The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL TOPICS
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byteFlsn church IN this city Thsrs.
iat hy the Dallas fssesbyiery The
katS rain VAS late delaying some Of
the principal speakers for t~o
hours, bat the institute Was opened
By Rev W A. McIoud OF Emnis.
sho talked for twenty minutes on
The devotional exercises OF the Sun
day school lie said he was in sym-
pathy with the modern Sunday
school movement, but not TO the neg
leot OF the devotional service. His
talk WAS good and was replete with
the devotional spirit. Rev. McLoad
is pastor of the Presbyterian church
at Ennis.
When the Sunday school workers
arrived q motion was made to eject
r. r. Souders OF Dallas As secretary
and he was unanimously elected.
Rev. s. A. McElroy was chairman OF
the convention.
Rev. w. NJ. Anderson. d. d., pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
in Dallas, was next on the program.
DR.. Anderson is one of the ablest
pastors In Texas, and has done q
fine work In Dallas. He is 4 progress.
sive Sunday school man. and has
class of 40 ladies at his church Of
which he is teacher. He spoke on tie
Necessity of having consecrated
teachers and officers" He said he
would like TO call the Sunday school
the bible school. He gave a WORD
study of "consecrated;" devoted,
hallowed. sacred He said 1t should
be necessity. not optional with the
teacher, and no one should play with
the teacher. and no one should play
with the Sunday school work any
more than with the day school. That
the teacher should be devoted
teacher, and should be a sacrificing
teacher. He said the Sunday school
used to be considered onty for wom-
en- and children, and weak-minded
men, but today the intelligent peo-
pie of the land were joining the
ranks, therefore the responsibility
of the teacher is increasing. His last
thought was the Sunday school must
demand the best workers and the
best service.
and motion was made to adjourn
for lunch. after DR.. Anderson-a
talk.
Duties and Importance of cradle
roll department was led b. Rev w
P. Dickey OF the Colonial Hill
church in Dallas. Interesting discus
sion of this new and important
branch of the work WAS the result OF
his talk.
Training pupils t. Worship the
Lord with their sGpsssncs. .'as tho
subject OF Rev. Geo r ltobsrIson OF
Forney He stressed baiticularly The
tithing plan, and eaii We hive rot-
bed God in "tithes.
Rev. Fred Galbraiih, the young
pastor of the Oak Cliff church, :nadc
a blackboard talk on training teach
ers by class and by correspondence.
At the business period whic' follow
ID his talk the following resolution
was passed
We, the members and visitors OF
the Sunday School Institute of Dallas
Presbytery, held in Waxnhachfe,
October 10 wish to convey our heart
felt thanks to the pastor and men
bers of the Waxahachie Presbyter-
ian church and those assisting them
IN making our stay SO delightful. We
particularly wish to express our ap-
probation for their thoughtfulness
in arranging for the social feature
SO greatly enjoyed in the elegan,
luncheon provided; we wish to
thank the local newspapers, and for
all your kindnesses we wish to thank
you
Rev. Robt. Hill, d. D., pastor OF
the Westminster church at Dallas.
had for his subject the Ruling FL
ders and the Sunday School. He
gave to them what the committee OF
the General Assembly required OF
the ruling elders, and he thought
they should take a more active part
In the Sunday school, and especially
should he set the example by having
his family In the Sunday school The
real heart OF the institute was the
Importance of the home department
work and the Grade roll. II was a
very profitable day to the Sunday
school workers, and the evening
hour was given over to Rev. Geo. +.
Robertson, who delivered fine lee
ture on the Pyramids of Egypt.
Mai. w T. NJ Dickinson OF Mil
ford, and Mr. Robert Lancaster or
Ennis were here as delegates from
their respective churches TO attend