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The World Sunday School Convention As Viewed From Biola B y A lbert E. K elley HE Tenth World's Sunday School Convention .
parlor, Lyceum and Fishermen Club rooms/ hotel quarters and cafeteria were made available for group meetings and for the comfort o f individual delegates. Across the front of the Institute a large sign carried the desire of the B. I. Family, “ Welcome, Delegates—-Tenth World’s Sunday School Convention.” For seven full days the Institute
became past history after a week o f crowded Convention days in the Shrine Civic Auditorium with a great closing session Tuesday evening July 17. From the standpoint of registra- tions, general interest, worth-whileness o f pro
gram, educational and commer cial exhibits, establishment of policies, high spiritual aims to gether with emphasis upon the fundamentals o f the Christian Faith, this gathering o f the leadership o f the world in Sun day-school work stands fore most among the other conven tions of the last forty years. - There were those upon the program whose messages did not ring clear on the great es sentials o f our . Christian Faith. There were some who evidently approach the whole Sunday- school task from the standpoint o f modernistic beliefs. One could well wish that there could have been at times less stress upon methods and prin ciples of education and more upon the guidance and work of the Holy Spirit in the winning o f souls to Christ, and yet those who were in close touch with Convention affairs and who gave earnest and unprejudiced
was an • exceedingly busy place. ■Members’ of the B. I. staff gave themselves without jreserve to promote the interest of the Coii- vention. ■' Several members of the faculty,.: including Dean Maclnnis, Rev. John H. Hun ter and Miss Florence Chaffee, w e r e members o f seminar groups. M r .:W . A. Fisher, ex ecutive secretary o f ¡the Insti- tute/Jacted as chairman o f the banquets and luncheons “^com mittee. Rev. A . E. Kelly, of the Extension Department, was a member o f the exhibits com mittee, The Bible Institute sent its message around the w o r l d through its exhibits on both the main and mezzanine floors of Exhibits Hall. The Biola Book Room, in cooperation with some thirteen of the leading publish ing houses of the United States, in'cluding Fleming H. Revell Company, Doubleday, Doran & Company, the Standard- Pub
Herbert Photo WORLD CONFERENCE DELEGATES
FOUR YOUNG LADIES OF NIPPON, ARRIVING BY SHIP FROM THEIR NATIVE LAND, AT LOS ANGELES, TO ATTEND THE WORLD CONGRESS OF SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS. THEY ARE ALL FROM FU KU - SHUM A, JAPAN , AND ARE NAMELY— LEFT TO RIGHT— GASU YASUDA, MIKAKO &IKUCH I, SH I- ZUKO H IRASAWA, AND HARUKO CHIKAMOTO.
attention to the principal addresses and to the programs of the many different group conferences, ' realized that the underlying motives were altogether spiritual, that the leadership o f these world forces holds firmly to the Faith of our Fathers with its emphasis upon the atoning death and the glorious resurrection and the coming again of our Lord. The Convention with its theme “ Thy Kingdom Come” honored Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord. At the very close o f the last message of the Convention, Dr. W . C. Pearce, general secretary of the Southern California Council, and newly elected first vice-president of the World’s Association, struck the keynote of the Conven tion when he repeated again and again the stirring chal lenge: “ The hope o f our civilization depends upon the teaching of the Gospel of Jesus to the childhood and youth o f the world.” Close to 8,000 registered delegates representing 50 countries and over 30 million in :the Sunday schools of the world left the Convention at its close, singing: “ Bring forth the Royal Diadem and Crown Him Lord of A ll.” B ible I nstitute W ell R epresented The Bible Institute was glad to cooperate in a large way with the Convention management in caring for the details of the program. The auditorium, classrooms, social
lishing Company, presented one o f the best displays on the floor. T he K ing ’ s B usiness had an attractive booth and made many new friends. The educational exhibit of the Institute occupied a conspicuous place on the mez zanine floor.' The work of all the departments of the Insti tute was presented through available literature, posters, pictures, etc. The display o f the Christian Education Courses and of the Correspondence School was of special note. Hundreds o f delegates and others attending the Convention visited our booth. Our Radio Station, KTB I, broadcast a number o f the sessions of the World’s Sunday School Convention which were held at the Institute building, thus giving many of the listening public a contact with the Convention that they could not otherwise have enjoyed. The World’s Sunday School Association found it impossible to finance the broadcasting of the main sessions from the Shrine Auditorium, hence the hearty appreciation o f Station K TB I’s willingness t© give out as many programs as pos sible1. The discussions in the adult work sessions as broadcast, had to do with such important subjects as “ Objectives in Religious Education of Adults,” “ The Place of Adult Evangelism in Religious Education” and “ The Funda mental Importance o f the Christian Home.” The Mes-
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