The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-10-26


fion. Charles Waters Of the Lon
4 ID Sunday School Union. where the
movement began and the original
date. the fourth Sunday Of November
was fixed.
Tho Sunday School department OF
the Woman'a Christian Temperance
Union was asked to cooperate and
tho department nest gladly consent.
ed beginning the work OF establish
Ing the Worlds Temperance Sunday
ip the United states In the year 1895.
Records show that by action OF the
ecclesiastical Bodies OF all the lead
Ing denominations. the movement
was endorsed and II was recon-
mended that the fourth Sunday In
November be observed as Worlds
Temperance sunday.
Tho international Sunday. School
Association also gave Its endorse
ment 10 the plan and urged the uni
yersal observance OF the day.
Mrs. W. r. Crafts. worlds Sup
erintendent Of the Sunday School De-
partment OF the W. @. T. U. has
boon most successful In securing the
CO. operation o. leading Sunday
School Workers OF foreign ands and
this annual Temperance Rally Day
Is now a great factor In Sunday
School work. not only In the United
states, but In the countries through
out the world
Now, the British Sunday School
Workers desire a longer period for
their advent season and therefore
have requested the International
Lesson Committee to place Worlds
Temperance Lesson on an earlier
date In the month which they have
graclously done, now the second
Sunday In November
The Worlds and National W. G.
T. U. have pledged their loyalty to
the International Lesson Committee
and will seek TO have the day OBJ
served which Is designated In the In
ternationai Uniform Lesson Series
and scheduled as Worlds Temper.
ance Sunday.
The International Sunday School
Lesson Committee has given great
Significance TO Worlds Temperance
Sunday by providing each year a
most excellent temperance lesson for
that day, and let II be remembered
that millions OF Sunday School chill
drcn study that lesson simultaneous
ly.
Lesson writer's and publishers of
lesson helps and Sunday School pap
ers are doing much to emphasize
worlds Temperance Sunday by CIV
ing arge amount Of space to tenn
porance notes. illustrations, appllca-
tlons, stories, special articles setting
forth facts and giving suggestions for
temperance work in the Sunday
school This is especially truc on the
Sunday school JournalJ, 1.-THE Evan
gel" and "The Sunday School
Times"
Worlds Temperance Sunday Is
primarily for the Sunday Schools and
Intended to be a fixed opportunity to
educate the youth In total abstinence
and prohibition principles. from the
Bible standpoint. In the Sunday
Schools are the coming voters and
that this education shall also be
along the line OF Christian citizenship
the International Sunday School As
ISOLATION requests that tho topic be
made prominent In all our work on
Worlds Temperance Sunday. This
Is being done. We have quarter
iy Temperance Lessons and each one
brings It's opportunities, the interest
in the temperance work In the Sun
day School centers In the WORLDS
Temperance Sunday and the temper
ance work Of the year vcy naturally
eliminates then. II is the day OF all
days for pledge signing, special pro
grams, rallies. mass meetings and
tho circulation OF temperance lItera-
ture. worlds Temperance Sunday "
therefore OF inestImable value to the
Sunday School world
The adoption Of the Temperance
Department In Sunday school Asso-
citation work has grown out OF the
activity along temperance lines In
the sunday Schools, and this, as has
been stated. Is largely centered In
worlds Temperance Sunday.
II Is significant that In the plans
NJ work outlined for the Temperance
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