The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-07
PROMINENT WORKERS
Address the Delegates at
Each Session.
Attendance, Because of the Severe
Storm was not Large at Either
Meeting, Tuesday.

| The twentieth annual convention
Of the Marion County Sunday School
association convened in Calvary
Evangelical church, Tuesday after
noon at 1870 o'clock. Because of
the unfavoraIble weather the attend
ance fell below the standard but the
| delegates made up i'm enthusiasm
what they lacked in numbers.
The convention was called TO ord
er by the association president
Rev George NJ. Rourke. Devo-
tionals we're conducted by Rev. Mr..
Stone, following which Rev. Rourke
introduced Miss H. V. Graham, ele-
mentary secretary OF the West Vir-
| ginia state association Miss Gra-
ham designated the elementary per-
lod as the moss important time in
the life of the child since It Is the
| foundation stone upon which all the
superstlucture IS built. She empha-
sized the value OF the cradle roll
and the beginners department and
| declared that primary work brings
about a great change for the better
in the childish nature. Some very
| helpful thoughts for the Junior field,
in whs.h the bad boy is the prob
lem, were given. She told why the
blackboard was a practical helper in
elementary endeavor. Supplemental
| lessons and every teacher either in
training class or reading along this
line were, according to Miss Gra-
ham, Indispensable
Rev. J. w. Miles was the next
speaker Of the afternoon his subject
being 1.-THE Mission of the Home
Department. An outline OF the
purpose OF the home department
was drawn and the neglect and a
scarcity of persons willing and conf
petent to do the work given as chief
barriers to its success. Rev. Miles
named It as one OF the big forces
In winning to The school folks who
cannot be Interested in amy other
way and stated that If we would be
more willing to use the means at
land the department. would bring
more satisfactory results.
1.-THE Organized Bible Glass" was
the theme assigned Rev. c. E.
Miller. s'The lack OF men in the
Sunday school necessNates careful
organization and through organza-
ton we can reach the adults as well
as the children" said Rev. Miller.
There are twenty-one million peo-
ple I'M the church, both Catholic and
protestant, and there are sixty
million who should be interested
in the Bible and the churh. The
needs for a successful Bible class
include thoroughly consecrated
teacher. something 10 hold the men
)nce they are Interested, the inter-
national lessons condensed, and Or
yanization In conclusion the speak
n summed up the three essentials
Tor an efficient Bible class as CON
secratlon, preparation and perspira-
don.
In the absence of DR. Joseph
Clark, of Columbus, Mr. Honlne
OF that city, spoke of teachers and
their training, He advocated the
provision OF plenty of material O
assist the teachers In their work
and stated one of the duties of a
pastor TO be the proper training OF
teachers. "The Sunday school
said Mr.. Honline, lis an educational
institution. Its function Is to teach
its subject religion its Textbook the
Bible, its cbja.t conversion and de-
Velopment OF the Christian charac,
ter. F"
The meeting adjourned with the
benediction.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session convened witt
} much more encouraging attendance
devotionals being conducted by Rev
, A. NJ. Chaplin, OF Prospect, In pur'
suing of the sculpture lessons No
emphasized the purity OF the faith
engendered in Timothy by the wore
of God as taught i'm his home,
Professor NJ A. Honline, of Co
lumbus, came TO the rostrum to tel
of "The Religious Education in TN,
Sunday school Professor Honlin,
WHITES his IDEAS with effe tive chall
A they are made. He spoke OF the
4 threefold nature of man, the phys
Z ical- the intellectual ana the relig
5 ious and showed how II one be de
yeloped at the expense of the othel
the result viii be an abnormal man
He demonstrated the fact that sine
religious training is practically ab
; sent In the public schools 1t IS an
Il absolute necessity that 1t should b
supplied in the home and the church
y Christianity will stand or fall wit
the teaching oil the Bible and that j
Y is not a book religion but a religion
5l with a book The Sunday School
N the institution to open the pages G
q this, book so that all may read an,
s. know and teachers trained head an