Evening journal., 1914-04-29


Rev. william A. Brown spoke Of 1.-THE
Missionary Measuring Rod
Charles II. Cantwell of Whining
tom submitted the annual report Of
the executive committee.
shows Need Of S1,5O0.
In the course OF his report Mr..
Cantwell said.
I'm view OF the fact that many of
the children of day school age in our
State are not enrolled IN any Sunday
school, we recommend that wherever
possible, hundred associations take
up the work of house to house visita-
tions. so that not one Of these be left
unsought by a Christian worker; that
a home department and a cradle roll
be started in every school so that
there may be a place for every one
from the youngest to the Oldest in the
Sunday school ranks
I'm order that our schools become
efficient we recommend grading
and graded lessons and that more
attention be paid to the equipment
necessary for this work Since the
success Of any school depends upon
the quality of it's teachers, we plead
for a teachers training class in every
school. We further recommend the
more general observance of Associa-
ton Day on the first Sunday in May.
We suggest that our county associa-
tions hold a series of departmental
conferences in order that better and
more efficient work be done AS the
great leak in the Sunday schools is
during the teen period we recon-
mend the organization of the inter-
mediate and senior classes. Fifteen
hundred dollars is needed to carry on
the work as planned for next year,
and we recommend that the executive
committee be authorized TO raise that
amount"
Miss Barker's Report.
Miss Edna c. Barker. general sec
retary, told of a substantial gain in
membership during the year.
I'VE are getting to be big family"
she said. 1--WE now number $1,000,
including the babies on the Cradle
Roll, and the mothers and fathers,
the grandfathers and grandmothers,
the shut-ins and shut-Outs who are
members of the Home Department.
This is a gain of 1898 new members
the past year. For a Front Line
Hundred we have waited long, and
today New Castle county can boast
OF the only Front Line Hundred in
the State. AppoQuinimink hundred
received at the County Convention
last October, the first Front Line Ban
ner 10 be given In the State other
hundreds are nearing the line and
with a little help and a word of cheer
along the way, they will soon stand
shoulder TO shoulder with Appoquini-
mink.
There has been a decrease in the
Ground Hog variety of Sunday
schools for which we give thanks;
still there are 7S Sunday schools Of
this variety left. Thirty-four of these
are in New Castle county, twenty
two in Kent, and twenty-five in Sus-
sex.
"Best of all. the Church of our Lord
Jesus Christ has received 1875 acces-
sions from the schools this past year
My work in the field includes attend
ance upon eighteen convention. many of
the hundred conventions being held dur
ing the time l was attending the worlds
convention in Zurich. Seven workers'
Institutes have been attended. four mis-
sionary Institutes, seven Sunday schools
have been visited, and many commiNee
meetings attended. AZ each of these
meetings addresses have been made or
conferences held. Several meetings Of
elementary unions have been attended.
From the Office ! have sent out l343
letters and 6l0 mimeowaphed letters.
making a total of 1853 letters"
J. II. Burns. of Wilmington. financial
secretary. in the course of his report.
said Last year the schools contributed
an average OF about two cents per
member for state, county and hundred