The Detroit times., 1917-11-07
1000 MEET
ON SUNDAY.
SCHOOLS
Big Michigan COnven-
ton Under Way;
Lasts 3 DAYS

There Is one thing more import
ant than that the United states
shall stand, and that is that the
kingdom Of heaven shall come
among men," declared he Rev. W
Il. Schermerhorn. Of Mitchell. s. d.,
IN sermon on THE kingdom OF
heaven" IA the First Presbyterian
church, Tuesday morning. NJ the
opening OF the hf;y seventh annual
convention OF the Michigan state
Sunday School association The
sermon WAS he Gr.t OF series o.
Bible messages ON The Teaching OF
jesus which Or. Schermerhorn
Will deliver in The course OF the con
vsption Or Schcrmerhofn IS pes
ident % tho South Dakota Wesleyan
university
The big thing IS the brotherhood
Of man continued the speaker m
The Hingfom Is go come the first cse
sentlal lnnAt be righteousness men
mast be worthy OF the gift, And
they must be- willing 20 seek n r.
any cost True re- gion has never
been on ancsthetic. n has never
par people 70 sleep Tie most dyna.
mic thing In The whole body polite
IS The religion OF Jesus Christ
The Rtv Joseph A. Vance. pastor
OF the. First Presbyterian wclcom
ed the delegates and Henry Gccr.
ling ot Holly Mich, responded Tor
The association
we are here on The King bust
ness" BE- said m there over was
2. time when there Mas need IN rae
world for the gospel OF Jesus Christ
% ~ now History and science have
failed as IN the crisis they have
Jailed 90 give " solution OF .ht
0iMCultlos that bcset Us. and whale
We rally round our president le
mex forget that we have dut5
hero az home. a great work 90 90
thru ihe sunday school and the
church
Marion Lawrence. OF Chicago. gen
sra' secretary OF The international
Sunday school association, gave the
dc'crat's heart to.heart talk thar
uut everyone 80 casc and gave The
caprcntcn 49, good start They
uould ger ont Of the meeting just
what thcy p1t into Il. he said. and
anyone Wiz crouch was invited
tn leave 10 eU' ide thc church he
enumerated seven things they
luuld pul into The conventions. and
thcn ho was an THU they repeated
them after Am as follows Time
thought prayer. appreciation.
,frieudliacss. money and loyalty
nder tho head ~ loyalty d. won
gpplause when bo declared
Merely TO give three cheer for
. the Hag nor LOYALTY Tho man
IS no looks at DO and then goes and
cnhst- ls Do true patriot so clt
Efn in fhe land ioya today un
less BE- 'and fraaN on s moment
notice 20 80 20 tho defense az his
,qpnlFy 10 he j. needed and die FOR
his country III npco4 ~ary
The cdUrch was we'll filled foF
the opeFinc session Delegates
game tFofn an sections az The state
during he morning rcgistcring in
tho Wo5dwarda Baptist church
About 1000 delegates and visitors
arc EXPECTED FOR tho convention
Therf will be- sessions morning af-
lcrnoon and evening during the con
ycntion much at the time being IN
On over 20 conferences. In which tho
various phases OF sunday school
work Will be discussed The first
conference WAS held in the Wood
wardafc Baptist during mo morn
ing for county. district and township
officers ami department EuprTTn rrT-
dents u was conducted by T. y
Mohr. of New Buffalo. Mich score
tary ~ the executive committee OF
the Michigan association The Row
S. y price OF The Worlds SUNDAY
School association. assisted The
Rev. G. B Emerson gave the ad
dress OF welcome in This church.
tho Rev Wilton Bryant, Of South
LYON ~ responding { The Rev
Wellington Hoag cYiducted the do
yotional sITD0zG y. Phillips. Of
Battle CrceT. pFGsided
y. X. warren ~ Three Oaks.
aresident Of che International sun
day School association. presided 30
the sessren in First Presbyterian
church SPEAKERS in addition 20
those mentioned were the ROY p &.
hartmann. OF Winona Lake. Ind
on Modern evangelism" and x T.
piffcndorfrr. OF New York wfo
spoke on Education cor world ouf-
look and he new human brothci
hood