Ben b. Lindsey, who has
become famous because of has success
full handling of youthful criminals in
the juvenile court of Denver, and on
the lecture platforms, will give a
great address Tuesday evening July
9.
! At the opening session Mr.. Hugh
Cork man of years of work in the
international Sunday school field
and for several years with John Wana-
maker IN the famous Bethany Sunday
school in Philadelphia, will speak.
Another strong factor of the con-
vention will be Marshall A. Hudson,
of Syracuse, N. Y, founder and prssi-
dent of the Baraca Union of America,
an organization of Men g Bible Glasses
that is leading all other plans for in
creasing the adult membership in the
Bible study service of the church. He
will speak several times.
An orator of renown, a Chicago
Alderman and one of the prominent
factors in the civic righteousness
upheayal in that city, will give his
great lecture on Christian Citizenship
in the Sunday school on Wednesday
eveing. July 10.
The Home department of the Sun
day school, the modern plan by which
hundreds of thousands of persons who
do not attend the regular sessions of
the Sunday schools are being enrolled
in the home study of the same weekly
Bible Lessons will be presented in
addresses and conferences by Charles
E. Schenck OF Paris, ILL.,, the fore
most Home department specialist in
that state.
Mrs. Anna johnson Semelroth, for
merly of st. Louis, Chautauqua lectur-
er to teachers of children and formerly
president of the International Primary
department will give addresses and
conduct course of instruction for
teachers of the elementary grades in
the Sunday School and will conduct
great children's meeting and give
model lesson on Wednesday afternoon
July 10. Mrs. G. T. Jaeger, formerly
State Primary Superintendent, will
also give instruction.
The new General Secretary, who
is the founder of the international
Field Workers association, which
holds conferences for instruction in
all parts of the United States and
Canada, will conduct course of in
struction tor county and district as
sociation officers.
Some of Wisconsin's ablest and
most prominent laymen are on the
program, among them S. b. harding
of Waukesha: Frank j. Harwood, of
Appleton; F. S. Shattuck and D. w.
Bergstrom, of Neenah, the former a
most successful leader in boys or
ganizatlons, who will portray this
movement to the convention; j. A.
Craig. of Janesvile; Prof. Collins, of
Stevens Point; Prof VIM. D. Frost.
Of Madison; Prof. James A. Blalsdell,
uf Beloit; Luther Davies. of Osh-
kosh; Ralph U. Irish and v. w.
Hughes, of Fond du Lac, and others.
Among the we'll known preachers who
will make addresses are DR.. j. W.
Laughlin, DR.. }. H. Trippet, DR.. RS
M. Vaughan, DR.. R. G. Dennison
and Rev. w. P. Christy of James
vile; DR.. A. E. Leonard. of Menasra;
Rev. H. H. Roltman, of Fairwater
Rev. F. w. Hatch of Beloit; DR..
Henry Sta.ffer, of Milwaukee and
Others.
All the problems of the modern
Sunday school will be considered and
fully discussed by experienced teachers
and workers, and the conferences
planned will provide opportunity for
the fullest exchange of plans and
methods of Sunday-school work.
The Western Passenger association
has made a reduced fare on all roads
and the people of Janesville will
provide free lodgings and breakfast
for all delegates to this epoch-makiug
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