The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-07


Mr. Hugh c. Cork addressed the as
sembly on the ACCESSIBILITY of institute
ing a religious census. In Philadelphia
recently 5000 workers called upon a
million and a half people in order to
gather statistics in regard to their
church preference, and the speaker con-
Sidered that with combined effort the
taking of such a census would not be a
particularly hard undertaking in Kan.
sas. The whole thing could be done
in a single afternoon or day.
large number of the people are
not reached by the churches at all at
the present time. Mr.. Cork asserted
that when you get right down the facts
the people without exception have some
church preference. If one We're to be
asked whom he would have to officiate
at his funeral he would almost sure to
have some minister already picked out.
It stands to reason that a family pre-
fering Methodist church could be
easily reached by a Methodist minis
tc-.
The church could go to the business
houses and learn a great deal which
could apply to its work. Dun and
business. If an lawsuit comes up,
within II hours every business house
in the country knows that that firm
is put under cloud, so to speak.
When the matter of taking the census
is planned even the most conservative
President Sanders Talk
The Place of the Sunday School in
Religious Education, was the subject
of a very scholarly talk given by Pres
ident Frank Knight Sanders of Wash
burn college. Religious education" he
said lis training ~Ole to think in
terms of God.
The child has a rightfuI place in
the church, the Sunday school is the
greatest factor in the religious world
NtT0 81 fs@w~
into the church is so per cent better
than any other method. 1t is the best
available means Of getting religious
ideas instilled into the mind of the
child. 1t is a curious fact that parents
who are carelessly inclined in a religi-
GUS way like to have their children in
the Sunday school. 1t holds the child
fast in what We call the formative age,
There are three conceptions Of the Sun
day school. One is that it is an op-
portunity to preach the truth. Another
is that the teaching must be predorni-
nately about the Bible. The third Is
that the Sunday school must be made
great training agency, in the moral
spiritual. and social life of today
A prayer was offered before the ses-
sion came to a close for the sneedv
recovery of Marion Lawrence An an
nouncement was made that tho peXt
convention is to be held at Kansas civ
Kan. 10y
The work of the choir, nearly SOC
strong, last night was praiseworthy,
Under the direction of Mr.. Grant c,
that the chorus had been training for
weeks past. The Keep Sweet" song
Mr.. Tullar's favorite. was rendered nv
the chorus and greeted with enthusiasts
Mr.. Tullar Makes a Hit,
The afternoon session of the great
convention. of the State Sunday School
asSoclatlon was opened by a special
service of song under the leadership
of Mr. Grant C. TulIar. The getbarD
ing of four thousand good peo6Ie an
plauded Mr.. Tullar as he concluded
the whistling of an air that was not a
familiar one to the assembly. INV
little girl some months ago. he re-
school and she said. Mamma I've
learned TO whistle I can whistle the
first and last verses of NV Country
'Tis of Thee Now 1 might whistle
the last verse but want you to have
chance. In your Sunday school
don't have your music the same every
Sunday. If you do sing the same
songs sing them in a different way.
To demonstrate. Sometimes a
preacher will announce in church in
monotonous tone that there will be
the usual prayer meeting on Wednes-
day, and you go and you may find II
to be extremely usual. You want
your songs to be unusual
Mrs. Lamoreaux Lectured.
Mrs. NJ. S. Lamoreaux of Chicago
delivered the second of a series OF
three lectures. the subject of her dis
course being Character Building and
Later Childhood-Six to Seven
Children evince more interest at this
age and can be taken farther in Bible
study than from one to six.
"For the Sunday school teacher the
question is how many things in the
child's experience are similar to
points in the lesson. One can't un-
derstand anything unless he has had
an experience like it.
''At this period OF life the child's