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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1923
Page
3
Nine hundred delegates registered today for the state Sunday school convention at the Methodist church with about five hundred from out of town and the rest from Washington churches. An additional crowd attended yesterday and more are expected today as the enrollment grows hourly despite cold weather.
J H Engle of Lansing Mich executive secretary of the Michigan Sunday School Council spoke on What the Years Have Taught Me. He urged longer and more practical weekday religious instruction and vocational Bible schools, stressing tolerance and the need to Christianize the masses over churchianizing classes.
Report of a Sunday school convention featuring a four-man preachers quartet from Sigourney and a detailed critique of Prof Honline’s world view on democracy, education, and religion. The event highlighted lessons on verbal expression and methods to engage youth across four local churches.
A story of a little girl reporting on the Sunday school lesson drew attention. The tale of a man robbed and beaten on the road to Jericho echoed with a lesson on aiding the needy. A sectional meeting at the First United Presbyterian Church then featured Prof. M A Honline discussing youth evangelism and teaching psychology for children.
The Chilcote Library invites patrons to return library books not in their possession without penalty through the rest of May. A vestibule basket awaits, and librarians emphasize forgotten items in homes are the library’s concern.
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