Religious Activity.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 August 1910, Page 3

Religious Activity.

SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION AT WASHINGTON. LETTER FHOMNIOW ZKALAND'S IMOI'I? ILSKNTATIVIO. The Shnn,lion eom*spnodent of The Dominion writes:— An interesting Jotter Inns been received i'roiii the Rev. 1?. A. .M'Konzio, who recently attended, as New Zcjihind\s representative, tlio Initorivjilioiiiil Suiuhiy School Con volition at Washington, U.S.A. Tine letter which was raid to the children of the I'resbvtoran Sunday School, at Shannon, Sumlny afternoon, states that nuiny of tlio meetings were held in Convention Hall, a huge building accommodating (>OOO people. This \\\as frequently r|iiite lull, and thousands wero turned away. Oilier conferences wore held in large churches sratiug from t'JOO to 1000 people. It wns in 0110 of tihesu churches that Mr M'Kenzie gave New Zealand's ros|Hinse to the Roll Call of Nations. Others who responded tha' day :e----presented Brazil, tho West Indies,' and Smith Africa. On the first lught of the coiiventiiMi .Air Tuft, who is a very big, stout man, and made Mr M'Kenzie, who is not exactly a dwaft himself, feel very small, addressed the assembly. In connection with tlio gathering there wns u great parade of Mible classes, which took thirty-five minutes to pass a

ffiveu ~point. Each State inarched under its own banner. Tho motto on one banner was, "The Mcmi of Texas for tiliu Man of Galilee." Other inscriptiiins were: — " Tho Saloon Must Go," "Whore Men Go, Boys Will Follow." Mr M'Kouzio noticed delegates from Sweden ; Xonvay, Denmark, France, Hoheinia, Italy, Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, India, Korea, Japan, Mexico, and Brazil. Forty-seven different denominations were represented. On tho Sunday night Mr M'Kenzie addressed tho roiigregation in one o/ tho churches, find spoke on Sunday School and Foreign Mission work in Xew Zealand. Tμ his letter, he- told tho oliildiren that tho Sunday schools of the world have 27,888,1-79 members, including 2,000,000 teachers and officers. Somemembers are on the cradle roil and others are eighty years old. Jn America there are plenty of old folk who have never left the Sundav school. In two different schools which he visited he saw men and women in the adult classes over fifty years of ago. At the closing meeting of the convention seventy-five boys iiml girls, each dressed to represent a different country, camo into the Jvall and marcher! up tlie aisles singling "Onward Christian Soldiers." The flags of the nations, borne by the children, wero all grouped in front of tho tplatform, tho lights were turned down, find a largo cross, dazzling with electric light, blazed up froin bohind the platform."

liilc in Philadelphia lit l visited a famous Sandfly school with nboiit MOOD mi its roll. The Hon. .John A) jhiMilker has taught in this solum! for oyer fifty years. This lonian is a millionaire, and was formerly Postmaster-General of the Inited States. His departmental store in Philadelphia. lias a flooi space of fortv-fivo acres. Ho has other stores in Now York and Paris. jit' M'fvenzio in(ends visit-inn; tlie Old Country ,and tho Continent hefore returning to Xew Zealand.