Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-24
The Great Sunday
School Convention.

washington. May 23-When Elk Con-
gresham Walter o. Hoffecker of Del
aware. rose tonight far back in the
great crowd that filled Convention hall.
where tonight's session of the Worlds
Sunday School of the Worlds Sunday
School Convention was held and all by
himself sang Travelling. Home. Led
BY Jesus, Am Travelling Home" the
audience applauded so long and Justify
that Mr.. Hoffecker was compelled to
go to the front. mount the platform
and sing it again. This was during a
song service led by DR.. Alexander, tine
singing evangelist. The officers for
the ensuing three years were elected as
follows:
President. DR.. George Bailey, Phila-
delphia; vice presidents. Sir John Kirk.
England; Justice j. ]. MacLaren; Bis
hop j. c. HartZeli, Africa; honorary
vice presidents. the Venerable Arch
deacon of London. Rev. DR.. ]. Monro
Gobson Right Hon. Lord Kinnacid
and w. H. Groser of Great Britain;
John w. Foster. ex-secretary of state;
John Wanamaker, ex-postmaster gen.
eral; Rev. DR.. H. H. Bell and w. A.
Wilson of the United States; Rev. E.
I. Rexford, of Canada; joint secretaries,
Marion Lawrence for the United
States and Rev. Carrie Bonner for
England; statistical secretaries, George
Shipway for England and Hugh Cork
for the United States; joint general
treasurers, F. A. Wells, Chicago, for
the United States and Sir George White
for England. E. X. Warren of Three
Oaks, Mich, former president of the
association, was made chairman of the
executive committee.
Bishop Hartsell of Africa spoke on
The Moslem in Africa" declaring that
the Christian church has come to realize
that IN the conversion of the Mohamme-
Dan world the church faces the supreme
crisis OF its history. 1t was essential, he
said, that the children be taught in the
sunday school the need of furtherng
missionary work in Africa. Rev. DR.. J.
Wilbur Chapman spoke on some of the
methods necessary in successful Sunday
school work. At the afternoon session
there was roll call of nations" dele
gates from all parts of the world speak
ing briefly of the work in their countries.
Dr. Carey Bonner of London declared
that the greatest field for Sunday school
oiherS was TO De IOunQ among boys be-
tween the ages of u and IA. Lads of that
age were most difficult to hold to Sab
bath devotion, he declared
The race question has bobbed up fire.
quently in committee meetings but the
cooler heads succeeded in keeping it off
the floor of the convention. A great
many of the delegates who come from
outside the District of Columbia criticize
the local committee for its action.
The fact is. however the Negroes were
not directly barred from the floor of the
convention. The District of Columbia
Sunday School Association in picking its
delegation filled it with white men and
women. claiming that the Negro Sunday
schools in the district were not members
of the association. That action operated
to keep the local Negroes off the floor as
delegates, although they were not refused
admission to the sessions, but the feeling
was intensified when the Negro would be
delegates as spectators saw seated with
credentials, Negroes from the West In
dies East Africa and in several instances
Negroes from states in the United States