The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-05-14
SUNDA'l SCHOOL
WOha.ERS Meet
ASSEMBLE IN ANNUAL CONVENTION
Good Attendance From All Over the
COunty-Delegates Listen to
Reports and Addresses.


session Tuesday afternoon at 8 o'clock
with song service lasting half an hour.
On account of the absence OF Presi-
dent Cook, W. S. Nichol, of Hood
River, conducted the service. Rev.
j. Il. Parker, OF the U. b. church,
extended hearty welcome to the del
egates and friends of the convention.
Rev. q. A. Phipps, the field secre-
tary, aud very bright and capable
man, gave the principal address of the
afternoon. His treatment of the top
ic, "The New Adult Movement"
showed that he was very familiar
with it aud the interest which his
hearers gave him displayed that they
we're in sympathy with his subject.
This dew adult movement, which 10
sweeping the Sunday school world, Is
a plan OF organized classes. The ad-
vHntages of class organization are
many. Mr.. Phipps said in part;
"When business men organize and go
after business, they are sure to win.
II is lot an accident that practically
all the large, successful classes of the
country are organized. The organized
class becomes our class, not the
teachers class. In the unorganized
class il the teacher is removed the
class suffers greatly and sometimes
distands, the organized class will get
another teacher. Organization in
creases the class spirit In union
there Is strength. The weakness of
one Is supplemented by the strength
of another. lt becomes a force of
woIh, not merely a field for work.
The orgali lied class does things for
aud ti3 church. The organized class
of men and the organized class Of wo-
men 6 the magnets that will attract
to the Sunday school service the boys
and ri rls. The organized class is
dam across the Sunday school stream
that holds the boys and girls to the
Sunday school at time when they
are 90 easily lost from its member
ship. Ihe Bible class has given to
man! young men and women their
first impulse to lead christian lives
and to do personal work. One of the
first requisites Is a place for them,
they get them and after the members
get them, give them something. The
failure aud Indifference connected
with some pupils attendance can
sometimes be overcome by adopting
the Smith plan, viz: Appointing seven
members OF the class to 60 after the
absent one One tn be appointed tor
each day, and have each member i'm
press upon their friend the advant-
ages and benefits OF their class. The
pupil will nearly always respond. "The
successful organized class in Elgin,
ILL.,, taught by David @. Cook, was
cited as an example OF the program
carried out.
cussion then followed, In which
Rev. W. A. Wood, of the Christian
church, gave few able remarks.
Mr. Polling, OF The Dalles, made q
few good points and Mrs. Sigby spoke
briefly on the cart of Teaching"
DIR. Parker, OF Hood River, was the
last ono to discuss the topic and his
remarks showed a careful study OF
the subject. III
The list of the delegates was lead
and also the names of the homes where
they we're to he entertained. After q
closing song, Rev. Nutley, of Hood
River, pronounced the benediction. =
The evening session was opened at
| 7 80 with splendid song service con-
Quoted by Prof. Grouse Messrs.
Parker, Hanna and Polling each gave
short prayer, followed by another
song, and Seci etary Gilhouse then
read the roll call Of the Sunday
schools in the county, which make
total of 33, with membership of 3
$40.
The committee on nomination tor
the election OF officers for the ensuing
year was then appointed, as follows:
Bufleigh Cash, of Hood River; Mrs.
Weber, of The Dalles; Mr.. Hill, of
Dufur.
At S:30 Rev. G. A. Phipps deliver
ed ooe OF the finest addresses ever
heard In Hood River on "Phe Call,
the Work, the Wages" He said In
cart that in serving God you were
serving humanity and in serving hu-
manity you are serving God. The
teachers are the West Pointers of the
world. These children that we are
teaching now in 25 years will have
more money to hsndle than we ever
dreamed OF. The future church will
not have to 20 begging. The Sunday
school Is selfish In not living up to its
opportunities. The wise teacher
knows the pupil and that to be a
teacher Ia not all play but work, eight
days in the week, as one wise man has
said. The universal plan that many
teachers have adopted of not pi eparing
their lessons thoroughly at home 10
a poor one. The best teacher begins
the study of his lesson on his knee Q
Monday morning and then earnestly
pursues it every day of the week until
Sunday when he can go before bis
class without his helps Que OF the
prominent speakers In last weeks
convention said that the skillet was
an excellent thing to prepare din
ner with, but the best housewife did
not serve the dinner ON the skillet, and
the helps are an excellent thing to
prepare the lesson with, but very
poor thing to serve with the lesson.
Get the lesson until the lesson gets
you. Where there is no work there is
nc wage. You miss your greatest op-
portunity in not meeting the family
of the pupil In this way you get the
co-oreration of the parents aud the
more decided interest of the pupil.
You caunut compute be worth OF a
hn ngn soul No one knows tha value
OF tie soul y0u are IN touch with and
! q tin curortuuities which are pre-
s.rtcd The wa9es of love are much
sore lasting than dollars and cents.
ibn joy an, satisfaction of n soul
iurer can only te sppi eciated by
tho .Xporienced and you will not be
~gtishel with just one soul-you will
gei more.
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