Charlevoix county herald., 1915-11-06
Report of the
Sunday School
Convention

Shai iCNoiA Souhty ouhudy cChooi no
sociation was held in the Boyne Falls
M. f. church Oct. 81, %. 1t was open
ed by prayer service conducted by Rev.
Duffy OF Boyne City. Rev. Sheperd,
pastor of the Convention church greet
ed the visiting delegates very cordially.
Miss McManus OF Boyne City rendered
a sweet solo.
Mr.. E. X. Mohr, state worker from
New Buffalo, spoke on 'The Winning
Sunday School," He said, "We like to
belong to an organization that is a
winner and not looser There is no
success in trying to be has been, nor
will be but an User. Ask to 90 with
God when you find out where he is
going and don't try to drag him along
with you. Don't go round and round
for the man is lost who does and so is
the S. S. which makes a rut in that
way. The Bible word is go forward.
II you want to kill your S. S. start be-
hind hand, always use the same order
OF service, sing hymns in funeral march
time, 'Hark from the toombs, dole
full sound, Have your S. S. board meet
only once year.
If you want to help your S. S. have a
roll OF honor, never give prizes, use re-
wards, sometimes, recognition always,
make quarterly report to parents the
the same as in day school, plan long
time ahead for special services, have
variety in program and build it around
the lesson, use maps, charts, black
boards, bulletin boards on the outside
of the church, use printers ink, Let
the redeemed of the Lord say SO, Make
the S. S. attractive.
There are eight essentials for the
minimum standard. l. Extension
All reached. Have Home Depart
ment and Cradle Roll. 2. Organiza-
tion-All classes above thirteen years
old have officers and Co.'S. 3. Grad
ing-Grade the S. S. that there may be
advancement-Stepping stones upward.
4. Instructing--Teach missions and
temperance. 5. Educational Train
workers. 6. Workers conference
regularly held to talk over problems of
the s. S. and plan to win souls. Z.
Decision for Christ urged. s. De-
nominational offering for extension
work.
There must be affiiation for the win
ming S. S. Must send delegates to
district, county and state conventions,
send reports to conventions, send an
offering and as many subscriptions to
the state paper as possible.
There are five things that every Sun
day School must have to win. /. Must
have Bible in S. S. To say that one
has Bible S. S. when the quarterly is
used is like the conundrum heard the
other day, How many legs will dog
have if he counts his tail one?' four
of course. Counting quarterly Bible
does not make it one. 1t may be part
of the Bible as the tail is part of the
dog, that is all. 2. Have adults there
About 5000, 900 men and women have
lately come into the S. S. s thru the
adult Bible class movement. Forward
men and women is the slogan OF the
adults of today. He or she who forgets
it is like the colored man who promised
to get an old army officer to the train
on time and had nothing but an old
army horse to do il with. 1t looked
doubtful till the officer asked the
privilege of driving. He said, 'atten-
ton, charge and the old horse shot for
ward at rapid pace. When near the
station he said halt, and he stopped
quick. The colored man was greatly
surprised but concluded to try that
way to get speed out of the horse.
Later he had another man to take to
the train and was sure he could get him
there on time so said attention, charge
and the old horse shot forward. As
they neared the depot the old colored
man seemed worried and at last said,
You will have to jnmp fer dun ferget
de password. The adult movement is
so rapid today that IL you who have for
gotten the pass word want to get on
the train you will have to jnmp. g.
Training teachers. The scholar is what
the S. S. teacher is. That class that
you have had so long who have not ac-
cepted Christ is where it is because
you have not known enough-you lack
ed training. A boy was training dog
to do tricks. A man came along and
was admiring the work OF the boy and
asked to be allowed to teach the dog a
few. The boy consented. The man
worked hard but failed and turned to
boy for an explanation. The boy said,
You must know more than the dog
does il you want to teach him. In 49,