Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-03
GREAT INFLUENCES
Of: SUNDAY SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE SHOWN
IL DEFINITE INFLUENCE FOR
GOOD CANNOT BE ASSURED
IN ALL CAsiss-iRi.

inc Following interesting article is
Hmn "a, INn "a Edda Dean ..aa,.,
Nesideh, % "a, national h..dclg..tun
a,h 'lcincHlui9 college a..d author q
Ih nv bcsmhcis Look IA Religion. ana
"i.t W. fosnd gcadaD.c by those VINO
efo Interested in the 'chlid problem"
. ~ thus day ur lowered standards
OF Hevdient CRIME. 81 vicious forms
ui entertainment OF which the aver.
hse iH'O'" IN a Typ, We need To sub.
y.Vt OAf ehiidl ga tO',,ery apliitihg IN.
tiuchoa tnat H.aNea fOf uiCan. nohust,
strong usaructer. We need ~ seek a
pr''unoiH iempdy i1r s.lushness
MlsCn is causing lhv strife between
isoor and capital as Well as al Othor
slsiies IiN sunday school IN one
Ai.dlun for this ,nlUaDle training.
in many homes there comes day
when the qseuuUn "sihall Joseph 40
10 SUNDAY sunOulY' ~ raised IN all
s,isoush,ss % 'JOsephs parents. Per.
bhrs they themselves are members uf
a'churc.l, perhaps th,y an. not even
shsrch attendants. There IL. however.
u dsairc on the part VI al genuine
~ earnest fathers and mothers to 80
secured for their children not only the
best u education. nut whatever bless
ihg the oh.r,h may haze To b,stUw
They often capIoss this ainOition as
20 OtM little iHUtaer wh,n she brought
Mo- i0svph o. sunday Schlol. I want
ny 10y TO Dc d god boy" she said.
Wilde going 10 Sunday School Is
rot synohyifOus with being "a good
hoy any more than gong to church
tnsufes honesty In business, Yet the
churrh has teen and IL fundamental
sgoncy In creating the ideals. the as
pirations. the attitudes that serve a.
the movie power for right action The
Bible story Is potent factor 90 this
shd. Theodore who hnd listened cnger.
n 60 the story Of David and Goliath
tnid by n Sunday School teacher who
whs nm artist IN making this old story
i've In the Imagination. remarked
Gee, hut TINT David was n wig" ana
than wlstfully. DO you spose I could
ever be like him?"
Not alone the creating of ideas NJ
service but the carrying out of such
ideas IN a prominent feature ~ Sunday
School work today. \ class Of ten.
year .olds had heard with deep con.
eern nm account OF the starving chill.
dren Of Armenia They longrd 90 help
and decided TO solicit doughnuts.
cookies and canned fruits from their
mothers. They held sale with the
aid Of tho Sunday School teacher and
p'aliscd sixty dollars with which to
support starving children.
The teaching OF the Sunday School
IL, not restricted u establishing a
right relation 20 ones fellows but II
Includes acqualniing the child with
God as the Creator ~ all things thus
answering the eternal question Of
Genesis satisfactorily. II also includes
the presentation u God ms the Greater
Father and hence the friend. protector
and guide 81 every childN Thank
you. God" said tiny child. for keep
ing care of me-" The atmosphere 81
reverence and devotion makes deep
imrrcssiun upon the child. Johns
fsthtr. man who never attended any
church. consented to his boys attend
ancc M SUNDAY School. One morning
n few weeks after John had entered
che Sunday School. the father became
irritat,d at refractory collar button
and took the name az the Lord In
vain" John who apparently Ind been
asleep. sat Mp and In n tone ~ grievod
reproof said. DADDY, II you went TO