The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-18
Invite GREAT BODY (,
TO ASSEMBLE HERE
Movement to Bring Sunday
School Workers from All Over
World to Richmond.
HAS THOUSANDS or MEMBERS
City Council and Commercial
Organizations to BE Asked
to Assist.

a representative group of Sunday
school s,,perintcndents met in the
| chapel or the Pres5y terrain Publishing;
/ House last night to discuss the sunday
I school interests of the city ana plan
| for a Sunday school institute to be-
| held IN February. The discussion
brought out many interesting facts
concerning the conditions locally and
1t large. The work in l..Nuinond is on
the up grade. and notable improve
inent both In the quantity and quality
was reported This awakening is due
In large part to the educational IN
stttutes held last winter under the
auspices OF tho Gntcrdenominationnt
SundaS-School Association of Rich
mond and Manchester.
Noted Experts Coming.
BY cooperative effort or all denomi-
nations It was possible to bring to
Richmond some trained specialists In
modern methods OF Sunday school
work, who gave the workers OF tile
city new points of view and fresh In
spirationt for their duties.
Plans are now on foot for another
great International institute, to be held
February 16th to 18th.
In cooperation with the virginin
State Sunday School Association, the
Sunday School Association Of Rich
mond Is planning to bring to the city
for three days three workers OF In
ternational reputation. The association
has secured DR.. Wilbur w. White, of
the New York Bible Institute one of
the greatest teachers of the English
Bible in America. Professor f. r. st.
John. the most eminent living author
tty on child study, is to give course
OF lectures on the least understood and
lao Cnt Sen t,.> ~
part OF teachers work. tMrs. j. w.
Barnes, the field secretary OF the In
ttrnational Sunday School Association,
50 favorably remembered for her illum-
mating lectures to primary and Junior
workers last winter, will give COM
prehensire course OF instruction on
the work in these vitality important
departments of the Sunday school.
IL IS purposed to open the institute
on Sunday afternoon. February 1sth
with great meeting In the interest OF
adult Blble-class work. The develop
ment OF this department. in Richmond
rs one Of the remarkable features of
the past year.
4 number OF classes for men now
report an enrolment of over 100 men,
bers. and In a few instances over 600,
1t goes without saying that the
sunday-school forces of Richmond
VIII enter most heartily into this move.
nient, and the eminent speakers Will
De greeted by large and appreclatiy
audiences.
Going After Convention.
Another matter OF notable importance
was resolution passed by a unani-
nous vote to invite the international
sunday School Convention to hold its
fourteenth session in Richmond in 1914.
This body will meet In louisville in
June. 1908. and the next triennial ses-
sion will probably be held on the Pnci-
fic coast. 1t is necessary to take very
early action to secure such body,
hence the early launching OF this move
ment. The Mayor. City Council and all
the commercial bodies OF the city will
be asked to join in the effort to secure
the convention.
It means gathering of over 5000
workers from every denomination and
from every State in the Union, ana
from the Dominion OF Canada, In addi-
ton to fraternal delegates from every
country on the globe where Sunday.
schools have been organized.