Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-26
Local and Visiting Delegates Hear Address by John
 Alexander of Chicago.
HOME INFLUENCE
 PASSING AWAY
Speaker Declares the Home of Today Is Much Changed From Former Times, and Boys and Girls Seldom
 Hear Prayers in Family Circle.

Nearly four hundred delegates, To- cal and visiting, filled the First Pres byterian church to capacity at all of yesterdays sessions of the twenty ninth annual convention of the Ark ansas Sunday school association.
 Chairman E. w. Goodwin of the entertainment committee stated last night that his organization appreciates the prompt response of Pine Bluff people to the appeal in yesterdays is sue of The Graphic, and that as re- suit quarters for all delegates had been obtained, and the committee has invi- tations from number of other homes, to entertain delegates expected to ar rive today.
 q Yesterday mornings session open ed 'Nith the annual meeting of the state executive committee. No i'm portant business was transacted.
 After the meeting the regular ses- sion opened with Lamar William the song serivce, scripture reading this city, and Bible study led by Rev. Forney hutchinson of Little Rock, an address was made by Dr. J. M Work man, president of Henderson-Brown college at Philadelphia. Dr. Work man talked of President Wilson's ad- dress to congress, and inspired the audience with patriotism.
 Following Dr. Workman's address the report of the treasurer and the report and address of the general sec retary was made. Talks by John AL
 mond of Little Rock and John Alex ander of Chicago, with special music, followed by announcements, conclud- ed the program, the session adjourn ed until afternoon.
 The Afternoon Session.
 A. w. Dobyns, superintendent of the Second Presbyterian Sunday school in Little Rock, presided at the afternoon session. The feature was the address of Prof. T. w. Shannon, author, lecturer and editor of Dela-
 ware, Ohio. Prof. Shannon spoke on Forests Protected, Hogs Inspected, Children Neglected" Other numbers on the program at
 the afternoon session were the regu-
 lar musical program, scripture read ing and prayer by Rev. H. A. Stowell
 of Pine Bluff, conferences of the ele- 1mentary, secondary and adult divis- ions, and the county officers confer ences. The teachers were given use ful points in regard to teaching of Sunday school classes at these con- ferences. The following presided at the conferences, Mrs. w. B. Fergu- son. elementary; Rev. R. l.. Duck , worth. secondary; J. V. Johnson, ad- ult; and Rev. s. R. Twitty, county lofficers
 The evening session opened at 7:30 with song service lead by A. B. Buss n of St. Louis, after which MT. James,
 the general secretary, made several announcements concerning reglstra-
 ton, urging those who have not yet , registered to do so, for proper classl- I lfication and for office record. He also s announced that up to the present 344 f persons had been registered, but 1t Twas known that quite number were f. present who had neglected to do so: II When MT. Alexander took the plat form, a cealing fan was running above l. his head and he requested that It De - shut off, because, he said, he never - lwanted anything on the platform win I. 1dier than himself. '1 In his travels every year he makes labout 10000 miles and is often II e 1Canada, where the yhave the Roya . Canadian clubs, such commercial 5 lclubs in the United States, and the! have an invariable rule to laud th' ? country, past, present and future, ou
 on one occasion when he was presen
 some one said that Canada could no
 lhave made such progress had It no
 lbeen for it's old moral and Christian
 convictions. This made him this tha holds good in our country-lts tn
 Christian and moral convictions of tn
 lfathers of the boys and girls. In
 boys and girls of today are the citizen
 of the country of tomorrow. lie sal
 that the women of today may not D
 able to vote but that their daughter would.
 An problems, according to MT. Alex ander, are solved between, the yea, of IA and 20, no matter what the al } terrific may be. Gladstone sad tha the victories won by him were reall } ton said he won the battle of Water loo on the Rugby football field. an . not on the battle field. He said l part: "Once a ragged newsboy saved child from being run over by trail and the only reward the lad wante from the grateful father was to b taught how to work that thing in tn telegraph office. So started the Hi . to that great wizard of electrlclt. Thos. A. Edison.
 "The high water mark of conve1 sion is at this period of adolesene . and so is the high water mark of erin linality. Here the Sunday school mus . take the place of the home that IS changed from that old home that W ,had just a decade or two ago. . "Do you know that there are bt lthree things that have right to touc a boys or girls life? They are tn . 1home, the school and the church. Ye I know you may think have left o 4La " M q A the Scouts and tI