CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1907-06-20
GREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED IN
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION

The capacious auditorium of the
First Methodist church was filled TO
its capacity on the occasion of the
meeting of the twenty-seventh annual
convention of the Colorado State Sun
day School Association Tuesday night.
There was perhaps n larger number
of accredited delegates present than
was ever before the case at the open
ing session. except at the Denver con-
vention last year.
The arrangements were perfect and
the impression was prevalent that the
convention was going to be one of
the very best In the history of the
association. The church was attrac-
lively decorated in white, and gold.
the convention colors. and the audi
ence was expectant of great things.
1t was evident from the beginning
that one of the pleasing features OF the
convention would be the singing. for
which a special chorus of seventy
voices had been trained by Prof. L. d.
Eichhorn. The praise service of song
was therefore entered into with great
enthusiasm by the delegates and visi-
tors as well as by the chorus. There
seemed to be a lot OF contagion in the
spirited character of the music and
unconsciously almost everybody in the
great assemblage lifted up their voices
in songs of praise and alteration to
Him who holds the destinies of man
kind in the hollow OF His hand.
Following the reading OF the Scrip
lures and a prayer py Rev. A. F.
Chaffee. the annual address of s. H.
Atwater, president of the Association,
was made. Mr.. Atwater congratul-
ated the assemblage upon the growth
OF the Sunday school movement, not
only in Colorado and in the United
States but everywhere throughout the
world. The Sunday school was one
of the great agents in civilization and
was engaged in the beneficent work
OF raising men and women. irrespec-
tive of race or color. to higher plane
of life.
Nine years ago." said Mr.. Atwater,
when the first State Sunday School
convention was held in Canon City,
there were only twenty-seven accredi-
ted delegates from outside OF Fremont
county. The next year the state con-
vention was held at Boulder, when
there was larger attendance. In
1900 the convention was held in Den
yer and there were two hundred and
fifty delegates enrolled. From that
time to this there has been a constant
growth in everything that relates to
the Sunday schools of Colorado. the
increase in this state being greater
than in any other in the Union. The
growth of the Sunday school in Colo
RADIO has been in a much more rapid
ratio than the growth OF population.
While the Sunday schools have done
Inuch for our people It cannot be de-
ried that much remains to be done,
but there will be no halting in the
ever conQuering movement until Col
crado and. the world is won for
Christ"
Mr.. Atwater paid glowing tribute
Of admiration for his co-workers in
the Sunday school cause. Many Of
those who were engaged In the work
nine years ago had gone to their re-
ward, others have moved out of the
state and but a very few OF the plon-
GERS are left. Their places. however,
said Mr.. Atwater, have been tsken by
consecrated men and women and they
may be trusted to carry on the work
outlined by their predecessors.
A letter from Marion Lawrence,
general secretary OF the Nation Sun
day School Association, was read BY
Mr.. Atwater, In which the writer ex-
pressed his interest In the work In
Colorado and his regret that his alb
sence to attend the Worlds Sunday
School convention at Rome prevented
Ills being here at this time.