The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-14
COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOLS CONVENE
Twelfth Annual Meeting Being Held in
West Brattleboro-State Secre-
tary Gives an Address.

The 10Th annual convention of the
Windham County Sunday School associa-
ton opened this morning at 10 o'clock
in the West Brattleboro Congregational
church with a praise service conducted by
Rev. F. NJ Fuller of Richford. Rev
Henry Lamb, president of the association.
welcomed the delegates on behalf of the
West Brattleboro church In the absence
of the secretary, w. H. Farr of Bellows
Falls, Ernest w Dunl1lee of South Yer
non was elected secretary pro tenn
The address of the morning session was
by Rev c. A Boyd, general secretary of
the Vermont Sunday School association
His subject was Is the Sunday School a
Worth While Propositiony
There are those he said, in every com
munity who believe that the Sunday
school is not worth while They consider
it is well enough for children and young
people The Sunday school is school
for any age and place because of its fell
lowship. 1t is primarily a church school.
The Sunday school is worth while be-
cause of its instruction in the Bible No
person is educated who is not familiar
with The Book Eliminate from Shalls-
pere, Tennyson and our own Whittier
their references to the scriptures and
nothing would be left but meaningless
jnmble.
| 1t is worth while to the individual be
cause of the spirit of evangelism and be-
cause of the wide opportunity it gives for
service 1t is of real value to the family
because of its cooperation in religious
training.
The Sunday school is the church's great
est recruiting station, but an army does
mot stop at the recruiting station An
army trains the enlisted men for service
We often think it sufficient to get the
children into the church and then stop.
I The Sunday school is worth while be
cause it is the most inclusive and effective
training school. The Sunday school Is tn,
church's greatest opportunity for action
The future missionaries are to come from
the Sunday school Training classes arr
necessary, not only to train teachers bu
the officers
/ \ Robert Raikes, who established tn,
first Sunday school to teach boys ant
girls to read and write in order that thel
might read the Bible, paid his teacher
33 cents a day On that basis the Sun
day school teachers today are rendering
service Of monetary value of over $40,
O00,000.
! If the Sunday school is of value it de
serves a larger investment on the part 0
the church of time and nrvney Churche
are too often built for worship and no
for work We must plan net for mex
Sunday, but for the years to come. Mos
Of Us do not aim at anything and 50 d
not get anywhere.
Three things are necessary plan an
push, but also pray. Without prayer til
others do not count The prophets me-
sage comes to Us. Not by might or b
power but by Ny spirit. saith the Lor
of Hosts The Sunday school is wort
while.
The district superintendents reporte
briefly and their reports showed the SUI
day schools of the district to be in
flourishing condition. Just before the az
Ijournment at noon the necessary eommi
tees were appointed and the conventic
broke up into groups for the meetings
the afternoon, which are for the eleme
tary, secondary and adult departments.