The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-19
That is View Expressed a,
Lincoln District Con
vention.
should HAVE MORE Pep
of Spice to Addresse
Made at Worthington
Yesterday.


fore the people through the medium of
the Sunday Schools, declared Levi B.
Harr, twice president of the Marion
County Sunday School Association, at
the annual convention of the Lincoln
district Sunday School Association
held at the Christian Church at Wor.
thington Sunday afternoon. There is
no politics in such questions as the
ratification of the League of Nations,
he declared, and the fact that the
people generally have not protested
over fourteen months by qufbbling
regarding the matter led him to criti-
else the Sunday Schools for inactivity.
ut is the duty of both Republicans
and Democrats to effect as good a
compromise as is possible" declared
Mr.. iHarr, "and permit the country
to get down to the actual business iof
reconstruction" Mr.. Harris subject
was Leadership" and he brought the
issue right home when he declared
that the lenders of thought in the
community might boast of their ac-
dyity in connection with the, L liberty,
Loan. the Red cross and other de-.
serving movements but that they ifiad
not done their full duty until they
presented moral issues like The
League Of Nations for action on the
part of the community.
Other speakers advocated activity
in Sunday School circles-new life
for the movement. Rev. Orin Curtis,
of Barrackville, advocated, putting
some pep" in Sunday Schools. Rev.
Glen Stewart of Enterprise, placed
the need as snap. pep and ginger. {"
e. j. Thomas, of Fairmont, formerly
secretary OF the Marion County Sum
day School Association, went further
and defined the lack as "spizzerink-
tum." Rev. Curtis discussed the nee
essary steps to keep the children in
tercsted in Sunday Schools after they
became young men and women Mrs.
Mary Sniier, of Glover Gap, advocat-
ed Establishment of home depart
ments, which provide for the enroll
Dent of the people who cannot or
will not attend Sunday School. Rev.
Glen Stewart. of Enterprise. said
Sunday Schools should have variety
like the movies; that all pictures had
love or war as their fundamentals
and that Sunday School programs
should be varied with religion as the
fundamental always. He cited Harold
Bell Wright's books as popular and
worthy because they all dealth with
the same great question though in a
different way.
e. j. Thomas of Fairmont paid tri.
hute to Rev. Finley Oaks, deceased,
whose picture adorned the wall of the
Worthington church. He has been
dead for some twenty years. Mr..
Thomas said that Rev. Oakes was a
pioneer worker for Sunday School
advancement and he had had the
honor of being associated with him in
the work. He said lesson could be
learned from the Catholics who never
neglected Bible study. did you ever
hear OF Catholic blacksliding?" he
asked. He referred to the split in the
Baptist church hundred years ago
over Bible study and said one faction
declared 1t to be IAN institution of the
devil" He pointed out that that fac
ton, "the 1ronsides" was now seldom
heard of.
Levi B. Harr discussed Leader
ship" lin a very able way. Rev. w.
E. Haines, OF Warrington, spoke on
"The Ultimate Aim of the Sunday
School and Walter A. Enow, secre-
tary of the State Sunday School As
Sunday School work id Marion Coun-
ty, pointing out that the showing as
recorded by the state association was
not what 1t should be. He urged at
tendance at the next state conven-
tion at Moundsville May 1920 and
explained that instead of one general
convention for the whole state as in
the past regional conventions would
be held at Bluefield May 11-1S, at
Martinsburg May 1916 and at
Moundsville May 1920. Mr.. Snow
took occasion to praise the work of
Harry Barbe, of Mannington, secre-
tary of the Marion County associa-
tton
Splendid music was rendered un-
der the direction of DR.. G. l.. How
ell. The chorus consisted of DR..
Howell, Finley Oaks, ]. l.. Parrish,
A. j. Mcdaniel. Mrs. Opal Talking.
ton, Mrs. ] NJ. Wood, Mrs. Earl
Bryan, Mrs. F. NJ. Billingslea, Mrs.
g. A. Messenger, Misses Clarice and
Mary Oaks. Five little girls sang a
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