The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-12
COMPREHENSiVEIY TOLD BY a
PROMINENT WORKER
How the Greatest Educational and
Christianixing Influence In the
World Is Syster,stized.
BY JOHN \. McKAMY.

BO JOHN y. MckAM0.
The organized work is one OF the
Interesting Developments of the sun
day school movement. n embraces
the great series o. voluntary asSocia-
lions OF officers. teachers and other
workers. coming from various church
80. that have for their PURPOSE the
promotion OF thnss interests that are
more or less common to the Sunday
school work of all churches. These
associations range from the small To-
cal organizations. composed OF "A few
persons 6f kindred spirit and purpose
up through thoS,. that cover districts.
cities. counties. states. prov inccS ter
ti;ories. nations. and groups Of ma
tons. To that which has th. wide. wide
world for its Held.
Nnil. these ORGANIZATIONS are prac-
tically INSTRUMENTATION and CO.
operative they are not 50 formally and
oflCialli They Law. been formed and
arc maintained h.. individuals coming
together upon an acceptable basis and
for common purpose. Those persons
do not assume TO represent the
churches with which They ara identl-
lied. And the churches whose MEM
bers ar" actively engaged with the
members of other churches IN this
type of religious effort never feel
called upon Ia formally and officially
recognize these associations. II * well
embarrassing ecclesiastical Cntanglc-
ments ar. avoided
The world-cmbracing organization.
now known officially as the Worlds
Sunday School association. grew out
OF the Worlds Conventions that havo
been held during the past 80 wears.
meeting in Europe. Asia and America.
The credit Cor projecting these com
Ncntions belongs TO IN. British SUNDAY
school Union. while their development
must h. set down - the credit Of GER
tain American SUNDAY school leaders.
The association that has grown ont of
these conventions dates its formal he
ginning from Rome. where the Fifth
convention was held in tHo7. At it's
formation its purpOS, was declared IL
be- the extension Of sunday school
work and th- inCrease Of Sunday
school efficiency hV cooperation with
Sunday school and missionary organ
izaticns. and otherwise. especially IN
those regions ~ thu world most IN
need Of help. In carving ont tins
purpose 10 seeks 90 improve methods
81 SUNDAY school instruction and or
ganizatipn and 70 foster sunday
school unions and associations every
w here. Tn" ruling motive az this or
Hanzation IL missionary.
, tn" affairs Of this association are adj
miniSter-d by the Worlds Convention
wlicL meets once. IN three years. Wu"u
to. convention - not IN session the all
miuiStratIOu Of its affairs e. vested ig
an cNe,.titfVa rorurnitt,e corlpuSad of SIN
members each from the United stats
and Great Britain. two from canada. and
not less tHHn tn from "tr"r parts "t
The world. AMI the officers OF the con
N'ntiOu. Representation IN the aS~ort'-
iipn by The various Countries I- uPon
broad and liberal basis. WIos" iet"rtri-
nation is left largely IN TIE hands ~ tho
executive oommltte-.
For administrative purpose the assn
station - divided int Two Er-a- sections
lTlft-I An -
oversight Of the " ork IN the vast world
field l. apportionei 10 th"s" sections.
IN me "lans"!izail"t ~ -" Er"'tt mis-
sion lands make heavy demands upon
tnis association. 1; deals necessarily
with problems u its worN IN terms ~
nations and continents. Fr-Sl attention
s. being drawn - its work hv the
worlds Convection which VIII be- he'd
Tho entire SUNDAY school movornen,
has been furtherel immeasurahly hy the
Efeaf North American sunday school Or
Eani2tfion. t.s international sunday
school Association THi~ organ zat!"u
sunday school W"rN-r- TIL" fi"l1 - -
activities D. ss-.Ntsu-iou with f.e iu-
habit"d portions - N"rth America. Me-
leo, cuba and fre N~st indies ftlI W.tI-
IN the field - - missionary "r1eavor.
Already associations have heeu organ
i1sd .u to former Two In 1907. t.It
association va~ chartered Hg "a - 90" iI..
at ~ tl. United states congress
WHile. t. ri'"'ly. lui"r - n'r'e-.
fraf ORGANIZATION ~ go. state p-pviu. iaI
ti"n 80 ." United Stst"s and t.- Domino
Ion ~ tarduH i:-If'. rtatit.- from
zach ~ t.e-.. "rEtntz ftfore. frt.' i.tiiv
chosen u. t..u. FORM nif ..t.uf.- ~ ..
tenth g. selected rs 90. fuferrati.na.
''onventiof. wi.H meets ono" goo three
most entirely ~ delegate chosen rs ~.
various state proN iu'iai aHt t'rri'pri.