The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-19
MARSHALL HUDSON
LEADS At SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONGRESS
Former Syracuse Business Man
Appears at Exercises in
Mum Ave. Church.

The third day of the fifty-first ami
versary of the New Jersey Sunday
School Association, being held in the
Mum Avenue Presbyterian Church,
East Orange, opened today with a con-
~tinuation of the elementary institutes.
In the Mum Avenue Church, Mar
shall A. Hudson. OF Syracuse, the
founder IF the Baraca and Philathea
classes, was the leader. Mr.. Hudson
Is known as the man who is after a
Million" and is aiming 10 get a million
persons to take up h study Of Bible
work under these organizations. Mr..
Hudson has given up his business in
order to devote his life to this work.
AT the Calvary Methodist Church Miss
Josephine L. Baldwin, of Newark, pre-
sided at the session. The session
opened with prayer and was followed
by an address given by Mrs. John
Froschl, of Brooklyn, on 1.-The Children
Of Today"
A symposium on THE Children's Les
sons (the International graded ~course)
was conducted by Mrs. D.. NJ. Krick, Of
Newark. who spoke on THE Begin
ners." Miss Marion Thomas. also of
Newark, outlined the primary work,
and Miss Alice B. Hamlin talked on
junior work. The reports of lessons
tested were led by Mrs. j. W. Barnes.
of New York. Miss E. d. Paxton, IN
der the head of missionary activities.
told of the work being accomplished by
children.
At the meeting held in the Grove
Street Congregational Church of the
Home Department Council the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the present plan OF
the appointment of the field workers
be continued for the present year OF
Until the executive committee can see
their way clear to place a superintend-
ent of home department work in the
field.
Resolved, Further. that the executive
committee lie requested to make an
appropriation of $50 for home depart
ment work to cover expenses of the
field workers"
The convention will come to a close
tonight when several addresses will be
delivered by prominent speakers and a
banquet of the adult class will be held
in English's Hall. James E. Church
will preside. The officers stated today
the convention had been one OF the
largest ever held by the association.
There has been an average attendance
of 1000 delegates. The program for
tonight in the Mum Avenue Church
will be as follows: 8 O'Clock, service of
song. closing with professional; 500,
What God Can Do with Consecrateil
Men," the Rev. DIR. John F. Carson. of
Brooklyn; $3.50. music: final announce
ments; words from the State president
of adult class work; 9:15, a Bible school
vision, the Rev. P. H. Delshimer, Can
ton, o.; benediction.
The Rev. DIR. e. Morris Ferguson.
the retiring secretary of the New Jer-
sey State Sunday School Association.
made his final report to the delegates
assembled at the Mum Avenue Pres
byterian Church in East Orange yes
terday He said general conditions
were good in all parts of the State.
especially in Essex county. Gloucester
county gets the banner for standard
work, while Atlantic county gets credit
in the best initiative work. In speak
ing of Essex county Mr.. Ferguson re-
ferred to the East Orange library. He
pointed with pride to the fact that
with a population of 10000 there are
16, 900 books in circulation, which is pro-
~portionately the largest circulation in
the world.
Tokens of merit were presented the
counties who last year paid more than
half the pledges before April. The pre-
MUM counties were Atlantic. Cumber-
land. Essex. Hudson and Union. A total
of s7.735 was pledged by the delegates
for the fiscal yea as follows: Warren,
5000, Union, $1,000: Hunterdon. s,5i:
Mercer, $500; Middlesex. 1876: Mon
mouth. $500: Morris. $3.50: Ocean. $3.50:
Passaic, $500; Salem. $3.50; Sussex, s125:
Atlantic. $3.50; Bergen. 1926: Burlington.
5000. Camden, s475: Cape May. 500:
Cumberland. s275; Essex, $1,000:
Gloucester. 1926; Hudson. $500; Somer-
set, s275.
George Z. Hall was reelected presi-
den of the association. The other off,
GERS elected are vice-presidents. the
Rev. Joseph L. Ewing, of Bridgeton;
John A.. Rogers. of Camden; Theodore
f. Bayles, of Freehold; the Rev. Henry
C. Cronin, of Jersey City; George E.
Voorhees,, of Morristown; F. w. Wilson.
of East Orange; J. H. Killian. of Tren-
ton; recording secretary. the Rev. Sam
uel d.. Price, of Camden. and treasurer.
Edward w. Durham, of Trenton.