The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-10-01
District Sunday School Convention.

The sub district, of Forest County Sun
day School Association, composed of the
townships of Harmony, Hickory, Green,
Tionesta and Tionesta Borough, met last
Sunday al $50 p. m in Tionesta Presby-
terrain church, IN convention. Rev. II. A.
Bailey, president OF the district, presided.
He conducted the devotional services and
stated the object Of the meeting. The OBJ
lect being the improvement, betterment
and securing more efficient work in s.. s.
OF the district. The secretary, Mrs. Dryer,
being absent, T. +. RiIchey was elected
secretary protein. Minutes OF previous
meetings read and approved. Rev. Bailey
proposed the question, How can we make
the Sunday school a SUGGEST Rev. W. W.
Dale, OF Hickory, was called and gave a
very interesting and instructive talk. In
substance he said: Get everyone inter-
ested, start a great revival, put everyone
to work. People often make a mistake
in thinking the preacher should do all the
work, the craze on automobiles is keep
ing many away from church and Sunday
school, secure efficient teachers and lead
ers who are prepared for 1t, this prepara-
ton can to a great extent be secured
through the teachers training class. Rev.
Bailey said, The Cradle Roll and Home
department should not be neglected.
Rev. Scherer said, The automobile might
he used as a means to help the church
aud S. s. by bringing persons to them
and that would help to make the work
efficient. The great difficulty is to get all
to work and leel they ought to work.
Rally Day" was suggested as a means 10
get all interested. Go out into the high
ways and hedges and compel them to
come in. Hon. n. p. Wheeler spoke OF
the difficulty of getting good teachers and
said we must take the best we can get,
that he knew of a mar who was called to
teach a 5. S. class, but who had never
studied the bible but his attempt to teach
led him to study and was the means of
making him a christian and a great
worker in Sunday school aud church.
He said a good plan would be TO get a
pledge, TO 'promise to pray and read the
bible every day." that would be a great
incentive to work. Short aud well di-
rected remarks were made by g. w.
Robinson, Charles Clark, and others.
Mrs. Lyman Cook, superintendent of the
Teachers Training department in the
county, urged the necessity OF all schools
having a Teachers Training class, that it
was necessary to keep up efficient work
and to keep Forest County in front line,
that the county lacked four examinations
in 7. 7. G. to keep the county in front
line this year. Sunday schools repre-
scented: NJ. Z. school, Nebraska; Presby-
terrain, Endeayor; NJ. E., East hickory;
NJ. Il. West Hickory; NJ. E., +. M. and
Presbyterian, otTionesta. The following
officers for ensuing year were elected:
President, l.. E. Fitzgerald, West Hick-
Dry; Vice President, Mrs. Orion Siggins,
w. Hickory; Secretary and Treasurer,
Mrs. W. W. Dale, W. Hickory.
The evening session was held in the NJ.
e. church and opened by devotional SER
vices conducted by Rev. Dunlavy of M.
4. church, TiOnesta. Rev. Scherer, of
EndeavOr, was introduced and gave a
very interesting and instructive talk on
his trip 10 the Worlds S. S. Convention,
held last July a, Zurich, in switzerland.
He told OF the different Worlds s.. s..
Conventions that had been held and that
the next one would be held in Japan in
1916. He spoke of the decorations being
so attractive and all made to create in
terest and enthusiasm In the great work
the S. S. was doing throughout the world.
de specially told OF a large globe sus-
pended in the hall, representing the world
and to show the whole world was in
terested in Sunday school work. A large
cross was hung over the globe, the world
for Christ. That each visitor was pre-
scented with a badge showing the country
from which he came. An American re-
ceived a blue ribbon, European a brown
ribbon, an African a green ribbon, ETC.,
so hat everyone would know where his
neighbor belonged. That over one-hslf
the people were from North America.
That Pennsylvania had more representa-
tives than any other state In the Union.
One great theme was that religion was not
a thing 10 die by but a something to live
by. The best people are in church and
the best people Of the church are in the
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