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with Mrs. Bradburn, whom he paid /,
smiling day. leading a group of poor
boys through the sooty alleys, followed
Goose and His Regiment"
11So Bishop Francis Asbury. in the
mouse or Thomas Grensha~. Hanover
county, Va. organized the frs Sunday
school in America.
1924. The American SUNDAY School
onion, New York city. org slspd This
| union has established 1Ia ~ sunday
schools. Literature to the vaILe of more
than Slo.Oooooo has been distributed since
organization. =
1872. The uniform lesson system adout-
| ed at Indianapolis. Ind. The lesson com
nittee created. Lessons studied on the
! same Sunday. in all parts of the world, in
nan ,hans languages and dialects. by more
tnan 26.OuOo0 people. One-haf billion
pieces of Sunday school literature printed
and distributed each year.
1880. The international executive com
inittee created. Then began systematic
INSTRUMENTATION organization of town-
snip. county, district and state conven-
tions-of which during the last trienniuni
nearly 49.OW conventions were held in
North America
1889. The worlds first Sunday school
convention, LONDON, England. The
american delegates sailed from New
York I'm the Cunard steamer Bothnis.
Delegates from America. 800.
lSS. The worlds second convention.
foreign delegates. 12s. The worldwide
policy definitely accepted.
1S,s. The worlds third convention,
London, England. American delegates
sailed from Boston on Cunard steamer
Catalonia. Number of American dele
gates, $50. The Catalonia sailed during
the most exciting period of the Spanish
American war. liz midocean a fire ragged
LOT several hours in the hold filled with
cotton.
1@1EThe worlds fourth convention. T.,
Jerusalem, Palestine. Eight hundred and
seventeen delegates embarked March :
I1E In the chartered steamship Crosse
kurfurst. The convention ten. wa
pitched rot far from Bethlehem. near ,
Gethsemane, in sight of Calvary. close b.
The garden tomb, and under the yer,
shadow of the Mount of Olives. We did
not sing, There IL a green lill Ear apyay'
but rather. There is q green h;ll near
by IL did not seem very far from th..
tent 10 the mercy seat" The four Cos
peis, tue miracles, the parallels OF Christ
and Christ himself seemed very near. 3.
US Fifteen hundred and twenty-six dele,
gates, coming from twenty-five countries
were present. More than half of thes,.
were from America.
1WI-The worlds fifth convenrioa in
Rome, Italy. the home of. the Caesars.
LIS delegates registered, 767 from
america. Thirty-seven countries and fiftN
two religious denominations were renre-
scented. The delegates sailed from Bos-
n
manic. from Boston. and the Neckar.
from New York.
l9lo-ln Washington. After Jerusalem
the city of the great king-after Rome
the city or the Caesars-it seems ,nox,
hitting that the eyes Of the world sbouId
De hxed upon the capital of one on thu
Youngest and most highly favored na-
tons OF the world. Every imnor,sr,
country In the world will be represented
and some delegates will come from points
1ar.hesi removed from the United States.
ney. From India there will be- a mn
ber who will make the journey. wit
the one purpose OF attending the conven-
ton.
Sunday School Convention Notes.
The home OF the W. c. T. T., ut 5o2
9th street northwest. will be kept open
for visitors every day during the con-
vention. Tea will be served daily and
a genral invitation has been extended TO
delegates and to visiting friends Of the
Sunday school movement TO use the
rooms freely. One or more members of
the reception committee of the W. :. T.
T., will be at the 9Th street hous. be-
tween the hours of 10 In the morning and
in the afternoon.
Rev e. l.. Krumreig. Phi. d. ID. d..
pastor OF the First Baptist Church Of
Somerset, Mass, is the guest OF Dr. T..
w. Porter. president of Potomac Uni
versity. He Is member of the executive
board OF the Fall River District Sunday
School Association and the leading
clergyman In his city: