Evening star., 1914-11-10

Mr.. Hostetler said that according to
the latest Sunday school statistics
there are more than 1900 900 scholars
in the schools of this country.
Perhaps no feature in the District
of Columbia he said, should be
pushed more vigorously than adult
Bible class work. Let us have at least
one mems class and one women.s in
each school. The rapid growth of our
larger schools dates from the time they
began to emphasize the adult Bible
class work.
THE Elementary Teachers Union is
in a flourishing condition., he SAID
later in his address. weekly meet
ings for the study of the elementary
lessons are held. Text books on teach
topics are discussed at these meetings.
The home department is doing
splendid work by keeping open the
path that leads from the home TO the
school A session of this convention
is devoted to this work.
"A most important factor in a SUNDAY
school is the teacher. Rally days ard
canvassing for new members will &C
complish little in the way OF permanent
results if the school does not have the
teachers to take care of the new mem
bers. The association desires to en-
phasiZe teacher training. The superin-
tendent of that department has been
given u place on our program.
Showing of Year.
This years report, compared with
that of last year. shows an increase of
3S per cent in enrolment. & per cent
in average attendance, 10 per cent in
the amount of money contributed and
sk per cent in the number from the
schools uniting with the church. There
are thirty-two schools having 800 or
1a1
Our schools have co-oper2ted nobly
with the various prohibition organiZa-
tions of the District of Columbia. The
schools should be urged to continue in
are sold in the District Of Columbia it
will be difficult matter for the ad1oin-
ing counties of Maryland and Virginia
to enforce their Droh hilton laws.
The text book of the Sunday school
not only for the members of the
hools. but also for the families in the
vicinity of the schools. Those who
have canvassed the situation are sur
prised at the number of homes that do
not have a copy of the Bible. The Chi
cago agency secretary of the Amerl-
can Bible Society makes this state
ment: Our colporteurs discover that
from 35 pe- cent OF the people in the
best churched sections up to IS per
cent in the worst are without the Word
of Cod The work of distributing the
our schools. The Washington City Bible
Society is ready to cooperate in this
work"
Committees for Convention.
President Hostetler named the fol-
lowing committees:
Nomination-L. D. Alden, chairman;
c. A Baker, ]. S. Barker, ]. F. Bolen.
H. l. Buell.. Z. D. Burchard. Rev c. H.
Butler S. NJ. Croft r. A. Ford, Percy S.
Foster. Rev. C. f. Fu'tE Norton II
Little. J. A: Macelwee. F. w. Matthews.
H. Richardson. Dr. L. A. Sadler. H. NJ
Shook and c. r. Unger.
Resolutions-H. l.. Buell.. chairman;
William H. H. Smith. Rev. Charles II.
Butler, William Knowles Cooper. F. c
Mason. Mrs NJ. J. Vaughan, A. c. Ridg-
way, Mrs. H. 3. Moulton and D. H.
Sherman.
The annual report of J. H. Lichliter.
treasurer, showed total receipts oe
s563.96,. with disbursements of s4S2.9O.
leaving balance in the treasury of
the union of ss1.O6.
Helps for the Teacher.
Marion Lawrance. general secretary
of the International Sunday School
Union, made a brief address during the
session. in which he said it was inspir-
ing to be greeted by an audience which
packed the edif1ce.
Early in his remarks he declared that
and sympathy are two
wonderful helps to the successful
Sunday school teacher. NO teacher"
he said, who allows either anger, pride
or jealousy to come into his or her
heart can ever do justice to the work
OF the school"
Special attention, he declared, should
ever be given by the teacher to his or
her voice in addressing the pupils, for
in this way a large influence on the
young mind is eXerted.
The voice should ever be moduiated
he said, to a low tone--a helpful tone
and one which sympathizes with the
scholar in all the problems coming up
before the child.
Musical Program Rendered.
4 musical program was rendered
during the evening, to which the fol-
lowing contributed: Miss Marguerite
Allen, Mrs. Louis Potter, Miss Helen L.
Crennan. Mrs. Harry HURT, Mrs. Edwin
Callow, Miss Emma Houchen, Miss Har-
riet Shaw, Miss May Whitaker, Miss
Marian Larner, Messrs. George Ross.
Frank Z. Boyer. d. G. Angloine, W. E.
Braithawatte, Edwin Callow, Harry H.
Campbell. A. Pedersen and Walter T.
Watson.
Rev. E. K. Hardin of Mount Vernon
Church conducted the devotional serv-
ice, while Rev. Cove Griffith Johnson
of Emmanuel Baptist Church, delivered
the benediction.
At a preliminary meeting yesterday
afternoon General Secretary Lawrance
conducted a preliminary conference,
which was attended by many Sunday
school workers.
A Sunday school exhibit is being
held in the basement of the church.
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