The Robesonian., 1918-06-06

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l attach my second article on "The
Country Sunday School" l hope you
will find space to print it in an early
issue. .
Sincerely yeors,
E. I. MIDDLETON.
Raleigh, y. c., NJ -, 1918.
YOU want It? Are there rot many !,
people around you wto ought to be inI
your school? Do vau really want it
10 be larger? Before it will grow,
YOU ard others r..us: feel the need
for it.
Relatively our SITE has succeeded
in reaching the people, as only two
other States have as large per centage
of the people II Su"dav Gchcol as has
North Carolina, but :. : I-avc many IN
reached as shown 18th ago. If we
are helping those WAC attend we can
help thousands who are unreached.
We venture a few suggestions.
Magnify The Sunday School
The Sunday school is a fundamer-
tai agency of Gods Kingdom. There
is no Christian activity mentioned
quite so much in the Bible as teach
ing and when we are doing this in
the Sunday school we are following
the Bible. In the Old Testament
teaching is mentioned many times as
often as preaching. In the New Tes-
lament teaching is mentioned more
than $50 times, Baptism less than 100
times. In the Gospels Jesus is spoken
Ct as Teacher or Teaching over sew
enty-five times and as Preacher or
Preaching less than twenty times
Put Life in Your Sunday School.
This opens up the discussion in VOL
umes on Sunday schools. Be sure to
have some definite objective. Learn
the standard Of excellence Of your de-
nomination and work to reach it. Not
to do this gives indefiniteness to your
work. You will be almost sure to
!. leave uI.done something you ought to
do. ..
, Of course you will provide an ade-
quate organization sufficient to util-
; ize all your talent in song, class work
, and special exercises by some one
every Sunday giving variety to your
, program.
Do not neglect to train your people
along the lines of general activities
: fostered by your denomination-or-
l phanage, missions, etc.
Take a Religious Census.
: This is finding out by a house-to-
+ house canvass every one who ought
t to be in your Sunday school. This is
1 the only way to reach your possibili
/, ties. You must decide on the terri
: tory to be reached. Some one must
. be put in charge to do the work. Let
:. him make as many sub-districts as
t are necessary. In the country these
+ sub-districts ought to include from
: forty to sixty people. After this sub
/. division has been made, secure enough
' workers. Let all captains and theil
e co-workers meet at the church, Q,
: some other desirable place, and lei
= pastor or superintendent, or one of the
f captains s-thoroughly explain the pur
pose and plan of the work. Sunday
. afternoon is the best time for thu
r canvass.
: Let every one doing work star
: as nearly as possible at the same
|. time, and in most cases the work cal
: be done within from one and hal
s to three hours. Be sure to fill out !;
d card for each person, from the small
L est baby to the oldest man or woman
n Do not leave out anybody in the ter
Y ritory. Have the cards brought bacl
r, to the person in charge. Assert then
|, and give these to persons Of the diff
S ferent denominations and let them US
It them. Take these cards that are t.
f be used by your church and Sunda
school and classify them according t
kl age, using the basis of grading as Sc
i forth in the discussion on grading i
t. literature on the subject.
). Some hints for the canvassers
n Visit every house. Make an individ
lie ual card for every person. Writ
r plainly. Get the age as directed o
" the card. Name the church, and it
n location, Of church members. B
" careful to get an expression from tn
t, parents Of young children who do nc
g attend Sunday school as to their pref
/. erence for them. This right of tn
n, parent should be respected. Kee
Il sweet. Extend a cordial invitation t
ID all. Any other information whic
=. may be valuable to the pastor, supel
intendent, or teacher may be recorde
,. on reverse side of card.
You will need census cards for tt
re work giving name, age, whether
rs Sunday school or not, whether
lie church member or not and chure
ed preference. Then you want instru
40 tions about tabulating the census,
ct your UNCONVENTIONAL Sunday scho
nd nation, I shall take pleasure in fu
MT nishing full information free exec
y. return postage.
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