The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-08

organizing Tue uel0 dS WAo10s anu
its various integral parts as auxil-
iaries, without assuming authority or
interfering with the work or rights
of the religious denominations.
State, county and district Sunday
OF Sunday schools banded together for
the purpose of extending and deepen
ing Sunday school interest and &C
tivity, for the development Of inter
fellowship. denomina-
tional loyalty, the cooperation in Ell
fort OF common interest, inspiring
workers to do the best work In their
own church, without assuming any
authority over them, or in any way
interfering with the perogatives OF
the denomination Of which they are
a part.
Sunday sca,ooi Aims.
The main field Of service for the In
ternational Sunday School association
lis along community, Interestingly
school lines. Briefly it's aims may be
stated as follows:
Ito promote the educational and
evang elistic interests of Sunday
school work everywhere within it's
field.
ITO cooperate with all agencies
and forces that have for their aim
the DEVELOPMENT of the Sunday schooi
life of the North American continent
3.-To be a common rallying organ
ization for the Sunday school workers
Of all evangelical denominations ana
thus foster the unified spirit OF the
Kingdom OF Christ
ITO especially direct and stimu-
late community or Interestingly
school work for the help and en-.
lcouraxement Of local Sunday school
workers along educational lines IA
both principle and method.
Report Of First District.
The Lee County Sunday School as
sociation is divided into five DISTRICTS
1, Q, 8, 4 and 5. The convention be.
ing held today is the first district
Sunday school convention. This dis.
trict comprises the four townships Q.
Jackson, Des Moines. Montrose ana
Jefferson. This association Is Two
years old and today Is the beginning
of the third year. In reality 1t IS
only one year old as there was notn-
ing done In the first year as far as
can be learned. So the past year
has been one OF foundation work.
The officers Of the past year were
elected April % at the convention
held in the First Baptist church, keo-
kuk, Iowa Shortly after this the ex-
ecutive committee held their meeting
in the Y. M. c. A., Keokuk, Iowa, WIN
all but one member present ana .V
work Of each one for the year was ols,
cussed and thoroughly understood
LOT
ton movement in this district one
~ the first things we thought neces-
sary was a unity and fellowship OF the
different denominations and our get
ting acquainted with the folks
throughout our district and so ban
louet was planned which included
program on Sunday school work. TO
which every pastor and super1ntend-
emit in Keokuk was invited to be pres
emit This meeting was held In the
Y. W. G. A. private dining room and
was largely attended, those present
enjoyed the evening.
! Reach Outsiders.
Our next plan was to reach out
side Of Keokuk to the other Sunday
schools in our district and endeavor
to get in touch with them and this
was carried out April IA and April
"a. this year in what We called visit
alton day and the visitation commit
tee came In personal touch with every
Sunday school in our district except
one and that school was correspond
ed with.
Very early In the year it became
apparent from the report OF the
schools that a better organisation
was needed and that we were not up
to the standard In our work for the
Master, and 50 to help the schools
catch larger vision, the association
sent to the different schools the in
ternational school standard chart.
Glad to report that some Of tho
schools are reaching out for a stand
ard school.
The superintendents' attention has
been called to the Sunday school con-
vention being held for Sunday school
workers and methods have been used
to get the teachers in touch with Sun
day school education We have tried
to help IN the work Of greater eff
ficiency in our methods Of carrying
on Sunday school work
When students Leave.
As far as we can learn the concen-
sus of opinion is, that We lose a largo
part Of our Sunday school scholars
between the ages of twelve and tven-
ty. SO having this in mind this con
vention has been planned. As you
win notice our convention theme is:
srThe Teen Age for Christ" We WILL
count our time well spent II this con-
vention will bring to the schools bet
ter methods in holding the scholars
in the secondary division Of the Sun
day school, and II We are stirred to
greater activity in our Efforts to hold
the Young people In the Sunday
school and for Christ and the church.
God grant that this may be so.
We'll Organized.
We have explained the standard
chart to those interested and talks
were given on Sunday school methods