The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-02-03
IDEAL ME- ETAOOS IN
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Were Subjects Discussed al
the Local Institute on
Friday Evening.

Completion of the preliminary gen.
eral arrangements for the state Sun
day school convention next June, to-
gether with many interesting sugges-
tions for idealizing the programs in
Sabbath schools, featured the success
full conclusion of the city Sunday
school institute last evening. The
First Baptist church, where the event
was given, was nearly full, large dele
cations from nearly every church in
the city being active in the meeting.
James NJ. Judson of the First Pres
byterian church, was chosen by Presi-
dent Haas as head OF the decoration
committee for the big state convention
thus completing the list of sub-commit-
tee chairmen, and the executive COM
mittee. President E. M. Haas announc-
ed that the seven members of the
executive body would meet to organize
the smaller committees next Wednes-
day evening at the post office. The
committees, said the president, will be
distinctly interdenominational, for
| every branch of the Protestant church
in Richmond will be represented.
Big Display Room.
The display room, which is being ar
ranged by D. D. Ramsey, will be a
conspicuous feature of the state con.
| vention, for it will contain samples of
all modern appliances and accessories
for conducting a religious school
President Haas last evening repeated
his statement that the convention
would be big undertaking for Rich.
mond, and said that the executive
committee would have to start work
at once. The general plans for the
convention have now been completed
and arrangements will be in the hands
OF f. NJ. Haas and his seven assist.
ants.
In four short talks on the ideal Sun.
day school program, Miss Fannie Rob
inson, Miss Jane Dunop, c. A. Reigle
and Rev. S. r. Lyons, made the point
that more attention should be paid to
devotions, prayer and reverence, in
Sunday schools than at present.
Miss Robinson maintained that be
fore one could have an ideal program
the school must have an ideal religious
, atmosphere, all workers I'll be of the
ideal type, and must alsq secure the
ideal result of winning peo b to Chris
tianity. She. explained thd at presen,
especially soU Programs do not OBJ
tain results simply becausa the pupils
are not prepared for them, and conse
quently. school must have these
three essentials in order to have Ahe
ideal program appreciated.
Rev. S. r. Lyons Advises.
Rev. Lyons recommended that class
es be closed individually at the end oi
the lesson time, rather than follow
ing the popular custom of having an
explanation of the lesson before the
whole school by the superintendent
NO general exhortation can help aft
er the several teachers have delivered
their own sermons dealing with the
individual needs of. the classes and il
would be better not to cut short the
time for the Bible lesson" he said.
Mr.. Reigles superintendent of ths
Second Presbyterian church said tina
a variety of programs was necessar,
for a school, if the officers hoped x
have the children regular in attend
ance. He also advised that interes
in the Biblical lessons can be obtain
ed through having the pupils stud,
good parallel profane literature.
Prof. Ebert Russell gave . talk Oh
the story of the three wise men.
which will be the Sunday School les
son for tomorrow. HIS address, in
cluding his application to moderI
times. made the deepest impression ol
the audience of any part OF the pro
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