Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-06-28
A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION.

The sixth session of the Keokuk dis
trict Sunday school convention anG
normal institute of the Iowa Annua
Conference met at Bethel A. M. Y
church in Davenport for two days
session, which was largely attended and
many excellent papers were read and
discussed. 1t was the greatest and best
convention yet held in the 'Keokuk dis.
! trict.
| Tuesday morning, April 25lh, the ses.
sion was opened at a. M, the superin-
tendent Of the home school, Mr.. c. P.
Jones, leading the devotionals. At 10
o'clock an eloquent sermon was deliv-
cred by Rev. I. N. Daniels, the presid-
ing elder, after which the introduction
Of the district superintendent, Mr.. M.
0. Culbertson of. Clinton, Iowa. The
convention was then duly organized and
committees were appointed and various
reports taken up.
The afternoon session was opened
promptly at 2 O'Clock, the devotionals
being led by the delegate from Ft.
Madison, Miss Naomi Harper. The
different reports show that greater
progress has been made by the smaller
schools than in the past. At this june,
ture the district superintendent gave
his annual address, which was full Of
encouragement and inspiration. Rev.
T. Tyler of Galesburg, superintendent Of
the district normal work, was introduc-
ed, who gave brief history of the nor
NAL work and it's past success and urg.
ed upon the boys and girls to become
more proficient along Christian training.
Then Mrs. Ruth Bright of Davenport,
read paper upon Bible study. The
next was paper on Sacred History
and was given by Miss Louise Mason OF
Mt. Pleasant. The paper was very
good. Then Mrs. Sadie Washington Of
Davenport gave an excellent paper on
Sacred Geography. A splendid and
widely complimented paper was read
by Mrs. T. B. Stovall of Davenport, the
subject being HPedagogy.'
The afternoon program began by a
paper by Rev. w. A. Searcy, sub ject
"Christian Doctrine and Church Disci-
pline.' - The normal work was taken
up and well presented. In the evening
the Sunday school, assisted by the
choir, gave an excellent program Of
music and reading by Mrs French
Bland of Keokuk was greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. Marshall gave the welcome ad-
dress on behalf of the school and Mrs.
E. T. McGruder Of Galesburg> gracefully
responded, after which refreshments
were served in the basement.
Wednesday mornings session was
opened by devotionals led by Mrs.
Stanberry of Iowa City, Minutes and
the reports of the officers were heard.
Then the delegate from Cedar Rapids
gave a short talk on !" The best method
of maintaining Sunday school, =
which was discussed by delegates and
then a paper HThe Benefits Of the
Cradle Roll to the. Sunday School, u by
Miss Allen, delegate from Galesburg,
was WE'LL delivered and ably discussed
by the delegate from Washington, Ia.
The last paper Of the morning was by
Miss Anderson of Mt. Pleasant, sub
ject "Can Sunday School Prosper
without Teachers Meetings?' was
ably presented and very enthusiastically
discussed, after which Editor John L.
Thompson was present as a visitor and
was introduced and for several min
utes his eloquent speech swept the en-
tire audience. He is very brilliant
young man and much admired.