The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-04-02
INSPIRATL0NAL
5. s. CONVENTION
County Sunday School Convention
Held In Denison Saturday and Sun
day One of Best Ever Held
GROWING SESSION SUNDAY EVE
Rev. Herbrecht's Talk sOne Of Most
Finished Pieces of Pulpit Oratory !
Ever Delivered in Denison s& /

1913 WAS uclu az tlC IlCoOy 'oi Ae'A
church Saturday afternoon and Sun
day, March 20 and 80. Many things
came about to make this one OF the
most satisfactory conventions held in
the county for number of years.
The convention this year was great
ly favored by the presence of Rev. O.
G. Herbrecht, the new assistant state
secretary. He turned out to be a
young man of remarkable ability, thor
oughly posted on Sunday school al
fairs, and a marked pulpit orator Miss
Elizabeth Dean, of Newton, Iowa, came
as the expert on the work among the
children and her great knowledge of
this subject and pleasing manner of
setting forth her ideals, won the hearts
OF everyone who heard her. The pas.
tor Of the Presbyterian church, Rev
Robt. Karr, and his membership gave
special effort to welcome the conven.
ton and see that it was made sue.
cess and this materially helped in
making it so. f-#.
The convention was called to or.
der by T. A. Harvey, president, Rev
Harwood, Methodist pastor at Man.
lila giving most thoughtful address
ni"The Seed in the Word" This was
followed by an address of welcome by
the president. The state worker, Mr..
Herbrecht, was then called to the plat
form and in a most satisfactory man.
ner, explained the need for, a .success-
full school. There must be the gath.
ering in of the pupils, earnest teach
ing and determined effort to win the
lives of all members of the school, to
active Christianity. A pleasing fea-
ture Of the program that afternoon
was the appearing of the primary tots
of the public school, led by Miss Hall.
They showed excellent training. Miss
Iona Brosius, pastor of the Arion Con-
gregational church gave a most pleas
ing and instructive talk on the pro-
gram which the Sunday schools should
carry out Her friends are greatly
pleased that she is making. a decided
success in her work at Arion. -
Two, Of y thesqbright workers from
De1oit were on the program Miss Dor
otfiy Green, daughter of The pastor,
and Miss LOvicie Morris. Miss Green
had an excellant paper on the impor-
tance of continued. work along. te,nS
pera1ica lines and Miss M orris tod of
many things as to the helpfulness of
mission instruction. In the discussion
that followed Miss Dean called atten.
ton to the pictures and mottos which
she had disp byed upon the wall which
could be made SO helpful in teaching
temperance and missions. She said
that ffn.titeaching, the children they
must be able tossee spmething and to
leagn catchy Verses and fnottos. Ly,
dia Marshall. and Bertha Boettger
gave, pleasing musical selection at
this session. The president appointed
the convention committees md adj
journme ntssWas made until the evening
session. Mrs, Sears McHenry chair
man Of the entertainment was ready
to see that all delegates wishing sup
per and lodging were well cared for.
The Saturday evening session open
ed with a church full of people. The
singing for the first half hour was lead
by Mr.. Sears .McHenry. He was Just
In his element as a leader, and before
long all present We're singing loudly
and on time. The singing was ever a
prominent feature of the convention
Rev. W. H. Parker, pastor of the Pres
.byterian church OF Manila, gave a
most helpful talk on "The Authority
of the Bible, giving many scripture
references which he fnandled very
well. Miss Dean spoke at this ses-
sion on the necessity of "a decision
day By some III is called the or
ward Step Day She well said that
all the machinery of the Sunday
school1was brought into action to in
fluence the lives of the children to
definite decision for Christ, and to
help those who had made this decision
to take forward steps to better Chris
tian living. Miss leila Gillmor, and
Miss Mildred Hubbel with their flute
and violin, and the accomplished Miss
Josie Kinney at the piano, gave a
most satisfactory musical selection.
Mr.. Herbrecht painted before the au-
dience what Sunday school meant
to community, and religion means
to the world. With his stories and H.
Illustrations, he made strong impress
sion on all who heard him. At this
session Mr.. and Mrs. r. o. McCon-
naughey sang a beautiful duet in a
most touching manner.
Fhere were no sessions of the con-
vention on Sunday forenoon. Rev,
Herbrecht occupied the pulpit of the
PRESBYTERIAN church and Miss Dean
visited the Methodist and Baptist
Sunday schools during the morning
sessions, making helpful talks. At two
o'clock there was gathering again at
the. church and at this time Mr. Mott
McHenry lead the singing. The old
settlers Of the county were reminded
Of the pioneer days when his esteemed
father lead the singing at the religious
gatherings and was SO popular with the
people. At this session Miss Dean
spoke on the Importance of the chill
1rens' division of the Sunday sch DOL
which is her speciality. She showed
he various subdivisions of the cradle
oil, beginners, juniors and called at.
ention to the most salient points in
connection with the cradle roll, in in
luencing parents to have interest in
he school, &fr l.' ~
The reports of the county officers
we're now called. President Harvey
ave. a general survey of what had
zen done. Mrs. Pierce as superin- |
endent of the home department was
Bile to report that 1872 persons were
1embers in this county, and the de-
artments were being conducted in
leven schools. Reports ais divisional