Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-14
Official Paper Of the City and the County
I Issued on Friday of Each Week

Entered at the Post Office at Cresco'
Iowa, as second class mail matter.
Sunday School Convention. 4
The twenty sixth annual convention
of the Howard County Sunday School
Association was held at Bonair, Sep.
4th and 9TH. Ne Hi 4 til .sgl p>s3 5s,E,Si
The program opened on Tuesday
. Afternoon. The devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. Scholer, OF
Cresco. Then Miss Dean, the state
worker, took up the topic, Checking
up with the international S tandard. s.
She spoke Of the Sunday School being
that institution of the church which
can administer to the whole life
Of every individual in the community,
Our slogan is ITO carry the open Bible
BY the hand Of the trained teacher to
every boy and every girl; to every man
and every woman in Iowa" Our aim
il Every county Q standard county,
every school . standard school. and
every worker trained. : Our motto for
lel6-19l7 is Going Forward" She
then went on to. give the points Of .
standard school. af5
Rev. Scholer gave talk on How to
Study the Bible. First. he said if We
ne going to study the Bible we must
believe it is Gods voice speaking to ".
It is important to study the Word
prsyerfully. It is said Billy SUNDAYS
sermons are soaked in prayer. Then
We should claim the promise, of the
indwelling spirit and study good com
mentaries. 8ji5S5yst5 sz
Miss Dean then gave . history Of
the graded lessons. AL d {8
The committees were then appointed
and the convention adjourned.
On account of the patriotic meeting
ct Cresco, the evening service had to
b given up. 81
On Wednesday morning, the devo-
tional exercises were conducted by Rev.
Perry. Of Lime Springs.
Miss Dean then took up the. Teach
en- Training Class and spoke Of
teacher training comprising study Of
the Bible . ! whole and how to teach
II TO the grades. Z
w. d. Stem, general secretary, then
took tbs floor and conducted . workers
conference. At ! workers conferences,
have ! definite program. : topic 70
discuss. 3y III. ,t (. 4. X NJ
llrs. Alfred Holcomb. Of Albion, gave
! papsr on Advantages Of the Organ
lied Glass. " citing her own G. I. G. q
IN example. She spoke Of how organi-
Ration adds strength and permanency
to 1 class. It becomes field ct work
md not . field for work. Her class Of
seven members has increased in four
years TO forty-four members. She told
Of the class activities, Of the monthly
Friday evening social and business
meeting.
~ Mr.. Stem then took charge OF the
association period and reports Of
eo-oficers were called for, after which
Mr.. Holcomb gave . splendid report
Of the state convention held at Council
Bluffs in June.
Mr.. Stem called upon the superin-
tsndsnts present to tell what new work
had been done this year in their schools,
after which he took little time to
urge everyone present to use hid
influence to help push the bstte for
constitutional prohibition to b voted
upon Oct 18th. and calling attention
to the dire results that would follow IT
the temperance forces failed to win.
The officers elected were Mrs. Mat
tie Holcomb, of Albion, President, and
Miss Leila Phillips, Secretary and
Treasurer. ls
MRS. EARL c. FERREE,
Co-Sec'y.