The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1912-06-14
SPLENDID WORK BY
COUNTY s. s. CONVENTION
Sunday School Workers Of Different
Denominations In Annual
Session.
(By Miss Pauline IIocker.l

ton OF all the Lincoln county
schools met in the Christian church
Vt Stanford, Thursday evening and
all day Friday, June g. and Z. In
point of attendance, interest and
liberality of the offering it far ex-
ceeded any previous convention. The
Rev. VIM. Hopner led the devotion
ais. The County President. Mr.. Z.
NJ. McRoberts, presided at the open
ing services. On Thursday evening,
giving splendid address of welcome,
showing that the organized Sunday
school forces are the greatest pow
er towards the prevention of crime
in the world and this being true
that the man who is really a good
citizen will enlist at once in the
Bible School and do all in his power
to further its work. Following a
solo of great sweetness by Miss
Elizabeth Higgins. Mr.. Geo. A. Jop-
lin the State Secretary delivered the
address of the evening on as The
Boy Worth Saving" The subject. he
said was suggested to him when,
several years ago he saw baby
boy snatched from the track of an
on-coming train Just in time to save
his life. Since then he has asked
over n thousand people if the boy
is worth saving. Always, he says
the answer has come unhesitatingly
that he is. That his value is ines
Unable. Yet Judging from the tre-
mendous amount spent for drink,
tobacco and the small sums ex-
pended for education. missions and
the Bible school it would seem that
people do not realize the tremendous
damage thev are doing to their sons
and the sons of their neighbors. by
this disproportionate spending. The
Bible school saves the boy. there
fore help it.
The all day session Friday was
for the purpose of presenting to the
schools the good points of the front
rank standard. and urging its adop-
ton as speedily as possible by all
schools. After the preliminary
business session, roll call. reports.
etc., and the leading the devotionals
by Rev. J. J. Dickey. Mr.. Joplin ex-
planned the standard and spoke on
the cradle roll. If every school has
n cradle roll. he said. containing the
name of every child under three
wears of age and if the school could
keep these children, in twenty five
years we would soon have the church
problem solved, for the parents
would be in the church and the next
generation would know nothing
about the terrible leakage with
which we now have to struggle. Rev.
L. l.. Bruce said in regard to the
organized adult Bible class that by
virture of the fact of its organi-
cation it stands for effective work.
as it is an adult class it stands for
maturity of aim and plans and the
word "Bible" shows what it studies
and stands for in scholarship. Mrs.
Eliza Blain being absent, her paper
on GLOW ] Organized My Glass"
was read by the secretary. She
told how organization had increased
her class roll from twelve to fifty
and her attendance from about eight
to thirty and said she would not
think of going back TO the old way.
Mr.. J. S. Hooker spoke on "Pre-
pairing For and Teaching an AdIlt
Class" saying that the writer of the
lesson, his purpose of writing. the
persons, time. place and spiritual
truths of the lessons must be care
fully prepared and brouoht out both
by the lecture and question method.
lie advised a training course, com
mentaries. atlas and Bible diction-
arv as the best aids for the teach
er. Like telephoning. he said teach
inc required two persons one TO inn
part information and another to re-
ceive it.
Mrs. J. j. Dickey next gave an ex-
cellent talk on Teacher Training.
recommending training the teacher
by the Sunday school times and
showing several charts and maps.
She urged every delegate to start a
class in his or her school. to be
taught either by himself. the super
ntendent or pastor and to be be-
gun even if only one besides the
teacher will enroll.
She was followed by Rev. &. II.
Rlain. who told why and how mis-
sionaTy instruction should be given
Bible school. A wide awake mis-
sionary interest can be kept up if
children from their earliest years
are taught missions. This can be
easily done by the superintendent
giving missionary talks, singing mis-
sionary hymns, having some pupil
tell the life of missionary or about
the work in some field, or supple
menting missionary lessons for the
quarterly reviews.
With his talk. and the benediction
by Rev. II. Carpenter the convention
adjourned until | 80. The first sub
ject after re-assembling was the
"Graded Lessons, discussed bv Mr..
Joplin. lie showed how the lessons
were adopted to the needs Of the
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