The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-08-27

lie regular IuOTHllS SerIuOI
at the Methodist church was dis.
lpensed with Sunday morning
and the hour devoted to listening
to a report of the Building Com
mittee and other subjects which
were on the program Of the
morning.
! For the building committee,
Mr.. w. T. Reeves, it's chairman,
formally rendered to the Sunday
School the annex which has just
been completed. Mr.. Reeves re-
viewed the matter of building
the annex for the past two years
when the growth of the school
had attained such proportions
that the church was no. large
enough to accommodate it. He
referred to the appointment of a
committee who secured plans
and specifications and an esti-
mate of the cost of the building
which was afterwards submitted
to the congregation as a whole.
1t was determined then to con-
struct the annex and the COM
mittee went out with subscrip-
ton lists and within a few days
the cost of the building between
seven and eight thousand dollars
was subscribed. After the
necessary funds were in sight,
bids for the construction of the
annex were advertised for and a
number were submitted. The
committee decided to reject the
bids and construct the new build
ing with day labor under the inn
mediate supervision of the indi-
vidual members of the COM
mittee. AS a resoult of this
policy the committee sa,ed ap-
proximately $800.00.
In rendering the new build
| ing to the church Mr.. Reeves
expressed the earnest hope that
the Sunday School would con-
tinue to grow both in number
and influence and work together
for the upbuilding of the church.
Mr.. ]. H. Ledyard, the popular
superintendent Of the school,
then spoke on, "Our New Facil-
tiles and How to Use Them. -
Mr.. Ledyard threw his usual
zeal into the discussion Of this
subject and congratulated the
church upon being able to offer
to a largely increased number
the many advantages obtained
in a Sunday School. He stated
that it was his earnest desire to
see the school increased many
folds beyond its present enroll
ment, and Judging from the
percentage Of increase for the
past four years, he felt that he
entertained no idle dream when
he believed that the school would
soon far exceed its present en-
rollment. Mr.. Ledyard is a very
Jealous Sunday School worker
and his efforts as superintendent
have been directed towards
bringing into the school all ages
and all classes.
Mr.. j. H. Strain spoke on,
What our Sunday School is Do
/ ing for the Church. Mr.. Strain
has been a leader in the Sunday
4 School work practically all his
/ life and no one is better prepared
to speak on the subject assigned
him than ne. He reviewed the
many advantages obtained in
the Sunday School in the for
nation Of a christian character
by starting to Sunday School
early in life. The most devoted
and consecrated people, in his
opinion, are those who early be.
gin to imbibe the tenets Of the
I christian religion in the Sunday
School; that the carly training
received there in the perform.
ance Of duties assigned was .
potent factor in rounding ou,
the life and character of q use.
/ full member Of the church.
]; Mr.. H. E. High read a history
J iof the Methodist Sunday Schoo
in Tupelo. and upon the reques1