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Milner, Louisa A. 5465 Washington Ave., Chicago, Il1. 5.00
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Moore, Edward C., D.D.
Professor Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. · $10.00
Moore, James H. 159 LaSalle St., Chicago, III. .
10.00
Moulton, Richard G., PH.D. . 10.00
Professor University of Chicago, Chicago, III. ·
Nash, Charles S., A.M., D.D. Professor Pacific Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Calif.
3.00
Ogden, Robert C. 784 Broadway, New York city ·
10.00
Ogilvie, D. 313 W. Hancock St., Detroit, Mich. ,
Professor Adelphi College, Brooklyn, N. Y. 5.00
Page, Herman, Rev. Rector St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Chicago, III.
10.00
Patten, Amos W., D.D. 5.00
Professor Northwestern University, Evanston, III.
5.00
Patton, Walter M., Rev., PH.D. 5.00
Instructor Yale University, Middlefield, Conn.
Paxton, Elizabeth D., Miss
5.00
Princeton, N. J.
Peabody, Francis G., D.D. Dean Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass.
10.00
Peabody, H. E., Rev. Pastor Windsor Avenue Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn.
1.00
Peloubet, Francis N., Rev., D.D. 5.00
132 Woodland Road, Auburndale, Mass.
Perry, Alfred T. President Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio
5.00
Pike, Henry H. . Superintendent St. George's Sunday School, New York city
5.00
Prentiss, Mary W. 0.50
41 E. 6Ist St., New York city ·
Ranney, William W., Rev. 2.00
Pastor Park Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn.
Raymond, Andrew V. V., D.D., LL.D. 2.00
President Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.
Rice, William N., PH.D., LL.D. Professor Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
5.00
Riggs, James S., D.D.
10.00
Professor Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, N. Y.
Robinson, George L., PH.D. Professor McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, III.
25.00
Rockefeller, John D., Jr. 26 Broadway, New York city 150.00
Rosenquist, Eric J. A., Rev. 4.00
Pastor Evangelical Lutheran Saron Church, Chicago, III.
Sanders, Frank K., PH.D., D.D. ·
Dean Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn. . 25.00
Sawin, Theophilus P., Rev., D.D. 5.00
Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Troy, N. Y. ·
Patterson, R. S. . Port Huron, Mich.
5.00
Osborn, F. W.
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Scarritt, Charles W., Rev. .
$ 5.00
Pastor Melrose Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Kansas City, Mo.
Schurman, Jacob Gould, LL.D.
President Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 20.00
Scoville, Augustus E., Rev. 2.00
Pastor First Baptist Church, Melrose, Mass.
Seelye, L. Clark, D.D., LL.D. 10.00
President Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
Sisson, Edward O. Director Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Ill. 5.00
Slocum, Wm. F., LL.D.
President Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo. 5.00
Smith, F. N., Mrs. Editor and Publisher of " Bible Studies," Elyria, Ohio 2.50
Smith, Gerald Birney Instructor University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 3.00
Smith, Henry Goodwin, Rev., D.D. Professor Lane Theological Seminary. Cincinnati, Ohio
5.00
Smith, Oscar M.
Flint, Mich. 5.00
Soares, Theodore G., Rev., PH.D., D.D. . 5.00
Pastor First Baptist Church, Oak Park, Ill.
South Congregational Church Springfield, Mass.
20.00
Stearns, Wallace N., A.M., PH.D.
Professor Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio . 5.00
Stetson, John B. Ashbourne, Pa. 25.00
Stokes, Olivia E. Phelps 100.00
Stowell, C. B.
President Board of Education, Sunday-School Teacher, Hudson, Mich.
Strong, Josiah
President American Institute of Social Service, New York city
5.00
St. Thomas's Church 5.00
Mamaroneck, N. Y.
Stuart, Charles M., A.M., D.D. Professor Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill.
5.00
Sunday School Plymouth Congregational Church 4.26
Minneapolis, Minn.
Sunny, B. E. Western Manager General Electric Co., Chicago, Ill. 15.00
Sutton, Edwin O. Assistant Manager Life Insurance Office, 115 High St., Springfield, Mass.
2.00
Taft, Oren B. Pearsons. Taft Land Credit Company, Chicago, Il1. . 5.00
Taylor, Graham, D.D. Professor Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Il1. 5.00
Terry, Milton S., D.D., LL.D. ·
Professor Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill.
5.00 Tippy, Worth M., Rev. Pastor Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 2.00 Ind.
100 William St., New York city . 5.00
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Torrey, Charles C., PH.D., D.D.
Professor Yale University, New Haven, Conn. $ 5.00
Turner, Julia M., Mrs. 1506 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
50.00
Ullrick, Delbert S., Rev. Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, 1021 Ayars Pl., Evan- ston, Ill.
· 10.00
VanKirk, Hiram, Rev , PH.D. 2.00
Dean Berkeley Bible Seminary, Berkeley, Calif.
Votaw, Clyde Weber, PH.D. . 25.00
Professor University of Chicago, Chicago, Il].
Walker, William B. 25.00
4014 Grand Boul., Chicago, IlI.
Walker, Williston, PH.D., D.D. Professor Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
25.00
Wallin, V. A.
Wallin Leather Company, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Wells, F. A.
1014 Monadnock Blk., Chicago, Ili.
25.00
Chicago, Ill.
Wight, Ambrose S., Rev. Pastor Presbyterian Church, Garrison, Iowa
1.00
Wilder, Herbert A.
53 Fairmount Ave., Newton, Mass. . 15.00
WVillett, Herbert L., PH.D.
10.00
Professor University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Williams, Edward M., Rev., D.D. . Secretary Executive Committee, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill.
5.00
Williams, J. B. Glastonbury, Conn.
25.00
Williams, Samuel H. 5.00
Glastonbury, Conn.
Winchester, Benjamin S., Rev. 5.00
Associate Pastor and Superintendent Bible School, New England Congregational Church, Chicago, Ill.
Winship, A. E. Editor " Journal of Education," Boston, Mass. 5.00
Cash Gifts handed in at Convention 21.55
Total Contributions to the Convention $2,170.81
Total Expenses of the Convention (the deficit of $714.20 being assumed by the Religious Educa- tion Association) .
$2,885.01
10.00
Wheeler, Arthur L.
10.00
MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION FIRST SESSION
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY IO
The first session of the Convention was held in the Audi- torium. An organ recital by Dr. Louis Falk, of Chicago, was given at half-past seven o'clock. At eight o'clock the meeting was called to order by Professor Frank K. Sanders, Ph.D., D.D., of Yale University, President of the Council of Seventy, who introduced President James B. Angell, LL.D., of the University of Michigan, as the presiding officer of the evening.
DEVOTIONAL SERVICE
The meeting was opened with a devotional service. The anthem by Gounod, " Send Out Thy Light," was rendered by a chorus of two hundred voices, under the direction of Professor W. B. Chamberlain,' of the Chicago Theological Seminary. The Scriptures (Psalm 19) were read by Very Rev. Charles H. Snedeker, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, Cincin- nati, Ohio. Prayer was offered by Rev. Heman P. DeForest, D.D., Pastor of Woodward Avenue Congregational Church, Detroit, Mich. The hymn, "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord," was sung by the congregation.
BUSINESS
The Call for the Convention was read by Professor Clyde W. Votaw, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago, Recorder of the Council of Seventy, as follows:
A CALL FOR A CONVENTION TO EFFECT A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION THROUGH THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AND OTHER AGENCIES
We, the undersigned, Members and Associate Members of the Council of Seventy, and others, believing -
I. That the religious and moral instruction of the young is at present inadequate, and imperfectly correlated with other instruction in history, literature, and the sciences; and
I Professor Chamberlain died on March 7, but three weeks after the Convention. His skilful and devoted labors to make the music of the Convention worthy of the occasion were remarkably successful, and were recognized and appreciated by all. He was to have been Musical Director of the World's Sunday School Convention at Jerusalem in 1904.
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2. That the Sunday school, as the primary institution for the religious and moral education of the young, should be conformed to a higher ideal, and made efficient for its work by the gradation of pupils, and by the adap- tation of its material and method of instruction to the several stages of the mental, moral, and spiritual growth of the individual ; and
3. That the home, the day-school, and all other agencies should be developed to assist in the right education of the young in religion and morals; and
4. That this improvement in religious and moral instruction can best be promoted by a national organization devoted exclusively to this purpose,
Unite in calling a Convention, under the auspices of the Council of Seventy, to assemble in Chicago on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, February 10, II, and 12, 1903, for the creation of such a national organization, the Convention to consist of (a) members and associate members of the Council of Seventy; (b) invited teachers, ministers, and editors ; (c) invited pastors of churches and superintendents of Sunday schools.
ADDRESSES
The subject for the evening was " The Next Step Forward in Religious Education." Addresses were delivered by the presiding officer, President James B. Angell, LL.D .; and by Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D., President of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, Boston; Mr. Walter L. Hervey, Ph.D., Examiner of the Board of Education, New York city; Rev. William C. Bitting, D.D., Pastor of the Mt. Morris Baptist Church, New York city; and Rev. J. W. Bashford, Ph.D., President of Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, O.
ADJOURNMENT
At the close of the addresses the congregation sang the hymn, " O Word of God Incarnate." Prayer was made and the benediction pronounced by Rev. Lathan A. Crandall, D.D., Pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church, Chicago. Adjourn- ment.
SECOND SESSION
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY II
The three sessions on Wednesday were held in the Second Presbyterian Church. The organ prelude and postlude for the morning and afternoon meetings were rendered by Miss Emeline P. Farrar, Chapel Organist of the Chicago Theologi-
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cal Seminary; and for the evening meeting by Mr. A. F. McCarrell, Organist and Choir Director of the Second Pres- byterian Church.
DEVOTIONAL SERVICE
The morning session opened at ten o'clock with a devo- tional service, the congregation joining in the hymn, "When Morning Gilds the Skies." The Scripture reading (John 4) was by Rev. Everett D. Burr, D.D., Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Newton Centre, Mass. Prayer was offered by Mr. Fred B. Smith, Secretary of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Associations, New York city. Mr. Lester B. Jones, Director of Music at the University of Chicago, rendered Allitsen's solo, " Like as a Hart Desireth the Water Brooks."
BUSINESS
The General Committee appointed by the Senate of the Council of Seventy to conduct the preparations for the Con- vention made its report through Professor George L. Robinson, Chairman.
It was voted by the Convention to elect as permanent offi- cers of the Convention the following persons, in accordance with the recommendation of the General Committee :
President - Professor Frank K. Sanders, Ph.D., D.D., Dean of the Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn.
Vice-Presidents-James B. Angell, LL.D., President of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich .; Rev. J. H. Kirk- land, Ph.D., Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn .; Mr. Fred B. Smith, Secretary of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Associations, New York city; Rev. George R. Merrill, D.D., Superintendent of the Congregational Home Missionary Society, Minneapolis, Minn .; Rev. George E. Horr, D.D., Editor of "The Watch- man," Boston, Mass .; Rev. Pascal Harrower, A.M., Rector of the Church of the Ascension, West New Brighton, N. Y.
Secretaries-Mr. M. C. Hazard, Ph.D., Editor of the Con- gregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, Boston, Mass .; Rev. W. C. Bitting, D.D., Pastor of the Mt. Morris Baptist Church, New York city.
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It was voted by the Convention to adopt the program as prepared and printed by the General Committee.
It was voted that the President of the Convention appoint the following four committees: (1) A Committee on Enrol- ment ; (2) A Committee on Permanent Organization ; (3) A Committee on Nominations ; (4) A Committee on Resolutions.
It was voted that the principal addresses upon each topic be limited to twenty minutes; speakers opening the general discussion of each subject to be limited to five minutes in the Wednesday sessions, and to eight minutes in the Thursday sessions ; the speaker in each case to be notified by a stroke of the bell when he enters upon the last minute of his time, and by a double stroke of the bell when the last minute is com- pleted ; the time of the speaker not to be extended ; members of the Convention to be invited to speak upon the several sub- jects after the addresses have been given, and the speakers announced in the program have opened the discussion ; addresses from the floor to be limited to three minutes each, and members to be called by the chairman; those desiring to speak upon the subjects under discussion to send their cards to the Secretary by the ushers at the close of the principal addresses.
ADDRESSES
The general subject of the session was "The Modern Con- ception of Religious Education." Addresses were given upon "Religious Education as a Part of General Education," by Professor George A. Coe, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., and by Professor Edwin D. Starbuck, Ph.D., Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford University, Calif. Addresses were given upon "Religious Education as Condi- tioned by the Principles of Modern Psychology and Peda- gogy," by Professor John Dewey, Ph.D., Director of the School of Education of the University of Chicago, and by President Henry Churchill King, D.D., Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. The last phase of the subject, "Religious Education as Affected by the Modern Historical Study of the Bible," was presented by President Rush Rhees, D.D., LL.D., of the Uni- .
versity of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., and by Professor Her- bert L. Willett, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago.
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DISCUSSION
The discussion that followed was participated in by Rev. Philip S. Moxom, D.D., Pastor of the South Congregational Church, Springfield, Mass .; Professor Wm. Douglas Macken- zie, D.D., of the Chicago Theological Seminary; and Rev. William P. Merrill, Pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago.
BUSINESS
President Sanders read the composition of the four com- mittees, voted earlier in the session, as follows :
Committee on Permanent Organization-President Henry Churchill King, D.D., Oberlin College, Oberlin, O., Chairman; President J. W. Bashford, Ph.D., Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, O .; Rev. W. C. Bitting, D.D., Pastor Mt. Morris Baptist Church, New York city; Rev. L. A. Crandall, D.D., Pastor Memorial Baptist Church, Chicago; Rev. A. E. Dunning, D.D., Editor "The Congregationalist," Boston, Mass .; Rev. Jesse J. Haley, Pastor Christian Church, Cynthiana, Ky .; President William R. Harper, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., the University of Chicago, Chicago; Rev. Pascal Harrower, Rector Church of the Ascension, West New Brighton, N. Y .; Mr. Walter L. Hervey, Ph.D., Examiner Board of Education, New York city; Professor J. I. D. Hinds, Ph.D., University of Nashville, Nashville, Tenn .; Rev. Richard M. Hodge, D.D., Union Theological Seminary, New York city; Rev. Geo. E. Horr, D.D., Editor "The Watchman," Boston, Mass .; Re .. E. A. Horton, D.D., President Unitarian Sunday School Society, Boston, Mass .; Chancellor J. H. Kirkland, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn .; Rev. R. W. Miller, D.D., Secretary Sunday School Board of the Reformed Church, Philadelphia, Pa .; Rev. Philip S. Moxom, D.D., Pastor South Congregational Church, Springfield, Mass .; Rev. Cornelius H. Patton, D.D., Pastor First Congregational Church, St. Louis, Mo .; Professor Geo. L. Robinson, Ph.D., McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago; Mr. Fred B. Smith, General Secretary International Committee Y. M. C. A., New York city; Professor Milton S. Terry, D.D., LL.D., Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill .; Professor Herbert L. Willett, Ph.D., the University of Chicago.
Committee on Nominations-President Rush Rhees, D.D., LL.D., University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., Chairman; Rev. E. S. Ames, Ph.D., Pastor Hyde Park Christian Church, Chicago; Rev. W. G. Ballan- tine, D.D., LL.D., International Y. M. C. A. Training School, Springfield, Mass .; President Clifford W. Barnes, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill .; Rev. Everett D. Burr, D.D., Pastor First Baptist Church, Newton Centre, Mass .; Mr. Frank H. Burt, State Secretary Y. M. C. A. of Missouri, St. Louis, Mo .; Principal George N. Carman, Lewis Institute, Chicago; Mr. David C. Cook, Editor Sunday School Publications, Elgin, Ill .; Professor George Cross, Ph.D., MacMaster University, Toronto, Can .; Professor
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Thomas Carter, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn .; Rev. H. P. DeFor- est, D.D., Pastor Woodward Avenue Congregational Church, Detroit, Mich .; Professor E. D. Starbuck, Ph.D., Leland Stanford Junior University, Stan- ford University, Calif .; Rev. William Ewing, State Superintendent of Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, Lansing, Mich .; Professor Shailer Mathews, D.D., the University of Chicago, Chicago; Professor Thomas Nicholson, D.D., Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Ia .; Pro- fessor Waldo S. Pratt, Mus. D., Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn .; President H. H. Thoren, Western Union College, LeMars, Ia .; Mr. Charles H. Thurber, Ph.D., Editor Educational Publications of Messrs. Ginn & Co., Boston, Mass.
Committee on Resolutions-President George B. Stewart, D.D., LL.D., Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, N. Y., Chairman; Professor Mor- gan Barnes, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa .; Rev. C. R. Black- all, D.D., Editor Periodicals American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, Pa .; Rev. Erastus Blakeslee, Editor Bible Study Union Les- sons, Boston, Mass .; Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, D.D., Pastor First Congregational Church, Detroit, Mich .; Professor George A. Coe, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill .; Mr. J. Spencer Dickerson, Editor "The Standard," Chicago; Rev. R. Douglas Fraser, Editor Presbyterian Sunday School Publications, Toronto, Can .; Mr. J. H. Garrison, LL.D., Editor "The Christian Evangelist," St. Louis, Mo .; President R. D. Harlan, D.D., Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Ill .; Rev. Simeon Gilbert, D.D., Chicago; Mr. W. H. Hatch, Superintendent of Public Schools, Oak Park, Ill .; Professor D. A. Hayes, D.D., S.T.D., LL.D., Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill .; Principal E. Munson Hill, D.D., Congre- gational College of Canada, Montreal, Can .; President Richard C. Hughes, D.D., Ripon College, Wis .; President Emory Hunt, Denison University, Granville, O .; Rev. W. F. McMillen, D.D., District Missionary Congrega- tional Sunday School and Publication Society, Chicago; Rev. Spenser B. Meeser, D.D., Pastor Woodward Avenue Baptist Church, Detroit, Mich .; Mr. L. Wilbur Messer, General Secretary, Chicago Y. M. C. A., Chicago; Professor George W. Pease, Hartford School of Religious Pedagogy, Hart- ford, Conn .; Professor C. W. Votaw, Ph.D., the University of Chicago, Chicago.
Committee on Enrolment-Professor Charles M. Stuart, D.D., S.T.D., Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill., Chairman; Mr. Augustus L. Abbott, St. Louis, Mo .; Mr. Nolan R. Best, Associate Editor "The Interior," Chicago; Mr. E. A. Fox, General Secretary Kentucky State Sunday School Association, Louisville, Ky.
President Sanders, as President of the Council of Seventy, read the following resolution, passed by the Council of Seventy at its annual meeting on February 10 :
WHEREAS, The Council of Seventy with other persons have issued a Call for a Convention to be held in Chicago, Ill., February 10-12, for the promotion of religious and moral education ;
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Resolved, That the Council of Seventy, conducting the American Insti- tute of Sacred Literature, hereby declares its desire to be associated with or recognized by any organization that may be established by the Convention only on the same basis as other organizations for the promotion of Bible study.
ADJOURNMENT
The hymn, "The Heavens Declare Thy Glory, Lord," was sung by the congregation. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. S. S. Bates, D.D., Pastor of the College Street Baptist Church, Toronto, Canada. Adjournment.
THIRD SESSION
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY II
The Convention assembled at half-past two o'clock, and was opened with prayer by Rev. William B. Forbush, Ph.D., Pastor of the Winthrop Congregational Church, Boston. Mrs. Clarence Pellett, of Oak Park, Ill., rendered a soprano solo by Rocoli, entitled " Our King."
ADDRESSES
The topic, " The Promotion of Religious and Moral Edu- cation," was then taken up as follows: (1) "Through the Home," by President George B. Stewart, D.D., LL.D., of Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, N. Y .; and by Rev. Jean F. Loba, D. D., Pastor of the First Congregational Church, Evanston, Ill. (2) "Through the Public Schools," by Mr. Charles H. Thurber, Ph.D., Editor of the Educational Publi- cations of Messrs. Ginn & Co., Boston; and by Mr. John W. Carr, A.M., Superintendent of Schools, Anderson, Ind. (3) " Through the Christian Associations and Young People's Societies," by Rev. W. G. Ballantine, D.D., LL.D., Bible Instructor in the International Young Men's Christian Associ- ation Training School, Springfield, Mass .; and by Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, D.D., Pastor of the First Congregational Church, Detroit, Mich.
DISCUSSION
The subject was farther discussed by Rev. George E. Horr, D.D., Editor of " The Watchman," Boston; by Mr. Rufus S. Halsey, President of the State Normal School, Oshkosh, Wis .; and by Rev. David Beaton, D.D., Pastor of the Lincoln Park Congregational Church, Chicago.
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ADJOURNMENT
The session closed with the singing of the hymn, "Hail to the Brightness of Zion's Glad Morning," and the benediction by Rev. William S. Sigmund, Secretary Olive Branch Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Columbus, Ind. Adjournment.
FOURTH SESSION
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY II
The fourth session was given to the specific consideration of the Sunday school in relation to religious and moral edu- cation.
DEVOTIONAL SERVICE
The meeting opened at eight o'clock with a selection from Gounod's "Redemption," rendered by the quartet choir of the Second Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Lucile Stephenson- Tewksbury, Mrs. Ånnie Rommeiss-Thacker, Mr. Henry A. Mix, and Mr. J. M. Hubbard. The Scriptures (First Cor- inthians 13) were read by Professor J. I. D. Hinds, Ph.D., of the University of Nashville, Nashville, Tenn .; this was fol- lowed by the singing of the hymn, " I Love to Tell the Story." Prayer was offered by Rev. A. Edwin Keigwin, Pastor of the Park Presbyterian Church, Newark, N. J. The quartet choir rendered the " Holy Night," by Chwatal.
ADDRESSES
The theme of the evening, "Religious Education through the Sunday School," was presented in four addresses : (1) "As Regards Organization for the Purpose of Instruction," by Rev. C. R. Blackall, D.D., Editor of Periodicals, American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, Pa .; (2) "As Regards the Curriculum of Study," by Professor Shailer Mathews, D.D., of the University of Chicago, Chicago; (3) " As Regards Lesson-Helps and Text-Books," by Professor Frank K. Sanders, Ph.D., D.D., Dean of the Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn .; (4) "As Regards the Teaching Staff," by Rev. Pascal Harrower, A.M., Chairman of the Sunday School Commission of the Diocese of New York, Rector of the Church of the Ascension, West New Brighton, N. Y.
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DISCUSSION
The subject was farther discussed by Rev. Rufus W. Miller, D.D., Secretary of the Sunday School Board of the Reformed Church, Philadelphia, Pa .; by Rev. W. J. Mutch, Ph.D., Pastor of the Howard Avenue Congregational Church, New Haven, Conn .; and by Rev. Simeon Gilbert, D.D., Chicago.
BUSINESS
The following resolution was proposed by Rev. Jesse B. Young, D.D., Pastor of the Walnut Hills Methodist Episco- pal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, and was adopted by the Con- vention :
Resolved, That we record our appreciation of the courtesies and hospi- talities extended to and enjoyed by this Convention by the officers of the Second Presbyterian Church, and that we extend our thanks to the choral director and choir of this church, and other skilled singers and organists, who have led our thoughts and hearts upward by their services of praise.
ADJOURNMENT
The hymn, "Forward, be our Watchword," was sung by the congregation. Prayer was offered and the benediction pronounced by Rev. Spenser B. Meeser, D.D., Pastor of the Woodward Avenue Baptist Church, Detroit, Mich. Adjourn- ment.
FIFTH SESSION
THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12
The two sessions on Thursday were held in the University Congregational Church. Mr. Joseph Gillespie, the organist of the church, rendered the prelude and postlude at each session.
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