Pam, MIX. The Conquest df ffwWorld through ffie Sunday School World’s Sunday School Association GEO. W. BAILEY. President, Philadelphia. Pa. E. K. WARREN, Chairman Executive Com.. Three Oaks. Mich. MARION LAWRANCE General Secretary ( American Section) 1416 Mailers Building, corner Madison Street and Wabash AOenue, Chicago. U. S. A. To Our Executive Committee, Contributors and Other Sunday School briends the World Around: Greeting: — It is the purpose of your President. Chairman and General Secretary to keep you in- formed from time to time both as to the work which is being accomplished in the great World Field and as to the general plan of work for the future With this in mind, a section of the Syndi- cated State Association Papers is devoted each month to World’s and International news, and from nme o time special bulletins and leaflets, such as this one are issued ; these we are glad to send out anywhere without cost. We feel that the title of this leaflet explains our whole purpose — “The Conquest of the W orld Through the Sunday School.” This includes ev- erything — and it is worthy of the best efforts and strength of the great Sunday School Army the world around. The Organized Sunday School Work has advanced with a steady and continuous growth, and we feel that the present strong foundation is but the promise of a mighty or- ganization which is to have a large share in winning and holding the world for Christ. May we not have your special prayers and heartv co-operation in making the World's Sun- day School Work worthy of its name and purpose. Sincerely yours. Geo. W. Bailey, President. E. K. Warren, Chairman, Executive Committee. Marion Lavvrance, General Secretary (American Section.) August 1, 1912. Pace two The Conquest of the World Through the Sunday School The time has come when it is recognized ev- erywhere that if the world is to be won for God, it must be done through the childhood, of the world. The Sunday School has become a vital factor in all branches of Christian work ; it is the feeder of the church at home and abroad ; it is the richest ground that can be cultivated ; it is the missionary’s most hopeful field; it is found in countries Christian and heathen, in cities and in the rural districts ; it has penetrated the ut- termost parts of the Globe, wherever the Mis- sionarv has gone, until it can no.w be said that "THE SUN NEVER SETS OX THE WORLD’S SUNDAY SCHOOLS.” At the World’s Seventh Sunday School Con- vention, which is to be held in Zurich, Switzer- land, July 8-15, 1513, Earth’s Ends will meet to carefully consider and endeavor to solve the many large and intricate problems of the Sun- day School field. The World’s Sunday School Association is the greatest Clearing House on earth. With its en- rollment of nearly 30,000.000 of people of all ages, its power for good is unlimited. Through its system of conventions, institutes, corres- pondence and personal visitation, it brings the problems of the individual school into the clear- ing house of the world's wisdom for solution. The Pre-Convention Tour to the Orient next spring by a partv of specialists led by Mr. H. J. Heinz (who is known the world over not only for his successful business interests, but for his greater investment in the Sunday School work) calls attention to the recent remarkable advances in the Philippines, China, Japan and Korea. The Philippines Secretary J. L. McLaughlin, of the Philippine Sunday School Union, organized a little more than a year ago by the \\ orld’s Association, re- ports a progress in his field undreamed of a few ALL ROADS LEAD TO ZURICH SWITZERLAND 5m-8-12 of thousands of persons, most of whom, of course, were not Christians. The children marched from the Park to the front of the Pal- ace. waving green flags on each of which was an emblem of the Cross. There the National An- them was sung, and w r ith President Ibuka of the Meiji Gakuin, as the leader, ringing “banzais” were given for the Emperor by the thousands that were gathered there, who rejoiced when the flags in the palace grounds were raised in an- swering salute. Two thousand persons attended the Sunday Evening Prayer and Praise Service of the Convention and the Coronation Hymn was sung by the great Japanese audience with quite as much enthusiasm as would be found in any American audience. Already preparation is being made in each of the Oriental countries for the coming of the Tour Party, and the Conventions and special meetings which will be held at that time are ex- pected to do much to dignify and forwmrd the Cause of the Sunday School in the Far East. Korea Korea has completed its National Sunday School Organization, uniting Missionaries and Koreans in the Association. Lesson courses are being prepared in the native language, Teacher Training books are being translated, for use of the Korean workers, and the Sunday School is being found to be the greatest channel for the religious education of the youth of Korea, and the hope of the future Church. South America Just a year ago this month, the World’s Sun- day School Association’s representative, Rev. Herbert S. Harris, was on his w^ay to the great Continent of South America to investigate the conditions under which Sunday School work was being carried on ; to administer all possible help in Conventions, Institutes and Conferences, and later to report to the World’s Executive Commit- tee as to the opportunuies presented for an ad- vance along Sunday School lines. Since his re- turn last November, a number of District and National Conventions have been held for the first time, Sunday School literature meeting the P:iee five common needs of all Sunday School workers has beer, prepared, and letters have been coming in from different parts of this vast territory, telling of the joy with which Christian workers of the various countries hail the entrance of the World’s Sunday School Association into their respective fields of labor. From Rio de Janeiro, Rev. H. C. Tucker, President of the Brazilian Sunday School As- sociation, writes : “The outlook is most encour- aging for a forward movement in Sunday School work in Brazil. We shall hope to see within a year the entire Republic divided into ten state organizations.” Later he writes as follows: “In five of these, Sunday School Associations are al- ready organized.” A Sunday School Exhibit has been established in Mr. Tucker’s office which will be of immeasurable value to the Mission- aries and Sunday School workers of all Brazil. Nearly half the 35.000 Sunday School scholars in Latin South America are in Brazil. Conse- quently these plans of the active Brazilian As- sociation (organized last September) point to- ward great Sunday School progress for the whole continent. Teacher Training courses are now being prepared in both Portuguese and Spanish and a series of Graded Lessons are be- ing selected to meet the actual needs of the workers. South America is one of the most promising fields of the great World’s Association today. A Growing Department There is a certain branch of the World’s Work which looms up larger and larger as the months pass by: It has worked quietly, but steadily and persistently, until it is now known and ap- preciated by thousands upon thousands in almost every corner of the earth. It is the Department for Utilizing Waste Material. Under the efficient management of Superin- tendent Rev. S. D. Price, this Department has been able to put more than 4,000 Sunday Schools and individuals in North America into direct touch with the Foreign Missionaries of their own Denominations. This means that the used and left-over picture rolls, colored cards, lesson helps, papers and other useful articles are being sent Page six from these Schools in the Home-land, almost without cost, to the needy 2\Jission Fields across the Seas. It is conducted with the strictest econ- omy, but is worth thousands of dollars to the missionaries every year. One of the special plans of Mr. Price is to have a package of pictures sent to every Leper Asylum in the worid for next Christmas. Each package will contain a beautiful card of greeting from the World’s Sunday School Association and the sender of the gift. This will bring un- told cheer to the lonely lepers, and it is hoped that something of the kind may be repeated each year. Not the least important phase of this Depart- ment is that it furnishes a channel for Service to active Classes in the Sunday Schools ; and ac- companying this, is the additional blessing of help that is rendered to others. Without doubt, the Department for Utilizing Waste Material has done more to popularize the World’s Work among the Missionaries, as well as the Sunday Schools of the Home-land, than any other part of its great activities. The World’s Convention. While there are untold numbers of intensely interesting Sunday School items yet to report, owing to the great and increasing demand for information concerning the World's Seventh Sunday School Convention, it has been thought best to devote the remaining pages of this book- let to the subject of the Zurich Convention. It is, of course, impossible to set forth in any adequate way what this Convention will mean to the world. The Program Committee is plan- ning to make the Zurich program one of ex- ceptional practicability in every branch of Sun- day School work. With such leaders as Gypsy' Smith. Rev. Samuel M. Zwemer, D. D., Pastor Charles Bieler, Rev. F. B. Meyer, B. A., Rev. James I. Good, D. D., together with the hun- dreds of prominent Sunday School Superintend- ents. missionaries, and o’ther Sunday School workers throughout the world, there is every assurance that the aim of the Program Commit- tee will be fully realized, to the joy and benefit of the Sunday School World. Page seven The two-fold aim of the World’s Sunday School Association 1. To promote the Missionary idea in Sunday School work. 2. To promote the Sunday School idea .pi' Missionary Work. j The World's Sunday School Association is interdenominational in character and by co-op- erating with missionary organizations, and other- wise, seeks to extend the work and increase the efficiency of Sunday Schools, especially in those regions of the world most in need of help : First : By focusing the attention of the Chris- tian Church upon the Sunday Schools as its most valuable agency in promoting a deeper in- terest in the work of foreign missions on the part of Sunday Schools in the home field. Second : By cultivating a deeper interest in the work of the Sunday School on the part of Missionary Boards of the various denominations. Third : By sending expert Sunday School workers to mission fields to assist in effecting national and local Sunday School Unions or Associations, wherever practicable, and Fourth : By co-operating with missionaries and ideal and national Sunday School Unions and Associations in mission fields, assisting them in their efforts to secure Sunday School literature,' and calling their attention to improved methods- of Sundav School work, especially along lines of organization, teacher training, and soul win- ning. Page eight The Zurich Convention The great light which is now attracting the attention of the Sunday School World is the promise of the World's Seventh Sunday School Convention, which is to be held in Zurich, Switz- erland, July 8-15, 1913. With great care, and at considerable sacrifice, the Central and Program Committees have held no less than fourteen meetings in various localities, besides the almost innumerable con- ferences with the sub-committees, and various individuals, in preparation for the coming Con- vention. Letters and printed matter have been sent into every corner of the field, and through the excellent work of the Publicity Committee, both the religious and secular press of the world have given large space to the publishing of the “Official Call’’ and information concern- ing the tours and other plans for the Convention. Four special ships are to carry the 2000 dele- gates from North America across the Atlantic, and a special tour party will leave from San Francisco, crossing the Pacific. After a strenu- ous tour in the interests of the Sunday School work in the Orient, the latter party will travel over the Trans-Siberian Railway to Zurich. Great Britain plans to send 500 delegates, and will also send a tour party of Sunday School spe- cialists to Zurich by way of India, where con- siderable work will be done. Continental Europe expects to have a representation of at least 500 delegates, and the rest of the world will send many more. With all these active Christian lead- ers traveling from the Nations of the world to a given point, and then back again, it can well be seen that the Sunday School enthusiasm which will be “shed abroad” upon the world will pro- duce a Sunday School influence which cannot be broken. A Kome-going Convention Though somewhat gilded with true sentiment, nevertheless, there is jov and strength in the idea which is being emphasized by the World’s As- sociation to make this a “Home-Going” Con- Page nine GR1NDELWALD AND WETTE KHORN, SWITZERLAND. Page ten vention to all those who look upon Europe as the Father-land. Special efforts are being put forth to interest delegates of foreign parentage to visit their homes in Europe, in connection with the trip to Zurich. This will not only bring happiness to all concerned, but will build up the Sunday School work in every country visited. The World’s Association is in correspondence with the Foreign Missionary Boards and hun- dreds of missionaries, and will endeavor to make it as convenient and profitable as possible for the missionaries going to or coming from their fields, to attend this Convention. Six Special Commissions Among the strong features of the program, none will command greater attention than the Six Special Commissions (each to be made up of from twelve to fifteen persons) which have been appointed as follows : Commission No. 1 — Continental Europe. Commission No. 2 — South Africa. Commission No. 3 — India and Malaysia. Commission No. 4 — The Orient (comprising Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines and Hawaii). Commission No. 5 — Latin America. Commission No. 6 — Mohammedan Lands. These Commissions are making a careful in- vestigation, and will report at Zurich on the three following points: 1. The condition and extent of Sunday School work. 2. The needs and opportunities of the field in a Sunday School way. 3. How the World’s Sunday School Asso- ciation can be of assistance. The recommendations of these Commissions will be of immense help to the Executive Com- mittee in outlining a program of work for the Triennium following the Zurich Convention. Exhibit Under the direction of Mr. Hugh Cork, an exhaustive educational Sunday School Exhibit will be conveniently placed in the Convention Page eleven Hall, so that the delegates may have every op- portunity to study not only the latest methods and developments of Sunday School work, but will give them a chance to study the extent and condition of Sunday School work in all parts of the world. Music The music of the Convention will be in charge of Dr. A. J. Bucher, a native of Zurich, and an artist of rare ability. The program which he has planned will include a special concert by the Symphony Orchestra in Zurich, a large chorus of Swiss singers, native yodlers of the best talent, and a hearty participation by the Convention it- self in the songs that have stirred the Christian blood of the world for centuries. Conferences and Special Gatherings As it has been proven that no part of a Convention is more helpful than its confer- ences, the afternoons in Zurich (excepting Saturday and Sunday) have been set aside by the Program Committee for Conferences, De- nominational Rallies, Sectional Gatherings, Mis- sionary, and other special meetings, which will be not only of intense interest to the delegates present, but of immense profit as well. It is hoped that in this way every need of the dele- gates will be met, and that they will thus be able to go home to their fields of labor filled with encouragement, enthusiasm and new strength. Later announcement will be made as to the regu- lar sessions of the Convention, and the program in general. Special Information to Delegates For all who desire to attend the Zurich Con- vention from North America, it will be well to send the necessary deposit of $10.00 to the Chairman of the Transportation Committee, (Mr. W. N. Hartshorn, 85 Broad St., Boston. Mass.) without delay. This will provide not only for suitable reservations on shipboard, but will insure proper accommodations in Zurich, which is an item of great importance. Nearly 400 reservations are already made, and it is none too early to be enrolled for the trip. The next step is to get into touch with the Page twelve The Conquest df ffw World through tfwSunday School World’s Sunday School Association GEO. VV. BAILEY, President. Philadelphia. Pa. E. K. WARREN, Chairman Executive Com.. Three Oaks, Mich. MARION LAWRANCE General Secretary (American Section) 1416 Mailers Building, corner 'Madison Street and Wabash Avenue, Chicago, U. S. A. Items of Interest A valuable booklet, giving the story of the Six World’s Conventions, will be issued free of charge to all Zurich delegates. An adult Bible Class is to be staged before the Convention in Zurich and a demonstration given to show what can be accomplished through the work of such a class. China extends an invitation for the World’s Eighth Sunday School Convention, and Russia, for the Tenth. The World’s Conventions are welcome guests the world around. The Waste Material Department has calls not only for picture cards, and lesson papers, but for church bells, organs, cornets, type- writers, and other practical helps to the mission- aries in their work. Prof. H. L. E. Luering, of Frankfort, Ger- many, who is to be the official interpreter for the Zurich Convention, is a missionary and pro- fessor of high standing. He can speak twenty- seven languages, and can read thirty-five. As indicated on the cover of this leaflet, the offices of the World’s Sunday School Associa- tion (American Section) are now located in room 1416 Mailers Building. Corner of Madison Street and Wabash Avenue. Chicago, U. S. A. A special “Order of Service’’ is being pre- pared to be used on World’s Sunday School Day (July 13. 1913), in all the Sunday Schools of the world. A similar service was used on the Sundav during the Washington Convention, and was printed in more than 200 languages. Page fourteen A very attractive button is being prepared for the Zurich delegates in the form of a shield, bearing the Cross with rays of light spreading over the world. In gold letters, and on a back- ground of blue, will appear the following words, "World’s Seventh Sunday School Convention, Zurich, 1913.” A registration fee of $2.00 is to be charged to all delegates to Zurich from North America and Great Britian. All other delegates will be asked to pay a registration fee of $1.00. This fee will include payment for the Convention report, which is to be issued in both German and En- glish. Friends of the World’s Association will re- joice to learn that Mr. Frank L. Brown, who is well known in the Sunday School World as a successful Sunday School Superintendent, and a man of power throughout North America and the Orient, is now the Field Secretary for the World’s Sunday School Association. It is a great sorrow to the Sunday School World to learn that Sir George White. M. P., of Norwich, England, eminent as a business man, statesman, and Sunday School leader, died re- cently after an illness of several months. Sir George was the Treasurer for the European Section of the World’s Sunday School Asso- ciation. His place is to be temporarily filled by Sir Robert Laidlaw, a prominent worker in London. A task of tremendous importance to the World’s work is the gathering of the World's Sunday School statistics, but under the efficient direction of the Statistical Secretaries, the information is being steadily secured, and will be readv for a complete reoort at the time of the Zurich Convention. These figures will later appear in print in the Official Report of the Convention, a copy of which will be given to each delegate. Page fifteen ALL ROADS LEAD TO ZURICH SWITZERLAND 5m-8-12