Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-10-08
COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION.

attended gatherings of Sunday school work.
ers assembled at Glassboro last Thursday
in their annual Fall Convention. The
morning service was opened by prayer and
Bible reading, led by ReY. F. F. Craig. who
was followed by an address by Rev. E A.
Robinson, OF Pitman, who took as his SUBJ
iect ssThe Home and the Sunday school, -
In the course of his remarks he said that
the reason that "A per cent. of the children
do not go to Sunday school is because
their parents do not insist on them going.
We can get great many of these by going
after them. Great revivals are taking
place in our Sunday schools. The Sunday
school builds up character, The Home
should be linked with the Sunday school .
G. A. Brown, County Secretary, made
his report which showed 81 schools,
with membership of $500. fact that
should cause US to praise God, was that
6l3 souls bad been redeemed aud had
year.
Rev. Samuel D. Price, OF Camden, spoke
on the wider field of Sunday school work.
He gave many incidents of the great Inter
national Convention held at Louisville last
June
The afternoon session opened with de-
votional exercises led by Rev. G. S. Mes
eroll, of Glassboro
County Treasurer c. A. Brown made his
report upon the financial end of our work.
The total receipts for the year are $262. As;
73 schools contributed TO our cause, SO of
our schools were given honor certificates
having given at least cents per member.
/ County Superintendent of Temperance
Work, Mrs. James Harland, Of Wenonah,
spoke upon the Importance Of Temper
ance Lesson. Her talk was full of good
things and will bear much fruit in the fu-
ture upon the great work Of getting rid of
the great evil.
Miss Josephine Baldwin, spoke upon the
problems of the small school. She said
that it is not the large school where the
greatest blessing comes. s'Our Saviour
said that when or are gathered together
not 100 or 500. Teachers and officers should
be loyal TO the work they are doing.
R. E. Morris Ferguson, State Secretary,
spoke upon Fifty years of Progress in
New Jersey" Some very interesting facts
were brought out relating to the growth OF
our work in fifty years.
i Rev. Forrest E Dagger, of Philadelphia,
gave most inspiring address on Winning
and Holding the Boys He said in part,
'0The best thing IN the world is boy /.
You must give the boy square deal. The
boy is not morally worse than the girl. 1t
is mean to say ''bad boys" he has not been
given the square deal in any of the pro-
cesses of llfe You must provide for the
likes of boys as well as for the needs. Get
in touch with his likes on Saturday, and
you can teach him his needs on Sunday y
Get them into competition on Bible knowl-
edge, and it will interest them.
4 Rev. Frank S. Dobbins, of Philadelphia.
gave most inspiring address in the even
ing on the Study of Missions in Sunday
school," He said the Bible from beginning
to end is missionary, and the great cry Of
to-day is, go ye therefore and preach TO
all the world.
i The following standards were adopted as
an ideal for each school to develop: For
our county, lst, our county organized; I'd,
annual convention; 3rd, county organized
by districts; 4th, annual rally in each dis
trict; 5th, county represented at State Con-
vention; 9th, State pledge made and kept.
For our schools, Let, annual report from
each school; 2nd, annual offering of at least
3 per cent of members for each school; 3rd,
representation at Spring and Fall conven-
tions from each school; Ash, each school to
haye cradle roll, a beginners depart ment,
a primary Department., an organized adult
class, teachers training class, and home
departments. ANY school having five points
will be considered banner school; seven
points star school, and nine points front
line school.
The following resolutions were adopted:
1st. That we appreciate the generosity
Of the Methodist Protestant Church OF Glass
boro in rendering their church for our an
nual convention, also the bountlful enter
tainment and the musical service.
i 2nd, That we recognize the efficiency Of
the program committee in securing the able
talent in the addresses given.
3rd, That we heartily adopt the stan
dards presented for our county and our
schools in having the county thoroughly or
ganized and all the departments conscient-
iously developed as near an ideal state as
possible
4th. Recognizing the fact of great lax
ness on the part of many Of our people, In
regard TO remembering the Sabbath Day
and keeping it holy.
ResOlrka. That as sSunday-scbool workers