Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-06-23
THE ORGANIZED
ADULT CLASS

| The contest between the two divls-
| ions of the organized adult Bible class
of st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
church is closed and the Whites have
won out. Carrying out the terms OF
the contest the White division served
refreshments Saturday night, the de-
feated Reds acting as walters. On the
occasion there were excellent music
and some of the most spirited ad-
dresses ever heard in Danville.
In the lecture room two long tables
were spread capable of seating sixty
persons, which were filled several
times. The decorations consisted OF
red roses and wild flowers The re-
freshments served consisted of ice
cream, cake, Strawberries and excellent
coffee. The serving devolved upon the
defeated Reds, but the wives of
these came to their rescue and i'll a
room apart dished up the eatables, the
men acting as walters only. The lat
ter to be in harmony with the color
scheme wore red aprons. They were
busy lot during the evening and
kept the tables plentifully supplied.
While refreshments were being serv-
ed music was rendered by the Orpheus
Glee Club consisting of DR.. Stock,
Irwin Vannan, DR.. Ray Harrington,
George Lunger, Harry Titley, Leonard
Foulk, Frank A. Brown, @. G. Ritter,
John L. Jones and Carl Snavely.
Music was rendered also by the Man
dolin Club consisting of Charles Prem
tbs and Fred and Albert Smedley. The
music, both instrumental and vocal,
was much enjoyed.
The organized adult Bible Glass of
ST. Paul's now numbers lS5 and is the
largest male Bible class to be found in
this section. The unique and enjoy
able event, Saturday night, therefore,
was not without a special significa-
tion.
The Rev. G. 5. Womer, teacher of
/ the class, led in the addresses deliver
ed with some appropriate remarks re-
/ lating to the movement.
/ Irwin Vannan, superintendent of the
| Sunday school at st. Paul's, followed
with some earnest and practical re-
marks relating to the building mp of
the main body of the Sunday school.
He explained the methods adopted at
Coatesville where they nave Bible
| class of two hundred and where
through its agency new recruits are
constantly being brought into the Sun
day school, Mr. Vannan is in favor of
organizing an adult Womans Bible
class and he explained to the men
what they could accomplish in the
movement by prevailing upon theiI
wives to join.
The Rev. j. II. Musselman, pastor
of Pine Street Lutheran church, made
a most excellent address. The Pine
street church has an organized adult
Bible class of large proportions, also.
NJ. Musselman, who has entered
heartily into the spirit of the move.
ment, congratulated st. Pauls on it.
success i'll organizing the largest clas:
in this vicinity. He, however, pointed
out some dangers and explained how
they might be averted.
After all he said, it is a manly thing
to engage in the service of a Bible
class such as this. 1t is difficult to b,
manly these times. We are beset by
more temptations than were our faith
ers. Greater work we can not do thai
to reach out and gather into churcl
the men who are walking the street OF
Sunday. All we need is to have tn,
men on the side of truth and the fut
ure of the church is secure.
Now that the monster Bible clas
has been formed the speaker declared
that the real work begins. Unless
great amount of personal work be don
it may prove harder to keep the elias
together that it was to build it up
The members must not only keep u
their own zeal but they must make i
IA point to look after each other