Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-24
COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOLS
An Attendance Of 300 at the An.
nual Convention Friday.
conferences OF the Several Depart
ments nm Important Feature OF
the Afternoon Acknowledgement
Response to the Roll can,

The annual Sunday school convention
OF Chittenden county was held in this
CITY Friday. with sessions in the
morning, afternoon and evening Over
hundred delegates from different Sun
oay schools were present and at the
morning and afternoon sessions (outside
or the conferences) tho attendance was
estimated ct 300. In the afternoon de.
paftmental conferences were held in the
Me'hodist Church and the College Street
Nhurch. there being three different con-
tcrences In the former church.
Thc morning and afternoon sessions
proper were held In the parish house of
the FIRST Church. G. y. Howe of Essex
'"'c'io'i presiding. The other officers
present were Bert Mills Of Essex. vice.
presidents Miss Barbara Clark of Willis
ton. secretary; and r. II. Shepardson of
Richmond. treasurer.
AT the morning session the work Of the
past sin months was reviewed and n re-
port of the toGr of the canvassers in the
tow'ls was made. The tour began on
Sunday, cbruary %. with union ses-
sion OF the Sunday schools at Colchester.
preparatory to making n canvass of the
towns. There were l3 canvassers, who
worked In seven districts
There were 1875 Protestant and 50 Cath
olic families visited, In which were found
535 Protestan;s and 1Gj Catholic persons,
making total Of 7ol. The denomlna
tional census included 1888 Baptists, 27s
Congreg ationalists, IS Methodists, seven
seven Episcopalians. seven Unitarian
ana four Cniversalists. The total num-
Der giving church preference was eos.
With the exception of Colchester only a
day was spent by the canvassers in each
town.
AZ the afternoon session tho service Of
devotion was led by the Rev. c. J. Sta
pies, followed by five minute talks by
the Sunday school superintendents on
The Model Sunday School" Then came
a discussion on The Model Opening
Session." participated in by II. A. Bailey,
H. c. Burrows. j. w. Hart, II. Carl
Mead. c. d. Howe and Miss Elizabeth
Van Patten
The elementary, Intermediate and home
department conferences We're held in the
Methodist Church and the organized
adult class conference In the College
Street Church. The elementary confer
ence was in charge of Miss Anna Bying-
ton, county elementary superintendent
the intermediate conference was in
charge Of Miss Edith Balch; the home
department conference was in charge of
Miss Alice X. Talcott. county home SUI
perintendent; and the organized adult
class was in charge of f. b. Jordan,
county superintendent for organized
classes.
The most largely attended meeting Of
the convention was the evening session.
The body of the church was filed with
the members of the different classes and
the galleries were filled with visitors
from the city. c. T. Howe of Essex juno
ton, the president of the association, pre-
sided over the meeting which was full Of
interest.
+. G. Lyon Of this city had charge Of
the service of praise, which opened the
services. and was followed by the Rev.
|. G. Smart, who offered the prayer.
The Rev. f. q. Guthrie welcomed the
classes, with n few well chosen remark
and the Rev. Hervey Gulck of Charlotte
responded on behalf of the visitors in
the absence OF Z. g. Jordan, who was I'M
able to he present.
The roll call of the organized classes
came next and brought forth the fact
that a larger number of the members
were present than upon any former meet
ing. The total enrolment was 179, when
the total membership was less than 50O.
The burlington churches were of course
III the lead and the Delta Alpha class OF
the Methodist Church had 81 members to
answer the roll. The Baptist Church Of
this city had a percentage of 100 per cent.
as out of II members. l. We're present,
the extra member being accounted for
by the presence OF a visitor. OF the out
of-town people. Charlotte was easily in
the lead. having three classes with a
large attendance.
The Rev. n. a. Durfee next spoke up
on The Worlds Sunday School Day and
the Great Convention" Dr. Durfee urged
those present to attend the convention in
Washington and gave the different rates
and routes.
The Rev F. d. Penney reported for the
committee on organization and said the
simpler the organization the better. He
gave few words Of advice along that
line. The committee nominated w. T.
Jackman, head of the movement. for or.
ganization and Miss NJ. b. Fowler, secre-
tary of the movement The executive
committee Ia to be chosen by the above
mentioned officers and the president of
the association.
The speaker OF the evening was the
Rev. r.. r. Capel of Montreal, who has
been laborng In the Province Of Quebec
He told of the sclfishness of the world
at large and gave an instance OF the man
ner IN which it crept into religious circles.
lie also told of the struggle of the cause
IN Canada but did not so into details for
lack Of space. He closed with an appeal
Tor those present to follow the true
teachings of Christ 10 manner of living
and Il take to heart the unselfish lessons
taught
Because Of trouble with the organ, tho
second musical number was not rendered
and f. s. Pease spoke briefly while the
offertory was being taken.
The meeting was brought to a close
by reading of the scripture by the Rev.
Is, M. Kent of Willston. who also pro-
nounced the benedction.
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