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Great Sunday School
Convention Adjourns

The Thirty First Annual Conven-
ton of the Dorchester County Sun
day School Association which has
been in session for two days at
Grace M. E. Church, South this
city adjourned at the close of the
evening session Friday night. 1t
was the largest and from many re-
spects the most successful conven-
ton ever held by the Association,
more than 40 Sunday Schools were
represented and every pastor in the
county with the exception Ct lour
were in attendance. The Convention
opened Thursday morning with a
devotional service led by Rev. James
Macleod of the First Baptist Church
which was followed by Greetings by
Rev. j. B. Peters, pastor Of the Con-
Yention Church. DR. w. w. Davis.
Executive Sec, etary OF the LORD S
Day Alliance of Baltimore, Md, made
a stirring appeal for the sanctlty OF
the Lords Day and how the Sunday
School could greatly assist and aid
the keeping of the Lords Day by in
Guiding a special program 1T stated
times in ITS opening exercise. Rev.
W. E. Gunby offered a res button
which was unanimously adopted
pledging the Lords Day Alliance the
&C, operation CT the Association and
urging each School in the county TO
observe in their opening exercise the
second Sunday of March, June, Sep
tember, and December a special ser
viceon Sabbath observance and that
this resolution be presented It's we'll
l,a tof Convention in ErQ6h mex
this fall in ordtr 10 makt it a State
wide matter as well.
DR.. Davis was followed by DR..
Abner B. Brown, Secretary of the
State Association, Baltimore who
spoke on dorchester the Coming
Year" beginning with the World
Convention soon to be held at Tokyo
and coming down to the goal set for
this county which is published else
where in this paper and what should
be expected of Dorchester this year
The Thursday afternoon session
was addressed by Miss Estella
Everett, Secretary OF Childrens Dl-
vision and Teacher Training OF the
State Association. who spoke on the
need of trained teachers and held a
conference immediately following
her address. DR.. Brown again spoke
on the Division plan Of the State
Association in which it is hoped to
be able through the assistance of in
dividuals to divide Th9 State into
Districts each with their paid worker
to look after the work and attend
District Institutes. l. is impossible
for the General Secretary to reach
every part of the State more than
once a year and through this work
er, to be assigned to The Eastern
Shore counties only every School anC
district as well as county organiza-
ton will be touched by him. This
clan was also unanimously praiEed |
and adopted by the Committee on
Resolutions the report of which can
be found elsewhere in this paper.
Rev. and Mrs. +. L. Peerman fol- |
lowed DIR. Brown in a study of mis- |
sions, presenting life scenes from |
Korea in native costumes, showing |
costumes, habits and their worship. |
Rev. and Mrs. Peerman were for a |
number of years missionaries to |
Korea and their address should do |
much to stimulate the work of mis-
sions in the Sunday Schools. Rev.
E. D. Stone pastor of Hampden M.
P. Church of Baltimore made the |
closing address of the afternoon on
the "Quitters" it was one of the most
helpful addresses of the convention,
full of wit and humor which illus,
trated well the points he wanted to
drive home. He spoke of the lndi-
in the Sunday School and
the Church who continually COM
plain of their work not being APP
preciated and stated they We're no
thingaore than ..Quitisr and 80