Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-06

HroupA. The first Of these he gave as
the mobilization OF men afids women
intosselassessof commhn, Interest; SEQ
ont. SAnobiltzine schuTehes ofs AMs.asa
tassehat .ail.C Christians nyust :belpngs$toa
some church; third, organizing the,
men for q study Of the word OF God,
which, he 6lid, to Christians 10 fund.-
mental, and fourth the mobilization
OF men into organized groups.
groaps into classes, and the. whole IN
ITO . great federation: His speechsWAs
through. and set out plainly the
method ofhorEanixing and conducting
the Bible. classes. -
The pageants Of the home depart
ment we're. very good These. under
the able supervision of Mrs. c. T..
Tingley. demonstrated the work OF the
home departmentssein Ats different
phases. The pageants! represented
this work in. heSlives of, ]. n par
ents;s Q, the housemaids: s,%the shut
outs; =, the 'shut-ins; 8, transtents;a g,
doctors and, nurses Z, foreigners, and
8. the home: The pageant was stag
ed by girls of theN Baptist Sunday
school. sA -
Singing under the direction of H.
E. Winslow was another feature Of
the program. :"
The, meeting at the Baptist church
was also singularly interesting. While
not as well attended as the. other two
meetings: the program was very we'll
made up.
Mrs. MarySFoster eBryner. one of
ers in thescountry, gave a half hour
address on 'The Child and His Teach
err" Mrs. ,Bryner discussed the ques-
ton from the viewpoint Of whether
Sunday; .echool work: should .be
planned. according to the needs of the
children. or tho wants of older peo-
ple.ns Frequently, and in the great
! majority DISEASES. Mrs Bryner said.
olderspeqplei planned not only Sunday
school affairs, abutemany- of the other
things in, children's life according to
their, views and wants, and not in ac-
tcordancezAuith, the real needs of the
children. 1.-The law of the parents,
teachers. and: the Sunday schools
should be the needs of the. pupils"
said Mrs. Bryner. She. advocated the
planning of the work in all, grades Of
changing needs of the growing chill
dren. and the teaching of Sunday
material, in ways comprehensive. to
the various grades
Well Equipped schools. u
i :. Wis. ID SAAELtT aohcu WA1CkIlCI III SH-
tablishing a church home, a fine
building that was imposing to the
world, Will. not very good quarters
for the children. tor one that had a
we'll equipped: working school for the
little people should be. the order.
Older people would prefer the i'm
posing building, Mrs, Bryner said, but
she thought. that their Judgment
should be guided by the needs OF the
children, the future members of the
congregation In contrast to the gen.
eral plan exercises Mrs. Bryner be-
llievede that best results could be OBJ
tained .througha graded course of
worship, with the course for each
grade suitable to the pupils of that
grade. :Instead Of putting the school,
Or lessons in the center of the Sun
there,3 said the speaker. a let the
instruction Of the individual. through
groups. instead Of sthei inspiration OF
large numbers, or the Sunday school
as a whole, govern the teaching
Through the smaller groups the indl-
.vidual is more effectively REACHED
and in the final accounting the work
with the individual, of course, play:
the most important part"
tHonlinc Compares Pupils.
The address OF Prof. M. A. Hon
lire, associate superintendent. Of the
Inferno tioral Sunday School ~associa-
with the development Of the child
He stated that during. the past. 1906
years that the church was the mos
.,ifimportant' factor aini saptng,, the live
OF the people. Of the. earth: that. the
Sunday school was, the most impor
tant unit of the church, and the pu
Epil the factor il the Sunday school,
Nv tHar. - 1s ~ rnrSn~ RI. ~ ,&,yvS0 &c Ir
comes in the Sunday school, the idea
set for. him, and his capacity TO
reaching that ideal. he showed the
:" the mistakes that are ordinarily made
and the way in which these may be
corrected. He spoke at length on the
capability Of the ordinary child. an6
the use of this c~apability. The gis
Of his address was summed up hes
when he said that, without trying tt
d~ifferentiate in the several members
Of the class. they. are all given thu
same teaching, and that at this rat
Of giving the same. remedy for all ills
nothing could be accomplished. :
,4 Big Afternoon Session.
The. afternoon session had for it
theme the program of organize.
Sunday school effort as affecting tn
different important divisions Of tina
work. After an inspirational SOM
service. led by H. Augustine Smith
convention. music director, foul
speakers Of national Sunday sehoo
fame spoke on different branches o
ers With Children" was discussed b,
Mrs. Mary +. Bryner. She told O.
the opportunity the Sunday schoo
presented for parents and teachers t.
reach the children in the impression
able period OF their lives. and of tn