Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Jackson County .i''
S. S. Convention

thursday and FRIDAY, october II an
22. The members of the variou
churches in town generously openeu
their homes to entertain the visitinj
delegates.
Eahh session was opened on tim,
by the president, Mr.. II. S. Stine O
Medford, whose specially, in presid
ing, was promptness. After the praise
service of Thursday morning a shor
address was given by the president
on "Our Hopes" followed by H. C
High on Membership" George
Iverson, the secretary and treasurer
of the county association, read pa.
per on Sunday School Finances. .
These three addresses were full OF
interest and augured well for the sue
cess of the convention. The appoint
ment of committees, announcements
and registration closed the morning
session.
Thursday afternoon session was
opened at 1:15 by a praise service,
followed by an exceedingly interest
ing and practical acrostic blackboard
talk on "The Seven Pointed Teacher, "
by Rev. C. A. Phipps, state field Sun
day school secretary. Then came the
business session, including reports of
officers, reading of minutes and roll
call of schools-the delegates from
each school standing when the re-
port from their school was given,
showing an unusually good attend
ance at this convention. At 2:45 p.
m. the conference hour and question
box, in charge of Rev. c. A. Phipps,
was one OF the most interesting fea-
lures of the convention. For the
spicy and practical solution of Sun
day school problems this leader is
surpassed by none. A unique feature
of this convention was the parade of
all the Sunday schools of the county,
planned and successfully carried out
by the president, H. S. Stine, this be-
ing the first parade of its kind ever
held in this county, The prize ban
ners given by the association to the
Sunday schools having the largest. per
cent of their enrolment in the parade
were awarded to the Talent M. E.
Sunday school, which same in autos,
buggies and decorated floats, for the
county, and for the Mission Sunday
school of Ashland for the city. The
evening session was used by Mr.. w.
c. Alloway, superintendent of the
Baptist Sunday school of Medford, he
giving an illustrated talk with paper
and crayon on "The Sunday School
Lesson Reviewed" This was intense
ly interesting and instructive.
Friday morning Rev. ]. X. Baillie
of Phoenix gave an address on the
subject of meetings, followed by Rev.
A. r. Blackstone on evangelism.
Rev. H. A. Carnahan of Ashland then
talked on the work of missions in the
Sunday schools. This session was
closed by Rev. C. A. Phipps on The
Organized Glass; Why and How?"
The last session of the convention
was opened by a praise service, fol-
lowed by Mrs. F. S. Engle, of the
Ashland NJ. e. Sunday school, on the
subject of Education" in which she
was assisted by three Sunday school
workers. The report of committees
then followed with the election of Of
ficers. DR.. Hall of Medford was
elected president, Mr.. f. Shinn of
Ashland vice-president and Mr. j. T.
Carpenter of Medford secretary and
treasurer. Mr.. G. F. Billings of Ash
land and Rev. j. X. Baillie of Phoenix
were the nominating committee with
power to fill vacancies during the
year The County Sunday School
Association depends on these new Of
ficers to do even better work for the.
coming year than that which the pres
ent management has so efficientl.-
just completed.
A new departure in the work of the
association was the creating of seven
district institutes under charge of
Mrs. A. j. Handy of Medford. They
are to be held during the year, to
reach every Sunday school in the
county, especially those in remote
sections, and annual conventions of
boys in the teen age for competitive
games and religious conferences with
State Secretary c. A. Phipps in
charge. These movements were both
endorsed by practically unanimous
vote of the convention. The dele
gates from the Baptist Sunday school
of Medford succeeded in having their
church chosen as the meeting place
for the next convention. The final
of this session was an inspir-
ing address by Rev. c. A. Phipps on
"The Sunday School a World Pow
err" in which he proved beyond ques-
tlon that he thoroughly understood
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