The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-24
second Day Of the Lee County Sun.
day School Convention FILLED
With Business
Matters.
REV. SANDERS TALKS
Address Of Baptist Minister Last
NIeht-DeIcgates to State
Convention Appointed
Today.

That the church or the SUNDAY
school are not the place for petting or
coddling children, was one of the
statements among number of others
= of logical significance made by Rev.
James F. Sanders, pastor OF the First
Baptist church before the Lee county
Sunday school convention at the First
Christian church last night.
'''1'he church in the Sunday school
and the Sunday school in the church"
was the topic of thirty minute adj
dress made by the Baptist minister.
Parents and older persons as we'll as
children should be in the Sunday
schools The lack of Bible study by
the people in the church is deplor-
able There should be Bible study in
the church that an example may e
set for the younger generations,
Sunday school scholars must get
the idea that the Sunday school per-
forms the entire work of both church
and Sunday school.
They should attend church services.
Antiquated excuse.-that children
cannot understand sermons Is ficti-
tious. The scholars in study of liter
ature, philosophy and other works in
the school room, have much harder
things to learn than those taught in
sermons. The Sunday school should
be conducted along the same lines as
the day schools. Parents are not to
blame for tn, non-attendance of chill
dren In Sunday schools, the younger
scholars complaining that they cannot
spend an hour at Bible school on the
Sabbath and yet are able physically
to be in school five and six hours a
day during the week
A wife giving the excuse that she
must stay home to get dinner for a
husband or aged father who requires
midday meals promptly at IL O'Clock,
has no plausible reason for remain
Ing away from church. Don't live
with a man who is not broad minded
CROUCH to allow attendance at church
services one day in the week. and
wait awhile for his dinner, the speak
err said
Asked That II be Printed.
The committee on resolutions of the
Lee county Sunday school convention
suggested to Rev. Sanders that his in
teresting address be printed and
placed with the other literature of the
organization.
Miss Edith Nichols of Mason City,
who is the live wire in the convention
mere and one of the prominent Sun
day school workers of the state, ap-
peared In several talks and round
laoie discussions as leader on yes.
terdays and todays programs.
Today's Sessions.
Rev. Harry B. Foster, pastor of the
United Presbyterian church, conduct
cd the devotional services this morn
ing
reports OF the county officers we're
made Officers for the coming year
We're appointed by the nominating
committee, the following to hold of.
nee for the coming year,
President--Gllis Wallingford, Don
nelson.
Vice president Asa Houston, Den.
mark.
secretary-treasurer Mrs. Grace
Ne'son, Keokuk.
Iyt
Elementary grade secretary-Miss
Anna Ritter, Keokuk.
Advanced grade secretary--Chas.
Stein, Hillsboro.
Adult department secretary. o.
Boyd Keokuuk.
Teacher training, secretary--Mrs.
W. A. Arnold, FIT. Madison
iemperance secretary Mrs. Alice
Dumenil, Argyle.
mission secretary Miss Margaret
Hedrick, Keokuk
biole readir secretary-Miss Bes-
sic Bassett, Donnellson.
home department secretary--Mrs
w. L. Liddle, Argyle.
Home visitation secretarv-Miss
Lily Meinhardt, Donnellson, r. F. ID.
ne same executive committee was
reelected, the following holding office