The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-02-06
SCHOOLS AND
GROUPS HEAR
S. L. WILLIAMS
Young Peoples Superintendent
of State S. S. Association
breaches and Lee.
tures Here.
CHRISTIAN LIFE STRESSED
Problem of Sunday School Is
to Get Boys and Girls to
Attend-Pleads for
Righteousness.
CHRISTIAN LIFE STRESSED

Leadership VIII solve the problem
which now face the Sunday schools o
Columbia, Of our nation and other ma
tions,' said Sterling L. Williams in
talk last night TO a crowd Of peopl
which taxed the seating capacity Of tn,
Broadway Methodist Church in q sery
ice conducted by the Sunday schoo
leaders. the first Of series OF la, ser,
ices.
Getting men to the Sunday school
getting the young men and women: ge,
ting the junior boys and girls, who ar,
50 full Of wigeles and squirms; and get
ting the right kind Of superintendent.
are the four problems affecting the Sun.
day schools today he said.
Mr.. Williams emphasized that the
right kind Of leaders to bring these peo.
pie must be serious and not look at the
Sunday school as plaything. He urged
that in building churches adequate space
be given for each department and enough
class rooms be provided for carrying on
the work Of the school. The churches
must be large enough to give religious
education to every high school and grade
school boy and girl for the day is CON-
ing when all children will be given re-
ligious education as part Of their
school work
Thousands of boys and girls" con.
cluded Mr.. Williams. ARE waiting to be
told what to do. Is the church going to
tell Them"
There are 225 Methodist students in
the high schools in Columbia. 100 Of
whom are in this Sunday school," said
+. II. Newcomb. student secretary. The
Tri Mu club Of boys started with three
and has grown to sixty. Clubs Of girls
are also working as part Of the Sunday
school classes.
We have 1900 Methodist students in
Columbia as our field. Five hundred of
these ae enrolled in our classes, but our
average attendance is less than one-half
These are organized into the Methodist
Student Organization which has as its
purposes: an opportunity for training
in leadership; an opportunity for forming
friendships and being friend; an op-
portunity for winning others to Christ
and an opportunity for building a mod
el organization.
He said that $50 young people are in
elective and appointive positions in this
organization where there is a chance for
leadership. Personal contact and influ.
ence are necessary if We are to win this
campus for Christ
Mrs. J. F. Brossart. Mrs. Ella v. e.
kin, Mrs. J. ". Carryer and Prof. p. II.
Ross gave talks on the various phases Of
the Sunday schools activity.
SPEAKS TO LEAGUE
Speaking to the Epworih League last
night, Mr.. Williams said: Every man
in choosing his life work should make
a careful study Of the field which he in
tends to enter. should study the work
and see il he is fitted to do il. should get
the opinions Of his best friends. and
then talk il over carefully with Jesus
Christ
Il shall give my life to that which
reaches the largest number Of people
and will do them the greatest possible
good" was the motto used by Mr.. Will
liams in selecting his life work and the
use Of which he recommended to the
young people in selecting their life
work.
A show Of hands indicated that one.
fourth Of the 2l0 people present at the
service had definitely decided on their
life work.
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Sterling Williams preached at the Bap-
tist Church yesterday morning. MIR.
Williams spoke of the FIVE necessities in
every life in order to be well-rounded for
service, and enumerated them as: vision.
intelligence, productive genius. truth
and originality. He closed his address
with plea for righteousness, in order to
get a, the fundamental basis Of all the
other characteristics.
An effort is being made among yari-
Gus Christian organizations Of Columbia
to persuade Sterling Williams to change
his Offices from Kansas City TO Columbia.
1t is felt that although Mr.. Williams has
large numbers Of young people in Kan
sas City TO serve. he would have much
bigger field to serve here. where there
are some 5000 students. Mr.. Williams
has been in Columbia for the past two
weeks doing work among the different
Sunday schools Of the city, and it is felt
that there is a continual need for his
services here.