The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-05
|OR. VANCE DELIVERS
IMPRESSIVE SE0M0N
STRESSES NEED OF RELIGION IN
TALK BEFORE SUNDAY-scHOOL
WORKERS CONFERENCE.
M A N Y AT SERVICES
ADDRESSES OF PROMINENT WORK.
ERs ENJOYED ny LARGE:
CHOwDS--ALL PHASES
DISCUSSED.
NJ A NY AT SERVICES

School Workers conference was held
last night in the Grace Street Pres
byterian church. There was a thrill
and inspiration which permeated the
meetings from to 9:i5 o'clock As
the workers dispersed there were re-
marks and congratulations expires.
sions of deep appreciation and feel
ing that the work In the Sunday
%t~ef IT Richmond would take on
new life.
*...> lev. II. j Williams opened the
exercises and Immediately thereafter
Mrs. j. Calvin Stewart gave splen-
did talk on Adult Bible Glass for
Women"
I Eugene Massie. so we'll known to
all Richmonders as prominent sun
day school worker handled the topic
OF Adult Bible Glass for Men. He
laid emphasis upon the fact that the
teacher must be saturated with the
word of God and keep in touch with
the rest Of Tho world through the IN
lternational Sunday school lessons
| which are now used in most denomi-
nations,
Il K. W, Davis, who Is well trained
in Sunday school work. stated that
often there were It's and misfits in
the official stan of sc honl. Find out
what your helpers can best do, Money
spent In detail work is we'll spent. he
said. in touching upon the detail
| work
Old Fashioned WAY.
L Under The subject. Program" s.
b. Love emphasized that the old style
way with spirituality was better than
the new style without II.
X, w. Miles, Jr.. who is engaged In
playground. scout and other import
ant enterprises of our city, handled
he. s1th9 Iaf s.,
ance" in an impressive manner. There
must he loyalty, enthusiasm. coop
GRAFTON on the part Of the teachers
with the superintendent he said, with
live, wide-awaks OPENING and closing
exercises.
Quoted by Rev. DIR. w, l.. Lingic, the
points brought out Of interest to Rich
monders was that Richmond was for
ltunate in having the Union Thealogi-
cal seminary and other coed eduea-
tionai institutions in its midst from
| which to provide teachers training
classes.
Supefintendants must plan carefully
objective work for the next sunday
with a welI-wrpught out plan, this is
his week day duty. To create a school
spirit there must he loyalty ta the
| school and then to the class on the part
If the scholar, as is the ease of col
iegs, spirit so prominent these days.
The proper spirit cannot be created
by artificial means. There must al
WAYS be a person behind it-~a person
aiitY-aHd the superintendent should
have a good case OF it him self
disqualification Of song service
was given by Young Peoples society
of Hoge Memorial Songs of progress
siye action from one to another was
the style.
LARGE Crowd Present.
At o'clock the main auditorium
Of the church was rapidly filing with
all denominations and classes Of re-
igisus workers eager to hear the
speaker NJ the afternoon the Rer DR..
/ James l. Vance, of Nashville Tenn His
subject was rs 1t Worth while For
A Young Man To BE Religious
None but those who have heard Or.
Vance have any conception of his mag
netie, forceful power on the platform.
Selecting as his text, Eph =. 1e We
are His Workmanship. created in Christ
Jesus unto good works" he began
his scholarly address with the state
ment 9that such a question a. the sub
jeet assigned would not be ask ed were
it not for the fact that many have al
| ready answe cred it in the negative.
J Whether young old life should he
dominated by religious motives" he
said
u grant IL is not as easy for
.
used to be. No enc has ever taken
the trouble to teach them of the things
they ought to know" he continued, bat
man will be soul long time after
he ceases to be a body. 1t takes a
soul to lift body. How many parents
are training their children to know
God?" he asked. "Is 1t any wonder
that ship with neither rudder nor pilot
goes upon the rocks.
Churcl, n Back Number? i
You argue that this is a scientific
age. the young man has mind. let
him take care Of himself We have
( q growing generation of youth who
regard the church as "A superfuous
institution and a back number
| don't blame the youth frem kick
ing such a form of counterfeit as
| "ean't,1 which Is only an affeCtation
of religion" Continuing, he said:
| The middle ages were creed max
ing age, they did not have a monop-
oily of making truth. BY religion
| do not mean Puritanism; it's rever-
enee was magnificent, but its gloom
was fearful.
| BY being religious three things are
meant:
First-"Belief in Supreme Being
| and life dominated by that Be-
ing"
Second Belief in the immortal |
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