PAM. WSCr- ^ The World-Wide Sunday School Field A NEWS-LETTER TO THE FRIENDS OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL February, 1915 World’s Sunday School Association Sir Robert Laiduaw. president LONDON. ENGLAND H. J. Heinz, chairman PITTSBURGH. PA. Jimerican Section E. K. Warren, chairman central committee THREE OAKS. MICH. Arthur M. Harris, treasurer NEW YORK CITY Frank L. Brown, general secretary NEW YORK CITY ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO 216 METROPOLITAN TOWER, 1 Madison Ave., New York City A MILLION nickels From a MILLION scholars For a MILLION Testaments For a MILLION soldiers Since tile outbreak of the war many urj'eut calls have been coniiiiic to us from individual Cliristian workers and Bible Societies in 1-lu- roiie for assistance in tlie work of distributiiifr the Scriptures amoiif; the soldiers in the cani|)s. hospitals, war-jirisons and battlefields. At the last meetlnfr of the Executive (’ommitt- tee of the World's Sunday School Association Hr. (leorfre W. Baile.v proposed as a response' to these calls the plan which is brietly set foi’th in the slojjan above. An appeal was si'iit out throuirh the press and the Snnda.v School a.ttencies. and as a ri'sult Snnda.v School scholars in all parts of the countr.v liave been respondiiif; lieartily to the call. It is still “a Ion;;, loiijr way to" a million, however, and we urw our friends to co-o])erate with us (1) hy seeinj; that the apjteal is adetpiately presf'iite'd to the scholars of their schools: and (11) by sendiiu; to Mr. Arthur M. Harris, Treasurer, AVorld's Sunday School .Association, 21(i Metro])olitan Tower, Xew York ('it.v, contrihu- tions to help defra.v postasje and similar (‘X- IK'iises of the movement, so that ever.\- penn.v of the mone.v secured from the children's nickels ina.v jro toward the Testaments. To each scholar who jjives a nickel we will pix'.sent a souvenii" hook-mark rec-eipt, on '.vhich is i)rinted the reipiest. "I'lact' this book- mark in your ISible. and remember in your pra.x'ci's him to whom your Testament is f;iv(‘ii — (loti knows his name." Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition Throti.uh the efforts of Mr. Harry ^Morton, of the Exwutive ('ommittee. and the conrtc's.v of the .Japanese f'ommissioners. we have se- cured free of cost a booth in tlu' .Taiiaix'se lUiilding in which to advertise the World's 2 Convciitiim at Tokyo in I'.iKi. Tho .Ta])anos(> Ex- liiliit. it is said, will be one of the most iiiter- estin.ir ami iiicturesiiue features of the Fair, and the Association is fortunate in havinji a ‘•Tokyo Itooth" in such favorahle surronnd- i 1 1 , ITS. CHINA Mr. Tewkshni'y's ('lass in Exiirt'ssion Work Training Leaders in North China The I'eitaiho Traiihns School for Sunday School District AVorkers, held durin.t; the past sininuer. accomidished results that must ju-ove of far-i-eachiii;c jjood. A high standard of elli- <’ieucy was set up at the very he.sinuinsr. and the most tliorou^h-sroinn work in teacher- trainini; was done. Besides classes for in- struction in the theoretical side of reli.itious education, there were thr(>e classes of twelve hoys each for •'iiractice work" and child study. One of them is shown in the accompanying il- Insti ation. The I’eitaiho School has ecpiipped ten Sund.ay School sjiecialists who will l)e em- ployed by the mission districts. This larfte re- inforc(>ment to the missionaries from this com- pany of trained workers should .sive .itreat im- petus to th(‘ Sunday School work of the mis- sions in North ( 'hina. JAPAN Summer Schools and Institutes The Kev. K. Mito, of the Jaiian National Sunday School Association, writes from Mi- kage, Settsu, Japan, of the successful summer institute held in Khushu for four weeks in the mid-summer season of 1914. The attend- ance at the Institute was from 40 to 100. A .Summer School for hoys was also carried out with good sviccess. Some of the hoys have applied for baptism since their return to their homes. The success of this exiu'riment among the hoys has encouraged the Japanese work(>rs to attc'inpt also a similar work for girls next year. Teachers Institutes w(‘r<‘ held hy Mr. Mito in Sludznoka. Hiroshima. Fukuoka, and Korea. This winter there was Indd in the (Jinza Church. Tokyo, an institute iu which lltid officers and teachers were ('iirolh'd for courses which extended over eight wt'eks. .Sixty-two teachers received certificates, on meeting the standard requirements at the conclusion of the institute. THE PHILIPPINES New Sunday-School Literature Rev. .Jesse T>. Mcl>aughliu, Sunda.v School .Secretary of the Philippines, re])orts that he is now preparing a .series of organization leaf- lets on "The Formation of the School," “The Making of a Superintendent." “The Mak- ing of a Secretary." “The Making of a Teacher." “I'raining the Teacher." “The Ideal .Scholar." and kinilred suhjt'cts. The multiplicity of dialects makes it m*- cessary to pul)li.sh these leaflets in many languages, for while the English is being taught it is still imiiossihle to do “real h(>art teaching" in any language other than the liahy tongue of the j)eoi)le. In many schools, some of them very good .schools too. almost none of the teachers or pupils can use any English at all. The New Slogan Tlu“ I’l'iitostiUit Missions of the riiiliiiiiiiios oliiiiii To.ood ineml)ers in tlieir cliurclies and only .'iO.OdO in their Sunday Schools. The Sunday School Union has announced as its slofran. “A Sunday School memhershi]) equal to the church ineinlK'r.ship by October. 1!)1(!" (Date of Tokyo Uonvention) . If one may judge .simply from the fi.gures given above, the I’nioii has undertaken a gigantic task. The first imi)ulse and "hurrah" of evangelistic meetings in the Islands is passed, and from now on the churches are to s])ring from Sun- day Schools rather than from preaching alone. .V Sunday School spirit, under !Mr. Med in Zamboanga is to be sent out upon his graduation from the Training School to his own home. ilOO miles awa.v. to oiicn a Sunda.v School. .\ Mandarin has sent reiieated r(>(iuests for a workei' to come and open a s<'hoo| foi- his ])eoi)le. SOUTH AMERICA The Sunday-School Tour Mr. Frank L. Rrowii. Joint (it'iu'ral S:>cro- tary of the World's Sunday School Associa- tion. in coini)an.v with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morton, of Oakland, ('ah. and their .son. Har- Janeiro. Ihihia. I'ei-namhuco. I’a.ra. Fort of Si)aiii. and San .Tuan. The annual convention of the Frazil Na- tional Sunday School .Vssoci.ation will he lu>ld in Kio d(> Jamdro whih' the Toni- Party is there. New Jersey Behind a Continent The New Jersi'y State* Sunday .School .V--S >- elation has assumeil the* task of securinir from New J(>rsey Sunday Schools the linancial su|i- port of Kev. (!(>o. 1‘. Howard. Sunday School Secretary for South America. Plainfu'hl. Montclair. Tre'iiton. and P>ridjreton have al- r(‘ad.i- re'spomh'd jrenerously. and New Ji'rse'y has the honor of heinsr the first state to at- t('in]it anythin!; of the* kind. In a s(>nse Mr. Howard will la* New .lersew's .Sunday School missionary in South America. Tin* Imdstet reipiin'd is about .SJ.OilO an- nuallx'. which includes, besides tin* customary missiomir.t- salar.v. rent, native* assist:int. li- te*i-ature* and traveliiu; e*xpe*nse*s. The plans tor his work are* maeh* with the* apiiroval of the* I -itin-America Committi*i* of the* Mission Hoards, of whie-h ^Ir. Kohert K. S|)e*e*i- is Chair- nmii; and on the held the new Sunday Seliool Secretary- will work under tlie direction of a strong' committee of which Rishop Homer (’. Stuntz is Chairnnui. representin.i; the various missions at work in Soutli America. MOSLEM LANDS Christian Literature for Moslems Risho]) .T. ('. Hartzell. ('hairman of tlie ^\ orld's Sunday Scliool Association's Commit- tc(' on iUoslem Work, lias reported from Xoi'tli Africa, that the work of providing ('liristian literature for the Moslem children is making good jirogress. The following aie ready for publication: an Araliic hymn hook, with tifty oi' sixty good hymns .selected for their value in develoiung Christian life and character: a simiile catechism, already lieing taught from manuscriiit : Notes on the I .ord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments and the Apostles'" Creed : sonu* l)i-lingual tracts in French and Arabic, for use in the French colonies; a catechism for immediate use among the Kabyles ; and four tracts, containing stories wliich have proved to lie very effective among the chil- dren. CoiK'erning the.se la.st-mentioned tracts, Risliop Hartzell remarks, “They are sure tii be learned by heart, and wilt be recited far Ix'yond the points of regular missionary visi- tation. It is in the line of the old Arab meth- od of education. Our Sunday School scholars and those in the week-day classes have learned hy heart the story of the creation and th(> iiromi.sed redemption and chant it aftm- the manner of the traveling Arab minstrels.'’ Christmas Greetings from Egypt Rev. S. Van K. Trowbridge has arrived on hi.s field of service in Egypt. A cablegram of 'Christmas Oreetings'' was received from him at the oilice of the "World's Sunday School As- sociation. dated Alexandria. December 2.'!. 1!)14. A letter dated December 2(i tells of Ids safe arriv.al in Cairo ami of his first im[)res- sions of Eg.vpt in war time. 7 'I'lu' l:il(‘ l>r. I''r(Ml(>rick Uoi'sch :iik 1 ii 'rriiiii- spirit, of ( hristuiiiily. in;; Clnss of .\nti\’(‘ Knli.vU' Hoys, Al^it'rs 8 Tliis picturo liiis I'spc'cial iiitc'i'i'sl at llu> lir('S{>iil linu‘, in view of lln> ('vi'r-pr('S('nl (|iu's- tioii as to I lu> offoct of till' war on Fori‘i;;n Mis- sions. Dr. Kot'scli was a lic'nlc'iiant in tlio