Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-06
OLD BERKELEY GETS
|. THE STATE BANNER
Sunday School Association Makes
Award For Organizing The Great :
est Number OF 6ibIe Classes.

est Number OF 6ibIe Classes.
Parkersburg. w. Va, May 4.-Wed.
nesday was probably the busiest OF
the three days of the State Sunday
School CONVENTION, in session here.
After the Morning Watch service
held at the First Baptist church by
Mr.. William T.. Outcalt the main ses.
sion of the forenoon began at the
FIRST NJ. H. church. Rev. James A.
Lawrence. presiding.
First came thh usual opening must
cal service. conducted by f. o. Excel.
with Mr. Roper at the piano. after
| which addresses we're heard from DR..
w. o. Carver and Prof. Honllae. The
former, who Is from Louisville and is
professor of Comparative Religion ard
Missions in the Southern Baptist The
illogical Seminary, had the Bible for
his theme. Prof. TIonline spoke fer
a half-hour on "The Problem Of Re
ligious Education"
Then followed the reports of the ex-
ecutive commlttee, submitted by ID. b.
Purinton, the chairman; and of the
treasurer. and tho general secretary.
lby these officers themselves--J. G. Bar
dali and A. T. Arnold.
Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner then gave
a talk ON Sunday School Prgress In
the Last Decade"
The afternoon session held at
the First NJ. r. church. opened with
the usual musical exerclces, the mag
niflcent music, and an auditorium
full of hearers and participants.
Prof. Carl Doney SPOKE on THE
Sunday School and Citizenship" fine
address, fodlwed by IN appreciation,
| MY Testimony by John r. Clark
Mrs. Bryner then gave practical talk
i on The success OF Graded Lessons"
At 3 o'clock, department confer
ences were taken up divided into ela-
mentary, advanced and adult divisions
The first division held their meeting
at st. Paul's church: the second at
tile First M. Il. and the third at the
First Baptist church.
The Mothers session OF graded ele-
mentary union, was held at St Paul's
church
A meeting forwomen was held last
night at the First Presbyterian church
with Rev. w. H. Fields presiding.
Trained Teachers Meet.
The Teachers Training Alumni
Association, which meets with the
convention every year. met in the Sun
day School rooms OF the First M e.
Church, after the regular session OF
the convention. and reelected the old
officers for another year. These are;
President-Rev. w. III. Fields,
Wheeling.
Wee President Stark White,
Weston.
secretary--Miss Martha Graham,
Wheeling.
Committee ON Program-Prof. w.
4. Taylor, Bethany; Miss Pearl Dor
sey. Moundsville. and Edward viii
son, Wheeling.
The work OF Classifying the dele
gates as to denomination, residence,
! etc, was done by the capable State
Clerks, who are o. T. Bumgarner of
J Bethany College, and w. j. Grimes. Of
Wheeling. They have performed their
work with noteworthy ability and com
nendaJble courtesy and patience.
The work of raising the necessary
fund to carry on the work OF the AS
sociation during the coming year, was
taken up and viii be continued until
sufficient sum is raised.
| The State banner OF the association
was awarded at the convention yester-
/ day to Berkeley county for having or
ganized the greatest number OF Adult
Bible classes during the present year
Of any county i'm the state.
Mr.. Arnold Reelected.
The association reelected A. t..
Arnold as general secretary and in
creased his salary $500 year.
All the department heads have
been reelected with the exception
of the Rev o. G. White, OF Bethany.
as head OF the adult division and
the Rev. w. II. Fields was elected to
succeed him. The complete list OF
the department heads as they now
stand is as follows:
Teacher training-Hyre d. Clark,
Phi. d., Buckhannon
Elementary divisicnr-Miss Mar
tina v. Graham, Wheeling.
Advance division-John c. Gran
berry, Phi. d.. Barboursville.
Adult div'sion-The Rev. w. H.
Fields, Wheeling.
temperance ]. Hiatt, ID. ID.
Huntington.
Home and visitation The Rev.
Earl A. Brockes, Weston.
Missionary M. L. Wood. d. d.
Huntington.