The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-19
CONVENTION
IS NOW HISTORY
Last Session was Held Wed.
nesday Evening.
ENTHUSIASM INTENSE
Delegates were 10th to Leave
tie Church.
Much Good was Accomplished and
the Organization was Materially
Strengthened.

The seventeenth annual convention
of the Sunday School workers of Ma
rion county closed at Epworth NJ.
E. Church Wednesday evening. AL
though the inclement weather Of the
evening had a decided effect on the
attendance, the delegates were, for the
most part, present to enjoy the clos
ing session. Today the guests from
surrounding towns are making their
way home again, after having had a
part in one of the best conventions
of its kind. Very much interest has
been shown in each session and the
attendance has been at all time very
large.
The program Wednesday afternoon
was of unusual interest '"rhe Adult
Work by Rev. Herbert II. Moning-
er, was of very much value to the
teachers. in that the speaker told of
the various diversions of the Bible
and how they should be studied. His
address was largely in the nature of
"a drill and was of very much benefit
to all who teach classes of adults in
the Sunday School.
As the most interesting feature of
the program was without doubt the
Round Table" conducted by Messrs.
hIeigs, Clark and Moninger. Various
questions pertaining to the work OF
the teacher were asked and answered.
The credit system and examination
work took up some time in open dis
cvssion. Many were in favor of ex-
aminations, while others were radical
ly opposed to such action. Moninger,
however, stated that 1t had been the
custom for the most part to conduct
examinations above the primary de-
partment and the papers we're graded
after the dismissal of the class.
The principal speaker of the session
of the evening was the 'Indiana Cy-
clone" Rev. G. d. Meigs, who took
for his subject, How to Fish for Men
and Women and Land Them in the
Sunday School. Mr.. Melgs in his
Opening remarks spoke OF the interest
that is necessary in Sunday School
workers to obtain men for the Sunday
School. Men will fish for bass
half day and not grow tired, but
they soon become weary when they
ale put at fishing for men for the
sabbath School. The school should
be of such a nature that it will be
highly regarded by the members and
interest will be taken The school
must do something for the men II it
would have them present. Men love
the organization wherever they go
and the organization that does some-
thing for them will receive their
most loyal support. Mr. Meigs re-
lated a story of a great parade OF
lodge men in Seattle, Washington,
lsome time ago, in which men paradl
ed the streets In thin white robes.
'Their garments were a little bit
suggestive of men who had left a
burning hotel at three o'clock in the
morning" said the "Cyclone from
Indiana" "and I'll venture TO say
that not oiie of them would have
marched down the streets of Seattle
alone for five dollars. Men will do
anything for an organization that
means something to them, and which
had done something for them" Mr..
Meigs urged that we make our Sunday
Schools SO attractive to all that they
Will love it and do anything for it
and then its success will be unlimited
In concluding his address, Mr..
Meigs said that there was a great big
"Why" and "How" in Sunday School
work, of which many teachers are
ignorant. The reason why all should
belong to the Sunday School is be-
cause the child takes his example
from his elders and If they are not
what they should be then all are in
peril. He stated that many teachers
did not know how TO get people into