Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-20
S. S. CONVENTION
Fulton County Sunday School Asso-
cation at Fayette Shows Genuine
Interest in Sunday School Work
Extracts From Report
By Rev. E. d. Collier

From a standpoint oil real work
and genuine earnestness all who at
tended the last fulton County Sun
day School convention at kayette
June IL and IL agdeed that it was one
oi tng very best ever he d anywhere.
Rev. Z. W. Perry of Delta, in
speaking on the Responsibility Oh
rAuulJ Leadership" SAID, '"Ihe besr
way TO keep the boys and girls in Cne
Sunday Scno | Is TO build a high
strong wall OF men and women
around them. There never was "a
boy problem it rs and has always
been n man problem, for a man Or
q woman Is back OF the failure III
nearly every boy. 1t may be
simE "A nrtle child shall lead them"
to Sunday School once or twice but
II n the men ana women, fathers ana
mothers who keep them IN the
school,"
county president, H. w. Brinlxman
in hrs address gave the key to un-
lock our problems as we go back
from the convention, "Be ye doers
of the word anc not hears only.
The State Association was repre-
sented by Mrs. Phoebe Curtiss of
Columbus. In one OF her splendid
addresses, she put strong emphasis
on holding in each community 4
"Children's Week which should in
clude a sermon by each minister, a
house to house canvass, a pageant
Of children, a social affair of some
kind and a recognition service.
The Rev. X. b. Wilson, pastor of
the West Unity Presbyterian church
led the music at the main sessions
Of the convention and during the first
day he gave some excellent advice
on the music in the Sunday School.
No one can sing earnestly two
good hymns and then go home and
say there was a poor sermon, The
non-singers are the complainers
about sermons. II you can't get the
pSope's mouths open to sing you
can't get their hearts open to receive
q sermon.
Mrs. Curtiss in her second address
called attention to the powerful in
nuence of environment surrounding
the children; the social ties, com;
panions the home, the school, the
Rev. s. t. Walker, gave short
talk, Just to Eli in where a speaker
was absent. Among other gooC
Things he said, "A man who does moi
attend Sunday School is a bach
number"
Mis. Carrie G. Geyer, of Xenio, o.
gave a helpful and suggestive ad
aress on IL ways Of teaching.
After devotions led by c. w. Perry
a talk on "The value Of a stat,
paper" Mrs. Geyer and duet by th'
Conncll sisters, Mr.. Fries OF Dayton
o., gave a rousing speech on Re
crulC.ng Young Men and Boys fol
the Sunday School," He SAID "Un
less we can line up hundreds If thou
sands Of our young men and boys TO
the Bible study in the Sunday Schools
then the sacrifice made by our boy
In Europe has been in vai,i; for Dem
ocracy, without deep spirituality, vii
quickly fan into ruin.
Friday Morning =.
Mr.. Herbert Mayer Of Columbu
gave the first address Of tie day u
,Syetopment of Worship in the Sun
day School," He said There are to
many prayers that give us informa
tion about social life, political affair
and other out Of place things and to
E roai talking straight TO God.
Boys and girls viii not listen to a 10
=. ,nKVnnason but are always atten
tive when one really talks with Coo
Too many Of our songs are not a
all interesting to the young peopl
because they are beyond the exper
snee OF the young minds"
In A. G.. Valentines report Is wa
known that he as Field Worker ha
travelled 961 miles in the interes
Of the Sunday School work, ylsits
Iv scnools IN session, attended all tn
-gether" meetings. Fultl
County has a population of 25,OC
..-re are 1000 enrolled IN the :
Sunday School and there arc aboI
1000 Roman Catholics. This leave
10000 people not under any religion
instruction. Further reports sho
tnat only so per cent Of those el
rolled in Sunday School are in. regu
ar attendance. That means tn
every Sunday there are more ths
10000 of the people Of Fulton Coun'
not under any kind Of religious, !
%. struction. And yet America lool
" the rural counties like Fulton i
her high spiritual standards.
In the reports of department on
GERS it was revealed that most e
eellent work has been done. MI
Rupert, County Home Depts SUI
did the most efficient work. MI
Ceyer, said, shat was the best I
port / ever heard from any depal
ment worker in Ohio" Rev. A;
Wilson and Mrs, r. E. Ha.nan, bo
of Delta, gave excellent reports
work done by the Secondary Divisl
The report Of County Secretary,
G. Theobold showed there were thr
100 per cent schools in the count
judged by the international Sta
dard.
W. O. Fries, in his last addre
smoke of "The Teachers Relatl
to the Pupils Choices.
Rev. c. r. Evans led the rou
table discussion, on starting ira
ing class he said, Start with a 1
IL necessary. A school that can !
find two or three who will take !
teacher training work. God pity u
school"
This was the caption OF M
Geyer's closing address, wfieh pr
ed to be a most rouslng soui-stlrrl
message of the whole two days C.
vention. She showed that every'
has a lob. Here in Futon Coul
there are lO,OOV uOI III ""!
School. When we remember
Japan sent a committee. of her m
excellent statesmen to the UNI
safes to learn the. secret OF
greatness and they returned
stated most emphatically that W
made America great was the tea
ing in her Sunday Schools, we ou
10 be sincerely ashamed of oursel
10 permit 10000 of our citizens
remain away from the Sunday Sci
Two great treats awaited the al
ence at the closing session; fine
dress by Mr.. Mayer and sew
charming and most pleasing sc
tions by the Polyanna Quartette
vons, under the direction OF n
Stong. c.
Congress of Boys and Girls
OF all such events ever wi mes
bv the writer and others who b
had large experience in "Congr'
---~rl, the program put on by
Fulton County boys and girls,
yreas this wear at the Fayette chi