The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
Resume of the Interesting Session of
Last Week.

manifest from the beginning and con-
tinued throughout. Mr.. }. NJ. Way
was the first speaker, and he set
forth in a clear-cut manner the aims,
ideals, and purposes of the Sunday
school workers. Mr.. Way is the
general secretary for South Carolina
and those who heard him from time
to time were deeply impressed by his
earnestness, his zeal and his very
great familiarity with the work in
which he is engaged. A thoroughly
consecrated man, he was able to lead
his hearers without any apparent ef-
fort; the mans very manner was i'm
pressive of the great faith which he
has in his own teachings.
He was followed at the morning
session of Tuesday by Mr.. Frank F.
Whilden, a we'll known and greatly
beloved Sunday-school worker, max
ing his home in Columbia. Mr..
Whilden's name will always be sy-
nonymous with practical work and
demonstration in Bamberg. There
was no idea which he wished to ad-
vance that was not readily emphasiz-
ed by either some blackboard lllustra-
ton or some object demonstration.
His first talk was on THE Sunday
school Teacher His manner OF
dealing with this subject was such as
to help and encourage every one who
engages in this line Of work.
Rev. D. B. Groseclose, Of Ehr-
hardt, was the last speaker at the
morning session. Relation of Sun
day-school to Church" was discussed
by this very entertaining and inter
esting minister. He took the child
life of the Saviour and drew there
from illustrations which clearly
pointed out the relation of the youth
to the church.
In the afternoon Mr.. Way again
discussed the association work, put
ting special emphasis on the county
work. He also conducted round
table discussion relative to the Sun
day-school work. At this meeting a
committee on nominations of officers
was appointed; this committee was
composed Of DR.. J. R. Mccormack,
Capt. j. B. Guess, and Mr.. J. Crum
Smoak.
Tuesday evening the services open
ed with song service. Mr.. Whilden
was in charge of the music and aside
from his leading of the music, he
rendered solo in a highly pleasing
manner. He carried his cornet with
him and at times used it during the
convention. Mr.. Whilden added
much to the singing of the conven-
ton. He spoke on Singing in the
Sunday-school, giving some good
ideas as to how the singing should be
conducted. Mr.. Ways theme for
Tuesday evening was 1.-The Home De-
partment." He was followed by Prof.
J. G.. Guilds, who spoke on "The
Adult Bible Class" Prof. Guilds is
well known here as a speaker, aud
his addresses are always well re-
ceived.
Rev. T. E. Morris, of Denmark,
spoke on Wednesday morning, using
the topic, Temperance in the Sun
day-school." He was followed by Mr..
Whilden, who demonstrated some of
the practical uses of the black board
as connected with the school. Rev.
T. G. Herbert spoke on the duty of
the Sunday-school towards the great
missionary movement. He spoke en-
couragingly, but pleaded that the
people of the church and Sunday
school get out of the notion that
great movement could be financed
with pennies. We need to think IN
larger amounts, he declared. The
time has passed when school should
be satisfied with an average of pen
ny a scholar; we should average at
least five cents a scholar every Sum
day.
Mr.. Way then presented the fnan-
cial side of the work to the conven-
ton and succeeded in securing about
$4,000 in pledges and cash for the
association work in this county. He
then spoke of the State convention,
which is to meet in Rock Hill some
time in the early part of 1910. He
urged that each Sunday-school send
delegate and not to wait until the last
moment, but make preparations at
once looking towards Rock Hill. He
also mentioned the fact that the
World Convention meets in Washing
ton in May of next year. This State
is only allowed twenty-nine represen-
tatives in that convention and he
pleaded that Bamberg county put in
application for one of those places.
Wednesday afternoon was some
what of children's occasion, and
there were a number of the little
folks from the town present to see
Mr.. Whilden give his lecture on OBJ
ject teaching. The lessons Mr.. Will
den drew and the objects used were
extremely interesting and not to the
children alone, but to everybody
present. He showed in short while
what can be done to increase interest
in an apparently dry lesson. Mr..
Way then took charge of the meeting
and conducted a round table discus
sion on primary and elementary
work. This discussion was entered
into by large number of those pres
ent and the readiness with which Mr..
Way answered each question was
very impressive. He was always
ready with some apt suggestion in an
swer to some question which puzzled
the workers. He could make some
Gil qgestiOn that aided the teacher or