The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-06-06
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SUNDAY SCHOOL. CONGRESS Is
HOLDING ErS SEVENTH AN
NUAL SESSION NOW. .8t
Largest. Attendance

In the History Of the Orga anization is.
Gattsued at the World-Famops
| Tuskegee Instity ). Discuss SItI,.
Jects Dealing <| ely Upon sam
day School v = 2lsil, H1&, ,Sss
| Tuskeg' - .itute, Ala, June 6,---t
Gathere : . FACE to Face under
the : fattering circumstances 4
thou y = of, Sunday-school workers,
from every portion of the United
States, are in attendance at the
opening session Of the seventh, an.
nual session of the Sunday School
Congress. Hail the Baptist Com
gress," an anthem written by a young
man, inspired at the New Orleans
meeting several years ago, created al:
profound impression and stirred up
great enthusiasm among the workers. y
The entire five days Of this school
OF methods will be spent in discifssA
ing the ten subjects, which have been
selected for this meeting. all OF which.
deal directly upon Sunday School
work: General sessions al being held
in the forenoons with departmental
meetings each afternoon Such sub
jects as The Responsibility of the
Sunday School as Spiritual Organ
ization," and THE Sunday School ass
Ia. Missionary Recruiting Station. 4
show the trend of the discussions that
are taking place. -. - T., l.. D.! tt,sS$1s s.l1s
The departmental meetings COM
prising. the Superintendents Confer
ence The Home and Cradle, Roll De-
partme'at, The Primary. and Inter
mediate Teachers Conference, The
National Metoka and Galetla Union
with. the various Sunday School Mis-
sionary Conferences will be held from
two to five eaeh~afterr Ai as,
portant feature, Of the meeting this
year is the Bible Conferences Witch
takes up one and one-haH hour IN.
the forenoon and one and one halt
program contains a syllabus for thsSS
bible Conferences which was espec-
tally arranged for this OCCASION.
Sunday School experts from every
part of the world are participating in
the meeting. The welcome which
was extended by Pricnipal Booker VisS&
Washington, who Is remaining ovsr
here this week to greet the Sunday
rlY nl S/xP
the opening day. ... r. T-I +
The officials of the Sunday School
Congress Movement are as follows..4+
Chairman, c. H. Clark, Nashville
Tenn. Vice. Chairman, Up Robin
son, Little Rock, Ark; Secretary, H.
A. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn; Record
ing Secretary, R. B. Hudson, Selma rs
Ala. Assistant Secretary. J. M
Easterling, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Blackboard Critic and Arbitar, Nv, S.;
Ellington, Nashville, Tenn; 'Choris- {
ter and Superintendent of the Teach
er Training Course,dN. H. Plus, In-8
dianapolis, Ind; Conductor Superin4
tendents' Conferences,sS H.. Johnson,
Nashville, Tenn; Conductor Bible
Conferences John E. Ford Jackson
vile, Fla; Superintendent Of Mis-
sionary Conference, William Beck
ham, Aust.sl, Texas; Conductor II sif
Cradle Roll and Home Department.
Miss Lorilla E. Bushnell Chicago,
ILL.,; President Of Galeda Department..
Miss Cora B. Annis, Cleveland, %. ii
Congress Director, r. H. Boyd, NASH
vile, Tenn. T.. 5#4sN
Several able addresses and many
splendid papers dealing With every
phase Of Sunday School work have
been presented before this body of@
Sunday School enthusiasts. The eH-5
max Of the meeting will be reached:
Sunday, June, 9th, at the Sundayf
School Mass Meeting to be held In
the mammoth dining hail of the In4z
stitute, which is the only building
that promises to take care OF this
overflow meeting. r. H. Boiding,
pastor of the Butte Street Baptist
Church. Norfolk Va, will make the
principal address on Sunda1 after
noon. Preceding this 5000 Sunday
School workers will march in parade
with banners and pennants The ses~
sions will close June 10th, ~