Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17

ISsss55SS5E=l JNDAY, Jan. 2,-Inlrty lnllloli
IhSSH SI Sunday school teachers began
IN % new year of Bible study
lSA Nj They all studied the same
lK|A lesson, no matter what IAN
l9AGalJ guage they spoke or to What
denomination they belonged.
The story of how the whole Protestanlt
world has become united through us
efforts to teach the Bible to the chll-
dren of the nations constitutes one OF
the most interesting chapters OF re-
ligious history and reminds one OF the
saving that "a little child shall lead
them" Here the lion of religious con-
troversv does indeed lie down with the
lamb Of unity and sectarian STRIFE Is
forgotten in interdenominational CO.
operation.
The interest in this years Bible
study will be heightened by the fact
that before the year has run halt us
course there will De held in the city
of Washington a great triennial con-
claVe of all the Sunday school inter-
ests of the world. From the ends or
the earth will come those who have
reports to make of things accomplished
and of things to be undertaken. More
than 1000 delegates, representing the
! Sunday school workers of the whole
world, will transact the business OF
the meeting and carry back to the
countries from whence they come the
inspirations they gather and the les
sons they learn. The occasion VIII be
the meeting of the sixth trlennlal
meeting of the Worlds Sunday School
| association. 1t will be the second time
that this great convention of conse-
Grated Christian workers has met on
American soil, the other occasion being
the meeting at st. Louis in 1898. In
1898 it met at London. It's next meet
ing was at Jerusalem and its last one
at Rome in 1907.
What feelings the delegates must
have had when they stood in the coll
scum and praised God by permission
of Roman authorities-in the very
Mace where once those who believed
as they believe were thrown into the
arena to be devOured by wild beasts!
When they meet in Washington IN
Nav there will be no Calvary, Mount
of TRANSPORTATION or holy sepulcher
to which to make pilgrimages; nor Will
there be a Coliseum or Catacomps or
tomb of the. apostle of the Gentlles,
but there will be a welcome from a
nation which has more Christian peo-
pie than any other country on earth.
Already the preparations for TINS
great gathering of workers are Wen
under way. The start was made by
the worlds Sunday school visitation a
great missionary tour of the world by
deVout workers, who paid their own
| expenses and Travelled to the remoter
nations to strengthen those there en-
gagged in the work and to lead them
to press on to greater and better
achievements. Each member paid his
own expenses. Practically all of those
who went on this great world tour
will attend the Washington convention
in May.
One of the most interesting features
of the convention will be an eXposl-
ton devoted to Sunday school work.
| There will be thousands of interesting
exhibits of the ways that are used to
cultivate the spirit of giving and to
stimulate the spirit of self-denial and
all the other things which help to lead
the child into a fuller understanding
of the fundamentals of true pety and
| Christian living. 1t will be an expo
sition absolutely devoid of CONNER
| cialism. a mere labor of love on the
part of those who devise and MAINTAIN
| it.
At the Rome convention all kinds
| of Sunday school literature and music
were shown. There were no less than
/ sixteen different classes of exhibits.
| One of the most interesting of all the
| exhibits was a little "do without it,
| bag, intended for the pocket of man,
woman or child 1t appealed in its
silent way only for the money its
owner was about to spend for some
thing he could as we'll do without
Maybe it was only cigar or cup
of chocolate. This do without it" bag,
with the spirit of self-denial it incul-
Gates. has been a great support of
the work in England.
The development of the world sun
day school is a remarkable story of
religious activity. First an organiza-
ton of a few schools, then statewide,
then national, then international and
then world wide, until now thirty
seven countries and fifty-three denom-
nations are united by the great tie
of common Bible study. The move
ment toward this worldwide co-opera-
ton has proved successful because of
the desire for a definite program of
study in which all could unite. The
American SUNDAY School Union was
the first important expression of the
larger desire for cooperation. The
| New York Sunday School Union first
expressed the desire for national CO.
operation in 1920. The American
Union has be, one Of the greatest of
all the forces at work for the upbulld-