Arizona republican., 1915-04-11
FOR THE BENURMtMT
 OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Address to superintendents by Presi-
 dent Wilkinson

Dr. w. w. Wilkinson president of the Maricopa County Sunday School Association in order to give impetus to 8 cooperative movement has issued the following address to all Sunday School superintendents:
 Dear Superintendent:
 What glorious privilege is yours, to be captain of one of the companies, which with thousands of other like companies compose the Worlds Sunday School AssOciation-in which are en- listed nearly thirty million, under the banner of the Cross-much the great est army or organization on the earth today
 New recruits are enlisting at the rate of about 20,000 each week, and every Sunday sees an average of nearly ters of our churches.
 When will war cease? When the majority of the people on earth are in the Bible Schools. Europe, and espe- cialiy Germany, has made tremendous strides in so-called civilization; her commercial. scientific, social and civic development has surpassed all that has gone before.
 Where has she failed? Where has Europe and the world failed. In the heart life. Man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh upon the heart"
 When will sin, sickness and sorrow cease? When mankind daily and pray eriully read Gods word, and the deep- est passion of their nature finds it's fullest expression in the words of our Lord. Thy will not mine. be done"
 It Is the privilege of each member of the Sunday School to have an impor- tant part in hastening the day when every knee shall bow" if humblv cnd prayerfully they will let God use them.
 There are about seventy Sunday Schools in MaricOpa county. God will ing. your County President will visit every one before our County Conven- tion next spring.
 We hope to receive quarterly reports from each school, and also hope these reports may show steady growth. of not less than 25 per cent, for each
 
 during the year.
 We shall endeavor to hold at lea one District Convention during the year: the plan is for a team of leading Sunday School workers of the county to come to you for Sunday, holding two or three sessions as may be desired by the schools of the District.
 Our hope is that there will he a Teachers Training Class organized in each school especially among the young people.
 Our International Sunday School As- sociation of North America tjthes to the Worlds Sunday School Association Arizona State Sunday School Associa ton tithes to the International Asso- ciation. We hope many of the Sunday schools will feel that they can contri- pute sum equal to 10 per cent of theA running expenses to the County Asso- citation.
 We hope to make our next County Convention the greatest in attendance instruction and inspiration that ha. ever beer held
 We shall want to bring in several strong Sunday School workers. who will come if expenses are guaranteed Our county budget will amount tr about s250.00. and in addition we should raise two or three times this amount for the support of state work NO salaries are paid any county off. ccr.
 Can our time or money be more profitably spent than in promoting tn, growth Of the greatest of schools-tht Bible School? That We may win for the Lamb that was slain, the reward O his suffering"