The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-06-08

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Institute, Tuskegee, Institute, Ala
bama-Largest Attendance Present
Tuskegee Institute, Ala, June O.
Gathered here "Faee to face" under
the most fattering circumstances thou
sands of Sunday-school workers, from
every portion of the United States, ART
in attendance at the opening session OF
the seventh annHal session of the Sun
day-school Congress. "Hail the Bap,
fist Congress, an anthem written by
a young man, inspired at the New Or.
leans meeting several years ago, ere
ated a profound impression and stirred
up great enthusiasm among the work
ers.
The entire five days of this 'sehool
of methods" will be spent in discuss
ing the ten subjects, which have been
selected for this meeting, all of which
deal directly upon Sunday-sehool work.
General sessions are being held in the
forenoon, with departmental meetings
each afternoon. Such subjects as "The
Responsibility of the Sundsy-schOol as
Spiritual Organization, and 1.-The
Sunday-Sehool as a Missionary Recruit
ing Station" show the trend of the
discussions that are taking place.
The departmental meetings compris-
ing the Superintendent Conference,
The Home and Cradle Roll Department,
The Primary and intermediate Teach
ers' Conference, The National Me-
toka and Galeda Union, with the va
rious sunday-SehoOl Missionary Confer
ences will be held from two to five each
afternoon. An important feature of
the meeting this year is the Bible Con-
ference, which takes up one and one
half hour in the forenoon and one and
one-half hour in the afternoon. The
musical program contains a syllabus
for the Bible Conferences which was
especially arranged for this occasion.
Sunday-School experts from every part
of the world are participating in the
meeting. The welcome which was ex-
tended by Principal Booker T. Wash
ington, who is remaining over here this
week to greet the Sunday-SchOOl work
ers, marked a feature of the opening
day.
The officials of the Sunday-School
Congress Movement are as follows:
Chairman, C. H. Clark, Nashville,
Tenn; Vice Chairman, J. P. Robinson,
Little Rock, Ark; Secretary, H. A.
Boyd, Nashville, Tenn; Recording Sec
Rotary, R. B. Hudson, Selma, Ala; As
sistant, Secretary, J. NJ Easterling,
Chattanooga, Tenn; Blackboard Critic
and Arbiter, W. s. Ellington, Nashville,
Tenn; Chorister and Superintendent of
The Teacher Training Course, N. H.
Plus, Indianapolis, Ind; Conductor Su-
perintendents' Conferences, S. H. John
son, Nashville, Tenn; Conductor Bible
Conferences, John E. Ford, Jackson
vile, Fla; Superintendent of Mission
airy Conference, William Beekham, Aus
tin, Texas; Conductor Of Cradle Roll
and Home Department, Miss Lorilla E.
Bushnell, Chicago, III; President Of Ga
leda Department, Miss Cora B. Annis,
Cleveland, Ohio; Congress Director, r.
II. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn.
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 climax Of the
meeting win be reached Sunday, June
9th, at the Sunday School Mass Meeting
to be held in the mammoth dining hall
Of the Institute, which is the only
building that promises 10 take care Of
this overflow meeting. r. Il. Bolding,
pastor of the Butte Street Baptist
Church, Norfolk, Va, win make the
principal address on Sunday afternoon.
Preceding this 5000 sundAy-sehOOl
workers win march in parade with ban
nsrs and pennants. The sessions win
close June 10th.