The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-19
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ANNIVERSARY -.
SESSIONS
Epworth League and Sunday
School Boards Celebrate
Quarter Century

Quarter Century
The second day Of the Methodist
conference was brought to a splendid
close last evening with an inspiring
address by DR.. Edgar White, assistant
secretary Of the church Sunday school
board, following a day in, which the
business work and general sessions of
The conference were auspiciously
gram during the afternoon n even.
ing was given over to the anniversa-
ries of the various boards of the
church. Yesterday the anniversary
services for the board of Woman's
Home Missionary society, for the Ep-
worth league and for the board of
Sunday schools were held.
One of the features of conference
week is the : ngelistic services con-
Quoted each afternoon by DIR. NJ. S. Rice
Of Duluth. DR.. Rice is a speaker of un-
usual directness and power and the
service yesterday proved n of the
most helpful of the entire day. DIR.
"Minimums." in which he urged that
the ministers and the church give to
their work net 'minimums" but max
imums." He declared that the cause
which they represented was entitled
to maximums in everything-in serv-
Ice. in energy, in ability.
Last evenings sessions of the con-
ference were given over to two splen-
did addresses. one by Rev. w. J..
Hutchinson of Wahpeton on The
Place of the Epworth League" and
the concluding address by DIR. Edgar
Blake of Chicago. assistant secretary
Of the Sunday school board on THE
Boy Problem"
Address by HutchcsOn.
The first anniversary service was
that of the Epworth league which
Rev. F. S. Hollett presided. The pre-
siding officer in introducing Mr..
Hutchinson. told in an interesting man
the Epworth league and in closing
urged for more activity along Ep-
worth league lines. He said that
while the night before the conference
had assembled to gaze into the past
and revive memories and recollections
OF things gone by. tonight they were
assembled with faces fronting forward
toward a great field-the world itself.
Grouping his remarks about three
features regarding the Epworth
league. Facts. Ideas and Thrills" Mr..
HUTCHINSON first pointed out the Won
derful power exerted by the league.
He called attention 70 the fact tina.
there are 2o.616 chapters Of the Ep-
worth league with a membership of
S3s,S24. He also declared that dur
ing the past few years the Epworth
league had become self-supporting.
The speaker declared that one great
feature of the organization was the
which it~represented. He urged that
the pastors realize the fact that the
league is a vital agency in the Metho-
dist church.
In touching on the ideals Of the
league, Mr.. Hutchinson declared that
every pastor should take the stand
that North Dakota can be the greatest
state from the point of view of Il
successful Epworth league organiza-
ton IN the state, tina each pastor
should strive to make the chapter
IN his church the greatest chapter I'M
the state.
The successful elimination of the
work would bring it's reward, declared
the speaker. In closing he again urged
the pastors assembled to look into this
vital feature of the church activity
on their return home and do even
more than has been done in the past
in the development of this wonderful
agency for the upbuilding Of Christian
character among the young people of
the church.
Work of Sunday School.
n anniversary of the board of
Sunday schools was held Immediately
following with Rev. ]. NJ. Taylor, con-
presiding. In introducing the speaker
of the occasion. Mr.. Taylor dwelt at
some length on the work of the Sun
day school. pointing out the fact that
from the Sunday school come the
church members. He declared that it
presentd a wonderful field for evan
gelistic activity. He then introduced
DIR. Edgar Blake of Chicago.
DR.. Blake's address was one that
Will not be soon forgotten byt hose who
were present. For over an hour he
held the closest attenion of the large
audience with a discussion Of ''The Boy
Problem Prefacing his address. DR..
the board of Sunday schools. but rath-
er to touch upon n problem which
faces h Sunday school worker and
that is the hoy problem" He then
went on in a splendid address. full Of
fire and enthusiasm. and mad in
tensely interesting by wit and humor
to show how the hoy problem" may
be solved. DR.. Blake said that a re-
cent Sunday school ensus in Trenton.
n. j.. revealed the alarming fact that
only IS per cent of the protestant boys
Of the city were in the Sunday schools.
and expressed the belief that this was
a fair indication of the situation as a
"AAoANs - kAAoS k1lC SlluISl
is not holding the boys and proceeded
to explain why. He urged also the
necessity of bringing the boys into the
church while they are yet boys, for
that is the time when they can be
brought ina few years and it is toe
late.
DR.. Blake declared that the boy
from the time he loses his curls and is
arrayed in trousers. faces heavy odds.
1t is essential that If the boy is to be
saved for the Christian church that
the teacher must take an interest in
the boy. The line of least resistance
and not the line of greatest assistance
must be followed.
The Sunday school. declared DR.
Blake. must go into the ss"e2-dny go
pei business. 1t must figure on reacn.
ing the whole life of the whole boy
the whole time. In this connection DR..
Blake told Of things that had beer
accomplished by the use of athletic
sports in connection with Sunday
school work. The IA to win a boy,
declared the speaker aptly. is to. in.
terest yourself in what the boy Is
interested and then to do it first. He
said the problem before the church was
not so much to win boys as to hold
them in the Kingdom Of God where
placed by nature. It was an inspiring
address s%plendidly delivered. Follow
ing DIR. Blake's address the usual an.
nouncements were made and the ad-'
journment was taken until this morn
ing.
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