Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-13

Fifty Sunday schools were repre- sented by 150 delegates at the seventh annual convention of the New London County Sunday School Association held Thursday in this city Ut the Cen tral Baptist church. Rev. Ii. J. Wyckoff, pastor of the Second Congre- gationaI church of this city and pres ident of the association presided at the convention which opened at l0:3o with a praise and devotional service, led by Rev. Joel B. Slocum,s D. D., pastor of the Central Baptist church.
 In his annual address President Wyckoff referred to the various names by which schools have been known, Sabbath school, Sunday school, Bible school School of Religion, Church school, but whatever the name of these schools there is three fold aim in them.
 Education of head, attempt to draw out mind of pupil toward the truth.
 Education of the heart. Truth must touch the heart. A deeper purpose than education of the head is the ed ucation of the heart.
 Education of the hand. There must be the spirit of helpfulness, generosi- ty, sympathy, the act of service. Hand takes truth as presented to the head, and felt in the heart and devotes It as an act of service.
 The r6IdC1On the 1I1OlNIuldl u lIl6 school was the subject upon which Edwin Hill, General Secretary of the local Y. NJ. c. A. spoke. Secretary Hill said in part:
 We all have very vital relationship to those across the sea, to those in darkness, to our own land, to our own community, to the home, to the church and the Sunday school. He dwelt on the very vital relation of the individ- ual to the Sunday school and the church. Every member of the Sun day school should be warm hearted, loyal, social, ready to welcome strang CTS, spread abroad love. Sunday school is a. place where we study Gods word. Study to show myself ap- proved of God. No one is fully edu- cated unless he has a knowledge of the Bible," says one.
 So the study of the Bible is neces- sary for the protection and elevation of the town. It also feeds the soul The Sunday school is the real field in which Christian workers labor. It is a. great privilege that the teachers in the Sunday schools have Teachers should. not think of preparation as a matter of duty, but as privilege to so prepare as to convey the proper message to the pupils, always remem- bering the relationship of teacher to pupil. We need to remember the re- lationship, privilege and opportunity.
 The County Secretary.
 Arthur M. Brown of Jewett City spoke on The Relationship of the Sup erintendent to the County Secretary and he said in part:
 We all know that such officers as county secretary exist, and exist for a purpose. If any life is to achieve much it must make the most of it's opportunities and relationship to others The same Is true nT inc i ItIITI IOT1 of ganization is to help members. So state and county Sunday school asso- citations arc to help the Sunday school workers uperintendent is head of his school, and county secretary is executive representative of the direc- tors of the Sunday school workers. There is a very close relationship be- tween the Sunday school and the ex- ecutiVe board of the Sunday school associations. The secretary sends messages of the executive board and the superintendent should receive and take note of these messages forthey are of vital importance. It is import ant in the work of starting young souls along right lines that the super intendent of a Sunday school should have interest in the school SD as to give due consideration to all com of the county secretary as the official representative of those who have the welfare of the Sunday school at heart.
 Rev. H. s. Foster of Noank give an address on The Relation of the School to the County Association. He said in part:
 The other speakers had covered some of the points that he had n mind when of the individual school to the county association. There must be education of head, heart, hand, thus work and climb, show loyalty to de- nominations then climb still higher to get a broader view as our relation of the church to the county and state associations
 It is undeniably true that we need contact with other schools and that these are common problems and re- sponsibilities- There is the family and spirit which brings re- sponsibility.
 Benefits of county association are: That the association becomes, clearing houses for problems in addition to per- sonal broadening vision we have specialists who are prepared and anx- ious to help; officers give inspiration; we should cultivate the relationship to county and state officers Schools are helped by the fellowship of the county association, as the superin- tendents of various departments. What we make of that which is offered determines its value.
 An offering was taken for the work Of the New London County associa- tion.
 State Secretary Woodin Speaks.
 The closing address of the forenoon session was by the state secretary, Wallace I Woodin on The Relation of the County Association with the State Association"
 What you get out of the county association depends upon what you put into it, therefore ask for what you want. We have a grist to grind" The state association represents mill Into the hopper are put many things by the International Interdenomina- tional association. The different lead