The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-09
From The Daily Item, April 4.

School Convention now in session i'm
this city Is doing a big work here.
Daily the meetings are growing in en-
thusiasm, the attendance Is steadily
increasing at the morning sessions and
at the session Thursday night the at
tendance was limited becs use of the
size OF the hall Many instructive and
Interesting addresses are being made
at all of the meetings and no doubt
the delegates will return to their
homes tomorrow g.eltly prohted by
what they have seen and heard. and
stirred to greater endeavor in the
Sunday School work all over the State.
Since Thursday morning the dele
Gates have been steadily coming In,
nor has the tide siackened at any
Time. This morning many visitors
game an on every train and this after
noon many more arc coming In for
tine big parade OF men and boys who
belize In Coo and the Bible.
y, The number of delegates who have
enrolled is about 500. but more than
this number Is here. as a great many
have not taken the trouble to register.
While the number OF delegates Is not
80 large as at some of the previous
meetings, the attendance upon the
meetings Is especially gratifying to the
officers OF the association. This is very
encouraging In view OF the fact that
Sumter he's only recently organized
and not great deal OF time has been
had for working up interest I'm the
association.
The Thursday night session was by
Gar the most encouraging which has
SEE been held. Two very fine address
os were made by Mrs. f. C. Cronk of
Columbia and Mr.. w. c. Pearce OF
Chicago to an audience which taxed
the Academy of Music to its utmost.
Figuratively speaking. the s. II. O.
sign had to be hung out early and
kept out throughout the meeting. At
this every available seat i'm the house
was taken and there were scores of
men and women lined up against the
walls, willing to stand I'm order that
they might have the opportunity of
hearing the speakers. Even the gal
lery was filled, niany OF the seats be-
ing occupied by ladies who could not
find room elsewhere. II was estlmat-
ed that the crowd numbered at least
fifteen hundred OF over. being in fact
probably more than that. as many
kept coming and going throughout
the meeting.
The session was opened with a half
hours song service led by Messrs.
Tullar and Meredith. The hundred
persons In the choir were joined in
the singing by the audience and a
most delightful and inspiring service
II was. Following the song SER
vice devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by the Rev DIR. G.. c. Brown OF
the First Baptist Church of this city.
lie reads a selection from scripture and
led In prayer.
Mrs. Il. G. Cronk, Lutheran field
worker OF Columbia. was the first
speaker and she held her audience
spell-bound from start to finish. Her
address was especially interesting and
inspiring to her large audience and
was extremely helpful for those en-
gagged In the Sunday school work. Her
subject was "a Teacher Who Teaches"
and Mrs. Cronk showed that she had
full knowledge and grasp OF the
subject she showed her audience
that she was filled with enthusiasm
I'm the work. or "a she put II "a
teacher must be full OF enthusiasm
for her work three hundred sixty-nve
days OF the year or she cannot hope
to arouse enthusiasm i'm others" Her
address was practical and eloquent of
apt Illustrations and very appropriate
she showed that ore must have per-
severance. enthusiasm and power be-
fore he could be "a Teacher Who
Teaches" They say that opportunity
never comes but once" said the
speaker. But this ia mistake. II
comes "A second time again and again
In the shape OF "a little child who can
be taught the things that we have
missed"
Mr.. w. &. Pearce spoke on "Dlvi-
dends ON our Investments" "If We
live right. we will die right said tn,
speaker. The speaker showed that il
was "a we invested our lives for God
that We received dividends "Tho
greatest question of tn" hour said
jhc sTt..rr. is. How de- you expect