The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
AN ENTHUSIASTIC
! 5. S. CONVENTION.
Crawford County Sunday School Con-
vention Held Last Wednesday. and
!. Thursday at NJ. e. Church.
GREAT WORK IS BEING DONE

|. Thursday at NJ. e. Church.
GREAT WORK IS BEING DONE
One Of the Best Meetings Ever ,Hsld--
Interesting Program Enjoyed BY 4, all
Al IN Attendance. ,.S.
The promises that the gathering Of
Sunday school forces Of this county 1t
Denison Wednesday and Thursday Of
last week would be an event of more
than ordinary note were we'll fulfilled.
In the Sabbath school circles Of the
nation w. D. Stem, the general secre
tary for Iowa, has high place. In Ohio
and Pennsylvania he has won q mag
nificent name as a practical worker.
and the chance to hear him at Denis0n
was not neglected by those who were
anxious tolearn more as to up to date
Sabbath school methods
It is needless to recall the bad
weather Of last week and the blanket
of snow and, rain which came over this
locality Tuesday night with. rain tho
next day. This weather nearly shut
of the convention at Glidden in our
neighboring county of Carroll, but tho
enthusiasts of Crawford were not IN
mood to close their convention. and 50
on Wednesday afternoon the prayer
meeting room of the M. e. church WA
we'll filled, and that with men and
women who had made sacrifices to- he
there In the absence Of the county
president Mr.. Sears McHenry. Mr..
Meyers. the county secretary. presA
ed for the opening session, Rev. Wit.
ter Of the German NJ e. church, gav1
the prayer. the bible reading. b.
cause of the closing of the Glidden con.
vention both Mr.. Stem and his able
assistant Mr.. Hutton. were present
at this time. Al III n
The program began with talk by,
Rev. Hamilton of the Denison BapttSS
church on the pastors place. In the
modern school. After he had bed1
talking for time 1t was evident that 10
had given much attention to the sNR
ject. He urged that pastor must
give his best thought to his Sabbath
school. He must work OF couraA
through the superintendent. set ND
time taking his or her place. He
should teach in the school, be tug
friend and helper Of the children, con
stdering that Ills chiei duty ~ q. 49,
si61a; q. IL 1f1l9 ~
/ In. NV. Mauli1t0a " 20 ~ ~ l1oe
fGonnpiiments on Ms talk. sS .s 4
Mr.. Stem Was next introduced. 1u1t
before this there had come the m
port that there was to be no war, g
Germany had decided to abandon III
submarine policy. Tho first few min
utes of the time by Mr.. Stem wesS
taken up by beautiful expressi0ntOf
Joy and thankfulness, II the rum0r VIII
indeed true. Mr.. Stem takes q wtdo
view of the work of the Sabbath .
school. This can be seen BY the
declaration he makes az to Whist
makes up an efficient school which II
as follows: II n
The efficient Sunday school is ono
that is SO organized, equipped and
conducted as to meet the physical
the mental, the social and feligious
needs OF every individual at every
stage Of his development" .@g
The efficient school must have eQutp.
ment for the little ones, the juniors.
the teen age. the grown ups. There
must be proper healthful surrounds
ings. the stimulation to the best rnent-
al growth, the providing Of the best
social surroundings. and last but not
least, religious training. The bust
ness or educational prospective lie OF
the child should be looked after and
the resolution hardened to stand. tor
all that Is noble and upright Mr.
Stem is bubbling over with stories IL
,lustrating' his points and holds rapt
attention. !0E e SSytsaeS s Ii III
One of the pleasant surprises, to
many, of the convention was the talk
of Mr.. VIM Lindberg. OF kirOn, on
the work, of the superintendent. He
is not a public speaker, an such, but
success as farmer. business man.
Sabbath school leader, has given him
confidence and out Of this he spoke
exceptionally we'll. He said he cOnld
only speak of the Kiron school and
its management He made little OF
the work he did as superintendent
for he said he simply got the other
folks to working" He outlined the
need of the utmost harmony with tho
pastor, the selecting of proper teachs
ers. frequent workers. conferences.
change in program and determination
that every child shall become chris
tian. All was said in o way to keep
the listeners smiling and deeply III
terested. Mr.. Lindherg had coms
twenty-five miles to give that address
and all who heard it saidit was worth
going that far to hear.
The appointment OF committees
came before adjournment and was -
follows:
Nominations: +. l.. Hoffman, Miss
Agnes King, T.. G.. Dannett.
Recommendations: Rev. Hamilton.
Albert D. Winey, of Deloit; Miss Mo
bel Marshall. Of Charter Oak: A. $W. .$I
Gleiscr. of Manila.
Business: Rev. Jones, of Vail: Rev.
Allen, of Deloit; VIM. Lindberg, OF
kiron.
1t had been planned to have the
members of the Denison Sabbath
schools place themselves in some fot-
ty autos and form grand showing
in the leading streets of the city, but
the rain made this impossible, much
to the disappointment Of the young
people. All the visitors were invited
to the best homes in Denison for en-