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Wrtwy Saaday Schdoltlnion h Nation Is Given One Terj taia;K>rt«at orgsalsa* whleh^wks a6t reejr well k^wn in tliU part of the country vdtil recently is the American School Unlo)^, -Purpose of the orKsaisation Is to promote Sunday schools, espe- c^lty in communities which do aqt have them, and to keep alive functioning present Sunday acf^Ik- &ev. B. F. Livlngatrtris Sunday school missionary tor the Sunday School Union for ten counties, in this part of North* Carolina and has headquarters in North Wiikes- boro. Rev. Mr. Livingston has ultesdy organlred five new Sun day schools and is working on otliers. The following article gives the history and purposes of the or- gapiisatlon; Among the greatest events in the history of Christianity is the naguitude of the growth of the -Sunday school. This growth be- lohgs to the 19th century. Along with the remarkable activity in mj>dem missions sprang up an equally widespread movement to search the Scriptures, which in this country led to the formation of the American Sunday School Union. It was an interesting series of providences, by which God pre- psj-ed the way for Christian.s of different denominations to lay aside their differences and to co operate in promoting the study ef MISSIONARY Rev. F. Livingston Rev. B. F. Livingston, nils- stonary for the American Sun day 'S^ool Union in ten north western North Carolina coun ties. Mr. Livingston has head quarters in North Wilkesboro. cOh® 66 _ US€ iw ILLIAMS MOTOR CO. r. H. WILLIAMS, Mgr. BEAR Frame Service Good Used Cars, Trucks and Tractors Easy Terms Will Pay Cash for Late Model Wrecked Cars and Trucks Complete Body Rebuilding Electric and Acetylene Welding Phone 334-J Thursday, Jan. 28 (Ona Say Only) “SIN TOWN” SWASSINO CONSTANCY BEITNXTT B.KOD CBAWVOaD AJTOY DEVINE — I-BO CAaBIl.LO Picture Y ou Must See • Friday Only- J| FULL-LENGTH fighting FEATU« Now Showing: ‘♦SH^OW OF A Douer I jonnwK oo»m* •>v; God’s word through a national or ganization A company of 12 Christian philanthropists held a meeting in Philadelphia. December 19, 1790, for the purpose of taking into consideration the establishment of Sunday schools in this city. A large representative meeting was held May 27, 1817, a constitution adopted, and the organization per fected. This society was called “The Sunday and Adult School Union.” and Alexander Henry was elected the first President and John P. Bankson, corresponding secretary. The Society sought to extend the cause in other States, and was soon recognized as the center of Sunday school influence through out the country. In the year 1821 the Union employed the Rev. 'Wm. C. Blair as a Sunday school mis sionary in “establishing Sunda> schools and tract societies where there are none,” and preventing some already established from lie- ing “al/andoned as imprai tioable. ” The first report of a Sunday school missionary for the first year w-as as follows; He travel ed 2500 miles, visited 85 of the schools, revived 20, established six tract societies, tour adult schools, and 61 Sunday schools, located in six States. Two years later the Union report.s the eui- plovment of “two missionaries.” Rev. Timothy Alden, president of .Alleghany college, and a l.iyman. .Mr. M. .A. Ilemley, and onnounc- ed the i.ssue of a monthly maga zine devoted to the cause-of Sun- di^y schools. Mpati''caU for a inoi'' •‘geneiv.i I'nion” grew sleadily sironger. The Rev. John H. Rice, of Virginia, in 1S20. elonuentlv commended the Union where Christians of many different de nominations are united and zeal ously co-operate in this latior of love. ' The greMt activity of tlie Sunday and Adult School Union intensified the desire for a nati- om-1 institution. During the sev en years it had grown steadily in numbers and strength from hov ing 13 schools, 556 teachers, and 5,970 scholars in 1817-18 to a to- t; 1 of .313 schools. 3724 teachers. 2 4,218 scholars, in 1821. wi'h auxiliaries in eleven states. In 1824 it had 723 scluiols. 7300 teachers and 49,019 scholars in affiliation. located in seventeen states end territories and the Dis- tric' of Columtiia. Hence, a plan (or a national sotnet.v was outlin ed and --f a meeting in Philadel phia where 15 to 20 of the 2 1 States wi re represented, the name rnd eonsiitulion of this new and national organiZi.ilion the “Ameri can Sunday School Union” were unanimously approved. MiV 23. 1.8 2 4. .Amoil,those proniiiieiit in this movement were the Rev. Gordi- ner Spring. D. 1).. ..ind Divie Be- tl-.une. of Delaware: Francis Scott Key (author of the Star- Spangled Rannerl; Hon. John Brownlee, of South Carolina; the Rev. William l„ McCalla, of Ken tucky: Rev. Dr. Nevins. of Mary land: Ambrose White and Fred erick Erringer. of Philadelphia; end many others. The American Sunday School Union, thus aus piciously begun, has been closely identified, with the origin and de velopment o' juvenile religious literature.,education, pioneer mis sions, and similar gieet move ments in the religious progress of this country. BIBLE INSTRUCTION As would he expected the Am erican Sunday school Union pi oneered in plans and material for Bible instruction. Appended to the second annual report of the American Sunday School Union is a list of ‘teelected lessons” fof 1825. It consisted of 47 lessons divided into four portions, to al low for a “quarterly examination or review. The wider u^ of the limited lessons In 182$;Ted to" e second edition reTlstott. ot the plan, so radical a» to result In a new list of lessons, for one year, to which tt second yeiir’s t»urs,d was added, and It was announced at the same time that a "five year’s course had been .outlined, which would Include the “princi pal facts and truths of the Bible." These lessons were unqualifiedly endorsed by prominent ministers, professors, and statesmen. Great as was this advance in methods of instruction, the far-seeing work ers of that day eonceived yet fur ther Improvements. They aimed to have ail the classes in a school and all the schools in the country study the same lesson on the same day; In fact, uniform lessons for the whole country. This was largely accomplished: and realized followirig a National convention called for that purpose in the year 1832 and one which followed in 1833. After a later period of re action due to denominational zeal the present “Uniform Lessons’" hare been maintained following a conference of 29 publishers at which time they appointed five persons to select such lessons for the year 1872. GROWTH OP MISSIONARY ENTIEAVOR At the anniversary. May 25, 1830, a most Important mission ary scheme was inaugurated with great enthusiasm. It was resoh’- ed “That the American Sunday School Union, in reliance upon Divine aid, will, within two years, establish a Sunday school in every destitute place where it is practi cal throughout the valley of the Mississippi.” The meeting was attended by more than two thous and peopft, and the resolution war. adopted by a rising vote amidst great* enthusiasm. At a subsequent meeting presided over by Dr. W. A. McDowell, of South Carolina, $12,000.00 in cash was subscribed in Philadelphia and at meetings in New York neerly $15,000.00 more were raised. Foremost divines and statesmen in the United States gave it their sanction and warmly advocated the project. Among them were Rev. Dr. Thomas McAuley, ot Philadelphia: Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher, of Massachusetts; Rev. Dr. Milner, of New York; Rev. Dr. Rice of Virginia; Dr. Francis Wayland, the Drs. Alexander, of New Jersey; and among state.s- men. Hon. Theodore Frelinghiiy- sen, of New Jersey; Senator Felix Grundy, of Tennessee: Brecken- rldge of Kentucky; Chancellor Walworth of New York; Daniel Webster of Massachusetts: Honf William Wirt Attorney-Generql of the Ttnited States: Walter f.nwrie. Clerk of United States Senate, and many others of like eniinenee, all warmly endorsing this bold missionary venture. Within two years of this action 78 missionaries were sent into the Alississippi valley. 2867 schools organized, and 1121 visited and revived. Thus, nearly half of the S.OOO to 10,00(1 neighborhoods, then e.stimated to Ive within the valley, were supplied with schools, it was said, wilhin eighteen mon ths after the new scheme was ac tually begun. Moreover, the movement greatly increased the spiritual results. For the next year the Society reported not less than 20,000 teachers and 30,000 scholars in connection with its schools o.s professing faith In Christ within nine years, and the number for a single year was be lieved to he over 17.000. Renewing its decision to con tinue the work in the Mississippi Valley, the Society in 1833, en thusiastically adopted another resolution, to plant and sustain a Sunday school for five years in every needy neighborhood in the South Atlantic States and the ter ritory of Florida. Nearly 1,500 more schotrls were organized and revived in the' Mississippi Valley in 1833-34, and about 400 in the South the same year. Perhaps the boldest measure of i'll was the plan proposed at the May aniiiversar.v, 1833, to have every house in every neighbor hood visited on tlie 4th of Julv following, and the members in vited to some place of religious instruction. It was hope that the sun of that d>:iy Mihail not go down upon a single dwelling in the United States, in which the voice of a kind, judicious Christian friend has not been heard, invited every suitable subject of Sunday school instruction to the place where it may be had freely, as the gift of God. All pastofs and persons of every society and de nomination were asked to join in this effort. These measures were not mere paper resolutions. They were pushed with such vigor and zeal as to command the attehtion of the whole country. The war between the states brought to light the magnificent Christian character and self-de nial of its missionaries, and en abled it to continue mission work without seriously inclosing its debt, even in the face of one of the most terrible civil wars in his tory. Many of the missionaries continued to serve wlthont salary, or on greatly reduced income. ^ese struggles brought all the Society’#'friends into closer assd- ctat|tN|^Aitb x>He . another, into more'Ipbful fellowabip and co operation, and into a deeper spirit the Re deemer’s ethse.’ It Is worthy of note that one of the moat experi enced of the TTalon’s miseioaajles was sUowed ' to pass hack and forth between the Union and Con federate lines—a privilege which wag very highly prised, and a con fidence which wee never. betray ed. ThU gave the Society an open door thrtuout the whole South. When the war ended the mleelon- ary operations In the States re doubled with energy and success. As in the pioneer days the need for our type of work Is as greatly needed as then. Over our lend are iaolatcri communities without the radiant cheer of the gospel. More than 160 full time mission aries are at work in the United States under the auspices of the American Sunday School Union. In this District, the Middle Atlan tic, comprising the states of Vir ginia. West Virginia, Kentucky. T^nnestfee, North Carolina, and Georgia there are twelve mission aries. In the state of North Car olina. C. N. Cady is located at Hendersonville, R. H. Hull at Franklin, and B. F. Livingston Is looated at North Wilkesboro. ^v— Former Newspaper Reporter S t a rs In Hitchcock Film A newspaper man went to Hol lywood to get away from writing. He' is Joseph Cotten, formerly a notable actor with Orson Tyelles’ Mercury Theatre group in New York and now an important screen player. With Hollywood studios abounding in former newsfiaper reporters, editors end critics engaged in turning out the film city’s scripts and scenarios, Cotten is one Fourth Estater in a thousand. He quit gathering news to act. not to do more writ ing. His latest role is opposite Teresa Wright in Alfred flitch- cock’s new Universal - thriller. “Shadow of a Doubt”, coming to the Allen Theatre Monday and Tuesday. Cotfen plays a romantic mur derer who specializes in killing women. Detectives are closing in on him. He takes shelter with his sister, her husband and child ren in Sadta Rosa, California. They have no idea of his real character when he arrives but, as the pursuit approaches, suspicion begins to grow. Patricia Collinge plays Cotten's sister, Henry Travers, her husband, Teresa Wright their eldest daughter. Macdonald Carey and Wallace Ford have prominent roles. Much of the picture was filmed in the streets, business buildings and homes of Santa Rose. “Shadow ot a Doubt” was writ ten as a screen play by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville from an original story by Cordon McDonell. The picture is presented by Jack H. Sklrball Productions. V Wi In OPA Transit# Charlotte,^—The addition of 14 counties to the Charlotte district office .of price admlnlstrction, giving the local office jurisdiction over 52 cofinties with a total pop ulation of 1,900,000, was an nounced yesterday by Osoar R. Stranss, Jr„ of Atlanta, Ga„ re gional OPA administrator. The transfer leaves the Raleigh office with a territory embracing 48 counties with a totel popula tion of 1,700,000. Counties shifted to the Char lotte district are Rockingham, Guilford, Randolph, Robesbfi, .Stokes, Forsyth, Davidson, Surry, Yadkin, Davie, Alleghany, Wilkes, Ashe and Watauga. The transfer will become effec tive next Monday. •V" Aid For Expectant Mothers Provided Raleigh.—^As (the result of a re cent allocation of funds from the United States Children’s Bureau to the Maternal end Child Health Service of the North Carolina Staite Board of Health, it is now possible tor this division to pro vide financial aid for medical ob stetric and pediatric care for wives end children of enlisted men and non-commissioned offi cers in the armed forces. Since the plan was put into effect, many pregnant women have been helped under tta provisions. Expectant mothers who need such assistance and w;ant to apply for aid under this plan should see the local' health officers, all of whom are well acquainted with its details. The health officers, in turn, forward the applications to Dr. G. M. Cooper, Director of the Maternal end Child Health Ser vice of the State Board of Health in Raleigh. ‘‘It is felt that this plan has been and will be ot a great d'eal of benefit to both the patient ond to the local physicians.” Dr. Cooper said. “Deliveries by the physicians in the patient’s home is usually performed, bii(t in cer tain cases, patients may he ho.s- pitalized for this service. In cases where this care is authorized through the local health officers, the physician’s fee is paid from MaJerqal _and,,,ChiId HealU* Service-” rt or yoor )r. a rtm tnf' Mot Urn penmt or yodr i ooiae.||i War Baada overy.pay day. It's ye«r :ha4f« ot pa> ' triattni. BUY MORE WAR BONDS FOR AIMS POM Lowest BroyiuU & PrL •PHONB ’PHOTit 114-irs NEWEST BAROT HIT! m MNIHfUFE (ri» i£«n MMm c«au STONE ROONEY-PARKER-HOLDEN Andy's last fiiny bsfofS college! ind tba whole lamilg's back... with headaches and howls I F«Y Hill RUTRERFORD • Sara RADEN • utrHNiw Esther WIUUMS LIBERTY Thursday Friday Now Showing OEO. MDEPHY • AJrHE SKIELBT CABOI.E EAJSSIS - DEinnS DAY B n n y Good And Hts Orchestra m a “POWERS GIRL” Colored News Items Of Interest By BELLE THOMAS The Ladies Mission circle met at the home of Mrs. A. Thomas Thursday * afternoon. This tvas the first meeting of the new year, and a large number attended. Mrs. Bessie Turner is president. The county union of the different mission circles met at the Pleas ant Hill Baptist church Sunday. Each church was well represented and a very intei'esting program was enjoyed by all. Mrs. C. C. Harris is president. The W. I. C. circle of the First Baptist church met with Miss Katherine Barber, .Sunday after noon at five o’clock. After the business was discussed. Miss Bar ber served refreshments. Miss Colleen Harris is president. Private Arthur Y. Williams, who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Manie Williams, returned to California Tuesday morning. Cpl. Obey Horton of Camp Le?, Virginia, is visiting his family and relatives ibis week. Misses Thelma Denny, Pauline Welbom . and Mayo Witherspoon had visitors up from Winston-Sa lem last week-end. They were William Anderson, Robert Dan- bridge, and Howard Thompson. They were entertained in the home of Mfss Pauline Welbom, and were inducted into the Army the following Saturday. Mrs. Nancy Rhodes and Mrs. Florence Farmer are visiting in Winston-Salem. ^om to Mr. and Mrs. Allen By num, a son, Arnold Bynum. Demure Young Thing: "Oh, what kind of an officer are yon?’’ Officer; “Pm a naval suiReon. D. Y, T-; “Dear, Dear, how you doctozg do sofecialize.’’ —:—V— About 800‘war plants In the United States help to produce the 45.000 dllfawnT* parts In a heavy bomber amt the 40,000^^ parts in evetf tank. i . ^ •y- BUy MORE WAR BORI^ m w ii-v X'.; -
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