The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Workers From the County Hear In
teresting Addresses.

One of the best and most en-
thusiastic Sunday school conventions
ever held in Topeka, is the twenty
seventh annual session of the Shaw
nee county Sunday school which is
meeting at the First Baptist church.
Nearly every Sunday school in the
county is represented by at least one
delegate. Many of the larger Topeka
Sunday schools are represented by
Sunday school workers are in attend
ance.
The session this morning was
largely taken up with routine and
organization work. A conference on
the graded schools led by David Owen
opened the programme. Many of the
leading workers of the county par
ticipated in the discussion and val
liable pointers on this phase of the
work were brought out in the discus
sions. Rev. C. e. Holcombe of the
Lowman Hill Methodist church con-
Quoted class in Bible study on the
book of Acts. Mr.. Holcombe is a
Bible student who is able to make
practical application of the lessons of
the Bible to modern life, and his re-
marks were intensely interesting.
Rev. Thomas E. Young, pastor of the
church in which the convention is
meeting, delivered an address on
"Nearsightedness. DIR. Young pointed
out the many defects in Sunday
school work and advocated broader
ideas in conducting this important
feature of RELIGIOUS education. The
best number the morning pro-
gramme was rosnd table, conducted
by the Rev John c. Carman, of DEN
yer, Colo, whos is president of the
Colorado State Sunday School asso-
citation. DR.. fCarman is one of the
leading Sunday school workers of the
country. In his round table discus
sions this morning DR.. Carman ad-
vocated and explained of the newer
and approved methods employed in
Sunday school work.
At the sessions last night two very
instructive addresses were given. One
was delivered by Dean Frank T. Lee
of the Washburn divinity school. DR..
Carman's subject was Explorations
in Boyland." DIR. Garments address
teemed with practical hints. He is a
warm personal friend of Judge Ben
Lindsey, the famous judge of the
Denver judicial court. His address
was illustrated with examples of how
Judge Lindsey reaches the hayward
youth of Denver and holds them in
the straight and narrow path through
his personal interest in their lives.
The absence of boys from the Sunday
school is one of the most deplorable
features of the present Sunday school
system, and DR.. Carman'S talk gave
many valuable hints as to methods for
improving the schools in this respect.
Dr. Lee 5 ADDRESS incentive 10
Bible study was decidedly instruc-
tive. DIR. Lee pointed out the value of
the Bible, not only from a religious
standpoint but from its relation to the
real literature of the world and to
history. According to DR.. Lee some
of the most interesting pieces of
literature are found in the Bible, and
some of them stand as masterpieces.
The book of Ruth for instance was
upheld by DR.. Lee as beautiful pas
tora1 poem, not surpassed anywhere
in all literature. The writing of Luke,
in the book of Luke and the Acts,
stands at the top of literary effort.
And with all these features of the
Bible unequalled, DR.. Lee, advocated
a constant perusal of the Bible.