The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-08
HOLD AN INSTITUTE
FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
r. C. wEIDLER SPECIALIST IN
THIS CLASS OF WORK, AR
RTvEs IN PENSACOLA.

1allsC ana general secretary OF the
Florida Sunday School association
arrived in the city last night from
East Florida, where he has been hold
ing number of successful Institutes.
Mr.. Weidler comes to Pensacola for
the purpose of holding an institute for
the benefit of the Sunday schools of
Escambia county. The institute will
be held Sunday afternoon and night
at the First Methodist church and are
open to every teacher, officer and per-
son interested in the work of Sunday
school.
This afternoon at 1 o'clock an infor-
NAL luncheon will be held at Hughey's
at which time the officers and teachers
and pastors of the city will gather to
meet Mr.. Weidler and to plan details
of the convention to be held Sunday
and Monday.
NEW YEAR OF WORK
The F'roida Sunday school associa-
ton has opened new year of activity
in its work in this state. The year
1915 showed remarkable increase in
the volume of business transacted over
the previous year. The reports of the
general secretary and of the office
secretary revealed the fact that the
magnitude of this work had assumed
proportions undreamed of by most
persons. During the year just closed,
General Secretary r. G. Weidler
travelled in the interests of this cause,
more than $4,000 miles in this state,
while the Office sent out and received
more than 10000 pieces of mail mat
ter. The general secretary made 305
addresses, speaking to more than
$4,000 people. Eighteen county con-
ventions were held, and 129 institutes
and 255 other meetings. Twenty-Five
counties were embraced in this work.
The state convention at Miami, re-
Gently held, was in many respects the
greatest gathering of Sunday school
folks ever held in the state. More
than twice as many delegates regis
tered as ever had attended a similar
meeting.
Many radical changes were made in
the policy of the association and its
work. General Secretary Weidler,
who had resided in st. Petersburg,
was asked to move to Jacksonville and
have direct charge of the office. This
he has done. The Office, which is
located at 212 Laura street, is being
equipped with a new, circulating IL
brary of Sunday school books. These
books will be available for any person
wishing the same who may reside
within the bounds of Florida. A read
ing table is also provided, and all the
latest magazines and periodicals are
always to be found there.
The motto adopted for the year by
the association is: "HeIping Every
Sunday School" The association, be-
ing the only organization in the state
whose purpose is to help every school
purposes this year to so push the
work that there will not be one Sum
day school in any of the counties
where organized work is being done
that win not be touchew by the in
fiuence. of the organization. The pur-
pose of the association is many-sided.
It works, of course, through and with.
the denominations, seeking always to
help each denomination in its individ-
ual advances, The association never
organizes new schools.
It also seeks to inspire the teachers
and officers to better things and
higher ideals, by magnifying the great
work of the teacher. It thus directly
pushes its influences through the
teachers into the hearts and minds of
growing boys and girls, helping us
to develipe better citizens, fathers and
mothers. This is best accomplished
where the best county organizations
exist.
The association likewise acts as a
clearing house for all the good
methods of Sunday school work. Be-
ing part of the International Sunday
School association, it is always in
touch with the most up-to-date and
improved methods. Immediately these
are found it passes them on to the
Florida field. Not only that, but in
q reverse way it gives kind of tele-
scope view to the Florida schools,
SO that they may look out into the
great field Of North America, and
through the Florida Sunday school as
sociation become directly acquainted
with all that transpires of value on
the continent.
But it has even larger field of USE
fulness. This lies in the work of CO.
operation. It is the only organization
seeking directly to secure united ac-
ton ON the parts of the different reli-
lious bodies in strictly religious work.
Each denomination has its particu-
lar field Of labor. But there is a COM
munity interest, a county work, and q
state duty which can only be done by
cooperative effort. And this effort
must be organized. This is where the
Florida Sunday school association
finds its fertile field.
But again, it does even more. It
gives every individual an unrestricted
channel drought which to help others
The great movements of the modern
day are toward philanthropy. An or