The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL
OFFICERS NAMED
AT CONVENTION
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he visited a sleIght OF hand per.
former showing the trick OF pass.
ing a knife through the hand With.
out harming the member. Upon
his return home, Mr.. Barnes said
he ehdeayored to reproduce the
stunt only to cause himself severe
injury. II was not able to pull the
hole out with the knife, as the per.
former had done" he said. "Tnus
be had taught me nothing, the
whole trick proving a mere enter,
talnment.
FayOrs Rod Of Love.
You've got to touch children's
lives" Reverend Barnes continued
The only rod a boy can be con,
quered with is the rod OF love. You
can love a boy into the kingdom Of
God but you can't drive him" The
Reverend Mr.. Barnes concluded his
address with the wish that each
teacher present say a short prayer
for receptive minds and open hearts
to receive the messages Of the day
in connection with their work.
The singing OF the hymns
Faith Of Our Fathers and IRE:
yiye Us Again." preceded tRs
introduction OF G. Glover. Of
years old, who spoke to the cor
ference for several minutes, In
the absence Of the Rev. Claude
H. King, who was called out Of
the city due to the Illness Of a
relative, Walter R. Hill spoke to
the assembly Oh "The Value OF
Trained Teachers in Religious
Education"
Walter Hill Speaks
I'VE must have a definite aim
to gain "a definite result" said
Mr.. Hill. THE great mission Of
the Sunday school forces Is to
teach folks to live. Thus Il Is
more important to train teachers
In helping human lives than to
train our men In the armies.
= Mr.. Hill then cited five great
principles Of life, namely integ-
rlty, faith. work, cooperation and
a vision of the value Of the hui
man soul Mr.. Hill stressed the
fact that missionary work begins
at home and pointed out that
there are fifty eight million pagans
in the United States upon whom
the work should be undertaken.
The five principles of life named
by Mr.. Hill werealso the princl.
pies upon which the work ci
bringing these scores OF people Il
God could be based.
The work OF receiving the re.
ports from the county officers was
next undertaken. Reports were
made by Mrs. E. NJ. Cox, teacher
training, superintendent; Miss Jes,
sic Ice, children's division. super
intendent and NJ. W. Harris.
superintendent Of the adult diyis-
ion. Satisfactory work for the
past year was reported by the
three. Mrs. Cox's report contain
ed the list OF teacher training
schools in the county, as follows;
Union District: First NJ. p.
Church, Diamond Street Church
Palatine Baptist Church, United
Brethren Church, Walnut Grove
Church; Warrington district. Buf
falo NJ. E., Warrington Presby'
terrain. Mapnington NJ. e., Log.
ansport NJ E., Jericho Union, Boo
Gum Union Glovers' Gap Bap-
list, Metz NJ. E.. Grant district
Monongah Baptist. Hutchinson
Church, Eldora NJ. P, Paw Paw
District, Fairview NJ. E.. FairvieN
M. e. South, Ballah Chapel NJ.
e. South RIyesville NJ. E.
South. st. Paul Baptist, Raves.
vile United Brethren.
The Lincoln District teacher
training schools are: West Mon.
ongah NJ. r. South. Pennington
NJ. E., Pennington NJ. Z. South
Winfield district schools, Hoult NJ
E., Catawba NJ. P. Viola Union
Norwood Union; Fairmont dis.
trtct, First Presbyterian, Fleming
ton Chapel with two classes
Highland Avenue N. E., First
Baptist with two classes, First NJ
E., Temple Church, Monumental
NJ. E. South.
Following the report Of the
county officers, Miss Mary A,
Schroeder, state superintendent
OF the young peoples division, ad'
dressed the convention on the
subject, THE Hope OF the World
In opening her address Miss
Schroeder read several verses
from the Gospel of Luke. Fol-
lowing the, reading of the Bible
verses Miss Schroeder stated
Christ In the lives Of young PEG
pie is the hope OF the world" She
appealed to teachers to teach
pupils in their own language SC
that the hope OF the world might
be realized,
Teach them that this great
life OF ours Is a game to be play.
ed. Show them the exhileratinl
Joys Of cooperation and loyalty
found in this biggest Of all games
Tell them that In this game as In
football or any other sport, 1t Il
necessary to clash with Drawn
and strength to gain success"
The goal Of the game is a sue
cessful moral life and the playing
Is done for the sake Of the great
captain, Jesus. Christ, stated Miss
Schroeder. She emphasized thu
help that, conferences and worh
In the Various departments viii
afford young people. Organized
class work promotes Leadership
and responsibility, she said. The
importance OF guided activities Of
the tmentalS moral and physical
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