Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-04-05
To the people Of Tennessee ::

To the people Of Tennessee:
No state can truthfully boast of true
treatneas and wealth, unless that state
is great in its moral development and
and rich in the Godliness Of its peo-
pie, hence the exacting demand and
important duty Of every common
wealth is to bend every effort and ex-
ert every energy to the thorough es-
tablishment of the great forces which
produce Christian character.
The study of the Bible is necessarily
a sacred duty, for the reason that a
knowledge of Gods word is essential
to the development of Christian char
acter and good citizenship. |
The SUNDAY Schools of our State are
the strong right arms of our Church
es, dealing deadly and effective blows
to the evils that seek to destroy child
hood, home, State and Nation. This
being true. our Sunday Schools de-.
serve all praise and encouragement
and should be attended by all our reo-
pie. The child naturally follows in
the footsteps of more mature years,
therefore our men and women should
turn their steps toward the Sunday
School, in order that the children may
there, learn lessons which will make
them worthy citizens. If the time ev-
er was when the Sunday School was
but place for children that time has
passed, for, under the guidance of the
good men and women who are giving
their lives to this noble cause, there
is now a place for all ages, from the
''Cradle Roll" for infants, to the
Home Department" for those unable
to attend. and duty calls all to take
their pla e in the Sunday School.
could wish for no higher oompli-
ment or greater honor for oui people
that to have it said that every citizen
of the State is a member of the Sun
day School. Thousands of our child
rem are already on the highway to
ruin, because father, mother or some
body else did not direct their tiny feet
into the paths that lead to the Sunday
School.
There has never been a time when
the importance Of Sunday School at
tendance was not realized and aid ap-
preciated, but it seems to me that, in
view of recent events, the Importance
of Sunday School encouragement and
attendance is emphasized. We did not
desire tive could not help tive
have even prayed that it might not
come, but. despite all this, we are to-
day walking in the gathering gloom
of lowering war clouds, and we need
to know more Of the teachings of the
Prince of Peace and His will concern
ing us.
Believing implicitly in the great
work now being done in our Sunday |
Schools. desirous Of encouraging the
efforts Of those who are contributing |
their time, energy and money to this
holy cause, and being advised that the /
Tennessee Sunday School Association |
has designated Sunday. April the Sth,
az "Go to Sunday School Day." now.
therefore /, Tom G. Rye, Governor of
TsnueSses, do hereby proclaim and set
apart April 8, 1917. as go to Sunday
School Day for Tennessee. On that
day earnestly urge all Tennesseans,
as we'll as all visitors within her bor
ders, to attend the Sunday School OF
their choice. and trust that those not
heretofore attending may, on that day.
resolve te begin to cultivate the habit
of regular Sunday School attendance,
believing, as l do, that from this hab-
it will spring eoantleEs blessings to
every home in our State
!, In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of State to be affixed at
Nashville on the fifth day of Febru-