The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
State Sunday School Workers
Meet In Greenyiile

Spartanburg, Mrch 29.- The great
est array OF specialists in religious;
education ever brought together in
South Carolina has been secured Tor
| the State Sunday School convention
1T Greenville, May 4, 5, 6, according
10 statement from the program
committee With the convention
theme, Facing the New Day il Re-
igious Education" in mind, the COM
nlitfee has secured seven outstant;
bring to the largest gathering OF re-!
Iligious workers held annually in ,il::s
state messages Of information ANA
inspiration. The program is consid-
cred the strongest ever presented al
gathering of THIS kind in the State
DR.. r. Z. Mnl.ins: president of the
Southern Baptist Theological Se::lil.
ary. at Louisville. Ky, has been Sc
cured for the Bible Half Hour each
day Dr. Mullins is one Of the Sre:.'
est Baptist scholars Of the day.
! Prof. N. A Honline, of Dayto...
6'rio. educational superintenGert OF
the international Sunday School AS
sociation, formerly connected With
| ;he Bonebrake Theological Senli:a:.
at Dayton. will give a number OF lee
trres on different phases of reliGin':s
education. He is one OF the leading
chile. psychologists of the continc'..
He IS. a member of the faculty Of The
International Training School d.
rc,.c CoDey9 Wisconsin,
Dr. w F. Chain Of Philadei
| phia, is the outstanding Sunda:;
| School leader Of the Northern Bap-
list Association. He is possessed OF
/ pleasing platform delivery, and Is
4 popular convention lecturer. H;s
work at the convention will be along
the line of religious education for the
young people.
Mr. w. C. Pearce. of Chicago fic!a
superintendent of the international
Training School for Sunday School
leadership at Lake Geheya. Wisecn-
in. For thirty years he has been Il
prominent Sunday School worker.
travelling IN every State Of the Union.
n all of TIE provinces OF Canada, aid
n Europe. Asia and Africa in
interest Of Sunday School work.
Another international worker at
he convention Will be DR.. William a.
Brown. formerly Missionary SuperM-
-endent Of the International Associa-
ion. For the past two years he has;
been connected with the missionary
work of the Methodist Episcopal
-hurch. He will conduct the early
morning conservation services ct the
State convention, and speak on.
evangelism before the entire corr
vention and at the conference peri
DDS.
Mrs. ". NJ Walker. OF Birming
ham, superintendent OF the beginners
department of the Advent Episcopai
sunday School, comes as a specialists
in work with children. She has had
primary and beginners departments
!. She IS an Instructor in the Birming-
J ham graded union. city childrcn's di-
vision superintendent, and has been
IN instructor in schools of method in
! many places in the South during the
year.
For the music Prof F. O. Sellers OF
| New Orleans, has been secured as the
! director. Prof Sellers is an instruc
tor in the Baptist Bible Institute at
New Orleans in Sunday School wol':
and music. In addition to directing
;hc singing at .he convention. he vii
: take part on the convention program
!.cv. Daniel lverson, OF Charlotte.
y. c.. viii be the pianist nj the cor
rention. He will speak also at tht
administrative conferences.
Workers in every department o
.hc Sunday School will receive frois
these speakers much t!lat Will he'll
;heln in making their schools NOR
efficient. The greatest blessings vii
come TO them. however. by persona
q contact VIE: those who are @ivial
{ their lives lhat oll the people OF ev
7 cry state may be brought into tn
| Sunday Schools and churches AM
{ have their lives enriched through tn
! teaching service 81 The Sunda
Z School.
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