In providing a suitable place in which to build and maintain a great Sunday school:

1. Present Quarters Should Be Adjusted.

In planning to increase the growth of the Sunday school, it is often necessary to readjust the arrangements of the building. Often an Adult class is meeting in a large room when a much smaller room would serve its purpose. If properly approached the class can be easily induced to make the exchange and the large room may be utilized for taking care of an entire department in the lower grades. Other rooms may be changed and curtains hung in such a way as to divide classes so that the teachers may work with greater effectiveness.

Frequently there is not half room enough in the present quarters and outside space should be secured. Often a lodge room close by for the Junior or Intermediate department or an Adult class may be secured simply for the asking. A public school building near by may be secured for one or more classes or entire departments. Often a tabernacle may be erected close by the church building to take care of one or more departments or one or more classes. At times this is best and at other times it hinders a great building program for years.

Again let it be said that a large Sunday school cannot be built and maintained in small, cramped quarters; and sane, sensible arrangements should be made for the expansion of the Sunday school.

[45] 2. New Buildings Should Be Erected.

Many Sunday schools have to "swarm" before the church membership realizes that a larger, better equipped building is needed. Hundreds and even thousands of our church houses in the Southland are wholly inadequate from the standpoint of size and proper adjustment to take care of the Sunday schools the churches should have. In many of these situations, churches should erect new buildings, both from the standpoint of efficiency and economy. There is no economy in a church maintaining a small, inefficient Sunday school when there are multitudes of people all around who could be won into the Sunday school if adequate quarters were provided. A church that takes care of its home base, all things being equal, will do more in the way of giving the gospel to those afar. The command from our Savior is "ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

No church can claim to be carrying out the orders of Jesus that is not giving of its means to send the gospel to the utmost parts of the earth. At the same time, no church can claim to be carrying out the orders of Jesus effectively that does not provide adequate quarters for both teaching and preaching to the people at its very doors. Therefore, let our pastors and superintendents first get the need of adequate equipment for their Sunday schools upon their own hearts, lay these needs heavily upon the hearts of their people, and then in the strength and power of the Lord rise up and build in accordance with the needs of their fields.