Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-07-24
THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL
S. S. Convention, Held at Buffalo, N.
Y. June 1926, f1iS.

Here are some Of the "p]anks" of
the platform adopted by the conven-
ton:
For the social solidarity OF the
race.
For the recognition Of the priest
hood and kinship of every child Of
God,
For Christian character, or vital
piety, as the proper credential of the
life that is "hid with Christ in God"
For self-renouncng love as funda-
mental in the Christian social order.
For the Christianization of all the
relations of men.
For the Punishment OF autocracy
from every department of life.
For the progressive realization Of
democracy, not only in State, but
also in the home, in industry, in edu-
cation, in social life, in the church,
and In all the institutions that touch
the interests Of our brother-men
For such reduction of disciple
ship as shall emphasize deeds and
not creeds as constituting the heart
message of Jesus to our day.
For the sharing of our good will
with all men, not Withholding till
they seek it at our hands, but freely
giving, because we know their needs
and we are brothers.
For that eXaltation Of the little
child which the Masters tender So
licitude teaches, with all that such
exaltation implies, both for it and
for adults.
For the peace Of the world, as the
normal state of man, even though we
must employ force to secure it-a
peace exalting the men and the ma
tions that pursue It,, and that shall
endure because based on love for
felloW-men and not on any consider
alton Of selfish advantage.
For the answering of our Masters
prayer for his followers-"That they
all may be that the world
may believe in his Sonship, and SO be
redeemed through faith incarnated
in men and regnant in the institn-
tions that minister to our life.
Some Statistics.
The statistics showed that the In
ternational Association represents
197,203 Sunday schools in the United
States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, the
West Indies, the Hawaiian Islands,
and Central America. This shows
gain Of 21,51S Sunday schools since
the last International Convention in
Chicago in 1914.
There are 1,ss6,S21 officers and
teachers and 17,236,227 pupils.
making total Sunday school enroll
ment for the International field Of
2O,649,797.
The gain in erollment for the past
four years >-has been 2,20S,76l, or
more than half a million a year
OF the $3.50 counties, 2,676 are
organized. Nearly $4,000 conven-
tons have been held in the interna-
tional field, or in excess of 5000
year-averaging 43 conventions
every day in the year for the past
four years.
The cradle rolls have Increased
from 44,268 to 57,155, gain Of l.
579; and the "babies" total l,360,-
377, a gain Of 325,490.
There are 1906 organized Sec
ondary classes and 6?,G41 adult
classes, while the home department
has 1910 departments and 909,251
members who "go to Sunday school
at home"
Community schools are becoming
popular, and there are now ia in
successful operation.
For the quadrennium a population
Of 10.906,723 has been visited by the
home visitation department, making
total Of 47.S00,000 during the ten
years Of this important work.
Temperance lessons have been en-
phasiZed to such an extent that A.
1G2,179 temperance pledges have
b"en signed.
More than $1,000 Sunday schools
have observed Decision Day, and
there is a record Of ,5S2,575 addi-
tons to the church from the Sunday
school during the past four years, an
average Of 1900 for every Sunday
during the quadrennium.
am, Mr.. Editor, for another year,
Oconee county's executive commit
teeman Of the South Carolina Sunday