The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-16
Seeretary's Report.

The report of General Secretary A
L. Arnold 10 the members of the
executive committee. was in part "a
follows:
Fellow Laborers:
This report Of the progress and
status OF our work and OF service
covers a period OF eight months, be
ginning ginning Wit with April l and ending No
Our association has done much 10
enlarge vision, TO create harmony
ana TO ensure comfy among the
Christian forces of our common.
wealth. and by so doing It has largely
increased the surplus OF good over
evh and decreased the friction. with
/ Its resultant loss Of power
From leaders, denominational and
terdenon.inational. from lay and
ministerial workmen within and With.
out our state. come words OF appreci-
alton and appreciation and expires.
sions Of desire for closer union In
fellowship and service.
All cause for disagreement .as 10
policy has been removed. and any
difference which may now exist NAV
be said to be inherent in the indi.
vidual. rather than an official atti.
tude
A Request.
a good friend. through her will
which she Is executing during her life
the bank. awaiting instruction from
the committee as to its use. I hope
that others who desire that their
money be invested where II will con.
serve childhood may make our asso-
citation a beneficiary.
Our headquarters
our suite OF rooms in the Board OF
Trade building. the home of our West
Virginia Sunday school Association
~ center Of tremendous activity.
The ONCE hours are filled with serv.
ice that is large In the aggregate and
productive in It's returns
Miss Lulu e. Hart has been untiring
and efficient In her labors. Here Is a
service that does not place her In
the public eve. but II Is none the less
effective. and Is a very vital part OF
our Statewide propaganda
Leaflets bearing on tho different
phases Of the work to the number of
l2.4t5 have been sent out from our
ofice OF distributed ~ conventions.
through them an educational cam.
paiEn h. carried on that reaches the
utmost corners OF our State. giving
sunday school workers the best infor.
nation on all phases Of their work
our work for the 10000 colored
people Of our State is growing our
State association and the people In
our State who are bcnehciarics owe
benefactor. Mr. W y. Uartshorn. who
made b. possible. The negro Sunday
school forces now quite generally un-
dorftand the work and a service Of
larger proportions can be- performed
Beginning sunday June if and con.
tinuing eight DAYS. through tho cour-
tesy III Mr. W N Hsrtshorn and The
International SUNDAY School Associa.
ton. Or and Mrs ~ g. lyman con.
Quoted SUNDAY school institute. al
Institute. West Virginia. In connection
with the regular summer school
Your general secretary was present
one day. and spoke twice This gave
an opportunity TO attend the sessions
and observe fn numbers tho attend.
anco was Creditable. in quality the
best Dr lyman gave general inatruc.
ton. and Mrs Lyman specialized on
elementary work Tho instruction was
~ n hifh order
County Conventions
FliiF two county conventions have
been held Putnam county viii hold
be- convention in January ohio ln
March. and Mineral. which wae post.
ppuod ON account 81 ILLNESS and tho
fempdellnf uf church buIidlnr. viii
he held within The assoc Iaflon this
year
Tho hftvtwo county conventions bv
SEXUAL count show total attendance
OF i3.tfl. o. against In1yI last year.
or gain 81 1901 Tho average al.
tendance at each county convention
Do iei2 vas 90 in 1918 vas 5ss and
- your executive oNicer have ON.
ffriHeh ErurrHl supervision OF tho