South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEN
OPEN CONVENTION
More Than 200 Delegates
Present From Adjacent
Cities.

The Goshen District Sunday School
and Religious Workers institute open
ed a two days conference in the
Methodist Memorial church Monday
afternoon. Although the attendance
was large both at the afternoon and
evening sessions. 200 more delegates
from the various surrounding cities
and towns are expected today.
The perplexing problems and diff
culties pertaining to the Sunday
schools were discussed by speakers
from the board of Sunday schools Of
the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev.
j. V Thompson. the first speaker Of
the afternoon dwelt on "Traing For
Leadership" The Sunday school
worker he said, must not only know
his message but must know his pupil
and above all the method by which
this message should be effectively
brought 10 the pupil In order to
accomplish this, three things must
ne provided. he said. Training for
future leadership. increasing efficiency
OF present leaders, and a supply of eff
ficient substitute leaders. For these
results young men and women between
The ages Of IL and p should be trained
for the future leadership during reg
ular Sunday school sessiOn-Others
must be trained at some other hour.
End OF Religion Is Character.
Rev. william S Bovard. on THE
Adult Awakening" said in part:
I'VE are in the midst of a great
adult akening. The emphasis in
our message Of today is that the end
OF religion is character and life rath-
er than destiny. We are asking peo-
pie TO be Christians not to escape the
fer qfef
better and more active and efficient
men and women. our message is to
express religion in its service to their
fellow men as we'll as in the activities
OF worship. life is a unit: il cannot
be separated into compartments, re-
ligiOus or secular. The Christian
should be interested in social and in
dustrial justice and not only in sa-
cred worship"
The last speaker of the afternoon
Rev. II. G. Wilson, outlined the "Or-
gaDizaton For Efficiency" in which
he said:
The secret Of organization for eff
ficiency lies in a definitely outlined
program for the school with every
task definitely assigned, and some
plan by which every person is checked
up, SO it can be known whether he
has performed his duty"
Among the delegates attending the
institute from Elkhart, Tippecanoe.
Nappanee. Valentine, KendallvilIe.
Goshen and many other cities and
towns. are:
Rev. J. M. Avann, Rev. ]. C. Ben
son, Rev. J. Wyant. Mrs. G. c. Mich
OILS, Mrs. Ocey Sailor, Miss Nina Nc
Carter Mrs. r A. Morrison. Miss
Grace O'Hearn, Miss MabeTe EngeI.
Mrs. +. Smith. William Sparrows.
Frank Beidler. Mrs. EsteIle Foster.
Mrs. Rose Miller Mrs. G.. Mayfield.
Mrs. l.. Hooper. Mrs. w. +. Moree.
Mrs. Ina Parker. Frank Morrison. H.
i. Sylvester, Rev. S. Powell. VIII II.
Menaugh, W. II. Hess. Mrs. +. h. En-
inert, Miss Gladys Brown. Rev. Dale
Beatty, Rev. A L Lamport. Rev.
Karl Carlson, Rev. Frank Burns. Rev.
G. w. Shoemaker. Rev. Jesse Denbo.
Rev. q. +. Hubbard, Rev. II w
Parks DR.. and Mrs. +. A. CARPENTER
Mrs. j. J. Naylor, Mrs a. Decker. Miss
Rose CrOwcu. Mrs c. G. Price. Y. ID.
Weaver. Emil Franz. Mr. and Mrs.
l.. G.. Young Rev. H. Boase. Edgar A
Hess. William Thomas. Misses Audra
and Olive Sears and DR.. and Mrs. A.
X. Wyatt.