The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-06-14

~sAS oAhoHho ohu uoAlOuotTdtlOH IuHTk-
ed the opening session Of the thir-
tecnth annual Sunday School Con-
gress which was called to order here
today In the Shiloh Baptist Church.
hepresentatlv. from twentysix
sta nd territories, deeply in.
terested In Sunuay scnoo. ~ ork, ara
In attendance. The meeting will con-
tinue for five days, during which
time consideration will be given
methods for building modern Sunday
schools and for dong missio ary
work in the various sections of the
civilized world. More than twenty
thousand Sunday schoolscare enti le
to representation IN this gathering,
representing a denomination of two
million five hundred thousand con-
stltuents. The Chamber of Commerce
and other city organizations Joined
In the invitation to bring the Sunday
School Congress to this city and
special privileges were accorded by
the mayor as we'll as the county
officials
Fourteen departments are repre-
sented in the Congress. Child
Evangelism" Every member out of
every family In some Sunday schoop
is the slogan adopted by this gather
ing. Three big occasions are sched-
uled for the week. The first will be
the big demonstration by the Boy
Cadets, who are being taught mill
tary discipline under religious influ-
ence. I'VE are standing by the
President, and we are training our
boys in Youth 80 that in case the war
continues we will be fully prepared"
declared Henry Allen Boyd, secretary,
at the opening session of the Con-
gress On Thursday night the Or
ganized Sunday school classes, term.
ed Metokas and Galedas, will have
possession Of the workers and with
their banners, pennants and other
paraphernalia, thrilled by patriotic
music furnished for the occasion,
they will lend inspiration to. the oc.
casion. On Sunday five thousand
school children and school workers
viii form a mammoth parade. 1t will
be National Patriotic Day" for the
Sunday School Congress. American
ags will be in evidence, as each boy
and girl will carry flag In the pa
'ade. Speakers representing Food
Conservation, War-Savings, Thrift
Stamps and the like have already
been placed on the program.
The officers of the Sunday School
Congress are R. H. Boyd, Director;
c. H, Clark, Chairman, Nashville,
Tenn; ]. P. Robinson, Vice Chair
man, Little Rock, Ark; w. S. Filing
ton, Arbiter, Nashville, Tenn; ]. Nj.
Easterling and Miss E. A. Battle, As
Sistant Secretaries; Miss N. e King,
enrolment Clerk, Nashville, Tenn;
H. B. P. Johnson. Chorister; ]. A.
Sharp, Supt. Teacher Training; while
the conductors of the va ions de-
Dartments are as follows: Missionary
Conference, E. D. Hubbard, Chicago;
F. w. Lancaster, Philadelphia; H. NJ.
Williams, Galveston, Tex; Metoka
Department, R. NJ Reddick, Atlanta
Ca. ]. W. Welsh, Ensley. Ala; Ga
ledas, Mrs. L. B, Fouse. Lexington.
Ky; Miss l. q Chambers. Pirkens
Miss; Advanced Taachera N~s "
A. B. Fuller, Austin, Texas; E. L.
Cunningham, Lexington, Ky. Inter
mediate and Primary Teachers: G. P.
Baker Nashville Superintendents:
Fl. w, Russell, Atlanta, Ga; S. H.
Johnson, Nashville, Tenn; VIM. Crud
up, Chicago, ILL.,; B. Y. P. u: S. R.
Prince, Ft. Worth, Tex; Rev. L.
Drane, CHICAGO Cradle Roll and In,
fant: Miss Era Kennard, Galveston,
Tex. Home Department: Miss Ada
F. Morgan, Nashville. Bible Study.
Rev. VIM. Hicks, Shreveport, La;
Rev. l.. R. W Johnson, Lynchhurg,
Va. A. F. Cadets: w. H. Crawford
and Henry Lott, Austin, Tex. s. s.
Jones, Muskogee, Okla.
The last session was held at Nash
vile, Tenn, while invitations are
here for 1919 session from such
cities as Cincinnati, O.; Chicago, Ill;
Atlantic CITY. N. j.; Lexington, KY.
and Cairo, III. The Congress- secre.
tary stated that it would not bs
known until the final board meeting
where the next session would be held