Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL
WORK PLANNED
Efficiency Conferences to be
Held in Different Cities
Excellent Speakers

1t is an old saying that What is
worth doing is worth doing Well.
Who shall say that the teaching OF
the truths of the Bible as the foun-
dation of religious and civil charac-
ter is not a task that challenges the
biggest and best of us and that chal-
lenges the biggest and the best IN
us. Our beloved eX-Presidents
Washington and Lincoln both said
that in substance and President
Harding recently said it.
The New Jersey Sunday School
Association, representing thirty d
religious denominations of the state,
has been taking OF new life during
the past year The cause is Il more
ready response to the call o serN-
ice by the officers and superintend-
ents e.. the County Sunday School
| associations and the local Sunday
schools.
The reported attending member
ship of the Sunday schools OF the
state has increased from 346,S36 In
1920 to 36O,641 in 1921. There a
| been a steady decline since 1917.
This fine increase of the past year
indicates a new tendency for the
better and the interest al cnthusl-
| assn among the Sunday school peo-
| ple of the state is such as assures q
much larger advance the present
year.
These efficiency conferences will
| contribute their full share to pro
ducing the vision, enthusiasm and
conservation necessary to prosecute
the work of religious education
much more successfully than ever.
The conferences will be held: Ehz-
abeth, st. James M. f. church,
Tuesday. January 81; Dover, First
M. f.. church, Wednesday,, February
L; Trenton, Central Baptist church'
Thursday, February q; Millville,
First Presbyterian church. Friday,
February 3, with three sessions, III
A. NJ, 2 and 1880 =. NJ.
The 10 o'clock session will be
under the auspices of the state
Committee on Education, Rev. j. L.
Washabaugh, state superintendent
of the educational department, IN
charge. Among the sub-topics treat
ed will be, Teacher Training by
Joseph E. Appleby. state genera
secretary; The Teaching of Missions
in the Sunday School, Miss France
NJ. Hedden, state superintendent OF
children's work; Methods of Tenn
perance Teaching in the SUNDAY
School, by Rev. William Parsons oil
Jersey tlty, SuHudy pCiiooi b'"'
| gelism. speaker to be chosen.
At 2 O'Clock a general session on
tho Sunday School Associations
program. w. G. Landes, general
secretary of the Pennsylvania sun
day School Association, will deliver
the main address, At 3 o'clock there
will be divisional efficiency confer
ences as follows: Children's Divi
sion, conducted by Miss Hedden,
Young Peoples Division in chargt
of Henry r.. Bowen, the new state
superintendent of young peoples
work: adult workers conference
under G. A. Brown. state adult SUI
p~erintendent assisted by Mr.. Landes
In the evening there will be q
general Sunday school rally &c
which all Sunday school workers o1
the counties within reach of these
various points are cordially invited
They will be able to meet and heal
for the first time in a public address
the new superintendent of the yount
peoples division of the state, Henry
r. Bowen. Another promlnen
speaker is being secured for thi'
session also.
This is a rare opportunity for thu
officers Of the county and dlstrlc
Sunday school associations as wei
as the officers and teachers of tn
local Sunday schools to get the ne"
est ideals, methods n goals IN TN
realm of religious education.