The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-18

was born OF the desire OIL Superlnlenu-
ents and teachers to secure mutual aid
in the work. IT Is the only place In
the world where oil evangelical denom-
inations of all ages and of both sexes
can meet on terms of perfect equality
Ito discuss plans for the evangeliZation
Iof the whole world. II represents every
part of the field or religious work. II
brings together the leader OF the most
progressive city's most progressive
school and the worker from the remote
rural places. who has been liedGed
about by much ignorance and narrow
land successes Of the other and place
tho acut:ire,l wisdom to his own nc
count.
The measure OF the Sunday schools
growth is found in the national. inter-
national and world conventions. When,
lin 1926. the second annual convention
lof tho American .Surdav- school J"i"h
Was held tho report Of VII Tie Sunday
schools OF the nation for tnc preceding
year was summed UP thus: Your auAil-
iaries report 46S teachers and o"2
scholars as having become hopefully
ipious since the last anniversary. In
all the United States there were then
100000 Sundayschocl pupils, is per
cent of the population, and In the
whole world, l0so,000. At the last
Itrienniai of the International bod,
which was held in 1905 at Toronto.
pupils had been added since the preeed-
ling trienniun,. over 10000 year
against the 532 scholars who had be-
come hopefully pious" in 1875 II
talso showed that i4.7 per cent. OF TINS
nations population vas enrolled in the
Sunday schools of the evangelical
lchurches.
| 1t is now over a century and quar-
tier since Robert Raikes gathered the
neglected factory children OF Glouces-
ter. England. in "Sooty Alley and
while the populacc hooted at Bobby
taught these unkempt little ones to
Tread little, write little, believe In
the Bible and Christ. and lead clean
Hives. He lived to see his ragged resi-
lment OF twelve boys grow into BODY
tof n quarter of million boys ana
girls, men and women and could he
have looked down the years for q
century more. lie would have seen 1t
las 1t is now--an invincible army OF
world wide enlistment, marching %, :
100000 strong toward the great goal
| of universal salvation.
| state had opposed him in the first bit
ter, uphill years. the new century
brought to his work not only tolerance.
but the cooperation OF presidents OF
1.-The United States. chief justices, DISH
ions. Governors and educators of prom
Thence. The Archbishop OF Canter-
hurry bitterly opposed the earlier SUM
day-schools yet so great has peeh
1.-The revolution OF sentiment that no
less than four Presidents of me
limited States-Grant. Hayes, Mcklnles
innd Roosevelt-have sent specia! mes
cages Of cncoura e ement to the sunday
school conventions. Even John wesley
nod Ms doubts about these new schoo o.!
nf Raikess at Ilrst, but opttmlsticaHs
wrote: IA
perhaps God may have deeper W g,a
thereto thap men are a"a.e %. schnnis
knows but what some some o. 9ar CIR, rhristians?''
Rail,es paid his teachers at the -
ot a. cents per Sunday. Modern s - "a
tisticians have figured that since iniu
when American teachers pesan s's'n 20
their services gratuitous!y, mlii!ots ~
Ido,sschool. and teachers have been Sc
|cnred whose services could never navy ao
Iheer had on a monetary basis. IN lo- /,
a grateful Sunday school Union fleureo
That its teachers were then contrlout-
ling in their services over S9oo,oo0 an
Ito something like s2s.000,O00. a teach
lors' congress will be held during lne
louisville meeting. with the secretary
Iof the misunderstanding department ~
Icharge, and the Influence Of their coz
lgress will go out to benefit inc osnu,
million and a halt WORKERS III NIUE 70 49,
1.-THE country. ~,
1 The training of teachers is one Of the
most important features of the sun
day school work of to-day tittN-slA
associations have approved teacher
training departments, and tWenty-sls
4 others have worked on the same me =
large amount of instruction with rel.
ference to the Sunday school Is now :
part OF tho general curriculum OF
T number Of New England theologlca
seminaries. and in proof Of the close
mess. OF the seminary to the SUNDAY
school 1t may be mentioned that every
member Of the faculty Of Yale DIVINITY
|School is a teacher IN the SUNDAY
Echool: This year twenty-five State az {
provincial organizations VIII nave sum
MGR schools for Sunday-school teacll'
!ers, while forty-one other summer
schools will include this work in thei1
curriculum. The teacher who goes be
I fore the Sunday school class Of TO-DAY
|nust be as carefully equipped for hi:
work as the teacher who holds dow
any stable chair In any modern in,
|spirit of the times demands it.
1,roved nv the light Of IFS years. thu
earlier a child is placed in touch Will
Il Sunday school work, tho better It u
for his future. Every school of no
liable progress now has its "cradl'
roll" and there the names Of babies
are placed, as soon as they are born
into that particular Sunday schools
world. The last triennias report show
Of North American schools, Th,
IWilderspin family far back in 1872
amused critical England by seatint
1.-The tots of their primary Sunday
school class In n circle on he groun'
!. and teaching them to count by lift