The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-13
Events of important Meet
ing at Concord
ALL VISITORS, DELIGHTED

Talks interestingly OF the session
Of the North Carolina Sunday
school Association Which Next
Year VIII Be Held i'll WILSON,.
Mr. T. B. Eldridge, Of this city, who
is one of the States prominent work
ers in the Sunday School progress OF
North Carolina, has returned from
Concord where he attended h meet
ing of the North Carolina Sunday
school Association, at which he was
elected Secretary of Adult Organized
Glass Department.. Mr.. Ehcldge
speaks. in high terms of the value OF
the meetings, Of the interest taken in
it and Of the hospitality of the people
Of Concord, which was greatly en-
ioyed. Speaking of the meeting he
had the following to say:
The stwenty-second al nua session
Of the North Carolina Sunday School
Association, held during the past
week in Concord, was in some respects
the most profitable and most inspir-
ing gathering of Sunday School work
ers ever held in this State. The at
tendance, from first to last Of the two
days sessions, was nearly five hun
bred. T~hirty-Seven counties and ten
denominations were represented.
1.-THE day sessions Of the Y
ton We're held in the Presbyterian
church, q large, new building. hand
some in appearance and provided
with nearly every modern appliance
and convenience for carrying on the
work Of a Sunday School. There was
ample seating capacity for all dele
gates and visitors, and they were in
evidence at every session, either as
participants in the proceedings or
o+fnn+iyya HCtaNarC Thn nIohf SEES
sions, which were in the nature Of
popular gatherings, were held in the
graded school auditorium, which has
a seating capacity of 1900 At all OF
the three night sessions the hall was
crowded to the limit and many We're
unable to get inside the doors.
The singing, which was conducted
by Tuler and Meredith, of New York
was the most popular feature of the
convention. Mr.. fuller al take fifty
or a hundred people who are able tc
'wag their jaws and make q nolce
and in a few hours he can produce
choir music that will lift an audience
off it's feet and almost raise the roof
Mr.. Meredith, as a solo singer, Is
simply fine. He can capture any au-
dience without an effort.
AN intellectual and Inspirations
feast was spread for the convention
every morning n evening by DR.
Franklin. McElfresh, of Chicago, In.
ternational Secretary of Teachel
Training. DR.. McElfresh speaks Will
f1uency and grace, and his talks are
illuminating and inspiring to all Sun
day School workers who are seeking
to learn the best things that they ma!
have the best things to impart t
those whom they serve in the Sun
day School. DR.. McE1fresh won
warm place in the hearts of his new
fo-~l Month Corn1ioa friends wa!
his first visit in his official capacit,
to any Southern State. It was. tn,
wish Of the delegates, quite generall.
expressed, that it may not be his las
visit.
''The department conferences an
round tables We're -centerS for seeking
and importing information in regar'
to the various departments Of Sun
day School work. The delegates gen
orally recognized the value of thes
meetings, which were held Wed1fesda
and Thursday afternoons in seVera
churches convenient to the center o
the city.
The hospitality Of Concord wa
displayed. nagnificently but withou
ostentation. All Of the MANY visitor
were cared for to their en- ire salts
faction and their great DIT ight. ]
was a. SQUIRE Of gratifcatio1, to TIL
convention to know that the lives ha
fallen to the delegates in ssuch pleas
ant, places. On the, other h nd t1er
were numerous expressions from cit
zens Of Concord to the effect. that til
coming of the convention would b
worth far more than the cost, thai
would result in Inspiration to TIA
sunday school workers to do bette
mora' and in a hgeneEal uplnt and FOR
Wara movement of Sunday School il
|es'seln the City and vicinity. /.
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