The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-06

right in the midst Of a great tidal wave
of religious education. We are Just as
positively standing on the threshold OF a
reformation of religious education as
Luther.
The merger in February. 1921. of the
Sunday School Council company 81 evan
gelical denominations with the lnterna-
tional Sunday School association was the
greatest thing that has come ~ religious
education It will mean many great
things For instance, for three months;
ali tGe great denominations are stressng
together evangelism. There has been 4
great increase in the membership in the
schools of our state and Of the Whole
country Ia Vermont last year the Zap
fists increased 500 iii Sunday school
membership. The Mefhodists made big
gain i'm the number Of men attending sun
day school. Men are turning to the sun
day school in increasing numbers. The
schools are increasing in efficiency. They
are raising their standards. All our sun
day schools are just about, the size Of the
ideal III the head Of Inc superintendent.
There was Il rise IN tie state standard
of nine points. which is a big improve
meat for 49S schools to make in year.
One Of the most interesting fields is that
Of weekday religions education, by
which is meant the setting aside Of an
hour or two Il week Of public school time
for the teaching of religion in the church.
usually in the church building Mr.. Rob
bins described the plan as it is uractisct
in batavia. y. Y. and in Van Wort The
work Is of the same quality and grade
aS the public school teaching. Mr. Rob
bins stated that he had never seen such
results in Sunday schools as have been
attained in these weef-day schools Of re-
ligious education. According to a deci-
cion by the attorney general of Vermont
amy town III which the peoule~ petition the
fEQHp 81 nat ora min
may put in religious education. There
are five such schools now in Vermont. the
most outstanding one being at Pawlpt.
The most interesting venture in rclig-
ious education i'm Vermont is the DAILY
Vacation Bible school This school meets
six mornings week, usually during
July. for religious education. We had ~
such schools in Vermont last Summer
the only one in this county being at Sax
tons River. 1t is said that as much can
be accomplished in a month i'm such a
school with consecutive sessions as can be
done III 2l2 years Of Sunday sessions
During the last week in June a Vermont
School of Religious Education will be
held ut Vermont academy. when special
training will be given to those who arc Ia
have charge of Daily Vacation Bible
schools.
The enrolment at the daily vacation
bible school at SaXtons River last July
There We're 1000 such schools scattered
all over the country.
! We are not going to follow a last cen
fury plan of religious education. but q
new plan. There are many new phases
father and son and mother and daugh
ter banquets. of which 100 were held last
year. The y. NJ. and y. w. G. y IN
close cooperation with which the Sunday
school is working, has revised our Who'll,
idea Of religious education for Young pco
pie. ChildrcnS week IS another new
feature. We have lifted up the child ant
called attention to the fact that the chill,
has as much right to religious education
rs to that of a secular nature.
A. Sunday school workers we have c
great task, than which there is non,
greater than weaving God into human
life. It's a prodigously big thing we ar,
entering into. It's the finest task we ar,
entering into--hner than the work of any
artist. It's the most colossal task ever
put into human hands to do