Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-08

LOifNon county gathered at the f1rSt Baptist church on Wednesday at the Fifth annual convention of the New London county Sunday school associ- at1on. The large assemblage mani rested much enthusiasm in the work of the convention which consisted of | the hearing of the various reports of the departmental work, the election of officers to serve the coming year and addresses on several topics of vital interest to the association.
 There were two sessions, one in the | morning and the other in the after | noon, with a recess at noontime during | which quite a few of those present en- | joyed the delicious menu served by | the ladies of the First Baptist church | in the church basement as follows:
 Cold Ham |
 Cabbage Salad in Tomato Shells Sweet and White Potatoes
 Baked Beans
 Pickles Brown Bread Rolls rsa Apple Pie .otfoo Pumpkin H2iind Pie ,,.
 The ladies in charge of the luncheon were Mrs. Minnie Auburn, Mrs. Fred Wilson, Mrs. Arthur Howard, Mrs. Charles Cross. Mrs. Herbert Wiley and Mrs. Frank Lathrop, while the wait reSses were Mrs. Arthur Blackledge, Mrs William Breed. Mrs. Anna Swan, and Mrs. William KoonZ. Mrs. William Gilchrist sold luncheon tickets.
 Morning Session.
 The morning session opened at 10: Az o'clock with a. praise and devotional service led by Rev. G. H. Strouse, the pastor of the church. After this a most interesting report of the Interna-. tfona1 Convention at Chicago was given by Miss Ellen Colt, state dele gate. In part Miss Colts report was as follows:
 I wish to emphasize some of the things seen and heard at the Great T.A faH would not be likely to experience at our state convention. In the first place the audience was composed of strong men and women from all over the world with the looks on their faces which we all recognize of work done and better work.
 It was an impressive sight to watch the welcome accorded to the two Japanese delegates who were there from that f1owery kingdom to extend ah invitation to Japan in 1916 to the next worlds Sunday school conven- ton.
 Another impressive meeting I at tended was at the Moody church. Dingy and battered looking but truly a temple of God, where the Holy Spirit has touched hundreds of men.
 The conferences were most helpful. | Monday afternoon there was a confer | ence on graded lessons in the parish house of the Fourth Presbyterian | church. The Teacher Training con- ference on Tuesday afternoon was a 1 most helpful one. There were nearly | twice as many men present as women, and all very much in earnest in this matter of teacher training.
 | Delegates if we are to win the boys and girls for Christ not one here and | there, but all of them we must have l faithful teachers who know what they | are to teach; who know whom they l are to teach: and who know how to teach. How can they know unless they | themselves are taught?
 Miss Colt closed by quoting "Our
 Aim' which is as. follows: Our aim is to know God as revealed in na.- ture, in the heart of man and ir | Christ. To exercise toward God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, oul
 Lord and Saviour, trust, obedienct and worship.
 To kHow and to do our duty to Goo
 and to Others. and to know and do oul
 duty to ourselves.
 The Bugle Call was then sung witt
 Mrs. E. I.aRue Bliven at the piano.
 The Secondary Department. The Secondary Department was ths
 subject of the address given by Rev
 Herbert J. Wyckoff pastor of thu | Second Congregational church, w91icl was presented in an interesting ant convincing manner.
 Rev. MT. Wyckoff has made thf subject a study and spoke from eX perience. He opened by stating tha there were different kinds of Sunda. ; schools. Some schools meet within } four walls and then there are thos
 who divide themselves into claSse } and go each into separate room 7 There are three clear cut divisions il 3 your schools, he said, and the lines ar clearly drawn. The first division l
 the period before adolescence the sec ond sithe period during adolescence : and the last is the period afte ; adolescence. This makes the thre r sorts of lines in the school sucl as the feeling, the thinking and tn l speaking. The speaker told of tn ) manner of conducting a primary clas 1 and of the adults, the latter to b 3 fed of solid meat and not of milk a is the younger. Then there Is tn 3 primary or secondary division wnlcl . is as distinct as are the other two l Any one going to teach this division I should bear in mind they are as dis : tinct from each other as morning l g from night The greatest question said the speaker is, how is the teache : going to get into the crowd or gang
 He said that would come alright a
 the teacher would be invited and b.
 being one of them in appearance ou
 continuing with loftier thoughts an
 sayings which would not be recogniz |, ed as rebukes there would be cement T ed a friendship that would be lasting . . It depends on the teacher whether tn 'I class members will be guided right. n Organizations important.
 A forceful and convincing addres y on the Adult Department was the $ given by General Secretary Edwin Hi '. of the Y. NJ. c. A He said the teach d CT does not realize the importance c : organization. Where there is organi II zation the spirit put into teaching ,t superior. If there is one weak spo IL that stands out in church and Sunda z school work, the speaker said, 1t ap . peared to him it was in the fact tha II the individual is not given enough t do. He pointed out the great sue T cess of the German army against tn -,.' allied forces and gave it as his oplp ion that organization was back or all. What stands back of the prom1n
 ent saloons off the best street corner
 Nothing but liquor traffic organlza
 ton. We must have organization l
 the Sunday school to accomplish re = suits he said. It helps to develop apil t ity. It brings out efficiency and tn = best there is in a man or woman. or d ganization makes the connections be d tween ability and need and by apply 0 ing need and abaility with eftlcienc
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