Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-03-10
Prominent Speakers From
Five Different States
Thrill Their Large
@Audiences
THREE SESSIONS
DAILY CROWDED
WITH INSPIRATION
Thrilling Addresses on Christ
ian Citizenship and
Many Kindred
Topics

PNei three hundred delegates, lnClud-
ing those from the local churches, reg
| iStcred for the northern wisconsin sun
day school convention held in Lady
smith the first three days of this week.
Speakers from five different states. and
representatives from twenty four coun-
tles were here 10 attend and take part
Ill the sessions.
All phases Of Sunday school work
We're covered in detail and the dele
gates must have gone home filled with
enthusiasm and better prepared to do
their part i'll the Sunday school work
as the result of the inspiring programs
The delegates time was well occu-
pied all three days as the program
commenced at 8 :00 in the morning ana
continued until nearly noon. started
again at 80 and lasted until about
> go or ) 80 and the evening sessions
started promptly 1T Z 80. Every pro-
gram contained SO much OF inspiration
and instruction that few of the dele
gates felt they could afford To miss
any of the sessions
Forenoon Sessions
For the forenoon sessions the con
yention was divided into four OF five
sections each day, each section taking
III those Interested in Il different age
and embracing conferences as to the
best methods in organizing and build
ing up classes, keeping up interest, and
general administration One section
was the ''childrens division" presided
over by Mrs. X. Zieeellnan. of Rice
Lake, on Tuesday morning and by Mrs
NJ. \. Mach Wednesday morning. The
young peoples section was presided
over by Rev. w. II. Penn, Barron,
Tuesday morning and on the follow
ing morning by Rev. Geo. Grow, Colby.
Other sections were: the adult sec
tion. presided over by H. \. Davis, of
Ashland. Tuesday morning and by
Thomas Edwards, of the same city, on
Wednesday: administrative sectiony
presided over by Rev. T.. Iverson, Of
Eau Claire, Tuesday and on Wednes-
day morning by Rev. c. +. Bruhn, Phil
lips: and the educational section,
Wednesday morning, presided over by
Rev Albion Squires, of Philadelphia.
T. j. Roth, of Superior, presided over
the sessions held Monday afternoon
and evening. The program Of<the az
ternoon included brief addresses by
Rev H. A. Waite, Of Chicago, on THE
Challenge of Youth j. FL. Engle, OF
Michigan ON Essentials of Religious
~ - SO raI in
iouS Education" by Mrs. V. S. Phillips,
Columbus. Ohio and The Modern
Sunday School at Work" by DR.. r. w.
Bowden. of st. Paul Monday evening,
Mr.. Engle spoke again, on Some Con
siderations in Managing the Church
school, and r. A. Waite gave an in-
spring address ON "The Great Oppor-
tumity,
Tuesday afternoon, Rev. w. a.
Sqlires of Philadelphia, spoke briefly
on Week Day Religious Education
and Mr. Waite on the topic, 'Togeth-
err but the outstanding feature OF
this session was the stirring appeal or
Rev. w. A. Garfield, of Waukesha, i'll
behalf Of "A Starving World
On "Christian Citizenship"
DR.. sGanfeld gave another eloquent
address Tuesday evening TO an audi
ence that packed the Christian church,
ON Christie citizenship" probably
the most powerful speech Of the CON
yention In this speech, DR. Ganfield,
who is president of Carroll College.
said;
I'VE are living in the third per-
iod of our nations life The problems
of today are not the same as were
those of earlier periods.
.'rhe problems of the first period
were largely military the questions OF
the second period were constitutional
aud political. The problems of the
present are economical and social
From 1863 TO 1915. our fathers
were engaged in founding IA new na-
tion and i'll convincing the world OF
our right TO sovereign power. From
1927 10 1879. our fathers were abb
sorbed in the effort TO define and es-
tabIsh the rights and privileges of the
citizens and states within the union.
since 1893, we have been occupied
with questions pertaining 70 our econ
omic life and social welfare. Questions,
Of economic opportunity, economic re-
ward and distribution Of economic
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