The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-09-01

CONCLUDE
LABORS
Next Meeting Of Chickasaw Baptist AssO-
ciaiiOn Will Be Held al MincO;
Features of Convention

: After one Of the most interesting
and profitable sessions in its existence
the Chickasaw Baptist association con
cluded its twenty-fourth annual meet
Ing last night ana most of the mes
sengerss accredited to it have returned
to their homes in Grady county. Twen.
ty-three churches We're represented
this year and about 100 messengers
and visitors were in attendance.
The convention opened with the an
nual sermon preached at the First
Baptist church by Rev. G. H. Herring
ton, pastor at Mineo At the conclu-
sion of the sermon Dr. Jent. mem
Der of the faculty Of the Baptist Uni
versity at Shawnee, delivered stere-
opticon address picturing the build
ing, grounds and faculty and giving a
short history Of the lives and educa-
lti9Ral attaimments OF the teachers.
DR.. Wray, local pastor, then busted
himself finding homes for the messen
gers during their stay in the city
Rev. Fl. p. Haley was reelected
moderator T J. Brown Of Tuttle, vice
moderator, Dewitt Sankey Of TuttIe,
clerk, and "the old reliable" D. A.
Short, treasurer for the ensuing year.
on the first day Of the meeting J.
G. Stallcup brought encouraging news
concerning the Baptists Orphan Home
ii Oklahoma City. The Christian ed
ucation campaign, state missions, rou-
tine and other matters took up the EN-.
tire dav EiEhteen reports were ~
ceived including those on temperance
Christian education. Sunday schools,
B. Y. P. u, home and foreign missions
and ministerial churches. Numerous
interesting remarks accompanied
some of these reports.
Educational features constituted the
leading talks of the two days. Pro
gress along these lines was reported
on all sides. Great interest also cen
tered on the report of the State Bap-
lists Orphans Home at Oklahoma
City which has now an Indebtedness
Of only $4,000 compared with $4,000 a I
year ago. The entire running eX I;
penses during the year were contrib
uted by the Baptist Sunday schools
throughout the state, which gave an
entire months collections for this
purpose. The home has now 50 in
mates but movement is on foot 10
enlarge the institution in order that
200 or 500 children may be accommo
dated within the next two or three
years
The meeting next year will be held
at Minco and the church at that place
extended to all very cordial invita-
tion to be present.
In addressing the association on
Sunday schools Judge R. e. Daven-
port in part said:
"The first thing in considering the
question of Sunday schools is, what
do the Sunday schools amount to?
The statistics show that of all CONVEX
sions of the church three-fourths to
seven-eighths come out Of the Sunday
school. These are young people whose
lives are in front Of them and as long
as it means more to lead boy 70
Christ than it does man so long will
the Sunday school be on the map.
The crying need of the Sunday
school today is competent teachers.
The great trouble in many Sunday
schools is to get teachers enough.
The three requisites for competent
teachers are grace. grit and gumption.
They must have grace, regardless Of
their other qualifications. They need
the grit and determination to make
a thorough preparation of the lesson
and to be in attendance and on time
at Sunday school The teacher who is
habit1ally late is a failure They will
find that by being late they have lost
an opportunity to secure TIE atten-
ton Of the class and do a first class
Job Of teaching their lessons. BY
gumption is meant that the teacher
must have the tact to handle the ques-
tions which come up in the class
rooms. Order is necessary but the
teacher must have the power to en-.
force order like the teacher in the day
school. When the term tact is meii-
toned some people think that deceit