Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
PATRIOTISM WILL Be KEYNOTE OF ANNUAL w
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION this WEEK; 4
OVER 1900 DEL GCATBS Arr. TO Be HERE.

long way towards answering by the
bringing Of this war to . SUCCESSFUL
conclusion. To that end the churches
and the Sunday schools can, afford to
20 to the very limit In sAcfticiAl SER
vice. But ut the same time We mus
realize that it will do very little Q
to be victorious lover there" II dur
ing the time we raise a crop OF young
hoathen at home. Thus the churches
have set before them a double task
that OF pressing the war TO q sue
Scesxful conclusion and at the. am
time not only keeping the moral n
standards up at home, but
Of advancing hem SO that when the
boys come home" they will find that
things are not worse of than when
they went away. but rather that real
progress las been made.
The leaders of the church realize
this double task which is before then,
and none reeliIc 1t stronger than those
speakers and leaders Who will adj
dress the convention this week.
To. n acquainted even In a meas
Eure It Is sufficient to simply mcmillan
the names of the speakers to know
that an intellectual and spiritual and
patriotic treat of a rare kind awaits
those who attend this convention.
IuCHG Arc lEIc lldINSS. =.
secretary Of the Worlds Sunday school
association: Prof. Walter Athearn,
superintendent of the educational de-
Of the International Sunday
school association; Prof. NJ. A. Hon
line, associate superintendent OF the
department Of the inter-
national association: ". c: Pearce.
field superintendent: Mrs Mary Fos-
ter Bryner, field worker. Thus we
are to have at this convention four
speakers connected with the interna-
curance. 1t is the policy Of the In
ternational association to have n
speaker at the state conventions but
it is only under are circumstances
that our speakers are permitted to
attend This success is u to the
energetic work of our efficient state
superintendent, j. c.. Garrison. who is
always or the job when it m to
getting the best there is to be had in
Sunday school work for North Da-
kota- Last winter he attended a con-
Buffalo, N. T., where these speakers
were present and he simply, as the
Bible says, Compelled them" to come
to North Dakota, for the state con-
vention.
One of the departments that is be-
ing pushed to the foreground by the
war is the rural department The
demand for greater food production
is we'll known. But people cannot and
will not remain On h farms and
produce more food unless the farm is
work Of making the farm a fit place
in which to live, that the world may
be made'safe for democracy, the rural
church and the rural Sunday school
have q very large work to do. Last
year a very successful rural confer
ence was held in connection with the
convention at. Fargo, this was the first
successful rural conference ever held
in the state, a similar conference has
been planned for this year. The meet
ings of this conference will be held
Thursday and Friday mornings.
Rev. E. C. Ford Of Fargo, is sup
e~rintendent Of this department Mr..
Ford is pastor of the church in Fargo
that is located nearest to the Agricul-
tural college and thus he comes in
close contact with the boys as they
come in from the farms Of the state.
Many of them have here received a
vision of the possibilities of rural
church work. Mr.. Ford is also pastor
Of tho Oak Mound church, a strictly
IOfd1 SAOTCu 60VoA 1Ill2CS AO1I1l "a
Fargo. and has been instrumental in
the development of a rural social
center hat has attracted national in
tereet from workers along this line
Mr.. Ford will preside at all sessions
of the rural conference and will give
an illustrated lecture on The Church
of the Small Community; its Problems
and its Possibilities" on Friday. morn.
ing at 8 o'clock.
Music is coming more and more tt
be recognized as a community builder
and that which: does more than an,
thing else to blend people of all way.
tof thinking. The man who above al
others in the United States stands FOL
this is Prof. H. Augustine Smith Of
1.-THE Boston university, who will hav.
charge OF the convention singing ant
Twill direct: the Patriotic pageant Fri
day evening. Prof. Smith was IL
charge of the music at Chicago Thee
logical seminary and choir director o
the First Congregational church TO,
a plumber Of years. 1t was here tina
he gained his reputation by the train
ing Of children's choirs. At times h
and introduced them int the churcl
by solos, choruses, and autiphona
singing.
|. Sunday school surgery may be
: new term, but it is a very n%ecessar
operation sometimes. There are Gel
: tain habits and customs which hav
grown up. in Sunday school worl
which may have been helpful in thei
J. day, but have now long outgrow
their usefulness. The Sunday schot
surgeon par excellence. in this cour
try today, is Walter Athearn. He be
lieves in going after with a knit
and cutting out everything In come
ton with the Sunday schoolSwor
that7has lost.it usefulness. Just%b t
cause a thing is old and customary.
no reason in his mind why It 4shoul
continue to exist If 1t has ceased
! produce fruit. Prof. Athearn has RI
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