Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-06-17
Ten Thousand Attend Worlds
S. S. Convention.
Washington Thronged for Most Cosmo-
politan Gathering ever held on Con
tinent-Big Procession-Taft
Makes Speech-Spectac-
ular Features.
Concluded from last week. J

The demonstration accorded Pres
ident and Mrs. Taft-whom the
former introduced to the cheering
throng as "the real President
stirred the nations Chief Executive
greatly. He declared his belief in
the fundamental importance of re-
ligious training of the youth of the
nation through the Sunday School.
The Convention sat with mon
ster map of the world before it's
eyes. The official button showed
the globe with a red cross super
imposed thereupon. Part of each
day was given to "Roll Call of
Nations. The ends of the earth
came together at Washington.
Strikingly, the note of interna-
tional peace resonded from session
to session; the depth of conviction
upon this subject which possessed
the delegates made the gathering
worthy to rank among the great
peace conferences.
On the closing night of the Con-
vention there was a tableau of
seventy-fve children reproducing
the picture which this Convention
has made famous: "The Twentieth
Century Crusaders. " The children
of many nations gathered under
the Sunday-School flag. AT the
same time delegates from many
lands-Korea, China, India. Japan,
Mexico, Brazil, Turkey, etc. gath
cred on the front of the platform
and all sang together to the one
tune, but each in his own tongue,
one of the familiar Christian hymns
that is sung the world around.
The statistics of the Convection
were presented at this time. the
flag of each nation being added to
a display stand as the figures from
that land We're given. The total
showing is 27,SSS,479 members, of
whom above 16. 900, 900 are found
in theUnited States and Canada.
This includes $500, 900 officers and
teachers: the number of schools re-
ported being 2S5, S42. All ages
from octogenarians and other adults
by the million to infants on the
cradle roll and in the Kindergarten
department are now found in the
Sunday School. This vast company
is scattered over the habitable
globe, the increase in non-C Christian
lands being especially noteworthy.
Various Jectors combined to
make the Convention a missionary
occasion. Many distinctively mis-
sionary addresses were made. The
presence of several hundred mis-
sionaries helped. So did the Mis-
sionary and Educational Exhibit.
The realization that the agency
which deals with childhood is, the
most potent evangelizing force con-
tributed powerfully.
The widespread observance of
of Worlds Sunday School Day, in
more than two hundred languages
and dialects, as reported to the
Convention by cables from various
lands, was a real missionary factor.
Literally thousands of sermons
upon the religious training of youth
seem to have been preached upon
that day.
For the first time in it's history
the Worlds Association tried to
raise budget for the expenses of
the ensuing triennium. The sum
asked for, $75, 100000, was all Sc
cured in few hours. This will be
used largely in placing field workers
in foreign lands to develop the
Sunday School idea and organiza-
ton.
The Convention sessions were too
numerous to be mentioned in de-
tail. On Sunday afternoon there
were twenty-five, and on Sunday
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