The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-04-19
NAY 7TH IS go TO.
|SUNDAY.SCHoOL" Day
Much Enthusiasm Has Been
Created BY This Annual
State Event
SEEK ATTENDANCE OF MILLION
Kentucky Association Has Prepared
Program to Be Furnished to Sunday
Schools Upon Application-Move
ment Accomplishes Much Good
Since Origin.

Go-to-Sunday-School Day has become
an annual affair in the state of Ken
lucky. The first one was held in 1914,
when a great enthusiasm was aroused
among the Sunday Schools Of Ken
lucky. In every part of the state in
vftations were sent out to all the peo-
pie, organizations we're formed, and a
new interest in the Sunday Schools
was awakened. The attendance upon
the Sunday Schools on this day was in
creased from three hundred thousand
to six hundred thousand. Last year
the goal set was one million; and so
complete was the organization in the
different counties and towns, the num-
Der was reached. The special direc-
ton of the day has been given to the
Kentucky Sunday School Association,
which is a statewide interdenomina-
tional organization.
This Association has prepared the
following program for the day. and
will send sufficient copies free to any
Sunday School making application for
them to the Kentucky Sunday School
Association, 712 Louisville Trust build
ing, Louisville, Ky.
ORDER OF WORSHIP AND INsTRUc-
TON.
May 7, 1916.
1.-Music of sacred music
played softly. at the sound of which
all will be silent.
2.-Call to Worship
Superntendent.-"Give unto the Lord the
glory due unto His name; bring an Of
fering and come before Him: worship
the Lord in the beauty of holiness"
School, was glad when they said unto
me. Let us go Ell int il, the m house USE OF the
% 1hou that dwellest in the heavens. -
(Hymn-"An hail the power of Jesus
5.-Responsive Reading from the Scrip
ture.
Leader-"Brethren my hearts desire
and prayer to God for Israel is, that
they might be saved"
School.-"Christ is the end of the law
for righteousness to every one that be-
Leader.-The word is nigh thee. even in
thy mouth. and in thy heart; that is
the word of faith. which we preach
lSchool.-"That If thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt
Leader.-"For with the heart man be-
lieveth unto righteousness; and with
the, mouth confession is made unto sal
School-"For the scripture saith, Who
soever believeth on Him shall not be
ashamed"
Leader-"For there is no difference be-
tween the jew and the Greek: for the
same Lord over all Is nigh unto all that
call upon Him. For whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved"
Sohool-"For God so loved the world
ttSat He gave His only hsgotten Son;
Should not perish. but have everlasting
s.-Hymn:..'Love divine. all love ex-
7-Responsive Reading.
Leader.-On April %, 1915, one million
people in n tb sndsY sCb hd9g
of the state are trying to equal that
record and in time we are all hoping
that one million citizens of our state
will have formed the habit of regular
Sunday School attendance.
School-Dd any permanent good result
from Go-to-Sunday- School Day last
Leader.-Sunday School officers reported
an increase of more than fifty thousand
that day. Many of these have become
church members. In some schools that
day marked the beginning of a steady
growth in membership.
Schools Kentucky the only state where
Go-to-S unday-Schoo Day is observed?
Leader.-The first statewide Go Sun
day-School Day was observed in Ken
lucky with such splendid results that
the attention Of the whole country was
attracted. and since that time many
other states have inaugurated such a
movement and many more are plan
ming to have their first Go-to-Sunday
School Day in 1916.
cooperation of all the Sunday Schools
Of this great state in this movement?
workers Of Kentucky have formed a
statewide organization. the Kentucky
Sunday School Association. which Is
Observation-Disclosures. reaching and help
ing all fields, and reinforcing the work
Of all the denominations;
School.-How are the affairs Of the Ken
lucky Sunday School Association man
Leader.-By an Executive Committee
composed Of forty members elected by
the State Convention to which every
voting delegates. This committee is
composed of representatives from the
following. churches: Baptist, Christian,
Episcopal, Evangelical, Lutheran, Meth
odst, Reformed. and Presbyterian.
Schools this work needed in Ken
Leader.-It is. for in our state for every
one who goes to Sunday School there
are four who stay away.
Teachers.-Because in some counties In
the state there are no trained teachers
in the Sunday Schools and yet most
Of the teaching of the Bible must be
done in these schools because there are
so few churches where there are regu-
lar preaching services.
Women.-Because there are fourteen
counties i'm Kentucky where there Is no
cradle roll: and less than one-third of
the Sunday Schools Of the state have
crSdle rolls.
Men.-Because there are still in Ken
lucky twenty-one counties where there
are no Organized Adult Bible Glasses,
and twenty-one counties without Home
Departments
Schooi-Because there are forty counties
i'm Kentucky In which there Is no Or
ganized Glass for Teen Age Pupils.
and there are thousands of these
classes that should be having the bene-
fit OF class organization.
Leader-These facts and other similar
ones indicate the need of conventions.
Institutes conferences, surveys, per-
sonal visits and other means Of pre-
Nhtng standards and stimulating in
tHest in Sunday School work.
ScRool-What is the Kentucky Sunday
school Association doing to meet these
needs! .
Leader.-It employs four workers for full