The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-03

the report reads like the Acts of the
Apostles. In Cuba 14S schools have
been organized and 1922 scholars re-
ported In Jamaica. &c schools, with
an enrolment of 83,859. Every island
of the West Indies has Sunday schools
| introduced by the I. S. S. Association.
Another auxiliary to lift the schools
to higher standard are the summer
schools for Sunday school workers
OF these there are now about %. The
| subjects on which instructions are
given at these schools are the Bible
the science and art of teaching, and
Sunday school management and
methods. s ,-- 80
/ A school like this is now in session
under the management of the Mary
land Sunday School Association at
Braddock, Frederick county.
A great inspiration of the conven-
| tion was department conference held
in the First Lutheran Church, where
Charles Waters, London, England,
founder of the International Bible
Reading Association, so enthusiastic
cally addressed the audience. Twenty
| five years ago this grand man found
ed daily Bible reading class. The
class now numbers nearly 1000, 600.
This grand old man has beautiful
thought for every member of his large
class daily, and a short Scripture
reading for every day, bearing direct
ly upon the lesson for the following
Sunday. Every school should have a
class. In his hand he held the Bible.
Holy Bible, Book Divine,
Precious treasure thou art mine,
Mine to teach me whence / came,
! Mine to teach me what l am
He asked if the Bible is precious,
and all hands were up. He asked the
audience to salute the Bible with their
handkerchiefs, and all handkerchiefs
were up How many of you feed on
the treasure" daily, he asked, and
only few were daily Bible readers.
In reply to this he kindly said we
should consider it a great privilege
to be daily Bible readers, as it tells
us of the great love of the Father and
Son to His children.
MI Pearce being present, said those
that love the Bible and don't read it,
put him in mind of the old bachelors
that are in the audience. He said he
knows they love, but they are bach.
elors because. they do not ask, nor in
quire if their love is acceptable.
The 1. S. School Association is not
a factor to fight the saloon, but to
teach total abstinence through the
temperance lessons. and through the
tea ching of Gods Word. but when Rev.
P A. Beker. Colunf,tis.-ohie. & nd Mrs.
l.. NJ Stevens. Portland. Me-. address,
ed the large audience of 6.ooO people
! on the "Crussd de Against the Saloon"
the audience was carried fever high.
AS the enthusiasm came from every.
! State and Territory. and the islands
I oe the Sea. unfurling banner OF 3d.
! 600 900 already living under local op-
ton, il shows q Handwriting on the
WALL The saloons in America are on
! run; the liquor trsfic must 60
! To show that tAe saloon and the
think that the black man wants to
attack was farther illustrated when
/ that E. X. Warner, of Michigan, had
promised $1,000 annually for three
years toward $4,000 fund to establish
temperance superintendent in the
association. Mrs. Bryner said smil-
ingly "Now we will raise it, In less
than ten minutes the $4,000 was
pledged. The subscriptions came from
every part of the large room. 1ll1-
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counties that voted dry at the last
election. Kentucky gave 81 for each
of the 1S counties in Kentucky to make
| them dry. Kentucky also gave $25 for
| the cause of water. The last $25 OF
/ the necessary fund was also donated
by Kentucky to their most honored
! Sunday school worker, Miss Mamie
l.. Frazer. Mrs. Bryner smiled. I'VE
4 have raised it." she said, as she step
ped from the platform.
| Following this was sung My Old
Kentucky Home first by the audience,
then by the choir, and finally by a
uuartette of white robed little girls
taken from the heart of the state and
placed up on table on the platform
where they might be seen and their
sweet voices heard by the entire audi
ence, which numbered about 5000
fear MY letter is getting TOO
! lengthy, byat the remart of the conven-
j ton would not be complete without
| some of the abstracts OF the ADDRESS
of Booker r Washington, the coloren
orator. who addresses the convention
on the negro question
! Let me remind you, dear reader, tha1
the International Sunday School AS
sociation has done mach in opening
new Sunday schools where there are
none. The Association has no less
than seven secretaries working IN the
South among the colorea people ana
Mexico. and with good results.
Booker Washington says. 'The whlte
man brought gs here, and we served
him. and our destiny mast remain
with him. and tfrat will be what the
white man makes it. as you cant sep
/ aTete us from him as the waHi to keep
the black man in would take nlsn
! ONE. and TO keep the white man out
/ five times as high. 1t is a mistake 10
think that the black man wants TO
leave the South. or that he IS dls-
satisfied, or that the @hite man Tants
i him To leave. The two must stana to-
/ gether 20 work our the destiny OF the
South. The white man of the Noftn
ems ncipated the black man from slay-
erv but the white man OF the South
has iusr freed him from the drinking
slavery. applause fr
You men of the North forget tnat
we appreciate what the South mas
done for us, in giving us separate
osct,es to ride in. have our own res
taurants. and separate. schools 10 edu-
sducate our children. We are nearer
ike the white man than any other
rare naughter). and we try to initiate
vnu wherever we can. You iaules