The Washington times., 1911-10-30
SUNDAY
SCHOOL SESSIONS
TO BEGIN TONIGHT
Eighteenth Convention to
Be Held at New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church.

with 1880 delegates and hundreds of
laymen in attendance the eighteenth
annual convention Of the Sunday. School
Association of the District will begin
tonight at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church to conclude next We'd
nesday evening.
Today the convention hall at the New
York Avenue Church Is being deco
rated and prepared for the convention.
and an exhibit of Sunday school appli-
ances and equipment Is being installed
In the basement Of the church. This
display, prepared by Charles A. Baker,
chairman of the committee, consists Of
charts, periodicals, and literature for
Sunday schools, including the new
graded lesson system being adopted by
many schools.
Several prominent churchmen and
Sunday School workers from other
cities have promised to attend the con.
vention, and deliver addresses. Among
these are the Rev. Joseph T. Watts.
Sunday school secretary Of the Baptist
General Association Of Virginia, and
E. Richmond, Of Philadelphia, a prom
inent Sunday school worker.
Song Service Tonight.
Tonight the opening session will con-
vcne at 7:3O p. m. with a song service.
under the direction OF w. Il. Braitha-
waite. with Mrs. Frank Byram, as or
ganist. THE King Of Love" is an an
them the Westminster Church Memorial
choir Will deliver.
President w. w. MILAN, Of the as
sociation. will preside at all sessions
of the convention. The devotional cere-
poptoa fnniDht folIouIpr xno ..-- $40
vice, will be led by the Rev. w. H.
Bates. and President MILAN will pres
ent his annual address. The sermon
will be by the Rev. w. R. Wedder-
spoon, and the benediction by the Rev.
r. L. Fultz.
Appointment of committees on nom
nations and resolutions also will be
made tonight.
A morning session Of the conven-
tion Will not be held tomorrow, but
the delegates Will reassenlble at 2:l5
P: m. Other sessions will be held
/ Wednesday morning and afternoon,
the election of officers for next year
being scheduled at noon Wednesday.
primary and Junior session will be
held Wednesday afternoon and tho
Grafton session Wednesday evening.
Presidents Address.
How the Sunday schools have grown
in the District Is stated in the annual
address of President MILAN. In his re-
rort. President MILAN says:
"A study Of local conditions clearly
demonstrates that the Sunday sch ool
| work in the National Capital is fully I'D
to the best. There is a steady advance
in standards Of excellence and a marked
and regular increase in interest and ef-
ficiecy The 1000 officers ad teachers, Of
4 H., 0l, ,l,.x T. - Al.
are OF the best Of our citizenship. and
| represent force for good whose value
cannot be overestimated."
President MILAN reports that the
number of Sunday schools In the asso-
year. the average attendance on sun
days being 1878. Calvary Baptist
Church has the largest enrolment. 1855.
the Fifth Baptist Church being second
Church third. with 1,e5. and the Mt
Pleasant Congregational Church fourth.
with loo pupils; There are twenty
ments Of more than 800 each.
Scholars uniting with the church
last year show the splendid total of
1906 says President MILAN. This
points unerringly to. the fact that the
Sunday school is. indeed. the right arm
OF the church. and that II IS destined
to grow in influence and usefulness. &"
Makeup of Association.
The Sunday School Association in
cludes all white Protestant Evangeli-
cal Sunday Schools within the Dis
! trict, numbering 1854. with 1894 Of
ficers and teachers, and a total en-
rollment Of S0,171. Assistant pastors
all Sunday school superintendents
| and assistants, and Sunday school
secretaries are eX-officio delegates to
the convention.
The officers of the association at
present are: w. w. MILAN, president; ;
II. b. F. Macfarland. first vice presi-
dent; p. II. Bristow, second vice
president: II. L. Buell. secretary; j.
| II. Lichliter, treasurer; B. d. Stallings.
| field worker