The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-09-01
SPLENDID SESSION OF
SUNDAY SCHOOL BODY
Lincoln County Association Holds
Great Meeting here--Fine Re-
ports and Papers Read

The Lincoln county Sunday school
association convened in the Chris
ti0n church in Stanford at 80 l..
W., Tuesday, the 18th. A fine audi
ence greeted the speakers of the
evening and the exercises were thrill.
~ interesting. Rev. ID. NJ. Walker,
the county president, presided. The
county secretary, Mrs. J. J. Dickey
had made strenuous efforts to awak-
On the interest and enlist the coop
/ Grafton of the schools of the county.
Circular letters were mailed To every
superintendent in the county, urging
the sending of delegates and reports
TO the meeting; also the contribu-
lions asked for the county, state
aud international work, of three
cents for each pupil aud ID cents
for each officer and teacher. The
response to these calls was crafty
ing, compared with former years.
hut very far below the standard.
The program for the Tuesday ev-
cning session was carried out a.
follows. opening address by the
president; solo by Miss Mary Morr.
son Matheny; story of the San
Fra Nri-co International convention
told bv Miss Pauline Hooker. Miss
locker gave vivid account of the
trip from Louisville to San Francis
60 of the Kentucky delegation of
forty: of the things they saw and
did on the way. Her account of the
stop-over Sunday ut Salt Lake City
was especially interesting Arriv-
ing at San Francisco, the party was
CHARTERED at splendid hotel. all ar
ranged in advance. The convention
met in a great building co
most square. The fact was reveal
cd at the convention that unprece-
dented progress in Sunday school
work had been made in the last
three wears. There was large in
crease, everywhere. During the con
Vcntion there was march of 10000
men through the city over four miles
Of streets, each man having an open
Bible IN his hand. loaned 10 them by
the Gideons. Banners, notices and
hands of music were abundant in
the procession. The men sang a.
hey marched. San Francisco was
never before so stirred by anything
religious. There are II heather
temples in San Francisco.
Miss Hooker spoke for about 45
minutes and held her audience in
"nbroken attention.
The program Wednesday was full
of good things. After devotional
services conducted by J. &. McClary
committees were appointed on fu-
ture work; time and place of next
lmeeting. nominations aud resolr-
miionS. Graded lessons were dis
cuSsed bv Mis- Dolly McRoherts.
Miss Margaret Hooker and Mrs. W.
II Tucker How to make the Open
ing and Closing Exercises Interest
mo was given by J. &. McClary and
| w. J. Vaughn. Rev. Z. l.. Bruce
treated the subject very ably, Ways
OF Awakening and Maintaining In
terest in Bible Study. Mr.. Vaughn
took MP the subject Some Adolesccnt
Difficulties. How to Overcome them.
He said - ont of every 100 boys
ere physical wrecks by the lime
they are are rs years old: hungry
all the time wants to sleep Ii hours
> day; he is having physical strug-
Gle. The boy becomes bashful: the
girl bold and daring: awakening
year Is. depressioE IA, second
awakening at 10; rarely any CONVEX
sions at 30 to 81; teachers chance
from l3 to 10. In tie United Sta-cs
- per cent of Sunday schoo, schol-
Grs are lost To the church in five out
Of every 100. The whole problem
of the church i saving these ia the
teen age.
| At noon an elegant luncheon was
served IL the lecture room of the
Christian church by Mrs. j. T.. Pax
ton and her committee. furnished by
the ladies of Stanford.
| In the afternoon =. NJ. McRoberts
opened the discussion on how to Sc
cure the Attendance of the Children
Va 'h' 'hiuuH pfHooi at tHt NHuTcn
Service. He put the responsibility
onthe parents, aud referred 70 the
good old times when father, mother
and children occupied the same pew
At tie church every Sunday morn
ing. II parents would take The same
interest and exercise the same au-
thority in having their children at
SUNDAY school and church. he prob
lem would be solved.
Rev. l.. NJ. Walker. the president,
gave a strong talk on Teaching Ms
sioI.s in the Sunday Schunl. Mr.. |
Vaughn gave an instance of !. lady i
whose Sunday schoo. class IT girls |
WIZ So influenced by ner teaching
that nearly half We're led 10 be- mis-
sionaries. Rev. j. J. Dcx.v ,ook as |
the topic How to Traiu nur Teach
ers and Officers. lie sand The frst |
,tachertraining class known was or