The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-09-13
5h District S.
S. Convention
Holds Splendid Session
at Ridgeway, Va.

The 24th annual session OF the Fifth
District Sunday Ss-hool Convention of
the Prssbyt-ry oi Southern Virgins con
vened with the Holmes Memorial Prr.by-
terrain church. kide-wsy, Va, August "
III. IL brought together = large number
OF Sunday school workers Who wer. cay
or aud anxious tile caus~ Ice gwen [.
4 push forward.
On Friday morning 1t 30 O'clock. IN
tile sl'.enc- oi tile President, the Wee
President. w. w billiard, callssi th..
Conventi,n To order. Alter .ie,otiona nj
service, the following officers were elect
ei: President. y ID. billiard oi the I'll.
Avenue church. Roanoke, Vice r.i-
dent Miss Msiinds Meyer. TRINITY
Secretary, Miss AlzInr Spencer, Mt. Let
anon. Corresponding Secretary, Mr.. Is.
NJ. Hereford, Holmes Memorial; Tr-..-
nrer, Miss Father iiairston. Trinity. Al
TER the appointment III several commit
ts-s, tllr minutes oi the previous Con
vention were read. Then followed the
report Of tile committee on ~rranv~m-nt
aud zdIournment L. meet again 1t 3p. m.
Our sunday School Missionary, Prof.
. l.. Nj. Martin. being with us for the tir.t
tine, ~as gwen the greater part Of the
aiternoon- lie gave = very helpful talk
on the STANDARD sunday school
A popular meeting wAs held Friday
might. Mrs. J. A. Davis, our pastors
|, vile. gave the welcome address and Mr..
=. J. billiard Of the Trinity church.
made the respons~. These ladies held
the audience spell bound ~ they spoke.
Afterwards = program consisting of solos.
duets, chorus, rssItstiOns and s.idre-.e.
wss rendered. Rev. q. A. Watkins. pa.-
tor vi the Grace Freshly terrain church.
NJ srtin.vilI-. spoke Of The pastor IN
the sunday sriooi.' This address. x..
iull Of Interest and instr uction.
On Saturday morning, the REPORTS
FROM tIr different schools we're read and
di-cnssed. The REPORTS were encour.s-
ing and hopeful of even better report.
next year. Dr. T.. X. Dudley of 5th
Avenue church, Roanoke, ~. elected
delegate to tie synoilcsl sunday ~hooI
Convention. Newi~rne, y u. ~ inter
s~ting wss tile talk 10y Prof Martin tie
day before that the greater portion Of the
Afternoon ~.s again gwen u him u ex-
PLAIN the Ten Points Of Excellence
10 Interesting were the sessions Of the
Convention that We varied from CUSHION
AMI hal pleasing program on Saturday
evening. The program CONSISTED Of 80
i-, patrictle rscitstiOns. duets All in
sP'ring paper by Mrs. John l.. Hsir-ton.
Oi Martinsviile. and all aide address. n,y
Rev. }. A. DAVIS, pastor vi Holme.
Memorial church, whose far reaching
subject Mas What will the church do
With tile young men alter the war; Rev.
DAVIS has ever shown impartial interest
"a tie men oi tlie church and conInun-
~.
On Sunday morning at ~ o clock. the
Model sunday School ~<s conduct..d by
Prof. I. NJ. MARTIN. The Is--on tor the
lay rs- = timely one. Helping otlIer-.'
fsO prizr- were Oderei 10y the Mission
AIRY ~ tile two TEACHERS who collected the
most money from the smallest classes.
Mrs. John l.. ii.irston aud w. w. Dil-
lard were tie succes~ful competitors.
Mrs. iisirstOn ~zs presented book,
'On the firing line" aud Mr. Hsirston
. book. Work among tie Juniors"
These we're presented 10y Mrs. -. J. n
BLIZZARD ia q brief appropriate address.
AZ ~ O'Clock. the annual sermon We
presclisd ~ Rev. q. y. Watkins from
ten. 1918. Thou God sss-t me-" This
sermon 49, forceful aud well recsived.
The speaker showed how God lead. into
safety and how he ses- IN evil - yell a.
10 god and how men ought " ~ gen
tien'rn ~ night a. sell - by day tor
Thou 0of -ss-t me." Dinner ~s
srse'i ON tire gr0und
Al y. m, Ns re-z--rml,le,i 10 listen
" another program. Tie main f-sture-
VI this program we're The work Of TIE
Convention" told IN {. great payer BY
Mrs. :. j. N. billiard, IN which sle said u
not gOOd for One " 10 ell the work, and
an address, CHRIST . Magnet" by Prof.
Martin IN which he ;ikened Christ o. O
magnet. illustrating his talk With tscks,
nails aud . magnet showing how Christ
draws boy- and girls a. well ~ men and
women unto himself With rusty tent
nails, .hekho~ed hO~ hard u 10 for him "
draw men when they are bent ~Ith are.
rb. sddrs-- ~s- - simple and practical
that even the children csuld understand.
NEXT zneeliens address 49, delivered by
.. ID. billiard on Interest Of the Amer
can Negro alter tie Wa. In TINS Id
dress. be told hoe evsrythinx viI Cd