St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-25
SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF
THE WORLD.
The Recent Convention in
Washington, ID. e., Un.
equaled i'm the History
of the World.

Probably few people realize the
| great interest that is beng taken in
Sunday school work. Rev 7. V. Peters,
of Slidell, in speaking of the Sixth
Sunday School Convention held in
Washington recently, referred to the
following description Of it as giving
some idea Of it's cosmopolitanism and
the magnitude of it's constituency:
President Taft was not alone in ex-
| pressing amazement over the size and
! character Of the convention. He
looked out over a sea of six thousand
faces on the opening night, while out
| side the convention hall still larger
number of persons congregated, un-
able to enter. Nearly twenty five
hundred of the official delegates wore
| red ribbon badges with the legend
"North America" Some five hun
dred others wore blue badges bearing
the names of more than fifty different
nations, as remote as China and South
America, Turkey and Australia. In
addition to these three thousand
officials and representative delegates
from every State and province in the
United States and Canada and from
foreign lands, there were about seven
thousand unofficial delegates or Wis
itors. Sometimes three and four SIM
ultaneous convention sessions were in
adequate to hold the throngs.
A GREAT SPECTACLE.
1t was a spectacular convention.
The great Mems Bible Class Parade
on the afternoon of May 20 opened the
eyes of Washington to the virility and
masculinity of modern religion. In or
der that some members of Congress
might march in the parade, as they
did, and that others might witness it,
Congress adjourned early on the day
Of the demonstration. Torrential rains
Immediately preceded and followed the
parade, largely reducing the ranks;
nevertheless five thousand men in
hammered procession a mile long
marched down Pennsylvania avenue
and were reviewed at the Capitol by a
throng of ten thousand persons.
All these marching men belong to
the Sunday School, and the thought
uppermost in the minds of the speta-
tors who lined the sidewalks was ex-
pressed on one banner, "Where the
men lead the boys will follow.' A
huge mass meeting for men, with
ringing speeches by Rev. DR.. Homer
C. Stuntz and Rev. DR.. S. Parkes
Cadman, followed the parade. At the
same time two big meetings of women
delegates were in session.
Another spectacular feature of the
convention was a great open-air gath
ering on the east steps of the Capitol,
when multitude of people joined in
the singing of Christian hymns.
The demonstration accorded Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft-whom the former
introduced to the cheering throng as
''the real President" t"-stirred the ma
tons Chief Executive greatly. He
declared his belief in the fundamental
Importance of religious training of the
youth of the nation through the Sun
day School.
MET UNDER A WORLD MAP.
The convention sat with monster
map of the world before its eyes.
The official button showed the globe
with red cross superimposed there
upon. Part of each day was given to
"Roll Call of Nations" The ends
Of the earth came together at Wash
ington.
Strikingly, the note of international