The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-04-21
MAY 7TH IS 60 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 AppIication-Move-
ment Aceomplishes Much Good
Since Origin.
Go.to-Sunday.Schoo Day has become
an annual affair in the state OF Ken
lucky. The first one was held in 1914,
when great enthusiasm was aroused
among the Sunday Schools OF Ken
lucky In every part of the state in
vltations 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
10 six hundred thousand. Last year
the goal set was one million; and so
complete was the organization in the
dinerent counties and towns, the mum,
Der was reached The special direc-
ton OF the day has been given to the
Kentucky Sunday School Association,
which Is statewide interdenomina-
tional organization
This Association has prepared the
following program for the day, and
viii 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 or WORSHIP AND tNSTRUc-
TON.
Nay z. 1916.
lI.-Musir 4 strains OF sacred music
played SOFTLY at the sound OF which
| ali viii be silent
2 call 70 Worship
! Superintendent 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
| Schools-'I was glad when they said unto
! me, Let us 20 into the house of the
| LurA Unto Thee lift up mine eyes.
o Thou that dwellest in the heavens ?
| I-Iymn.-'Ail hail the power OF Jesus
5--Rssponsive Reading from the Scrip
ture
Leader -" Brethren. my hearts desire
and prayer 10 God for Israel Is, that
I they might be snved ="
| School Christ liz the end OF the law
! for righteousness to every one that be-
1 lieveth"
: Leader The word is nigh thee. even in
thy mouth and In thy heart; that is
the word Of faith. which we preach.
i Schooi.---fThat " 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
J be saved"
Ieader-''For with the heart man be-
lleycth unto righteousness; and with
the mouth confession Is made unto sal
walton"
school For The scripture saith. who
soever belieyeth on Him shall not De
ashamed"
Leader-"For there is no difference be-
/, tween rhe Jew and the Greek: for the
| same Lord over al Is nigh unto all that
call upon Him For whatsoever shat
cali upon the name Of the Lord shall
4 school L..For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son
| that whOsoever believeth in Hin
should not perish. but have everlasting
s.--Hymn.-"Love divine, all love ex-
4 ceiling
Responsive Reading
7 Lender lon April %, 1915 one millior
people In Kentucky attended Sunday
School This year the Sunday Schools
OF the state are trying to equal that
record and in time we are all hopinl
thnt one million citizens OF our stat,
viii have formed the habit OF regular
sunday School attendance.
School DID any permanent good result
from Cato Sunday school Day last
Leaher.-sunday school officers reported
an Increase 81 more than fifty thousand
regular attendants as direct result OF
that day Many OF these have become
church liembers In some schools that
day marked the beginning Of steady
growth In membership.
School lis Kentucky the only state wher,
Co-to- sunday School Day Is Observed
Leader The first state wide Co to- sun,
dnv- school Day was observed in Ken
lucky with such splendid results thai
the attention Of the whole country wa
Attracted. and since that time mann
other states have inaugurated such
movement and many more are plan
ming TO have their first Cote SUNDAY
School Day in 1915,
School--Uow Is II possible TO secure thu
co-operatihn Of all the SUNDAY schools
81 this great state in this movement
Lender Because the Sunday Schoo
workers Of Kentucky have formed {
statewide organization. the Kentuck,
sunday school Association, which Il
interdenhmina tional. reaching ard help
ing all fields and reinforcing the worl
OF all The denominati9ns ~,
lucky sunday School Association man
I.eader-Py an Executive Commute,
composed Of forty members elected by
The state Convention To which ever
sunday school In the state may sen,
.votinr Delegates This committee Il
compass, representatives from tn
followifig hnrChes Baptist. Christian
EDlscnpal Evangelical. Lutheran. Meth
odlst Reformed and Presbyterian,
Schools this work needed in Ken
tncky?
Leader LII IS. Tor In our state for ever,
one who goes 10 sunday School Their
nre four who stay away
Teachers -liccause In some counties II
the state there are no trained teacher
in the SUNDAY schools, and Vet mos
OF the teaching n the Bible must h
done ir these schools because there ar
. So few churches whore there are regu
lar preaching services
n Women -RcCause there are tOurteC'
1 counties in Kentucky where there Is nj
cradle roll; and less than one third o
the SUNDAY schools OF the state haV
cradle rolls
I Men because there are still in Ken
1 tucky twenty-one counties where Their
4 are no Organized Adult Bible Glasses
i and twenty-one counties without Hon
i Departments
4 school because there are forty countie
1 IN Kentucky In which there Is no or
i Canized Glass for Teen Age Pupils
i and there are thousands OF thes
1 classes that should he having the hene
i nj OF class organization.