Vision

Dr. William Thomas Ellis saw the vision first. He talked it to his friends, all pious Philadelphia church-folk. They talked and the vision grew until the whole land seemed to shine with it. They saw Boy Scout trumpeters leading mile-long parades down every Main Street. They saw parents and civic leaders of every town & city from Violette, Maine to Sap, Calif, gathered in mass meetings, with all of each town's choirs, orchestras and clergymen massed on the platform. They heard all these peal out "I Love to Tell the Story." In the midst of each assemblage they saw a little band of consecrated folk stand up to chant: "Now we dedicate ourselves anew to this high service, trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ for strength. . . ."

Then, almost at once from coast to coast, they saw a nation of grateful citizens rising in silent, heartfelt tribute.

From the offices of the American Sunday School Union in Philadelphia last week poured pamphlets, throws, mimeographed sheets urging everyone everywhere to help make the vision come true. Saturday, Oct. 6, 1934, they said, was to be National Recognition Day for Sunday School Teachers. No reform, no new organization, no salaried jobs, no appeal for funds was involved. "It is just a generous gesture of 'Thank You' to a great company of noble men and women. ... If successful, it should be the most widespread and impressive religious demonstration ever witnessed in the land."

Slogan of N. R. D. for S. S. T.: "A sweet note in a sour time."

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