The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-02
The Golden Jubilee" S. S. Convention


1915, with delegation Of l416 Sun
day school workers. The convention
held one general session each day at
the 3rd Beptist church, and the after
noon and evening sessions were divided
into departmental conferences suitable
to the different sunday school interests.
| attended the county officers depart
ment, as l thought these meetings
would be the most helpful TO me. l
will not attempt, however, to give a
full account Of each meeting, as space
will not permit.
The fist general session opened with
Stand Up. Stand Up for Jesus" the
fourteen hundred voices blended into
a beautiful chorus, followed by prayer
by DR.. George Of DEury College.
Among the addresses were Three
Studies in the Problem Books" by
DR.. John A. Rice Of St. Louis, Job
being the study this morning. He
vividlY pictured Jobs early wealthy
home life, and later his property losses
and finally his afiiiction, during which
time Job even curses the day he was
born, and cries out: God, why art
thou treating me so?" But after
all all Of his suffering and disappoint,
ment in life Job in his old days comes
10 know God better than ever before.
And the question is asked, what had
Job done TO cause all this mental and
physical suffering, and the answer
comes, Nothing" Into each life
there comes "a rainy day." Sorrow
and trouble often come when least ex'
pec,ed, and this is the time when God
is ever ready to help, ready to cheer,
just when we need him most.
Rev, w. J, Wilkerson OF St. Louis
spoke on the unity Of the churches,
showing how close the churches come
together by working together, and on
the other hand, how far apart they
become by disputing with each other.
The first departmental session l al.
tended was presided over by Mr.. Ster-
ling Williams, whom so many OF US
already know and admire for his en-
thusiasm.
Mrs. Bryner, International Elemen
tary Superintendent, spoke briefly on
the proper classification OF the children
below the teens, and the proper in
structions for elementary pupils, max
ing plea for trained teachers.
Mr.. John Alexander, international
Secondary Superintendent, who is
known all over the country as the
greatest teen age specialist in North
America, talked about Organized
classes, teen age activities, and urged
that schools become familiar with the
literature on this subject, which can
be had for the asking.
Next speaker was Mr.. w. c. Pearce,
International Adult Superintendent.
He said he was tired OF hearing so
much about children being in Sunday
school, as If the Sunday schools were
made only for children. He said there
was place in every Sunday school fer
big, strong men. Mr.. Pearce was a
lawyer, and would judge from his
fue personality that he must have been
a good one, but he got so interested
in teaching men how to get the most
out Of life that he quit the law practice
and is now giving his entire time to
the Sunday school work OF North
America.
Tuesday night, Prof. w. S. Athearn
Of Des Moines spoke Of Americas
Crisis" He brought out very force
fully the need Of closer cooperation
between the forces that train the re.
lligious side OF the child's nature and
the educational institutions Of our
country.
Wednesday morning Mr.. Pearce ex
p'ained the International Training
School at Lake Geneva. The school
holds ten days session in July for the
purpose Of training Sunday school
leaders. Missouri has been leading in
this training school. Missouri camp
conference girls won the international
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