Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01
Place in Sunday School for In
fants and Centenarians.
VIEWS OF REV. J. T. WATTS
Plea for Extension of Work Among
All Glasses.
OF THE VERY YOUNG
Reports of Officers Read Today Be-
fore Home Department of Sun
day School Association.

Prom earliest infancy to 1H; years"
These are the age boundaries i'll which
one should be enrolled in some depart
ment of the Sunday school according to
the view of Rev. Joseph T. Watts. sun
day school secretary Of the Baptist Gen
eral Association of Virginia. Mr.. Watts
delivered an address at the home depart
ment session of the District Sunday school
convention in the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church at 1890 o'clock to-
day.
In the course of his remarks he SAID no
one who is a follower of the lowly Naza-
rene has good excuse why he or she IS
not on the rolls of some Sunday school.
I'VE should never grow 50 old" he
declared. that we think we cannot find
a place in the work of the sunday
school where our effort will be of val
ne. and in this connection | might add
that only short time ago down In
Virginia | met the oldest Sunday
school worker Of my experience. lie
was one hundred and three years of
age. and is doing his part in the great
work. SO | place his age as the limit.
Hundreds MOI interested.
There are hundreds of men and women
i'm the churches, the speaker continued.
as we'll as out of the churches. who can
and should be reached by the Sunday
school. Some who cannot be brought
into the regular sessions of the school
can be given the home department les
son leaflets to he studied in their leisure
hours or at times when they are at their
work. The infant, ii was declared, should
always be placed on the cradle roll of
Sunday school and trained so that when
il arrives at the age for infant class at
tendance it can be started in the right
path. The intermediate departments of
the schools. he said, are doing well, but
there is much room for Improvement
The adult department was referred to
the place where the main effort is
needed. AT the age when folk should
be in this department" the speaker de-
clared. they decide they have outsrown
the Sunday school, and it is hard to re-
tain them in the work. Here. it was
said, the home department can do splen-
did work if it will hut improve all the
opportunities which are open to 1t.
Reports Submitted.
The gathering was presided over by
Mrs. Emily l.. Newton, president of the
District Home Department Union. After
She had delivered her report for the past
year, the secretary. Mrs. Margaret Ernst
also reported. as did the treasurer, Mrs.
Edgar A. Coleman.
Mrs. w II. Baker was to have dis
cussed Missions in Home Department
Work., hut was unable to attend, and
Mrs. IL. NJ. Hendricks took her place on
the program.
O'Clock the meeting of the District Pri
mary Teachers Union was called to
order with Mrs. Victor Dulac, president,
presiding. The devotional exercises were
conducted by Rev. T.. 7. Mowbray.
pastor of Mckendree Methodist Epis-
copal Church
The program for the session includes
an address on Pictured TRUTH by Mr..
Richmond and an open conference on
pr. mary problems by Mr.. Watts. The
benediction will be given by Rev. Hugh
I. Stevenson. pastor of Bethany Baptist
Church
Addresses at Closing Session.
Attitudes Essential to Sunday School
Success" will be the subject of an adj
dress which Mr.. Watts will give at the
closing session Of the convention this
evening at 80 o'clock Bible Illustra-
tions in Pictures and Objects will be dis
cussed by Mr.. Richmond. Hymns used
at the international Sunday school con-
vention In San Francisco will be sung
by the Mount Pleasant Congregational
octet. after which the reports of the
committees on resolutions, enrolment and
nomination and election of officers and
executive committeeman will be heard.
Address of Mr. Watts.
The work Of the Sunday school teacher
is next to that of the minister, declared
Mr.. Watts at the session last evening.
when he spoke on The Sunday Schoo.
the Laymen's Opportunity. He said
the field of the Sunday School is the
greatest one for service open to the
make it clear that the field of the sun
day school teacher does not end with the
four walls of the school, but he or she
must carry the word ofthe Eternal to the
four winds and impress Ii on all with
whom they come in contact
William Knowles Cooper general sec
rotary OF the Y. NJ. G. A., followed with
an address on the Men and Religion
Forward Movement declaring the church
Is not doing its full duty at tie present
time in the matter of saving souls 1t
does not exercise its full power in this
matter, the Spea--er declared, and does
not attain the glorious results desired
The reports Of the teachers training
and adult departments We're made by
Carleton X. Ball and J. H. Hammer. The
service of song at the opening was con-
uucltu by James y. MCFsIWee, with the
devotional service in charge Of Rev
Frank j. Goodwin pastor of Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church.
At the afternoon session the work Of
the boy scouts here was gone into in
detail by T.. S. Martin. secretary of the
local council Of boy scouts, and 4 NJ
Chesey. a member. Mr.. Martin spoke
of the start Of the movement in this
country by Ernest Thompson Seton and
Daniel Beard of the subsequent marvel
ols growth. which has continued unin-
terruptedly in all parts Of the country
since that time. He declared that the
motto Of the organization is BE Pre-
pared. and means that the members
always should be ready to come forward
for their God and country.
Manual Methods Discussed.
At this session Mr. Watts spoke II
length on Manual Methods in the sun
day Schools. lie was followed By
Norton NJ. Little DR. +. T.. Richardson.
j. w. Reisner. Mrs. ID. A. Mcknight
and {. r. Ball, who spoke on various