Evening star., 1907-10-16
AT ANNUAL DINNER
REPRESENTATIVE OF DIS
TRICT SUNDAY SCHOOLS MEET.

The Sunday school and many OF the
phases OF the work in connection with it
was taken up and thoroughly discussed
at the eighth annual dinner OF the men,
bers OF the executive committee and su-
nerintendents of the District of Columbia
Sunday School Association, held in the
parlors of the First Congregational
Church last evening. Heretofore the din
ners have been attend ID by the members
only, but last evening many ladies were
present. Covers We're laid for about 100.
The exercises opened at 6 O'Clock. After
socGl hour spent in the church parlors
an adjournment was taken to the Sunday
school rooms where the banquet was
served. The invocation was pronounced
by Rev G. II. Butler. Mr.. w. w. Mil
Ian, president OF the association. pre-
sided and introduced the various speak
els Of the evening. The address of wei
come was delivered by Mr.. j. II. Hammer,
superintendent of the First Congrega-
tional Sunday school, who declared that
ne wanted each and every one to feel
perfectly at home within the precincts of
the First Congregational Church. AS Mr.
Eannen concluded his remarks President
MILAN gave review of the plans for the
coming sunday school convention. when
the members of all the Sunday schools OF
the District of Columbia will meet in
' s'Ns'lN bdfl!St tnuTCH- / ne
VIII open October ~. He pointed out that
all who are engaged in the Sunday school
work in the city should put their
shoulder to the wheel to see that the
gathering is in every way the success 1t
deserves to be. The Sunday school work
along all lines, declared Mr.. MILAN, must
&C forward with a will so that there
viii be general success all along the line.
DR.. McLeod's Theme
The Convention Bofore and After"
was the subject discussed by Rev DR.
Mcleod. pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. At the op-ning of his remarks
the minister called attention to the fact
that the work of the Sunday school is of
vital importance.
BE fore the convention is called to
order he said. " every member of the
association should do all in his power to
advance n line of publicity that will bring
the good work of the Sunday school to
the attention of those whom It is desired
to reach. ADVERTISE declared DR.. Nc
Leod. and you will see the great results
that Will surely come as a reward for the
2nort. Today YOU see the success the
great business houses are reaping through
and this only goes to show
that our work when properly brought be-
fors the people will result in great good
to the movement"
In conclusion DR.. Mcleod called atten-
ton to the fact that Washington needs a
good oldfashioned revival that will cause
a general awakening to Christian duties.
Mr.. j w. Reisner. field worker of the
association, spoke at length upon "A
of the Field" and called partic
ular attention to the laxity on the part of
some of the members of the association
in attending to the duties of their posi-
tions. He called particular atte ntion to the
Effort to have superintendents of different
Sunday schools furnish statistics relative
to their schools. to be compiled in time
for the coming convention. and said that
in a number of instances the information
asked for has not been furnished. He
then issued an appeal to those who have
rot furnished the necessary data to do so
at once in the effort to have the statistics
ready for the convention when 1t. as
Sembles.
The Minute Men.
Under the caption "A Volley from the |
Minute Men, which was explained by
President Mellan as meaning two-minute |
addresses. Messrs. Percy s. Foster, w. C. |
and Albion X. Paris responded. |
The special subject was Sunday
School Fellowship and was dealt
with by the first two mentioned. Mr..
Paris, however, said that two minutes
was not long enough for him to thoroughly
bring out points on such subject and in
of a Sunday school of practical methods
and practical results to be obtained. He
declared that though the Episcopal Sun
day schools generally had not made re-
ports to the field worker. he would take
it upon himself to see that Mr.. Reisner
gets all the informa ton he is looking
for in order to make ready for the COM
ing convention.
Rev. Dr. Charles F. Winbigler. pastor
of the First Baptist Church, made a short
address upon The Plan Worked He re-
ferred TO the Sunday school of the First
Church and declared that those in charge
are doing all they can TO advance the
work. DIR. Winbigler declared that the
work in his Sunday school is being con-
Quoted upon a systematic basis.
Another vOlley from minute men. having
for its subject. Our Problems-Help Us
to Solve Them" called for brief addresses
by Mr.. James +. West, superintendent of
the Mount Pleasant Congregational Sun
perintendent of the Hamline Methodist
Sunday school. Mr.. West said the work
in the Mount Pleasant school is going
along with much success. The teachers
of the school. he said, are chosen from
the public schools as in this way expe-
rienced teachers are procured and more
success attained. He claimed that the
me ethods of procuring teachers and of
teaching is too slipshod in many of the
Sunday schools of the city. and stated
that in Mount Pleasant Sunday school it
is believed practical method is being in
troduced to raise the standard of teaching
Rev DIR. Wnbigler pronounced the
benediction at the close of the regular
session, and short social session fol-
lowed.