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The 88th Animat Session of
the Sabbath School Convention
rrfe ^Catawba Presbytery met in
the*: : Brooklynv Presbyterian
church on Thursday, July Slat,
and continued through Friday,
August 2, 1930. The Rev. A. BL
Prince;is pastor and Mr.: Fred
McCiJl is Superintendent of the
Sunday school. •; n n • •• 'i * ~ K •
All; of the sessions were
largeij^Mtended and a happy,
enthusiastic, spirit was mani
fested by all in attendance of
the. Oonysntion. ■ • 1-C ; rarah*
{One hundred twenty-five su
perintendents, delegates and
minister* were registered and
received .the Convention badg^'
es,£$* personnel comprising the
belt end must intelligent work
ers from the local churches in
our Presbytery. The sessions
were presided over by the Sec
retary, Dr. L. J. Melton, in the
absentee of our President, Prof.
W. JL Stinson, who is suffering
from an accident in which he
sustained a broken ankle.
Eae$i session opened with a
lively - and inspiring song ser
vice,conducted by Mr. T. J.
Van Landingham, with Miss
Catherine Johnson, pianist, and
the , Convention choir. The
Brooklyn church choir rendered
the music on Thursday evening
at the popular meeting which
was excellent and added much
to the; spirit of the occasion.
The opening worship service
was conducted by Rev. J. H.
Gamble at 9:45. The large au
dience of delegates and Sunday
school workers is always on
time for this special feature of
the Convention’s program, and
they trern well repaid, for; the
Bible study was' indeed uplift
ing and every one was im
pressed with the deep religious
feeling of this period of wor
ship. Rev. Gamble used as his
subject, “The Man of Galilee.”
The Scripture was St. John 2:
7-15.
One of the* outstanding feat
ures on the program of the Con
vention was the Superinten
dents, Officers and Teachers’
Conference, conducted by the
Rev. F. C. Shirley, Sabbath
School Missionary of Catawba
Presbytery and Director of
Young People’s Work in Cataw
ba Synod. The three principal
topics for discussion were: 1.
“The Workers’ Conference in
the Sunday School.” 2. “Prob
lems Relating to the Teaching
Staff.” 3. “Records and Fi
nance.”
Under the topic, “Problems
Relating to the Teaching
Staff,” Mr. S. C. Boger, Super
intendent of the Westminster
Sunday School, Concord, N. C.,
discussed {the subject, ^Wh^t
Flan Do You Have for Provid
ing Your School with Future
Teachers?” This subject was
further discussed by Mr. J. N.
F. Brown, of the Bethpage Sun
day school.
A XMT
D.
nf flia
Church St. Sunday school,
discussed the subject, “How
Do You Get the Co-operation of
Your Teachers in Attendance
upon the Workers’ Confer
ence?”
Mr. Fred McGill, Superinten
dent of the Brooklyn Sunday
school, gave an outlined pro
gram of three meetings of the
Workers' Conference pf his
Sunday school.
Mr. J. W. Spears, of the
Bellefonte Sunday School, Har
risburg, N. C., discussed the
subject, “What Difficulties Are
in the Way of Holding Regular
Stated Workers’ Conferences in
Rural Sunday Schools.”
Under the topic, “Problems
Relating to the Teaching
Staff,” Prof. E. A. Chisholm, of
the Seventh Street Sunday
school, discussed the subject,
“As Superintendent What Re
Your Teachers: (a) As^J
Punctuality in Attendance; (b)
Regularity of Attendance; (cl
Lesson ‘Preparation; j(d) Fol
low Up of Absentee Pupils r
Miss Janie B ffaUMe,
jfcataSi?
iurc
da *V>
SuB^^chobl
t -Would" JYbu {Sug
gest to Officers and Teachers to
strengthen the Effectiveness of
the Sunday School?”
Mr. N. M. Potts, Superinten
dent of McGlintock Sunday
school, discussed, “Should the
Sunday School Be Included in
the Church Budget?”
All of these discussions were
full of information and very
practical. Each Superintendent,
officer, teacher and delegate
should have gotten a broader
view of their responsibility to
the Sunday school.
Rev. H. Wilson, the Statisti
cian of the Convention, present
ed and explained a statistical
chart for the past%ve years of
the Convention, showing the re
sults of our labor, both the in
crease and the decrease. This
review gave enlightening infor
mation to all present.
Th subject, “Should the
Chief Emphasis in the Sunday,
School ,Be. 0ar-E<feK»t%i or on
Recruiting for Christ/’ Was in
troduced by the Rev. C. P.
Pitchford, after which Dr. L.
B. West, in a very able manner,
held up putting the chief em
phasis on recruiting for Christ
in the Sunday school.
The subject, “What la the
Evangelistic Responsibility of
the Individual Teacher to Her
Pupils?” afforded one of the
liveliest discussions of the Con
vention With pleasure and with
profit did we listen to the deep
spiritual discussions on this
topic. Dr. L. B. West opened
the discussion and others who
discussed it were Mrs. H. L.
McCrorey, Dr. C. N. Jenkins,
Dr. L. J. Melton, Prof. E. A.
Chisholm, Dr. C. H. Shute,
Rev. E. U. D. Goring and Rev.
N. A. Johnson.
The reports of the Sunday
schools were encouraging and
showed progress financially and
spiritually but a decrease nu
merically. Many of the schools
are trying to perfect the stand
ard of educational efficiency.
•Of the forty-eight schools on
roll forty-three made imports.
We were delighted to enroll
two new Sunday schools at this
Convention: The Johnson C.
Smith University Sunday
School and the Biddle Heights
Sunday School.
The popular meeting was held
on Thursday evening.
Welcome Addresses
Miss Idell Rhyne extended us
a very cordial welcome on be
half of the Sunday school, and
Mr. Roger McGill on behalf of
the young people of the
church. After listening jto their
inspiring addresses and seeing
the generous and hospitable
spirit existing we felt at home,
for truly these good people had
our interest at heart to open
their doors to us on such a late
notice.
Miss Sarah Costner, in a very
delightful and pleasing man
ner, expressed the Convention’s
appreciation of the, beautiful
words of welcome.
The annual message was
brought to us by the Vice-Pres
ident, Rev. W. R. Mayberry. In
this interesting^ and -thoughtful
jad#ese, imany essential
and necessary for the inteileet
iif& mi fHpiirituaigrewth ofrihe
CanyentioK wfcreetffcliiiedrM .J
I rm *bm
inspirational: address from the
Subject, “Modem Youth.” Me
discussed youth sunder .‘tWSe
hee<Mr: s program*, - Pstfchtdogy,
and[-??obieinfl|43*i9dmsrfO NmN
-$h# [QfheerS eleoted to genre
an^t^xeer ftrehs follows:
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force- and feeling inducted the
officials ifito.offiCe ahd offered
prtfir.'ii© r d ua ?‘KT . P l~h t f T,
rne ioiiowmg persons were
introduced to the Convention
and accorded seats as corre
sponding members: Miss Mary
Chapman, Concord, N. C.; ReV.
A. J. Mitchell, of the A. M. E.
Church, Charlotte; Dr. J. Fran
cis Lee, of the A. M. E. Zion
Church. Charlotte, and Dr. I. H.
Russell, the Evangelist of Ca
tawba Synod.
“Goals for the Coming Year”
wefe presented by Rev. F. C.
Shirley and adopted by the
Convention. They are as fol
lows:
1. That at least twelve
schools would report Regular
Monthly Workers’ Conferences
during the year.
2. That at least 12 schools
would subscribe for the “West
minster Leader," a Sunday
School Magazine, for the next
year, r • -" !
3. That at, l^ast twelve
the coming year.
The Bellefonte church, Har
risburg, was decided upon as
the next place of meeting.
An outstanding feature of the
Convention will be the Boys’
Camp which will convene one
week before the Convention and
close with the Convention.
The Convention appointed the
following committee to perfect
arrangement for the Camp:
Rev. 0. E. Sanders, Rev. A. H.
Prince, Rev. W. S. Plair, Miss
Annie Chresfield, Mrs. Hallie
Q. Mayberry, Rev. F. C. Shirley
and Rev. H. Wilson.
Delegates elected to represent
this Convention at the School of
Methods were Rev. H. Wilson,
the Statistician of the Conven
tion, and Miss Catherine Hen
ry, of Love’s Chapel church,
Belmbnt. The alternates are
Mr. Thos. Jenkins and Miss
Zella Mae Springs.
The minutes of the Conven
tion were read by the Assistant
Secretary, Mrs. Hallje Q. May
berry,and adopted by the Con
vention.
The report of the Committee
on Resolutions of Thanks was
read by Miss Catherine Henry.
The report was received and
adopted.
After singing “God be with
you till we meet again,” we
closed with prayer by Rev. A.
H. Prince, pastor of Brooklyn
church.
Thus came to a close a Con
vention which it is hardly pos
sible that any delegate will ever
forget.
NOTICE
The Central District Conven
tion of Yadkin Preshyterial
will meet in, Grace Presbyterian
church, Winston-Salem, N. C.,
August 21st. Each Society in
the District is requested to send
n, ^olnorofn
MRS. W. J. RANKIN, Leader.
MRS. J. A. BONNER, Sec.
Only the golden rule of
Christ can bring the golden
age of man.—Anon.
, b«e
school
\AMf* ;9«fi if;
doliig so, l wended' ttfsrjway to
the Biddleville Presbyterian
churchy but, unfortun&tfcly, no
Services were held therj^ due td
the fact that the electric lights
had been cut off. Wewljfowere
at the church were sai|y dis
appointed. 1
Dr. L* B. West* who happened
to be going to the W#dland
church, very kindly gave|me a
comfortable seat in his spacious
car. We left Charlotte at‘about
8 o’clock that night, arriving
|$ pur destination in ample
Brae for the dedication qf the
annex. ,, ) J • Ji,
On entering the church edi
fice ttye Rev. Mr. Beatty afford
ed us seats' on the rodtrum.
Therefwe sat and listefpi at
tentively to the various i|nan
cial reports in connection with
the annex. They were all 1 very
gratifying. The membera Of the
church seem not to have been
stintjin contributing toward the
dence of the good work that
they have brought about indi
cates that the people had a
mind to work, and this reminds
the Bible reader of the people
who worked with Nehemiah in
building the wails of Jerusa
lem.
The Rev. Mr. Beatty is a live
preacher and pastor, and his
willing officers and faithful
members made the addition to
the church building in a mas
terly manner which cannot be
ignored. I gathered from the
reading of the financial reports
in connection with the annex,
that the members are cognizant
of their duty and need of giving,
and this, of course, greatly fa
cilitated the completion of the
annex in so short a time. May
they continue to give as the
Lord shall prosper them, as it
is enjoined upon us all in the
Holy Scriptures that, “It is
more blessed to give than to re
ceive.” (Acts 20:25.) And
again we read that: “Freely
ye have received, freely give.”
(Matt. 10:8.)
The plan of the annex
was the design of the pastor
himself. It was well thought out
as the symmetry shows.
The annex is 16 by 30 feet
so that the members of the
choir will be corrifortably seat
ed. Then, too, when this sec
tion of the building is being
used for ther scholars of the
Sunday school, it also will be
of incalculable benefit to the
youth. The cost of the annex
was 3*471.
When the prominent pastor
of the church was introducing
Dr. L. B. West as the speaker
of the evening, he said that
himself and Dr. West had been
classmates in the Theological
Seminary at Johnson G. Smith
University (formerly Biddle)
and that from that time up to
that very evening they had
been staunch friends, and thal
he knew that his former class
mate had brought a good mes
sage for them all.
Then the Rev. Mr. West
made a f ew prelminary remarks
after which he delivered hit
For their cfe-bperaiioir with
their^helovfcd pastor dn every
thing that heatterapis tydo,
cited, the annex: a$ an indication
m
rob s3«imini h&
svs
ufcifr
mt vma
%$?<# item*
> fh^KsrrilerAww askedbyuthe
pastor to say a word or two.aft(i
fie readily acquiesced, and after
the singing of a very precious
by«nn hit .pronounced the bene
diction. Thus ended a very prof
itably Lories Day. ? ,
REV. EDJ U. DALTON GOR
rNG, ;
Johnson C. Smith University,
Charlotte, N. C.
HOLBROOK STREET
CHURCH, DANVILLE, VA.
in'r ‘y. K 'i-v n.',) ■, yjfca
The members of Holbrook St.
^hUreh are forging along vary
nicely these warm days. We had
to preach for us Sunday, the
ilih, pi July, Rev. Albright,
(white) of Burton? * Memorialj
Presbyterian Church. His
eheme was* H‘What think ye of
Christ;” He showed how some
people try to build on the mis
takes of others and how those
^ho-'do nit want to do the
will of the blessed
good figfllttv until the end, and
said the «ood Lord would bless
us, and the faithful ones here
expect to carry, this good work
on. v.h.tmi: <jrTt fftwtl .O^T'OO H
We are doing; very well on our
.’ ally rf ra r getting money to fix
the manse. Every one ;has been
very liberal in donating to us.
So we are going-ahead and put
ting ohr-trust in the good Lord
and praying tor Him to carry us
through.11! The good. Lord will
hear His' • people when they
pray* > woHicj. f»us > : > wls-e
We had to preach for uS Sun
day, - August’' !®?di ^ReV.1 f Oscar
Hyler;ii: of1 i the " YP1 ’ M'.’i&.
(white) ."His theme was: *Two
Great' Powers^5 It' 'was a Very
interesting discourse, and1 all
enjoyed it.
Mr. James Cobb* departed
this life at his rbsi^ehce on
White Street at. ^iVclock^last
Monday nitfht. His JunWal was
at the HOljr YbhUrch fpn James
at 340U
st., Sunday afternoon
o'clock:;' Rev. ’ Thomas
preached the funeral. He leaves
a wire’ and1 othdr’^fdlktives to
mouftf/'thfeir ld$. kir. Cobb had
been ra lih'e rb^thuraht business
on Street’ for1 a num
ber df~yeats,iloahd Was well
known, and liked by all who
Knew him. '... . ~ ,
Mrs. EJame. Jlartrn retyped]
from ^umjnaff (schpol at Peters*
burg,
- Saturday ; end,
Miss fyelyn AUen afld Prof, J,
who<^(PWip% $MNfr
week.; jjjpgy are aUjopldngweU
Tha,fyi¥e, of Mr,vAlien1 Floyd
departed fchur JifebrWadnesday*
the 3Qfch;ibf t$«ly*r.Yfcer/funeral
wag at,jLoya}T >Baptist church,!
Friday, August 1st, at 3:80
o'clock. Rev. Melton, - her pastor,
officiated.i.MrsioFioyd leaves a
husband <end>a>hostbof friends
to mourn iiheirnlos84 Isnott n ‘>i a i ft
Mr. Edward i ¥) Garland left
Saturday for Ithen&t OAtobacco
market' td ^be gone six' Wdtks.
‘ JAMES'«AHtAK».
a! ta^t'
Give His what'^H^ sfeeat fit,
only fit UfcfoiHWhat Tfo
est.—Rowland5 Willi^nS.
| Deai
It has been „_,
vou have had a m
‘is at AHen Memorial in
County; Va. We ' -
map and busy,
achooh is doing
The enrollment
teachers and officers*
age attendance, summer.
winter. 52. The Sabbath school
s being graded and we are
'ooking forward to using do*
;>artmentalsv literature next
luarter.
i .Our Vacation Church School
ivas even a greater sue
/ear than, formerly; fc
it was necessary for soi
person to be actively
ob every day; but this y(
mtire responsibility was taken
iver by the young people. The
Principal was Miss Christina Ri
ey, a recent graduate of ingie
tide “High;” Intermediate
teacher, Miss Corene Brown, a
Senior “High;” Junior teacher,
Miss Cornelia Brown;
eachprii&id Secretary,
/irginia Berkeley;
Education and
eacher, Miss Viola Harris; Su
pervising teacher, Mrs. Satrah
Paige Brown. Several eertifi
?ates were awarded for regu
ar attendance, deportment,
scholarship, etc.
The spirit of the workers was
me Our workers are all volun
eers. We hope to be able to
present them With a purse next
jreafsmj to nor' ■; '
The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the ehurch is active.
V nea?t little sumwas realized
from, an entertainment on July
1 for; thp benefit of said socie
interesting, interest-*-*
4 pastor, Rev. D. A. Henry. I
pip sure our church will pro
gress under his wise Christian
leadership. And now that he has
akep. a better half (Miss Alma
Pitchford), from our flock, we
'eel that our claims on his ser
vice is two-fold. May we have
many: years of his service.
, Our week day church school
term for 1929-1930 was the best
n. the history of its work.
The ^ enrollment not being
30 large as heretofore the
work was more effective. The
‘effectual, fervent prayer of a
ighteous man availeth much.”
Pray; for us at Jetersville.
SARAH PAIGE BROWN.
YADKIN YOUNG PEOPLE'S
n., LEAGUE
By Miss Ethyl L. Goodman,
• ,V Secretary
The Young People’s League
)f Yadkin Presbytery met at
fameron ehurch, near Elmwood,
Friday, July 25, from 2 to 7:30
?. M. The delegation was large
and each1 church in the district
was well represented. Those
present entered, into the pro
gram making it a most enjoya
ble one. Hr, ,'tt : ■
r On uthe lawn beneath the
>hade of the oaks we were able
to have our Get-together and
[Recreation Hour. Here we
ilayed games, sang pep songs,
find tried yellinjg ou|r [League
yells.
'*• Then we took our seats in the
?pen air and from four to five
there was an open forum debate,
Resolved“That the Country
Church Offered a Better Oppor
tunity' for' the Development of
Character than the City
Church/? > • ■ Affirmative, Rev.
Waddell, Mite Mildred Good
man, Salisbury; Miss Thelma
Long, Logan; and Miss Blor-1
ence Steely Mocksville. Nega
tive, Rev; W. A. HaWkins, Miss
Edna yn Murdock, Knoxville,
Tenn.j li Mr. > Willie Woods,
Statesville, and Mr. Neely, of
Mocksville. k
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