The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-30

referred to the work the y NJ. c. A. isl
doing throughout the world, of the great
! value OF medical inspection in the public
schools, which has saved thousands of
children to better citizenship by improv-
ing their physical condition, and the iu-
yenle court system which has been the
means of saving many boys and girls from
the disgrace and temptations that follow
association with the older criminals
| These have all been beneficial to bows
and girls, but the benefit is as nothing TO
that obtained from the Sunday school
1t IS the business OF the Sunday school to
formulate ideals that viii mold the life of
Il child
Christians are made between the ages
of l. and -, he said. To demonstrate
that, he asked how many over - years
of age were present who became Chris
tians after that age, and five raised their
hands. When he asked for those who
had attained Christianity before that age
many hands were raised Criminals are
made between the same ages and Statis-
ties prove that il is rarer for a young
man to become criminal after - than
IT is for one to become Il Christian after
-.
! He pointed out that every parent is par
ticular about the standard OF the public
| schools but send their children to the
Sunday schools without any concern as
to the standard of them The greatest
need IN the Sunday schools today is com
petent, trained teachers Young people
ought to be undergoing a course of train
ing in teaching the Bible
The greatest assets of a town are the
boys and girls, yet while 81 per cent Of
the converts by confession of faith come
from the Sunday schools this means only
40 per cent of the schools. I'm other
words. for every two who join the church
from the Sunday schools three 90 away.
The only way To correct this Is for the
men of the church to recognize this fact
and deal with it, The women have been
doing this for some time
He declared that boys and girls are not
trained to study and that they ought to
he He sand that the majority of hov~
who graduate from college have inst
scapcd through because they never stud
led: that to attempt 10 get them 10 enter
a Bible class and study now is To ask
them to perform miracle But the Bible
is worth ~tudymg although it costs time
. money and SIN to study it Prizes and re
wards for attaining some point i'm the
course of study are all right So far as
they 20. but the greatest hnLlino mower
is the pres ntation OF the gospel of Jesus
IChrist.
This address was followed bv a question
r. nare Afterwards the convention adopt-
@ ed the following resolution. introduced
Ibv Rev. w f. Mayer. pastor of the First
u Baptist church of Bennington:
To Mrs Melissa Bates of Bennington .
@ The Vermont Baptist State convention
~ sends greeting upon this. your 10Th ami
. ver~aIy a. member of the Baptist
u church, and prays for Your continued
f. health and Christian influence
The resolution was sent at once bv telp-
graph to Mrs Bates who Is "a Years old
and is a constant attendant of the Ben
niugton church, of which she has been a
member ~ wears
The closing feature of the afternoon
program was an address bv Rev. Charlie.
IL A. BOYD of Burlington. general secretary
of the Vermont sunday School associa
tion. whose theme was EVANGELISM in th,
y Bible School Mr.. Bovd was called o.
ls after a brief notice to substitute for th,
H. speaker announced. but his address wa
49, very practical and brought ont TRUTH
which are recognized by sunday schoo
workers He did not undertake. to dis
re oouraoe evangelistic campailns. bnt AZ
IL serted that the Bible school offered +,
a, the church of Christ its greatest evangeI
istic field and force. + If not true. h.
ID said that in a majority of cases the mos
T. snlendidlv organized evangelstic cam
ld lpaiens result in audiences. - ptr cent O
at whom already are Christians? One q
I, the disheartening features of the evange
l. k1Ft Lon l11 mo-