The Raymer enterprise., 1911-09-14
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
CONVENED AT ST0NEHAM
New School House Filled With Dele
gates From Far and Near
RAYMER REPRESENTED BY GOOD CROWD
Many Good Papers and Addresses In.
spircd the Attendants for Work

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1t was fine large day last Sunday
all day long and, into the night for
those who attended the Sunday School
convention at Stoneham. The Enter
prise man and his family had an invita-
tioh from l.. M. Sweigard to ride with
him and we are not passing up oppor-
tunities Of that sort. so went along.
The weather WAS warm, the sun hot
but the trip was delight just the
same and we arrived in time for the
three addresses OF the morning session.
Rev. l.. d. WINNER acted as master
of ceremonies and as they were little
behind in starting he put on a full head
head Of steam and arrived at the bas-
kct dinner part Of the program on
schedule time.
H. B. Mcmillan gave the first ad-
dress. His subject was 1.-THE Public
Domain This as applied to Sunday
School work was the boys and girls Of
our land. That man Mcmillan, by the
way. knows the public domain of this
section pretty well and he is a hustler
that's hard to beat. Why. he travels
about ten thousand miles year and
most Of it by that two wheeled auto
mobile Of his that has been named Il
flying machine that goes on the ground
Those who heard him felt that he
WAS deeply interested in his work for
the good he could do.
N. J. Strader of Stoneham read a
well prepared paper upon the topic.
Possessing the Land" showing how
possessing the Sunday School field re-
quired the same jealous. conscientious
and persistent effort as that required
to gain possession of the government
land.
Securing the Title" was the sub
ject assigned to Rev. J. II. Ke;chum.
State Supt. of Sunday School work.
He believed that the workers must
prove worthy, they should make the
Sunday School seem home.like to the
pupil-a place where he would delight
to he. He also wanted to fene.
against sin and sgainst wordliness.
The basae, dinner was part of the
exercises participated in by all-no ex-
cuses made. |, was really scanda!ous
the way jay Miller and Fred Stephen
son made way with the fried chicken.
cake. pie. etc. but since they attribute
their enormous appetite to riding al
ten miles up there on board. we will
not mention it. However, il would
pay to buy spring seat for the boys.
The afternoon program was started
at the appointed hour with a praise
service led by the Flag Valley dele
gates.
Rev. A. J. LovcIcss was not present.
being engaged in a series Of meetings.
so the first topic taken up after dinner
was. Cultivation" which had been
assigned to Mr.. b. {. Cutler. and on
account of his absence c. k. Graves
cndeavorcd TO point out the needs of
cultivation.
We regret that we we're seated
where we could not hear the next pa-
per in connected sense, but the frag-
mcnts we did convince US of our loss.
and that those more fortunate ones
who did hear were instructed and en-.
tedtaned by Mrs. c. W. Smiths care
fully prepared paper entitled, Tend
ing the Tender Plants. -
Rev. Mrs. l.. NJ. Sweigam followed
Mrs. Smith and had for her topic, The
Seed. She showed that the seed was
the Word Of God, that it WAS very
precious and very costly. having cost
Heaven its greatest treasure. The
foul seed must be kept out and the ap-
propriate opportunity improved. Reg
ulari,y and punctuali.y in teachers,
joined with an interest that would in.
quirc for absent scholars. were urged
as methods in sowing the Seed"
Lifting the Mortgage" was the
task assigned to Rev. Ketchum. This
was real mortgage aud had reference
to Indebtedness contracted to keen
pace with the Sunday School needs of
this fast developing section. Cards
were passed and pledges taken.
Mr.. Whipple of Buckingham had not
expected to speak until Sunday morn
ing when Mr.. DeFord had infomed him
that he could not be present; but Mr..
Whipple proved to be the right man
for the emergency rs he earnestly
pleaded for more Moisture" in Sun.
day School work and methods.
AS Mrs Rev. Force was not present
the all-around man. Rev. Ketchum.