Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-12
Adults Aid Needed for
Sunday School Growth
Saws National Officer

The Association OficefS' conference
and meeting of the re-organized execu-
tive committee of the Maine State Sun
day School Association opened Tues
day forenoon at II o'clock at the First
Baptist church. Sessions were held
both forenoon and afternoon and in the
evening a public meeting was addressed
by L. w. Halpenny of Chicago, adult
division superintendent of the National
Sunday School Association. Today the
sessions will be held in the Methodist
church on Pleasant street.
At the general session in the fore
noon. Lindley M. Binford of Portland
presided. Devotional exercises We're led
by DIR. w. r. Pierce. pastor of the
Methodist church of this city and after
greetings and introductions, the time
was given over to talks on Our Stand
ards and Plans for Promoting Them
as applied to the State, county and dis
trict associations and also to the Sun
day school. DR.. L. w. Halpenny spoke
for the State, Rev. Edward IT. Brews-
ter of Portland for the county. Rev. II.
S. Thomas of Greenville Junction for
the district and Rev. NJ. u. Pearson OF
Auburn for the school This was fol-
lowed by a general discussion, the ses-
sion closing at 1880.
The afternoon meeting began at .
o'clock with devotional exercises con-
Quoted by Prof. Nelson Hannay of Col
by after which the annual reports of
the association were heard. Rev. NJ. e.
Pearson of Auburn reported for the ad-
ministrative division; Rev T. NJ. Crit
fiths for the Young Peoples division
Mrs. I. j. Winslade of Gardiner for the
Children's division and Rev. T.. II.
Brewster for the officers. The finances
of the association were then taken UP
into the budget, how it should be built
and how it may be raised. County ap-
portionments were also made as well as
the State budget for 1921 being made
up.
The matter Of county conventions
were taken up and it was advocated
that the date of a county convention
be announced six months in advance
of the meeting and that organization
or a local convention committee be
made to attend to the details of the
meeting. 1t was also recommended that
the porgram should contain some in
struction and that it should send the
people home with added enthusiasm in
regar dto their work. Two districts
were reported as having made excellent
records, one of these is the Albion and
China district ioj, hal
meetings a year for AZ years without a
single break The other is the scarboro
district which has met three times a
year for 80 years. The personnel of the
conference was widely distributed COM
ing from Washington county on the
west and Cumberland county on the
east.
At the public meeting in the eve
ming, DR.. E. w. Halpenny of Chicago
spoke on THE Sunday School Adult
Task" He first showed conditions in
the country and explained why they
are as they are. He also showed that
law is the crystalization of public
sentiment and so is law enforcement.
He said that the church through it's
teaching service must create ideals
and control community influences.
The task is not only local church
evangelism and education but also
community betterment and welfare.
The obligation for good citizenship
is up to the church. The adult divi-
sion is looked to by the children and
also furnishes leadership for the
young peoples division. He closed
by saying:
THE Sunday school division is
paralyzed or locked We can't go
much farther until the adult division
wakes up"
Rev. Edward III. Brewster spoke
briefly on 1.-THE Present Program of
Religious Education" He advocated
the promotion of week day religious
schools, daily vacation schools, Bible
study credit courses whereby the pti-
pills. in the public schools receive
credit in their day schools for their
Bible study in the Sunday schools
He also spoke in favor of community
training schools of which there are
two in the State, in Portland and
Lewiston.
Among those present We're: e. w.
Halpenny of Chicago, adult division
OF the National Sun
day School Association; Mrs. r. ].
Winslade, Gardiner, State superin-
tendent children's division; Mrs.
Emma E. Whitehouse, secretary of
the Albion, China and North Wins