Sunday School Workers

The eighth animal ironvention of thé Washtenaw County S.uniliiy Scliool aso ciation opened in the Disciples' churuh. at 7:30 Monday eve.; witli i devotional service coiiducted by Rev. J. W. Bradsliaw, of the Congregational church, At eight o'clock the addrèss of the evening was given by Rev. Dr. J. 'S!. Patterson, of Westniinster Presbyterian church, of Detroit. The subject of his address was "Soul Winning." llegave the Sunday school people a roasing and itiBpiring address. He pointed out the nmtives to soul winning, his central idea being to magnify Christ and minify elf. In al most all lines of work, he said, there was a selfish motive. In Sunday school work the selfish motive was lost. There was also the motiye of reward. This at first would seem a selfish motive, bnt even Christ "looked foiward to the recompense of his reward." Dr. Patterson's fine address seemed to leave the Sunday school people iu exactly the proper spirit for xi successful convention. At 9:30 this morning the convention reeonvened and for fifteen minutes a praise service was led by B. H. Kroeze. Rev. M. W. Fairfleld, of Ypsilanti, the president of the associntion, then took charge of the program. Reports were listeued to. Rev. II. M. Morey, of Ypsilanti, who has acted as connty secretary for the year, made Li report, showing the comlition of things in the county. Reports from township presidenta were in order, but only a few of thein seemed to be present. Win. üray, of Chelsea, reported six schools in Sylvan township. In the half dozen schools were 585 pupils enrolled. Mr. Smitli, of Salem, reported five schools in that township. Rev. Morey said that in Ypsilanti there were 1,689 children of school age and the Sunday school enrollment was 1,349. Besides this, he said that the Catholic schools must be taken intó consideration. Ann Arbor was reported as having 2,929 children of school age and 1,336 only are in the Sunday schools. Rev. C. C. Marshall, of Saline, wa.s on the program for a paper on "The Duties of the Teacher out of the Class Room." He was reported to be soinewhere in Kentucky. D. F. Mertz, general secretan7 of the Students' Christian association, heilig next on tlie program, read a paper on "Sunday School Extensión." He said that it was not his tention to e vol ve any new and impracti cable Sunday school theory. He con sidered tlie question of reaching out ii Sunday school work and of infiuencing, a larger circle of children. He considered liow to do this. The poor children, he argued, could not be gotten nto the big church Sunday schools They thought themselves too poor, or had uot good enough clothes to wear "ïhey will not coine to us; we must go to thein. We must meet them on theii own level. A school must be started in their own quarter. Our methods must be adapted to their wants. ïhey cannot be gotten out simply by ringing the school bell. We must go straight to their homes and get them." Mr. Mertz tlien related some of his own interesting experience in Sunday school mission work to prove his ideas. The paper was very instructivo along the line of mission work. E. A. Hongh, of Jackson, then began ui address on "Consecration for Service." Consecration, he said, was the most important thing in the Sunday school work. There must be a being, a doing, and a suffering. li the iirst place there must be a new creation, then naturally there comes activity, and of necessity there will be suffering. Mr. Hough's address was an earnest, stirring appeal for more zealous efforts in Sunday school work. Following his talk was discussion on the papers that had been read, and the question drawer ended the morning session.. This afternoon's session began with a song service at twoo'clook. Miss Jennie Moore, of Ypsilanti, was on the orogram for a paper on "Infant Class Teaching." This evening at 7:30 there will be a song service and a bout 8 o'clock Rev. E. W. Ryan, of Ypsilanti will give an adIress whichhe calis "A Defense of the 3oys."