The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24
First District Was Represented Here
Yesterday In Sessions Held
Afternoon and Eve
ming.
FILED MANY ARE ON PROGRAM
Speakers From County and State Or.
CARNATIONS Offer Suggestions
for Betrerins
Work.

The fifth annual convention of the
first district Sunday School associa-
ton of Lee county took place in Keo-
kuk yesterday with fourffths of the
schools in the district being repre-
scented at the meeting which was the
best showing made at any similar
convention ever held in the state.
| The officers elected for the new
year are: President, c. S. Townsend;
vice president C. M. Vogler; secre-
tary-treasurer, Miss May Mccoy; de-
partmental superintendent: Elemen.
tary, Mrs. S. Fl. Ayres; secondary.
Miss Florence Brown; administra-
| ton, H. C. Brown; educational, Miss
Jane Kennedy, Montrose; adult and
home visitation, Miss Mamie Slack.
The treasurer's report for this year
showed a balance in the treasury CT
1888 which was considered by the
members OF the association TO be en-
! tirely satisfactory.
=, Reports from the schools in the
! district on the percentage reached
on the international standard chart
show the three following schools to
have reached the highest marks: st.
PauPs Evangelical church, keokuk,
100 percent; Presbyterian church,
M OnLTOS6, 30 p6ICcut, Cii i''AeaAA
church, Keokuk, IS percent
Both the afternoon and evening
session yesterday were held in the
First Baptist church. r. A. Nanny
! of Fort Madison, the county presi-
dent, spoke at the afternoon meeting,
and in his message he issued the
challenge Of the finished task, using
the words of Jesus on the cross, at
, is finished"
Mr.. Nanny asked the, question,
will you and l be able to say when
we come to the point where We shall
depart this earth, that our task is
truly finished? that we have done the
best we could?' The county presi-
dent said that these were intense
days, and that people must be abe
to give an account Of them.
State Secretary Here.
| Walter Hutton, the state secretary
iof the Iowa Sunday School associa-
ition began his afternoon address by
giving the following definition of 4
Sunday school: "The Sunday school
is the institution of the church
which can administer to the whole
life Of every individual in the COM
munity," and Mr.. Hutton also said
"that the Sunday school means
study of the scriptures for salvation
and service"
In referring. to his subject. "The
Sunday School Organ lied for Serv-
ice" Mr.. Hutton showed forth the
standard departments of modern
Sunday school. He emphasized the
meaning of each department AMI
stated that a Sunday school was not
real one until it functioned in every
department. The whole of the work
done is the thing which counts.
The Importance of really doing
things" was the point stressed by Mr..
Hutton in his evening address, and
he said, what we have talked abo1t
here today does not make this con-
vention success. 1t is what we do
when we get back to our respective
schools is the thing"
Then out of his wide experience ne
told of the powerful influence Of the
Sunday school work. He said that
Sunday schools were one Of the big
gest enterprises in all the world and
he related how some of the biggest
business men in the United States
were powers in the Sunday school
world.
, A great deal of credit for the sue
cess of the convention yesterday Is
due to c.. S. Townsend, the president,
and the delegates expressed their ap-
probation of his ability to provide
the meeting with such a splendid pro
gram of speakers.