The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-06-15

| they should have a part in our lives.
One of the great problems for the S.
5. teacher was to. bring those topics
together in their class. ..
Rev. McFerran of Oskaloosa gave
an address on How the s. S. May In
| f1uence the Social Life of It's Mem
! bers." He said that the child must
be brought up to exemplify a faith in
Christ and that the social life of q
community depends on the way we
obey God. Our worries were about
/ things that never come to pass. He
| said the Bible was divided into two
parts, which was covered in the first
Commandment. His address was ex.
cellent all the way through.
! In the evening session We were fav.
! ored with the first talk from G. Ed
Beman, who said he was not a speak
err; he just talked; but he actually
did both before closing. He said
there was nothing nobler than, man
or woman TO stand out as a true
Christian. The success of a s. S.
largely depends on the competency of
its officers and teachers. Be on
time; be efficient; study the needs of
| your scholars; study Gods Word, but
never graduate in His work z 49,:
Mr.. Wickersham:S A child will seek
knowledge, if not in S. s., it will be
elsewhere. Children feel that their
parents actions are right; hence the
importance of a good example.
Rev. McFerran-The greatest thing
that has been said is the men that
have stood before you children are
going to grow up just as you teach
them. A teacher needs to know
more than to teach. A child will
| learn more from the parent than the
teacher.
Evangelism in the s. S.-W. J.
| Howell. 1t is a great pleasure to see
the beauties of Gods love in child's
| life. The home church and Sunday
school are the three factors of our
lives, and we can not do without any
one of them. What we want our
children to be we must be ourselves.
Train up a child in the way he should
90 and when he is old he will not de-
part therefrom.
The officers chosen for the ensuing
| year were:
President, Mrs. Carrie Natter.
Vice President, Mrs. Harry Hanna.
| Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. M.
| S. Downey.
The officers, teachers and scholars
Of the s. S. wish to thank those who
assisted so efficiently and willingly in
our convention program.
While we have not won out in the
suffrage question, we feel that we
could not have been defeated in
nobler cause, and that the right will
prevail in time.
Schools have all closed. The La.
cey school closed with a neighbor.
hood picnic in the Vermilyea grove.
Misses Maud Russell and Vera
Coleman are home since their gradu-
alton from o. H. S., as are also Miss
| Vera Snyder, and Miss Jennie Dow
ney from 2. c. A., spending vacation
at their homes.
Strawberries are now in session"
through the country. The crop has
been much damaged by the late frost.
The Lacey young people are giving
an ice cream social this Friday even
ing for the benefit of the church.
Delbert Helton is again slowly i'm
proving after having a months siege
of pneumonia. Mrs. Chas. Douglas,
nurse from Oskaloosa, had the case
in charge, but having to return to her
home, Miss Abel has taken her place
Misses Ldarie Ruby and Vera Sny-
der, the Homer Dye famil yand Rev.
McFerran spent the intervening time
between convention sessions at the
M. S. Downey home Sunday.