The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-04


Culver.
The oath annual convention OF the
Marshall County Sunday School AS
sociat:on convened at the Methodist
church Thursday afternoon. at 200
o'clock The attendance was lar
above expectations, there being REQ
resentative delegations present from
all parts of he county.
The work Thursday afternoon con-
sisted mostly of preliminaries, the
three numbers on the program beng
a Devotional and Fore Word by the
county president, Ora E Ellis. Next
came responses by the township
president to the subject Ten times
one are ten. A discussion on Our
greatest need and how to meet it,"
concluded the afternoon session.
Thursday evening the convention
opened with song service, led by
TIE Men, Chorus of the Presbyterian
church. Rev ]. w. Lake spoke on
"A Survey of the A B c in Marshall
county, after which Rev T.. w. Hal
penny delivered the address OF the
evening. HIS subject was The Van
guard" A RECEIPT on was held in
charge OF the Business Mems Class
of the Methodist church.
Devotional exercises were COM
menced at o'clock Friday morning.
followed by an address upon The
Woman of Samaria," by Rev. E. C..
Wareing Mrs. NJ ]. Baldwin, VINO
was next on the program was unable
10 be present, having taken i'll while
at convention work in another coun-
~ Mrs. Elma Fribley and Mrs. En-
ma North took the subject OF tn,
Cradle Roll" that had been assigned
partment" was discussed by Mrs E
Myman. ''House-toIhouse Visitation"
was presented by Mrs. Ella Davis.
THE intermediate Department
Its Problems and Suggestions" was
handled by Mr.. Halpenny He cor-
sidered the period of youth from l2
TO 16 years, as being the period OF
formative habits and OF decisions that
would affect the future life He re-
garded that period of life as being
the most responsible and that the
need OF proper training and instruc-
ton was of supreme necessity at this
age OF kfe. Mr. Halpenny rs always
a master OF his subject and his long
experience and study upon the sub
Jects with which re is identified
makes him a valuable teacher
The subject OF "House to House
Visitation was considered by Mrs.
Ella Davis and the subject discussed
by others.
The county president o. S. Ellis
made his annual report The report
showed that Mr.. Ellis had been an
efficient and industrious officer.
The Annual Report.
The report of Ora E. Ellis, Presi-
dent OF the Marshall county Sunday
School association, was read by that
gentleman as follows Friday morning
In presenting this report / desire
to give expression to my gratitude to
our Heavenly Father for His care
and guidance and TO the officers of
the county and township associations
for their cooperation and earnest eff
forts to make our work effective and
helpful, and TO the Sunday school
workers throughout the county for
Their uniform courtesy and spirit of
willing cooperation. Not all has
been done that | had hoped would
be done. but | am sure | can safely
say distinct advance has been made
In some respects | have not accom-
pEshed myself what | had determin-
ed to do, the only excuse for which
failure | have is that numerous calls
upon my time and strength came
which seemingly could not be disre-
garded and the loss of physical
strength to degree that made all
my work a bu den during the entire
summer and fall The department;
work will be shown by the reports
and discussions of the work of the
various departments. There has no.
been all the response to the efforts
of the department superintendents we
might think there could be. but we
may as we'll remember that it - Of
ten that thorough work done in
few instances is of far greater value
than work involving greater numbers
but less thoroughly done. 1t is true
also that the most substantial struc-