Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-07-06
Sunday School Association.

was success in both attendance and
enthusiasm and yet not as great a sue
cess as it should have been, for there
were many schools not represented by
either report or attendance, and eigh-
teen schools that sent reports failed to
send delegates. The net results were
encouraging, however, and it is to be
hoped that by the next meeting there
will not be Sunday school in the coun-
ty that is not represented and reported.
Mistakes will occur in all new enter
prises, and one developed at this meet
iDg-running the exercises into Sunday
when most of the delegates wished
and should have been with their various
schools. This fact caused many of them
to miss the excellent address of State
Secretary Thomas c. Diggs.
There were fully one hundred dele
gates and visitors present on Saturday
morning in the little church when the
president, George w. st. Clair, called
the meeting to order. After a reading
from the Bible by Rev. ]. N. Harman
riod of fifteen minutes.
A pleasant feature, not on the pro-
gram, then occurred. The Pisgah Sun
day held their annual picnic at Cedar
Bluff on Saturday, and at the close of
the devotions marched in as q body in
charge of their superintendent, Samuel
Witten, and under the guidance of the
old leader of Sunday schools in this Sec
tion, Mrs. Sallie Albert Peery, gave
beautiful missionary exercise
Following this came the address of
welcome by Rev. H. Hall, and the
address of the president on Advantage
and Needs of Organization. After a
song by the choir, assisted by the dele
gates, T. A. Repass, jr., delivered an
address on Through the Sunday School
to the Church. The secretary, ]. A.
Leslie, then read the reports of the va
rious schools, and Rev. IS. o. Hall closed
with the benediction.
After partaking of the bounteous hos
pitality of the good people of Cedar
Bluff and Indian, the convention re-
assembled at 2 p. m, and the program
as published in last weeks paper was
given in full, with the addition of the
following addresses by earnest Sunday
school workers:
The Cradle Roll, by Miss Ida
Tynes.
The Boy in His Teens, by Miss
Maggie Rose Harman.
Home Visitations, Miss Isabelle
Leslie.
In addition to these, there were a
number of short two-minute talks by
the State Secretary and others.
On Saturday night the State Secre-
tary delivered an able address on ''The
Properly Organized and Equipped Sun
day School"
The services of Sunday opened with
Sunday school rally by the local school,
assisted by the delegates, followed by
Rev. ]. N. Harman on 'The Sunday
School Teacher" Rev. Harman also
explained the aims and objects of the
Laymen's Movement, and invited all
present to attend the meeting to be held
here on the 18th and 10th.
The feature of the afternoon meeting
on Sunday was the able address of Mrs.
w. B. F. White, of Richlands, on
Temperance in the Sunday School,"
talk by Rev. c. K. Wingo, of Pocahon-
tas, and an illustrated talk by the State
Secretary on why the State Sunday
School Association, following which
the convention voted thanks to the good
people of the two towns for their gen
erous hospitality.
During the meeting the following of
fcers were elected for the coming year,
President, Rev. ]. N. Harman; Vice
President, Rev. C. r. Brown; Secreta-
ry, j. A, Leslie, the latter being re- !
elected. The officers were instructed
to fiji the offices of superintendents for
the various departments, and the officers
and superintendent to constitute the |
executive committee with power to ar |
range the place and program for the |
next meeting. Pocahontas made an
earnest bid to be the next to entertain
the convention, but other places may
put in their claims to the committee
before the selection is made.
There were thirty-eight delegates
present representing thirty-six schools,
and eighteen schools making reports,
but which failed to send delegates.
The schools reporting represented
2, 900 pupils-but a fraction of what
should be represented in a county like
Tozeweh, with nearly $500 inhsbi-
tants. While the meeting on the whole
was success, let every one make it
their individual effort to see that every
school in the county is represented by
both report and representation next
year, and that every possible scholar
becomes a member of some Sunday
school during the coming year.
Emory and HenTy c0Ilare.