The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
UNION TOWNSHIP.
Proceedings Of the Recent Sunday
School Convention.

The annual Union township S. ).
convention, July Is, at Union Mills,
was well attended and many workers
from out of the township added to
the interest with presence and talks
on the various phases of S. S. work.
Miss Edith Phillips gave we'll
written paper on 1.-THE Aim and Pur-
pose of Our S. S. ana MIR. Hummer,
of the Star" S. S., followed with re-
marks, urging workers not to become
discouraged. They must not expect
to see results at once, any more than
seed sower reaps his harvest imme-
diately.
Mr.. Terrell gave statistics showing
that IS per cent of our churches are
built out of our S. SIS.
MIR. l.. e. Corlett, of Oskaloosa, gave
very interesting talk on winning
| Boys" and he certainly exhibited a
very lively interest ana considerable
recollection of boys attitude toward
adults in general and Sunday Schools
| in particular, and sandwiched in with
these same "reminiscences plenty OF
/
| Question" wishing 1t distinctly under
| stood that the trouble was with the
adult. as the boy originally was clean
| and pure and by influence and enyir-
onment the adult produces the corrupt
incorrigible boy.
| Mr.. j. c. Stout, Mrs. Terrell, Mrs.
| Allen Henry, Mr.. Hummer, Mr.. Ira
Kisor and Mr.. Efin ably discussed
| the different Essentials of S. S.
| Work" anG certainly left no part OF
| the subject in doubt; with many a
good thought on attendance, punctu-
atty, energy, enthusiasm. sincerity
and united effort.
| Owing to Illness, Rev. Pfoutz was
unable to give his address on "The
Duty Every Christian Owes the s. S.
and Mrs. Clark Terrell very ably pre-
sented the subject and incidentally
urged supplemental memory work for
grading Sunday schools.
The Congregational singing was ex
cellent, and the musical numbers were
added to by the Saunders Sisters, OF
Bethel S. s., who rendered a vocal
solo with organ and violin obligato
accompaniment, and by the Union
Mills Quartet.
The secretaries report from the
four Sunday schools in Union town
ship showed a combined enrolment
of 2G1 pupils and an average attend
ance of 1877. AS the number OF chill
dren between hve and twenty-one
years of age in the township is 2S4 II
can readily be seen that the majority
are in Sunday school more or less reg
ularly. ...r .....
"Star" Sunday School was organ
lied by the County Missionary, Evans
November /, 1908, with an enrolment
Of 80 pupils, and has held an average
! attendance of sc the past nine months
They have raised in collections fol
| supplies, $17.73; and Children's Day
Foreign Mission Fund of S3.42 Hav
ing regular preacheing every Sunday
they are, although newly organized
, in a very fourishing condition.
Union Mills Bethel and FairvieW
have had Sunday schools throughout
the year and while roads and weather
} have been unprecedentedly bad, are
, in prosperous condition; Union en-
n rolling Ill pupils, Fairview 27, ant
Bethel "a. While reports of finances
show them out of debt. and all contrib
uting to Foreign Missions in the Chill
, dren's day fund.
; The officers elected for the ensuing
!, year for the Township Organization
were Ed Gable, president; Ira Kisor
, vice-president. and Mrs. Hummer sec
rotary.
81 Mrs. E.. j, Allen, Secy.