STIEFF PIANO SUPREME— With Formal Opening of Big New Stieff Building To-day The New stieff Building | An Invitation Some Beauties of the Stieff Line You r 71 to AU See at the Opening To-dav > I wish personally to ex- " tend the heartiest of invi- ———————— i^——. H 'Safig TBSST 9|U « jMtf eer |9B i fj ami tations to everybody in the |y M Iff if ii VII H Mill city to attend the Formal Opening of the big new Stieff Store to-day^ B jf! We feel sure that all bewett-bketz, style so _ who inS P eCt the building Wlthln the reach of all an lnßtrument STIEFF GRAXD, STYLE 79 STIEFF, STYLE 110 Bl§£j|zhS I r-K"' Op will pronounce it the most which Will give lasting A home with such a piano bespeaks '®"° " U f® ® C ° r ®l of c°n»<>n'a up-to-date and best equip desire for the I'Xd B^t7s ; U -M #WIPWv P»nVfi> PPP* PPPP SHAW player, style si pianos win ne snown in int » «•; •■- ' JL Cronican, pianists. 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STIEFF r "NO MIDDLE I 24 North Second Street ; !**W*W*VWMmWWW»WWIIW%W»VtWWWVW%WV>VW tWHWWfc |i Break With Britain Over Sunday School Lesson Changes l| !j Graded Lessons and a New Lesson Committee Cause ;! the Withdrawal of British Section (By the Religious Rambler) When the board of trustees of the I International Sunday School Associa tion met in Chicago last Tuesday (Sep tember 28 > It heard the startling news that the British section of the Sunday school movement has decided to with- i N draw from the scheme of co-operation which has been in operation for forty years. Unless thi3 break can be healed, the boasted world-wide solidarity in Bible study will be destroyed. Ever since within three years of the time when the international lesson committee began its work, in 1872,1 the British section has shared in the I preparation of the lessons, which have i since been used to a steadily lncreas- 1 lngr extent in all the mission lands of | the earth as well as in Europe and in ! America and "Australasia. What a bond of world-wide Christian unity this common weekly study of the same portion of Scripture has been can scarcely be imagined. The break has come, however, without any bitterness oi unbrotherliness. and largely as the result of important changes that have been at work of recent years in the Sunday school, changes which have accentuated the difference of method i VACATION CLUB k Owing to numerous requests for admission to * the 1916 Vacation Club we have extended the time for closing the club to Monday, Oct. 4, 1915. Pay 25c a week for 40 weeks and get a check for SIO.OO, with interest. Pay 50c a week for 40 weeks and get a check for $20.00, with Interest. . Pay SI.OO a week for 40 weeks and get a check for $40.00, with Interest. , The more classes you join, the more money you will have for your vacation. Union Trust Company of Pennsylvania * I FRIDAY EVENING, BXRRISBURO i&mm TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 1, 1915 in conservative Britain and progressive America. . "Millions In It" Xo other organization in the world save only the Christian Church itself is as vast as the Sunday school. Every city, town and village has its Sunday schools. Ten thousand crossroads are marked by them. Some eighteen and a half millions of persons are enrolled ii} the schools of North America, with more than ten million others overseas. Practically all of these study the les sons provided by the international committee. This uniform lesson is the commonest vehicle of Bible study in the world. So influential is it that President Woodrow Wilson has said: "The Sunday school lesson of to-day is the c6de of morals of to-mororw." Naturally, such a potent agency for shaping thought and character is the object of no httle solicitude in re ligious circles. The original lesson committee, appointed in 1872, had such Sunday school pioneers as B. F. Jacobs. Bishop Vincent and Dr. John Hall in its membership, and it then comprised five ministers and five lay- men. These were appoinlod, until a year ago. by the International Sunday- School Convention; while the British section was named on the other side of the water. Denominations to the Fore Serious changes have taken place in the religious life of the world in forty years. That period has wit nessed the rise—thanks largely to the uniform lessons and the development of the Sunday school —of the great de nominational publishing houses, issu ing many million.% of pages of lit erature annually. Along with this growth has been the creation of a host of Sunday school experts, many of them connected with these denomi national houses. Out of this condition has arisen the Sunday School Council of Evangelical Denominations, which has supple mented—and sometimes censored!—- the work of the international lesson committee. At the latest convention of the In ternational Sunday School Association a radical change in the method of con r stituting the committee was adopted. It was divided into three groups, eight appointed by the invention, eight by the Sunday schoo* council and one representative from each denomi nation holding membership in the Sunday school council. This makes a total committee of about forty per sons, one of whom Is a woman, Mrs. J. W. Barnes, of the Northern Meth odist board. This new body has pro ceeded without waiting for the ap proval of the British section and the latter has been unwilling to adopt its conclusions, especially as the British leaders had been restive under the in troduction of elaborately graded les sons. The Graded Lessons Controversy Discontent with the unchanging form of the uniform lessons has shown itself here, and also a desire for graded i lessons, along more strictly peda gogical and scientifically educational lines. In fact, the militant graded I lesson advocates for a time carried ; everything before them; and they se- Fresh Fall Groceries Philadelphia Scrapple, la 3-lb. enkes 40e Jones' Dairy Fspn Snn»«Ko, lb., 80c, 32c Aub* Jemima Pancake Flour, pkjr., 10c Vermont Pure Snp Maple Syrup, bottle 30c Stonffer'a Homemade Sauaage, lb., 20c 5-1 h. Sacks New Graham and Whole Wheat Flour .... 25c and 30c Nonpareil Mince Meat, lb. ... IKe Granulated Soars r, lb., «c» 25-Ib. Sacks, lb S%c . New Pack Curtice Bros. Peas, ean, 15c, 18c and 20c Bine Valley Butter, lb 34c KrllORl'" Wheat Bran, pk*., 25c Bran Blaque, pk« 13c 1-10 Ho Iter's Best Flonr, aack, 44c Seeded Raisins, pkic. ........ 12c Best Quality Freak Meata at mar ket prices. S. S. POMEROY MARKET SQUARE GROCER L . cured the adoption of an elaborate scheme of graded lessons, already irsued. which includes seventeen sepa rate courses. It is estimated by the graded lesson advocates that these courses are used, in parti in 14 per 1 cent, of the Sunday schools of North America, while the more conservative group say that not more than fi per < cent, of the schools have adopted the graded scheme. A vigorous fight developed in eer- , tain denominations over the graded lessons-—notably in the Northern Pres byterian, which threw out certain courses not based on the Bible. It has been made clear that the consen sus of religious opinion in the United States demands a Bible basis for all Sunday school teaching. The fourth I year series of the senior course, just out, deals with "The Family," "The Community," "The State," "The Church." "The Industrial Order" and "Bible Spokesmen for the Kingdom of God." and all these provide extensive biblical material forf study. Now a New Plan Now a compromise has been effected j by the new and enlarged lesson com- , mittee. It has issued a prospectus of a proposed "improved uniform series of Sunday school lessons." These are a notable departure from the. old in ternational series. The former ran in a six-year cycle: the new plan is for an eight-year course, beginning in , 1918. Thus every other quadrennial ' convention of the International Sun- 1 day School Association will have up 1 for review and consideration the work of the committee. This new course—which will directly touch the interest of thirty million persons—abandons the old chrono logical form as its major method. Topical courses are introduced, and history is passed more swiftly in re view. The committee has tentatively ] outlined the first four years of lessons. , 1918-1921. Most important of all, provision is ] made for the graded treatment of , these lessons. The committee retains, first, the common Scripture for the ' entire school; second, a general lesson topic for the entire school, and third, a common golden text for the entire school. A special list of references for teachers' reading Is given each week. Nevertheless, special provision is made for graded teaching by the dif ferent groups, as the primary, junior, Intermediate, senior and adult grades, special material being furnished by the committee Itself. This Is Illus trated by one of the lessons. "Jesus Chooses the Twelve." The primary topic Is "Jesus Chooses Twelve Help ers;" the intermediate tonic is "The Twelve and What We Know About Them." and the senior and adult topic Is "What It Means to Be a Disciple of Jesus." All of this Is a fundamental victory for.the graded idea, while at the same time It preserves the uniformity of Scripture studv, which is the one most powerful tie in Sunday school work. While It has not found acceptance with all the P.ritish schools, there I* still entertained a hone that they may continue In the International schema, and a subcommittee of the American lesson committee haa been s.pi.otnted .with that objective. u C. I. and S. Reorganization Plan Is Now in Operation Reorganization of the Central Iron and Steel Company along the lines de cided upon several months ago has been agreed to by a large number of the stockholders, bondholders and creditors and it is now operative. A committee consisting of A. A. Jack son, chairman, Robert C. Dayton, J. M. Cameron, James B. Bonner, B. H. Jones and Ross A. Hlckok has been appointed to conduct fhe affairs. The bondholders, creditors who have not yet filed claims, and stock holders who have not yet filed their assent to the new arrangement have until December 1 to do so. This may be done by cdmmunicatlng either with the Girard Trust Company, Philadelphia, or the Dauphin Deposit Tru<| Company, this city. WAYNESBORO FARMERS' DAY Waynesboro, Pa., Oct. I.—Every thing has been arranged for Farmers' Day, here, and the program will be gin with the automobile parade this evening. Two hundred machines are expected to be In line. One of the, Saturday morning features that will delight the hundreds of people that will come to town on that day, will be a "Rube" band composed of 30 members. Sheriff George Walker, Chambersburg; Chalmers P. Omwake, Shady Grove, and M. L. Reacherd, Ha gerstown, will again act as judges of grains, fruits, poultry, vegetables, etc. WIDOW STRANGLED TO DEATH Special to The Telegraph Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 1. When John Michael, a neighbor, went to the home of Mrs. A. J. Davis, a widow, who lived two miles from Berkeley Springs, near Hancock, to borrow a harrow he found Mrs. Davis dead in a corner of a room. An investigation showed finger prints on her throat and blood on her hands. Physicians pro nounced death due to strangulation. 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I SHOP AGENCY I lOPsii 15 CYCMSTS TO STOP UERR Motorcyclists on a four-day run from Dayton, Ohio, to New York City, will stop in Harrlsburg, October 11, This city will be the noon control on the third day. Two HarrLsburgen will make the run, DeWitt Grove and Irwin Cole.
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