Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-11-23
Sunday Schools Hold
Conference -: 8.

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leaders meH -satsaliheds for theiS
wdikS2 l.. with i as'gdiod eaifhasiaslo.
and a, gratifying,.'a g,.'atsenaslfce, He
General :tsti4dax@ dax School. eonfsrl-
ence.s held" on Sunday: monday
anqq .,fnlltsafaX. fll Vas 4. distinai. sue
cess.,,.>S1lnday afternoon ss'aboilt,
seven, II. .,,:.h.uhased:.' people, mostly
men,, ga theFea for" the 'initfaf
meeting flf'}he hig.h, school audi, ;d7I
torium. and after -.denotioltaI ,ex-
ereis!es, 1isteaesa ::faatatten'l--
ton to- Mr.. A.aB. ''Salesbys, pro-
minent business ..mah...'od 'odf. Sails
bury, tell of the possibilities in
Sunday school work. aanaa anas how to
make the work a success. Sun
day night. fully ..eieht .huhlled
made up a congregation for a
union service OF. the eight
churrhes in. thescommunitv: MIR.
Ii Es GobbelF. 'Secr2farN,'
Sunday ehoor BOARD. Of ti1e M
G., Methodist st:cotfsreYt9.' made
an iMdress that interested and
CARRIES: convection. - '' -
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MIS-. N .Buokner' G General:sec-,
retaa.% of the Stat BiaiE;aea-P hi-.
lathea Unions was in 'theCcnfer-
ence for,.twd dSys; and. .made,,f our
addresses..r rbeginnins;f MONDAY
aftelnodn win. tNd s's'gei#!ass i!5ts "a il,
the Roapoke Rapids I'M ethetlis +
church~hIrs. ] BIqttEpaeFF & / bel sx:h1!ained s.:
the Worklngs, OF. the btg.hlized.
bible classes and. r1dis::. p$Eticu.
larlN. the. work. done by 'the
Baracas and Philatheas. She
emphasized the value of having
something for every one to do
and then outline methods of
service and fields of opportunity.
Rev. Chas. B. ,Scovil, of Con
cord, Exeeu4ixe Secretary Of the
Board oh religious education of
the Episcopal church, spoke
Monday night in the school audi
torium, showing the need of reli-
gious education and outlining q
plan by which week day religious
instruction might be given in
.the .laeaL, L,selfpols, as is done in
many Of the cities and towns of
the eouatrzatj' )
Miss Keene, who is connected
with thh Methodist church as
travelling secretary in the inter
ct of the Primary work of the
Sunday schQol, brought many
new and 'lfelpful ideas to her
hearers Tuesday afternoon in
the...sRosetnaly Baptist church
and again that night in the high
school. She said that we have
been building churches, holding
safYiae.s, teaching classes, with
out proper emphasis upon the
value of properly teaching the
children of the primary classes
and sliagestedremedies.
Tuesday night, after the ad-
dresses of Miss Koene and Miss
Bucknkr, Prof. E. J. Coltrane,
chaii5na'n. ,;of. The Conference,
asked Rev. MIR. Scovil, to sum up
the ground covered. He gave a
oriet resume Of the several ad-
dresses and resulted of discus
cussions and presented an out
line of the five principals of
ClA;i5tisna;M:arture, G \ :a viz, informa-
sion,' MEMORY, worship, service
and gifts.
Those who attended the Con-
ference learned the need of more
interest il, the value of, and
what an up to date Sunday
school should do in developing
christian character by gasaps of
a weil ro(inded CAistian educa-
tstii, 4. :. ~ !: Il
AS a result OF the Conference,
follow up work mas already ge-
gun and it; is betieNed that the
effects of these meetings will
jbe far reaching.
"A male quartette composed of
Messrs.s C. T Johnson, S.. 0.
Brown, R. l.. Martin and MacRae
r'alson sang in a most pleasing
manner Tuesday night.
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