Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE
| hose in the New London County Baptist Association
Addresses.


things to your children, showing that
the original conception of religious
teaching was the family. Now the
Sunday school is the depository OF the
greatest truth in the world and is
laying a foundation upon which can
be built the superstructure of civihza-
ton. He spoke of some of the great
Sunday school conventions in the past
five or six years, the Sunday school
now standing as the great representa-
tive of civic life and power.
After the announcements by bloder-
ator Wright, prayer was offered and
the benediction pronounced by Rev. DR..
Spalding.
Supper was served at 6.15 o'clock in
Bushnell chapel to $50 persons, who
enjoyed q fine menu provided and
served under direction of the refresh
rnent committee of the Ladies' Benev-
olent union
Evening Session.
At us the evening session opened
with devotional service conducted by
Rev. j. A. Elder OF New London. Aft
er several hymns and the reading of
a Scripture lesson, prayer was offered
by Rev Mr. Goering and Mr. Mans
field.
The attendance registered at the
conference was reported by the COM
mittee, Rev. J. G. Ward, chairman. as
ia. divided into 155 delegates and 19
visitors as follows:
Delegates-Bozrah II. Chesterfield 1.
Lebanon 8, East Lyme z, Montville un-
ion II, Mantle 8, New London First
IL. Huntington street 10, Montauk ave-
nue. IS. Shiloh l; Norwich, Central 26,
First Is. Grace Memorial 2, Mt. Cal
vary 2, Third 2, First Waterford IL,
Second Waterford 8.
Visitors-Jewett City 4, Preston City
3, First Stonington 1, North Stoning-
ton 2, Plainfield 1, Groton Heights 2,
Burwin, Pa /, Boston l. Waterbury l.
Hartford 1, Broadway Congregational
CNorwich) 1, Methodist Episcopal (New
London) /
A resolution was presented and
passed, which had been prepared by
the committee of arrangements, Ed
ward s. Doton, Rev. Brewer G. Board
man and Richard w. Mansfield. It was
petitioned the Connecticut Baptist con-
Vention TO give official recognition to
Bible school work upon the annual
programme OF the state convention.
DR.. Lawson of Waterbury.
Moderator Wright introduced the
G. Lawson DID, of Waterbury, who
was heard in a discourse Of power up
on The Ideal Bible School. He said in
part:
professor Butler of Columbia re-
Gently said that one of the most pa
thetic sights is the modern Bible
school. Do you believe it? What is
the ideal Bible school? 1t is the school
where every member of the church is
in the school and every member of the
school is in Christ and the church. 1t
is the only place in the world into
which you~can invite everybody. To
be a school there must Toe in the first
place something taught and something
learned. Then the Bible must be the
center around which it revolves. There
are hundreds of Sunday schools which
are not Bible schools, but this school
is TO be a Bible school. In your day
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must make citizens. Very well, in Bible
school you are to bring in the citizen
ship OF the future.
What is the equipment Of the Bible
unfolding of the child life in all its
richness. Right within your reach you
have those who are looking I'D with a.
longing readiness of heart to receive
what you are to give them. 1t is in the
Bible school that we have as nowhere
else the blending of ideas and ideals
the highest of ideas and the highest of
ideals, as presented in this book of
truth you are teaching. 1t is the pur-
pose of the Bible. school to bring to
Christ but that Is not all. It's one
hing to bring them to Jesus Christ;
It's another to bring them up to grow
INTO all graceS in Jesus Christ. This is
Ill within the rim of the Bible schools
luty and privilege. To bring men to
know God, to make God clearly known,
hat is the one great problem today,
and that is one of the opportunities OF
he Bible scffol. You have them with
N arms reach at the opening oppor-
unity. The ideal school will reach out
along all its lines unto the uttermost
sdge of the world.
The singing of "Blest Be the Tie that
Binds" was followed by the closing
by Rev. DIR. Lawson.
The Baptist Publication society had |
| table at the conference on which it's
Tarious publications We're displayed by
Mr. Miller, one of the clerks from the |
home office of the society. |
There was an extra car at 8.45 on the |
dontvflle trolley line to accommodate |
he delegates who were travelling to |
he southern end of the county.