Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-11-26
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL
JUBILEE CONVENTION.

a rousing gathering from beginning to the
end of three days. About 625 delegates
were enrG ed, besides hundreds of visitors
being present The convention was made
interesting, inspiring and instructive by
such speakers as Marion Lawrence Sscre-
taryof international Sunday School Asso.
ciation Marshall A. Hudson, OF Syracuse,
| New York, Father of the Baraeca Glass for
| Men; DIR. w. A Duncan, of Syracuse,
Father of the Home Departments Work;
Miss Josephene L. Baldwin, Mrs. J. W.
Barnes. Rev. jesse L Hurlbut. Rev. JOS
eph Clark, of Columbus, Ohio, who is
known as Timothy Stand by Rev. s.
Parkes Cadman, of B5oklyn, New York
Or. George ". Bailey, Chairman Worlds
Sunday School Association Executive Com
mittee, and many others.
Il would take several columns to tell all
the good things that were said to inspire
Sunday school workers to greater effort.
All phases Of the work were discussed, and
past history was dug up and New Jersey
was found to have been the father of many
departments of Sunday school work Among
them were summer schools, primary unions
normal classes, cradle roll, decision day and
beginners lessons.
State Secretary Ferguson was presented
with handsome gift as an appreciation of
his work the past sixteen years.
Gloucester county had nine delegates
present as follows: Rev. J. NJ. Hunting, Of
Glassboro; Mr. and Mrs L. K. Wilkins. Of
Thorofare; Mr. aud Mrs George W. Reece,
Of MulIica Hill; Mr., and Mrs. G. 4. Brown
and George W. Hughes, of Woodbury..
Rev. F A. Smith, Of Haddonfsld, in his
address of she Temple Of Tomorrow, present
ed some excellent Suggestions for fntnre work
and needs in prosecuting the work Of the
Bible teaching part Of the church
Secretary Ferguson in bis report present
ed some interesting statistics as follows
Sunday schools, 2, 37l; open all the year,
l,903; have home departments, $50;
cradle roll, 943; training class 262; an
organized adult class, s27; observed deci-
sion day, AIS. OF these schools, 1867 con-
tributed to the county ard State work, 807
giving three cents a member or better.
Over five thousand delegates, representing
| i 1908 schools, attended the twenty-one
county conventions this fall
The figures Of membership are: Officers
aud teachers, 39,055; scholars, 81, sos; to-
tai, $50. $50; average attendance, 2l2 COG
| The home department members number
%. 215; cradle roll babies, %, 239; total, in
GLIDING these, 402, 203. OF the scholars,
~. S0l are communicate church members,
aud 1867 publicly confessed their faith
this year. The total membership, exclud-
| ing home department. and cradle roll, is
| 2,0lS more than last year, but 5,Sf5 less
than in 1906. Adding these departments,
however, the total memberships the largest
lever reported. At the State office 2, 1886
| letters were received and 8, 354 were writ
ten; H. ass circulars were mailed $50 pack
\
pieces of printed matter in all This record
indicating a large increase of work over last
year, was in addition to she following items
of work in field, November / 1907, to Noy-
ember 6, 1903; County conventions, 1907,
6; 1908, 81; total, 81. Days spent in State,
national and international meetings, "a:
/ mt ;noIt.dinw timn nf travail 40 and from.
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing
ton, Louisville, Asbury Park, Silver Bay
N Y, and Lake Geneva, Wis. Days spent
in service on the graded lessons conference,
1912 days and 6 half days; institutes,
conferences and unions addressed, %, COM
mitsee meetings, 50, including the execu-
tive committees of ten counties; sermons. z;
| lectures, %; miscellaneous addresses, 49,;
total addresses, 164; visited IA Sunday
schools, besides continuous experimental
work In one school; total mileage, 12,0ll,
at net cost to the association Of $3.50
/ The thorough, inspiring, well planned
and deeply spiritual work at the fifteenth
annual session Of orr New Jersey School of
Methods is epitomized for us by Miss Scott
in the following statistics. School held from
Monday, July 5, to Saturday, July 4, AZ
| the High School, Asbury Park. Miss ID
Paxon, chairman OF the program committee;
Rev. s. d. Price, registrar. Students, 1858;
officers and instructors, q total 274. Stu
I dents enrolled for the wpek 1874. new stn-
dents, 40; beginners departments superin-
tendents, u; teachers, 5; total 81 Primary
superintendent, 56; teachers, Is; total, "a
Junior superintendent 81 teachers, "a;
total. S.. intermediate, 80; senior, various
classi6cations. 81; total, 253. Enrollmcnt
! BY counties; Atlantic, 2; Bergen, I; Bur-
lington, 2; Camden, IS; Cumberland, s;