Arizona republican., 1917-07-23
PLAN WAR RELIEF WORK FUR NATIONS
 SUNDAY SCHOOLS

Rev. Edward D. Raley, general secre- tary of the Arizona and New Mexico Sunday School Associations, returned yesterday to his home in Phoenix, after two extremely interesting trops east, one of them as far as Washington, D. C.
 For two weeks Mir. Raley has been taking intensive training at the Lake Geneva training school This school is non- -denominational and corresponds to the R. O. T. C. of the army. Three hundred students from practically ev- cry state and from thirty denomina- tions were in attendance.
 Several other meetings of national reach concerned with child welfare. were attended by Mr Raley, the most important one for immediate concern being one held in the La Sale hotel July for the purpose of agreeing up- on an interdenominational plan of war relief to be carried on by the Sunday schools and churches of the land This meeting was attended by the leaders of the principal denominations of the nation and by most of the general sec retaries of the various state Sunday School associations.
 After serious deliberations for four hours this conference unanimously de- cided to- (a) enter the war relief work, (b) all denominations unite on one program and plan o faction, Co elect a committee of seven to have full pow CT to carry out the program, fd) en- ploy an executive secretary, (d) work through the r. M. c. A., Red Cross and war relief committee, (e) existing de- nominational and international Sunday l School association machinery, Gnclud- in ct ia m e i the only machinery to be used 1 Printed instructions are to he sent l out in a few days to every Sunday School in the land. This big plan will add just that much more strength to the mobilization of all our resources material and spiritual. in the prosecu- | ton of this world war for the preser Vation of democracy in the earth. MT Raley considers this meeting the mosi important in the last hundred years ot church history Church leaders who were keenly alive to the far reaching effect of the meeting measurd up tC the bigness of the plan by pledgine their denominations as far as they haC power to the united effort to bring al i the resources of the church into thu prosecution of the war and the preser vation of the religious ideals of ol young men engaged in the war.
 When the full program for tn
 church and Sunday School part in tn
 war reaches the state it will be givel large publicity through the press an' church channels.
 November 4 to be National GO t
 Sunday School Sunday" this year an
 the first Sunday in November eac year, for an annual day.
 The most important Sunday SchOo
 meeting held in this tate during tn
 entire year is the state Sunday SchoC
 convention.
 This convention is to be held in Tue
 son this year, October F. 13 and l.
 It is to be joint convention with tn Y. M. c. A. Some of the best talen in the country will be on the program
 The committee is at work on the pro
 gram now AS soon as it is out, it wi
 be sent to every Sunday School in tn
 state. Each of the three hundre schools will be urged to send at leas one delegate to this convention
 The Sunday School represents tn most potent forces for good in tn world today and while not much glor
 comes to the quiet Sunday Schoo worker, the permanent results of tn
 work are immeasurable. It is this kin !, of work that is especially needed dur ing the stress and pull of war. All hon or to faithful worker in the Sunda
 School