The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-09

ed on was evangelism. The speaker
said that he did not approve the an
nouncement OF decision day. He said
| it was like telling your sweetheart
that in two weeks you are going to
ask her to be your wife. He also
thought It advisable to have six to
eight week decision campaign, in
which a great deal Of personal work
was done. The speaker also made a
plea for cooperation between the
churches.
Following his address, collection
was taken for Sunday school work IN
| the district and county.
Address by J. o. Boyd.
The other address Of the evening
was given by ]. o. Boyd, who had
been transferred from the afternoon
program to the evening Mr.. Boyd
took up the progress OF the girl ana
boy in their transition period. He
said at this time the eyes of youth
were turned toward ideals and visions
of future life and that it was very es.
sential that they have the proper
training at this time.
He advised that older teachers be
secured for Sunday school classes OF
young men and women. He said
these teachers should have loving
and sym pathetic hearts Mr.. Boyd
also said that the time was coming
when church would offer the amuse-
ments to satisfy the social instincts
of the young instead OF merely saying
don't do this and don't do that, and
letting them find their own pleasures
Every i'll trained boy or girl" he
said. is a detriment to the commun-
ity"
In closing the program, Rev. A. c.
Beecham OF Montrose, convention
leader. thanked The Gate City for its
full account of the meetings, and also
the delegates who turned out for their
enthusiasm and support.
Rev. steffey'e Address.
Following is the address given by
Rev. e. Leroy Steffey on "The Pur-
pose, Scope and Needs of District
Association at the session OF the
conference Yesterday afternoon:
"The Sunday school is engaged N
the biggest job in the world-the max
ing of men. This is our task, and we
ought to be ashamed to be unlike
those who are doing this work in the
best way. And those who are doing
the work in the best way are those
who are keeping up with the modern
methods of child development, and
christian training.
"Of the schools in this district it
may be said, IL we are doing the
working indicated a moment ago, we
are laborers together with God No
one school is big enough for the task
even in this city, and I know of no
man, pastor or laynan, who is so
small as to believe that he or his
church or school is big enough to
handle the situation in Keokuk. There
is room for every school here in the
city, and for every school in this dis
trict, a district composed of Jackson,
Montrose, Des Moines and Jefferson
townships And if one school is meet
ing with greater degree of success
in this work of making men it is the
duty of that school to let the other
schools know how it is doing this
thing, and every other school has
right to know how the work is being
done. This information may be best
impaired through an organization of
the religious forces meeting in con-
vention TO discuss the plans. the
ways, and the means of winning men
to the Sunday school and TO Jesus
Christ.
This is prominently an age of
organization. Go into the Industrial
world and watch the operations going
on in one of its large manufacturing
institutions. 1t is all system and or
ganization, every man for his place
and every man in his place and no
man interfering with the other man
in his place. Look at the intellectual
world. Our teachers are organized
into their city, township, county. dis
trict, and state teachers associations.
Why? That they may meet in con-
vention to discuss the problems incl
dent to the development of the chiId's