Milford chronicle., 1920-10-29
KENT COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
The TWENTY TY-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION
OF THIS ASSOCIATION WAS HELD
In MAGNOLIA CHURCH.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH
The CONVENTION OPENED WITH SONGS
AND MANY ELOQUENT ADDRESSES
WERE HEARD AND ENJOYED.

mon Iu6l III fllG AtAs L. ChhANAf @he0
nolia, October 10. This was a great
convention and those who were so for
tunate as to be present not only had
a rare treat in the way of eloquent
addresses, but received a great spir-
itual uplift and added enthusiasm in
Sunday school work.
The convention was opened with the
songs, "The Unwritten Gospel" and
"Jesus Is All the World to Me-" The
91 Psalm was read responsively. DR..
r. K. Stephenson, of Milford, leading
with comments by DR.. Stephenson.
The song, Il Walk With the King"
was heartily sung.
President H. R. Moore gave Re
view and Outlook" of the work, i'm
pressing upon the superintendents, Of
ficers and teachers of the Sunday
school the Importance of making
survey of their territory to know why
all who should be in Sunday school
were not there.
Then followed the reports of the
hundred secretaries. 1. Elmer Perry,
chairman of the State Executive Com
mittee, showed us very clearly why
we should be more efficient workers,
80 per cent of the boys and girls are
lost from the church because of the
lack of efficiency of the Sunday school.
Rev ]. M. Eckhart, speaking on
"Get and Give" said the Sunday
school was the place to sense the need
of the world. All of life is getting and
giving. If we do not give much we
cannot expect to get much. After the
service of song and prayer in the af-
ternoon, Mrs. F. E. Mccoy spoke on
Organization" We need organiza-
ton and the way to keep the organi-
zation going is for each individual
school to do it's work. The superin-
tendent decides how the school shall
be run, there are some who think it is
their business to just make the school
exist, but to keep our boys and girls
interested and active, we must have |
an interesting school.
In speaking on Trained Workers"
Rev. Milton Mccain impressed upon |
us how much more important it was
we should have trained workers in |
the Sunday school than in any other |
work and that the focus objective of |
all Sunday school work should be
evangelism.
After the song, HE Promised to
Keep Me- led by Mr. Hoffecker, Gill
bert H. Gehman addressed the con-
vention. During his talk he gave us
some helpful thoughts CLEANED from
the training school at Lake Winni-
pesogu, N. H. 1t is a national fault
that we are not training our children.
A church that cannot save its own
cannot save the world.
DR.. R. W., Cooper talked on "The
High School Age" If we do not win
hem for Christ and the church at
his age we may lose them entirely.
Report of Committees
After the devotional service in the
evening, DR.. Budd preached an inspir-
ng sermon from the text: ''No man,
having put his hand to the plow, and
ooking back, is fit for the Kingdom
If God"
The following Resolutions were
ldopted:
Whereas, the dawn Of new day in
'eIigious education has arrived, and
'ecognizes our need as the sufficient
eason for making an advance in Sun
lay School methods and achievements l
We are determined to adopt the pro- {
rams presented by our various de- T
and international bodies 6
or the purpose of bringing. about the :
.ighest development of the schools in J
his county; be it further Resolved,
1. That we emphasize the need OF I
organization in county and .
.undred. and the training of the J
workers. composing the official force h
f these bodies; T
.. That we urge each school to v
omplete its organization so as to in
Iude cradle roll and home depart d
lents. the grading of the school
trough the beginners and primary de- y
artments. especially with the adop- Z
ION of the graded lessons of these
and the organization OF v
{ least one class in each of the teen Il
ge. young peoples and adult depart
rents in each school, if possible; d
3. That each school in the county ?
etermine to furnish a class with
eadership training course to provide h
)r the needs of the schools in train r
d teachers; fl
a That we note with apprehension
ne appearance of commercialized a
)rms of gambling and horse racing r.
nat seem to be enumerated by the II
eyelopment of carnivals, fairs, ETC., II
nd urge the need of proper educa- L
on ord right iii eotiUn vi the young NJ
fe of the communities whereby bet
r moral condition will be developed; NJ
We view with Ratification the ap- n
ointment by the Bishop of the Wash a
Lgton area of the Methodist Episco- n,
al Church for the Wilmington Con- 4,
renee, of Rev. Milton McCann as Sc
-etsry of Sunday school work; nj
Already we recognize the thorough te
nd valuable work of instruction and
-ganization in the individual school o,
nd the course of training covering a q
eek, or so much more time as ne
sssary for efficient work; re
We further advise the interchange
visitation among the organized nj
,hoOl. cr
We appreciate the generous hospi-
lity of the Rev. George R. Ellis and n,
S good people in providing us with
place for our convention and fur ne
shing us with a splendid dinner; II
Resolved, that we congratulate the NJ
lnday school workers in Kent coun- AZ
on the splendid program put on
day and the large attendance which Al
lswers well for the work of the 10
lnday school in the near future. n;
HI
IN MEMoRIAM Nj
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