Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-12
SUNDAY SCHOOL
WORKE MEET IN
ANNUAL SESSION
Over Two Hundred Delegates to
Essex County Association
Assemble in Newark.

More than 200 delegates today at
tended the ffty-frst annual convention
of the Essex County Sunday School
Association in the Roseville Presbyte-
rian Church. Sussex and Roseville ave-
nues. There were two sessions, morn
ing and afternoon.
The Rev. Howard II. Brown, of the
Washington Street Baptist Church. Or
ange, presided. He is president of the
association. Following a prayer and
Scripture reading there was an add
dress, "A Wider Outlook" by the Rev.
Frank A. Smith, of Haddon1eld, a
member of the International executive
committee. He reviewed the work of
the association and told of the great
good it is doing, and is about to do.
Following this there was a musical
program, led by w. Beach Plume, with
DR.. John l.. Currier as organist.
II. II. Dawson. chairman of the coun-
work of the year and Louis H. Koehler,
State secretary. talked on Definite
Aims for the Coming Year" This was
followed by a welcome to all the dele
gates, delivered by the Rev. DIR. w. Y.
Chapman.
The Rev. Mr.. Chapman said; II can
think of no institution in the wide
world, assembled in the church of
which l am pastor, of which / would be
prouder than the Sunday School Assoc
citation. The most powerful days of
the church We're out of doors, and the
ooner we get away from the idea
that the church is confined to Gothic
architecture the better. The Y. NJ. c.
A. is the church; the Sunday school is
the church. The church with its Bible
and the baptized children of the house,
holds of faith are the members of the
church. / want to say to the manage
ment of this association that If we
don't get beyond the construction of
the best possible method of teaching
our children the graded lessons and all
that we are going to miss the profits
of the Sunday school. The fact has
been noted of the multitude of children
in this city of Newark that are without
church or Christian education or it's
privileges.
A Large Field.
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titude is. The fact is, more than one
third of the population of Newark can
not be connected with any church or
g%anization whatever, Christian or Jew
ish, and therefore must be classed with
the pagans / believe that the hope of
society in the United States depends
upon the Sunday school perhaps more
than upon anything else, because the
essential things hat children, men and
women must know are not taught In
the public schools. l have unbounded
satisfaction with the public school so
far as it goes, and a great hope Of our
future because of 1t, but as Christians
we believe hat no higher civilization
is possible than the church affords.
With the teaching of the Word of God
and the inculcation of those principles,
and, therefore, my hope for the future
of our country is in the work of the
Sunday school,"
Committees Reports.
After the noon recess there was
prayer, led by the Rev. w. II. Hainer,
of the First Christian Church. Irving
ton. Then came reports of commit
tees, which bowed the association to
be in a iourishing condition.
Following are the officers of the asso-
ciation: The Rev. Howard H. Brown,
president; s. D. Turton. corresponding
secretary and treasurer; Edward w.
Cooper, recording secretary, n Waldo
C. Genung, delegate to the State eXecu-
tive committee.