The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-22
MARSHALL CO. s. s.
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Large Attendance, Best of Interest, Good
Speakers, First Day Sales.--future
Program Carried Out.--Ex-G Gov. Han
ly speaks to Large Crowd.

The Twenty-seventh Annual Con-
vention of the Marshall County Sun
day School Association was opened
In the Methodist church Thursday
afternoon at 200 O'Clock. The OPEN
ing service was conducted by W. M.
Nichols, being a service of song and
prayer, at the close of which W. E.
Bailey, who has the distinction of
having been the first President of
the Association, was called to the
platform.
The convention sermon was by
Rev. III. G. Pence of Bremen, and he
took for his text three words from
John s, /: "God is Love-. We can
not attempt in a brief report to give
this sermon, which would be good
for all, but a touch here and there
will show the import. Gods love is
made manifest in every thing we
have, even In ourselves. 1t is far
reaching, reaches to every one, and
each may have an interest III it. 1t
stirs the human heart as nothing else
can. As one manifestation of this
love, God gave to the world his Son,
and the world may have life through
him. That "God is love-" neuer
grows old and stale. Music in its
most sublime heights stands side by
side with Gods love, and is means
of inspiring the heart with that love.
Electricity had always existed, yet
men found it but recently. Gods
love is everywhere, and in the
mystery of all this the hungry heart
cries out "Show us the Father"
and the Son, the Christ, replies
eff We have seen me, We have seen
the Father" The speaker would
have his hearers remember that a
truth never becomes real, vital, a
living force, until it is translated to
us out of living personality. We
never know heroism until some one
dies for us. Sunday school super
intendents, teachers, and all Off
GERS are heros, sacrificing and lay
ing down their lives for the Master s
service. "A great truth can never
become a private possession. The
world has a. right to know that "God
is love-"
The sermon was followed by a
Conservation service led by Rev. C..
G.. Baker, there being a chain of
prayer, and brief quotations of the
Scriptures.
Messages were read from Myron
Chase, who could not be at the con-
vention, and from Mrs. Idella s.
Hahn, who in years gone by was
such a Jealous worker. Mr.. Bailey
spoke of past conventions, the first
in 1876 In the Presbyterian church,
compared that time with this, and
gave much praise to those who now
hold the officers and have tie work
in charge Mr.. Ellis followed, he
being the 18th president OF the
association, and having .,eid the
office for five years. Others spoke
briefly, Mrs. Hume mentioning some
names of those who had been l,romi-
nent in the work, but now were
sleeping, Israel Ladd, john w.
Parks and H. G. Thayer, among the
others to whom she bore fitting
tribute.
The afternoon session closed, and
the banquet which was for the
Teacher Training graduates and
friends, is treated in another part
of this paper.
The next thing OH the program
was the evening meeting to begin at
7:15. and though it was little later
than that hour, the full program
was carried out. The Mozart club
gave three choruses from Messiah
opening with "And the Glory Of