The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-27

tedCner OIL Men S1ple C1dSS d'
Fifth Avenue Methodist church
And he has been teaching the
Bible in Sunday schools over
period of 80 years-a task that has
entailed many thousands of hours
of research and study.
Inspirational
Teaching a class of 40 to IS men
each Sunday morning at First
Presbyterian Sunday school, G.
Dudley Humphrey, well known at
torney, finds the experience in
teresting, inspirational and help
full. His class is now in its second
year of study of the international
Sunday school lesson series,
series which takes seven years to
complete and embraces the 66
books of the Old and New Testa'
ments.
D. H. Howes, assistant te
Charles B. Newcombe as teacher
Of the Mems Bible class at Temple
Baptist church spends his work
Ing days as an insurance agent,
but finds time each week to pre-
pare a lesson just in case New
combe, secretary of the Scottish
Rite Masonic bodies in Whining
ton, is unavoidably absent. Howes
has been teaching for some 70
years now and has enjoyed, ne
says, every hour Of the time he has
devoted to the effort of interpret
ing the Bible story to some 40 men
almost every Sunday. Before join
| ing Temple, he taught Bible at the
First Baptist church Sunday school
and is a member of Mcclure Bible
class, which recently celebrated
it's 49th anniversary.
Teachers Teach, Too
The teaching profession is also
Unidentified here on the rolls OF
Mems Bible class teachers. Edwin
Blakesley, Jr., principal Of Wash
ington Cat1ett school is apparently
sold on the teaching profession. for
he takes busman's holidy each
Sunday morning to teach the
Mems Bible class at Grace Metho-
dist church which has an average
attendance of 80. Blakesley, who
has been teaching Sunday school
for a quarter-century, takes from
eight to IL hours each week to pre-
pare his les On for Sunday morn
ing and he endeavors, he says. tt
make it interesting by drawing
upon modern conditions and prob
lens in teaching men of his class
the glories of living Christian
life.
While there is only small
class of men at Winter Park
Presbyterian church, R. T. Sin.
clair. retired, enjoys the task Of
teaching the Bible there each Sum
day morning. And although ne
generally follows the International
Sunday school lesson, he more
often draws upon his own thoughts
as they apply to the passage OF the
Bible in question, for the suoJec,
of his weekly lesson.
Az ouhSOe e~A
Earl Dye, who keeps more thar
busy each week day with his work
the freight claims department. Of
the ACL, finds enough spare time
somehow to prepare a lesson 1ol
the Mems Bible class at ounse7
Park Baptist church OF which ne
has been teacher for almost
wear now, although his teaching
experience goes back a dozen years
or more, he having taught junior
and intermediate grades at cal
vary Baptist Sunday school before
moving his letter to Sunset Pars
church. With an average attend
ance of about 20 to so men each
Sunday. Mr.. Dye says ne gets
lot of enjoyment and personal
good out of his experience.
w c. Scoggins. superintendent
of the spofford Mills, a busy man
during the week. can be found a.
most every Sunday morning teacn'
ing the Mems Bible class at Del
pado Presbyterian church Sunday
school. With almost a decade OF
experience to his credit as a Bible
teacher, Scoggins says that the
ratisfa ction obtained. is more than
enough payment for the many
hours required in the preparation
of lesson.
Book of Prayer
Another busy executive who gets
a lot of enjoyment and personal