The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-02-03
SUGGESTIONS FOR
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Should be Run By Business
Methods.
Says R. B. Porter Before Con-
vention Of Christian
Church.

by Mr.. r. b. Porter, of Careyvillc
at the Sunday School Convention at
the Christian church Sunday after
noon says the Leitchfield Gazette.
Plan your work and work your
plan is a very common expression in
business circles, and it applies with
equal force to Sunday School organiza
ton.
Success in Sunday School manage
ment depends mostly on the efforts
of the officers and teachers. They
must, in order to succeed, plan the
work ahead-give the same careful
thought to the needs of the Sunday
School as the successful business
men give to the Development of any
advancement of his business inter
ests.
The first Sunday School remem-
Der attending the women wore bar
rel hoop skirts, and the sermons were
preached to tune of Fare you well
DioJhci WdthinS, dh. oihOS ChdI
time the preacher has learned TO keep
in touch with current events, look af-
ter the needs of his charge, and
carefully prepare his sermons before
entering the pulpit, the hoop skirt
has dwindled to the hobble, but We
permit or rather allow, the Sunday
School to drift along the same old
line.
Enthusiasm is one thing needed
and that can be brought about by
having confidence. You must be-
lieeve in the success of your school
just like the business man believes
in his business before putting money
into it You rarely hear of a sue
cessful business man complaining of
hand times or predicting the failure
of next years crop--has confidence
In his business.
The merchant strives to make his
store more attractive, diplays his
goods in way to attract the alton
tion of the buyer, meets his custom
er with a smile as he extends the
glad hand, asks about Sally and the
baby and gives him a hearty wei
come. The same methods can be used
equally as successful i'm management
of Sunday Schools. Why not? The
Sunday School can be made a much
more attractive place than a store
have much better and larger line
of goods and greater variety.
Make your Sunday School differ
emit Have something new to offer,
occasionally change the opening and
closing exercises, make them attrac-
tive and interesting by having va
riety of different things. People get
tined of the same olds way doing
things If you can't think up any
thing better sing a song BACKWARD
that will cause some of them TO sit
Up and take notice, or at least they
will know, you are not dead. Talk
your S. S. like you talk your bust
ness, get every body elise to talking
it. 1t creates interest and gets up
enthusiasm. People naturally like
to go where there is plenty OF life
No one likes the idea of attending
funeral, especially his own. Take
peep over here into the Clothing
Co. and you will see the manage
ment constantly studying new bust
ness methods. They plan to make
their line for the next season neater
and more attractive, always ON the
lookout for something new. Some
thing different. What would you
think of a concern like that sending
out the same old goods, the same
old styles, in the same old way
Couldn't pass a two hundred pound
er In a hobble, and would pile up at
the first ditch. Yet we have Sun
day Schools to day that use the same
old exercises in the same old way,
sing the same old songs, close the
same old way and wonder why the
people take SO little interest in their
school. Just as well tell George to
do H.
The up to date Sunday School mas
a corps of officers and teachers that
take an interest in the work. 1mey
meet at least once each week and
plan the work, prepare the lessons
study the best methods OF oeacnins
Dust like the teachers in the mod
ern SCHOOL, apd endeaNor TO present
the lessons in a manner that the
GLASS will go home hungry for more
knowledge OF the blessed book. The
Officers are always ON the lookout
FOR new and better methods They
systematic their work In the same
way they do their business ara
Resp track of the SCHOLARS They
are always at the school at least
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