The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-18
WORKERS COM|NG
FROM ALL POINTS
Delegations From Virginia Cities
Will Attend Sunday-Scl,ool
Institute in Richmond.
ANNOUNCEMENTS YESTERDAY
Expected That Some 81 Experts
Will BE OH Hand BY
Saturday.

Notices were read in nearly all tho
| churches Of Richmond yesterday with
regard to the Sunday school institute
to be held hero from February 25th to
the 2sth. Mr.. Marion Lawrance, Of
Toledo, Ohio, who Is recognized as tho
Leading expert In Sunday school work
IN America, and who has before spolcn
In Richmond. will be In churgo OF tho
conference. and will have an able corps
OF assistants, each tho authority on
some one branch. Tho sessions will be
held in the Grace street Baptist
church. which was selected from q
number oFerlng. on account OF the ar
ran ement Of the interior which brings
the whole audience near to the plat
form by circular effect. This was
thought to BIO especially valuable, as
the lecturers will wish to illustrate
their work with frequent use OF black
board and other exhibits.
Special Railroad Rates,
rho institute Is held under the an
spices OF the 1ntcrdenominntional sun
Iday-School Association OF Richmond
ana vicinity, OF which Mr.. r. T.. Ma
gil Is tho chairman. Arrangen1en ts
are being made for considcra bio
number OF ollt-of-town attendants
entering the city having issued q spe-
cial rate OF one and onc-thlrd fare,
plus twenty-five cents, on the certiti-
cate plan. The certificates will have
to be secured from the ticket agent
at the point Of starting, and must be
signed by tho State secretary here.
Mr. l.. j. Mcintosh, before returning
Mr.. Masill said last night that IN
his opinion the institute would be an
! opportunity for the officers and teach
| crs and others connected with tho Sun
day schools Of Richmond that should
not be allowed to pass by.
Many OF our schools" declared Mr..
A1ngill. will spend from fifty to n
hundred dollars year to send one or
two representatives to some summer
school for a few days study. Instead
or going to the conferences at Ashe-
vile. or Northheld. or Winona, we arc
bringing the leading instructors In the
subject of Sunday school work here
! SO that all our teachers and officers
will have the chance to hear them.
Any Sunday school teacher that lets
this opportunity slip viii great, re-
| greet It,"
With Mr.. Lawrance will be MIR. w.
1T. Pearce, one OF the secretaries OF tho
international Sunday-School Commit
tee MISREPRESENTATION as an expert III
this work is scarcely second to that
OF the leader. In the party also Will
be Mrs. Mary +. Bryner. OF Peoria. II, .
| and Mrs. j. w. Barnes, OF Newark,
n. j.. two ladies Of culture and refine
1ncnt, who have met with cxtraordl-
Inary success in the departments under
| their care-junior and primary work
These ladies' will hold special classes
In the parlors OF the Grace Street Bap-
list Church. during the institute. ant
will discuss methods with all those who
are engaged in primary and inter
mediate slnday-school work.
Although quite a number OF cities
throughout the South, Baltimore among
/. the number. made attractive offers foi
the services of these instructors this
winter. the International committee has
arranged for but three In the South
Z, Richmond, Atlanta and New Orleans.
, Early In the spring Mr. LaWrance eH-
meets to go with tho party OF Sunday
school workers who are arranging t
visit Rome and hold a great sunday
school convention there In May. Three
! wears ago the International Sunday
l school Convention was held in Jerusalem
4 and was attended by n large delegation
i from tho United States. At that tim'
ii was decided that the practice shoult
he continued, and the next convention
4, was ordered to meet in Rome, where tn
workers will have an opportunity to q
over the ground that was the battlefield
z OF the early Christian Church.
At the last meeting of the Sunday
i School Association Of Richmond tn
executive committee was enlarged b,
the appointment of Mr.. John Stewar
Bryan to represent Henrico county. ant
Mr.. Joseph Il. Davidson to represen
Manchester The committee on pub
licity was requested to arrange. II pos
sible for superintendents to eSchang
visits and present to all the school
the usunl privilege which will be at
fordcd teachers and workers to lcari
something of the best methods of mod
ern Sunday school work by attending
the coming institute.
Mr.. Magil said last night that Mrs
I3ryncr would probably reach Rlch
mond on Saturday, February 23d. an,
would be available on Sunday, the cath
IL any Of the schools would ike t
see her work in actual operation, ]
is possible that others Of the instruct
ors also will be here by that time.