The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-01-04
CUT new SCHEMES;
STUDY YOUR BIBLE
THE REV. DR.. CHRISTIAN GIVES
ADVICE TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION DELEGATES.

The Rev. Jno. T. Christian, pastor Of
the First Baptist church Of this city,
threw bomb in the camp of the mod
ern Sunday school worker yesterday
afternoon when in . clear-cut, vigorous
talk before the Forrest County Sunday
School Association ne declared that
we must abandon all kinds Of new
tangled" schemes and get down to
studying the Bible.
He said: We have turned man
into a machine. We boast of bring
ing cur Bibles to church, but bringing
them is all we do with them. We
never look at them during the week.
We learn the Sunday school lesson
from various sources and neglect the
Book of all Books. We must forsake
this. We must quit all kinds of Sun
day school Robbery and get down to
studying the Bible if we expect to
make the Sunday school what it ought
to be. Nothing can take the place of
the Bible, but the reading and study
ing of the Bible is being sadly me-
elected"
These remarks we're uttered at the
final session of the convention yester-
day afternoon before the largest crowd
that had attended any meeting.
DR.. Christian spoke on 1.-THE Pastor
and the Sunday School" He described
the ideal pastor as one conservative
in doctrine, aggressive in action, and
efficient as a leader of his people.
His rebuke to the modern Sunday
school was brought forth while he
described the widening gulf between
the church and the Sunday school and
pleaded for a healing Of the breach.
Despite the fact that attendance was
not what was expected, the Information
al workers we're well pleased with the
convention. Mr.. Long expressed him.
self as being satisfied with the work
DONE
At the Saturday night session the
Rev. Frank James led the devotional
exercises. w. A. Chisholm followed
with a talk on pointers" He de-
clared the purpose Of the Sunday
school was threefold, to convert the
pupil, to develop character, and to pre-
pare for service. He said that the
Sunday school was the most potent
factor In the world. today. He men,
toned the fact that there are 10000
Sunday schools in America today with
an attendance of 1S,441,036. But"
he said, there are 104,000,000 un-
touched. Our problem is to reach
these. We must reach them by get
ting information, instruction, and in
SEPARATION from the world, the Internal
tional, state and district associations
and giving 1t, in turn, to the county
conventions which gives 1t to the To-
cal Sunday school, the Sunday school
to the home and the home to the boy
and girl"
The Rev. e. ID. Solomon gave a re-
view of last years lessons and pre-
view of this years lesson. This was
very instructive to the delegates in
attendance.
Miss Resale Edwards, one of the
International workers, spoke Saturday
night on Missions in Sunday school
and Sunday afternoon on how to enlist
those not already in the Sunday
school. These talks were very in
structive, presenting the problems
and offering solutions for them.
Before final adjournment commit
tee was appointed with Ben M. Foster
as chairman, to secure the 1916 state
convention Of Sunday School Workers.
This committee will seek the aid of
the Commercial Club in securing the
convention.
Over 400 delegates and 1000 visitors
I'LL -