Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-04
EDUCATION THROUGH
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Possibilities Discussed at Meth
odist Field Conference at
Hotel du Point.

Tho tremendous and inspiring task /
confronting the Board ~ Sunday 1
Schools Of tho Methodist Episcopal /
church WIS explained Go the confer
ence of Sunday School field workers
convened at the Hotel du Pont today. |
by Dr. Corlies y. Hereraves, ~ the
department ~ foreign education. lie
declared that the program 81 tho
Christian church IL 10 follow Christ
I'm giving men and women moro album
dnnt life and that the shortest and
surest way IL through teaching the
children and young people.
/ He ured as Illustration. the educa-
ton I'm prohibition. which he claimed
has 90 trained tho young people ~
America the, he believed that n the
18th amendment were revoked, within
four years. prohibition would again
he voted Into power.
Or. lfargraves explained that tho
creation and distribution 81 native
literature and the training 81 native
leaders IL essential IN foreign lands.
for literature written IN America and
translated into foreign tongues f.
ineffective because If inapt lllustra
tions and Illusions. The nuard IN
America assists IN providing helps and
preparing leaders Among the prob
loms to be met nrc the many dialects
and Languages oven IN ono country,
the poverty Of the people ~ IN India.
whore n coolle earns the equivalent ~
ton cents p day go support n wife and
six or ton children. tho lack ~ funds
I nece ssary 60 seize the tremendous OPP
portunitiea opening everywhere, aud
tho lnck ~ Sunday SCHOOLS I'm Europe
This laPt was due to the religious
b. education formerly glyeu hy the
. state church IN the day sChools on
7 the continent and the feeling that
: Sunday scehOol hn1 no Interest for
I young people over fourteen.
lie alpo stressed the world friend
shin thai n hcinE established through
the Sunday Schools. q
l.. nr Harry g. Wilson rave an inter
r. eq'ing talk on church architecture
n He traced the development n tho
bureau ~ Architecture which tries
To- 90 provide suggestions Tor beautiful
q and convenient churches. IIe com
n rared tho former little country oi
g small town churches. all made FROM
" the anne pattern. like Fords. VIII
+. the molern church. artistic in archi
be- lecture and complete with gym
nssluin. community house. end othei
sections necessary tn meet moderr
religious educational needs. iie salt
that no believed Nethodlets are nov
beginning tp have many beautiful
Churches, although IN Mo past thel
4 were often hdecus ~ a. leas
mediocre
Trip Around tho World.
pr Corliss = lia.Eraves. who sroh
=, THE morning ~ tho conference, ha
lust returned from q two years 'ri
around tho world ifa has found aur
nrislnE tsogress IN tho growth ~ IN
Methodist Tpis opol Sunday schools
. no sald. 7oo.ooo pupiie having bee
:, gained IN foreign lands. and an IN
:. creased cooperation between worker
:. " various denominations He Visit
:, two schoois IN aouth America, wher
i, no said Raptlsts. Methodl~'s. Dis
!. citseH and rre~hysrlans work 20
!, Eethor
In Wuesln. no said. ne 1iscovore
that fha Soviet now allows The Ore.
, Cathode priests to cetabNsh any 70
n, ltglon thoy wish. 10 attended a con
., ference IN Potrugrad. where. he 10
/, olarod. Methodist ofTlclsla mot wit
l.. i've Greek priests who had heon I
charge ~ tho state church before IN
-, Bolshevtks abolished Il. and Nho aske
= hclp I'm establishing tho Greek wpr
n ship. In India he came In conta'
M with followers ~ Ghendi
|, THE afternoon Bert Y Smith wi
or discuss tho adult department an
m. James V. Thompson VIII dscisa m
ne young peoples department. Roth talk
win h. followed by discussion.
Of Tomorrow morning tho devotion
nj will be lead by Harry a Reid Ros'
!, Albrigh; will discuss tho adult IL
" partmcnt Tho topic. How Pr
ms Iuve and Garry out Campaign q
~ the Roorga nigation of Local school
of will ho presented by Stalcy r. Dav
n and r c. KebOch. The dl>cussac
in will loo lcd by !. Lawrence Pitt.
N, The afternoon Gilbert Loveiand ar
*. Wade Crawford barclay will SPEAK
Yesterday afternoon the trainlr
conference Tor Methodist Episcop.
sunday school field representatives
the states east OF the MIesissippi hoai
L. "A discussion OF various department,
IN. Harry G. Wilson spoke and Roger \
ny bright gave a report. In the evenin
~ tho visiting office stafr and field re
he roGcntatives spoke al Method
m. praycrmeetings in the city.