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OHIO STATE
SABBATH SCHOOL CONVENTION
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SMITH s. NIXON's HALL,
Last Days Proceedings.
The Children's Army.
List of City sabbath Schools.
The Children's Army.
List of City sabbath schO,
MORNING SESSION.

At 10 A. NJ. the President called the Con-
vention to order. Rev. DIR. Scott read the
Scriptures, and Rev. j. P. Van Dyke lead in
prayer.
The President announced that the list of
delegates to the Convention, with the proceed
ings of the first day, were to be found in "The
Daily Press" FIVE hundred copies of which pa
per the publisher asked the Convention to ac-
cept, which donation was accepted, and O vote
of thanks was rendered therefor.
On motion of Mr.. Allison, it was recon-
mended that conventions of parents and friends
of Sabbath schools, as well of the teachers and
scholars, be held in every county within the
ensuing four months.
The report of the Business Committee was
presented and accepted.
The first resolution submitted by the COM
mittee was as follows:
WHEREAS, The command of Christ to "Go
into all the world and preach the Gospel to
every creature" is imperative upon every dis
ciple of Christ, and believing this can be done
only by personal effort.
Resolved, That we recommend to every city,
town and district in our State, to adopt some
plan of systematic visitation, by which every
person may be brought under the influence of
the Gospel, and that this is the best way to
prosecute an extension of Sabbath schools in
city and country. .....
To which as supplementary, Mr.. Geo. NJ.
Young offered the following
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Con-
ventiOn the best means to gather into these
schools those children who may neglect them,
is by the organization of the teachers and Of
| icers, and what may be termed Missionary
Committees, in proportion to the number of of
| fcers and teachers in each school by assigning
to the several Committees q particular field of
labor weekly, dividing the labor in such a
manner as not to render it onerous or burden
| some. ".
| Resolved, That there should be in each
school q Board of Directors, whose duty it
should be to direct and supervise the work of
| the several Committees in such n manner as TO
render their labors efficient. r..a- .t~
| Which were, after discussion, adopted.
The following, proposed by Mr.. Emery, was
rejected: ..
Believing that children in very early life
may be and are truly converted to God, this
| Convention most affectionately urges all Sab
bath School teachers and parents to seek to
bring the children to Christ. To make this the
Alpha and Omega (the beginning and the end)
| of all their instructions; to labor and pray for
this, not only in the school and in the church,
but in the family and in the closet.
Hon. J. A. Footc offered the following:
Resolved, That it is emineutly desirable
that Industrial Schools, similar to the one
already in operation in Cleveland, whore the
city government, in union with Christian and
philanthropio effort, shall furnish temporary
shelter to the homeless, food to the hungry,
family influence to our outcast and neglected
children; as we'll as an industrial, intellectual
moral and religious training, with permanent
homes for this pitiable class of our youthful
population, should be established in all the
cities of the State.
Resolved, That it is our duty as members OF
Christian associations and Sabbath School or
ganizations in these cities, to labor at once to
accomplish these noble objects, as it will in
crease our Sabbath Schools, RS we'll commend
them to the affectionate confidence of those who
most need to be gathered into them.
Which was adopted.
Question No. then was in order, viz:
"Early Conversions-may we not expect
them? and ought we not to labor for them ?"
The following resolution, submitted by Bus
iness Committee, was adopted:
Resolved, That the distinct promises of thu
Bible to the young, the often recurring cases o.
conversion and happy death of little children
trusting in the merits of Christ for salvation
and the danger that unconverted children b
lost, lead us not only to expect, but to labor
earnestly for their salvation.
\ Questions No. 0 and came up for discussion
"Monthly Concert of Prayer for Sunday
Schools---its Importance and management.
"Teachers' Meetings-their Importance ant
efficiency" . '.D-
When the following resolutions offered b.
same committee were agreed to:
Resolved, That the Monthly Concert o
Prayer for Sabbath Schools, and the Teachers
Meeting, are important auxiliaries to the Sab
bath school work; that these meetings shoul'
; be for prayer and conference with such expe
rience as the teacher or visitor from house :
house may have gathered, and that the mem
bers of the churches and of tho Bible classe
should be induced to attend. 50 trp.ttair rga
Tho following topics were taken up for con
sderations adI aNi IS si gt,iI 7al lNtt
8, Lessons---should they not be from the OIL
as we'll as the New Testament H-should the
be committed f--shOuld the whole School hay
the same lesson2