Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1898 — Sunday School Column [ARTICLE]

Sunday School Column

Conducted by B, D. COMER, HRNSSKLAKR, INDIANA.

Glad to note that a number of the townships are wide . awake to their interest and have held their conventions. Gillam and Walker Tp. each held their conventions April 24. Bro. Faris writes the Gillam convention was a grand success. Have not heard from j Walker. We tried to attend this | convention, had the impression it was to be at Knirnan and drove to that place only to find it was at Dew Drop. Newton Tp. held their convention May 1. - Jordan Tp. will hold their convention May 15 at Egypt school house. Bro. Smalley and the writer expect to be present. “Awake thou that sleepeth.” Several Sunday schools have crawled out from their winter hybernations. Morning Star Sunday school near Virgie is the banner Sunday school of northern Jasper- It has an enrollment of 65 general average of 60 is evergreen it has no need of a homo department as it has everybody in the neighborhood in the Sunday school. They meet once a week in the capacity of a singing school. Bro. Shreeves is the hustling Supt. The writer was struck in a favorable manner with the 'equality and fraternity shown in this school. We are pleased to note the organized movement of the church, Christian endeavor and Sunday school association to give the army religious instruction. Our happy, properous humane and Christian nation is now in the throes of war with all her destructive forces. But never was a national cause more jpst, no greed no vain glore but humanity is its justification. We have only responded to high Heaven and starving men, women and children. But it is the law of the universe that great achievements are always accompanied by great sacrifice.' And we would say to our young men like Tucker and Middleton who are filling the ranks. It is only typical of Him who laid down his life for others. “For he that loseth his life shall find it ’’ Let us pray that from the smoking hell of battle, may rise the white winged angel of peace, with the olive branch in one hand aud purity and righteousness in the other. Rev. D. A. Tucker spoke to the High School Wednesday morning on the subject of “Growth and Development.” The principal thought of his talk was that though man is not given the power of changing his physicalgrowth to any extent, his mental and spiritual development are under his control, and his highest ambition should be to reach true manhood.