The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

State Sunday School Convention
Is in Session.
Opening Meeting Fills the Big
Auditorium.
DR.M'GLOTHLIN TALKS
Discusses the Importance of the
Teachers Duties.
Program for This Evening Is
Strong One.
DR.M'GLOTHLIN TALKS

The great State Sunday School con-
vention is now in full swing and the
attendance, the enthusiasm, the
speeches, and last but not least, the
music, is everything that could be de-
sired by the delegates to a convention
of this nature.
Undoubtedly many of those who an
ticipated arriving in Topeka today for
the convention have stayed away on
account of the brand of atm spheric
conditions which the ''weatherman"
has dealt out, but Notwithstanding
this fact the trains today are bringing
Sunday school workers by the score to
this city.
Tuesday night the big auditorium
would have been filed to it's capacity
II a few seats in the gallery just under
the roof had been occupied, but these
sky positions did not appeal to the
convention audience.
The spectacular feature of the ses-
sion was a Chorus of $780," which,
by the way, was not sWelled to quite
that number, but Grant Colfax Tullar,
who handles the VocaliSts with almost
hypnotic skill and makes them for the
time being me" to use the leaders
own expression, said in the course
of the evening: Il know you have been
counting the members of the chorus
instead of singing-you've heard there
there. The trouble Is you didn't
count right. You should count one
person as two as one is equal to two
on account of the amount of vim and
snap they possess.
The chorus is made up of represen-
tatives of the various Sunday schools
in Topeka, and in view of the fact
that there have been but two or three
really remarkable. For fifteen
or twenty minutes after the
close of the session the chorus remain
ed to practice, for the concert which
will be held Friday night, and several
hundred delegates notwithsta nding the
fact that the hour was late remained
to hear the rehearsal
I. H. Meredith with Mr.: Tullar, is
really genius when it comes to ac-
complaining the chorus on the piano,
and his solo work was much appre-
ciated He has rich baritone voice
and he sang, THE Sunshine of d
Smile" with much expression.
Dean Horace Whitehouse gave
short pipeorgan recital, which gave
the delegates hailing from all corners
of Kansas an opportunity to hear the
big instrument to excellent advantage.
There are folks and folks said
the Rev. Charles A. Finch of the First
Christian church in welcoming the
delegates to Topeka, land the kind of
folks here tonight we like to have in
Topeka. You are the advance guard
of a great world movement which is
spreading over this land and over all
the earth. We welcome you to the
capital city,"
we are pleased to bring to you our
dent NJ. F. GabeI. That we appre-
ciate the courtesies which have been
shown in Topeka in the past is evinced
by this largo gathering tonight. We
have never forgotten your many kind
nesses and hospitality on past occa-
sions.
'The greatest asset in Kansas today
lies in her 5000 Sunday schools, which
influence 100000 people. Kansas be-
1ieves in Sunday schools. The Sunday
schools believe in Kansas by standing
for good citizenship. They demand
not only a square deal, but an envir-
onment which will tend towards the
highest type of citizenship.
1.-THE Sunday school believes in
kansas by believing in the home on
which rests the perpetuity of every
thing that is good. The Sunday school
believes in Kansas by standing not
only for labor, but because she has
such q large vision of her calling that
she believes in world conquest"
DR.. McGIothIin's Address.
The first address of the evening was
by DR.. W. ]. McGlothlin, professor of
church history, Theological seminary
I,oTisvtIIe. XIV on s"The place Of tIe
Teacher in the History of Religion
"I believe very profoundly" he said
THAT we have not yet understood the
important place the teacher fills in
the man feel right, think right, will
right and lastly do right.
eft Is not the Office of the teacher
to create religion. God has planted in
the soul of man everywhere religion.
From the barbarian in Africa, the red
man in this country, to those belong
ing to the highest type of civilization,
man is religious.
1.-THE reason for the rapid spread
and conquest of Christianity in the
Roman empire" he continued, "was
due in part to the fact that
Christianity had a host of efficient and
enthusiastic teachers, while the Greek
and Roman religions had no Bible and
no teachers. Julian, the apostate en-
peror. sought to meet Christianity by
training heather teachers Luther
made such rapid progress in part be-
cause the Catholics had not taught the
people and Luther and his people did
so. Wesley was not satisfied to evan
gelize only, but organized his converts
into classes and carefully taught them
through class leaders. So today this
glorious period of happy. aggressive
uplifting Christianity is due to the host