The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-01-17
The Presbyterian sunday school

We will have to plead guilty of
forgetfulness and beg pardon that
the Presbyterian Sunday School has
not been more thoroughly written
up for this issue of your paper.
We have many good features in
our Sunday School Besides the reg
ular school we have the home and
cradle roll departments each headed
by a good Christian superintendent.
In this way. we reach many parents
through their little ones and create
an expectancy and desire on the part
OF the infants as they grow up for
Sunday School and Church and
things good besides carrying the ad-
vantages of the school to the shut
ins" who. because Of decrepitude or
home cares are kept away from the
regular school body.
The order at our school is grow
ing better all the time. our great de-
sire being for our children to grow
up with profound reverence for the
House Of God and things holy. Tar
dlness has been and is yet one Of
our hardest hindrances to overcome.
or greatest weakness. but we are i'm
proving in promptness and look for
ward 10 complete recovery here. II
is doubtless trne that no boys and
girls In town are better In church
attendance than ours. Perhaps from
75 per cent to 90 per cent of them
remain for the morning service after
the sunday School closes. In fact
nearly all but the little ones whose
parents may not be with them
They do not fail to come because
OF bad weather. Tho day rarcly ever
comes so bad but you may find a
goodly number Of boys and girls al
our church on time for Sunday
School. Then in spite OF the cold
weather they stay for church. some
times on real bad days, making up
rs per cent of the audience. On such
days the pastor makes his sermon
inform to the occasion and gives a
brief discourse on the lesson for the
next sabbath, awakening their aspi-
rations for II and giving an early
start in It's mastery on such bad
DAYS all are through and OF for home
sermon and all being done. about
1890 or i1:4O.
The past year has been very try
ing on our Sunday school So many
of our members and scholars have
moved away. We have lost sunday
hool onicers. teachers. and many
bo,s md girls from the classes. Two
whole classes have been nearly lost
IN this WY. but the few remaining
ones kent q ing and now they are re
building. one OF them nearly as full
as formerly.
our teachers give close attention
to the great questions Of temperance
and missions in the regu pr work
and We have boys and girls who.
II called upon. make pretty good
sneeches on these themes. u would
surprise yiou. Mr Editor. TO see what
they know of the missionary move
ments now IN progress ia such coun-
tries as China and Africa Some time
had passed after one teacher had
Given them some interesting data on
,r,rkev when man engaged In
,biIanthropic work IN the Ottoman
empire. visited Snyder. One Of the
hovs in the above mentioned class
cav him and Immediately went 10
,eu his teacher. Coming into her
,rosence. almost ont OF breath ne
aid There's Turkey man In
town, There's a Turkey man here'
A question-why win some men
a., awomen lie up al home all day
sunday doing nothing or reading sec
ular papers. or worse. when such e
,,-,.I work may be done and such
~oos character formed as Is possible
IN our sunday schools'
search the Scriptures" F" He said