The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-07
Why they ACTED.
Topeka Preachers Claim House Con
victed By HI Own WordA

vfcted By HI Own WoedA
DR.. Roy b. 0ufld, DR.. r. L Love-
land aud the Rev. Ralph Ward. Who
compose the special work committee
Of the Topeka Ministerial Union. have
prepared an explanation relative to
the action taken Monday morning by
the ministerial union In repudiating
the Junior Association with headQuar-
tiers at Topeka.
The explanation follows:
In his defense In print House states:
In our personal conversations with
ministers and in . letter from one OF
the ministers we have been told that
some have taken OffenDe at q state.
ment pubhshed In tho Junior Herald
advising that In case the teacher re-
fuses to NIL out the Junior report
Sunday school where the teacher viii
fill out the card.
This position Il not in harmony
with the policy Of the Junior assoct-
alton and such advice has never ap.
peared in our own literature nor In q
vice is a mistake. We want to say
right here that we do not ask any
child to leave his Sunday school We
desire every child to continue right in
the Sunday school he is In when he
becomes Junior"
In Vol I. No. Of the Junior Her
aid. published at Paris, Tex, January
1913, under the caption. Brother
Houses Chat With His juniors" il
the following statement:
''I do not care which Sunday school
you attend, but do want you to go
to Sunday school where tho teacher
10 interested enough In you to cheer
fxr11v md raroP,s1lv f71h nu,f vOpir rc.
port card for you every Sunday. If
your teacher at one Sunday school
persfstently refuses to fill out your
Sunday school report card for you, go
to some Sunday school where you can
find q teacher that will do 1t for you
cheerfully. Sunday schools all teach
the Bible and it makes but little diff
ference which Sunday school you at
tend anyway. It makes q lot Of diff
ference about your Sunday school re-
port card-and it must be filled out
by your teacher or it will appear that
the teacher is not very much inter-
ested In you after all"
A Year Later.
One year later in Vol II, No. 1.
January. 1914. the Junior Herald pub
lished at Mt. Morris, ILL.,, under the
caption, Brother Houses Chat With
His Juniors" the following state
ment:
Under this heading will appear
each month Brother Houses personal
message to his Juniors.
Each Junior should be a regular
reader of the Junior Herald that he
may get the personal message which
Brother House presents in this space.
Help Me Little.
when / sold my interest in The
Junior Herald to The Junior Herald
Publishing company I did SO because
7 fl1r nioH fho n h.
lish the paper. The new company
realized that it would take a lot of
money and a lot of subscriptions to
make possible the kind of a paper each
month that our Juniors need to read.
Therefore. they got me to promise that
I would see to it that $500 Juniors
would subscribe for the Junior Herald.
made the promise and want every
one OF you who has not already SUBJ
scribed to send The Junior Herald your
subscription at once and help me to
keep my promise
Reason for Changing Sunday Schools.
THE Junior Association does not care
what Sunday school you attend-just
50 you are In some Sunday school ev-
cry Sunday and know your lesson well
and behave yourself properly and have
the teacher mark on your Quarterly
Sunday school report card whether you
were present or absent each Sunday;
whether your lesson was poor, good or
excellent, and whether your behavior
was poor, good or excellent. In case
your teacher refuses to do this each
Sunday or your Sunday school superin-
tendent refuses to ssign the card at
the end OF the quarter just tell them
that you have to go to Sunday school
where you can get your card signed.
Then change Sunday schools and you
will find that other teachers will be
glad to take the time necessary to
properly fill out and sign your card"
Out of His Own Mouth.
The public is left to draw its own
conclusions concerning the ministers
union. One year 1ntervened between
the publication of the two statements
by Mr.. House, showing it was a policy
published a second time after an
abundance of time for deliberation
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