, 1861-10-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
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The morning hour ii ths Coavention, rom
8 until 9 O'Clock, wns spent IN devotional ex-
erclsee, h ths lecture room Of the church.
1t Q O'Clock The Convention waI called 10
order by Prssident G.ifau, the proceedings Of !:
Yesterday afternoon rad md approved, and
nrsver by Rer. e. s. Smith Of Massachusetts,
with the reading Of the 1osd Palm, aud singing
the hymn commencing,
: "come ye that lore the Lord:9'
The proposition offered by the Business
COMMITTEES, thst the morning hour, from Q
to 1850 be occupied by superintendents
and Teachers In addre8sea--each sddress not
to exceed five uinutee-upon the present con-
dition and interests Of their schools, was then
announced a. In order BY the President
E, 7. Huntington. Secretary Of the New
York Association Of Sunday School Teachers,
made brief speech, and Was followed by I'll
Deacon Byron Of Milwaukee, President o.
the Wisconsin Association Of Sunday School
who had been teacher for forty years, con
tanning many important and perhnenS sug
gestaons as to the manner Of pfoceeamg IN
making Sunday Schools Nat t4ey ~ sa9o 5et}ar ,n 1
enforced by tie venerable deacon, were 9p"
I noaeA Ia the ueusl appiiancea Of PICK hicks,
PROFESSIONS, rewards, etc, in giving efficiency
aud interest to the Sunday seho9L u,.o.,.,n
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| srre5ay School Union, related his experiences
/ IN a cerfain town in Wisconsin, where there
were three church edidees, hut nobody would
iii thern, until through the efforts Of one little
| rir1 a Sunday School Was established, a large |
nunber OF scholars we're gathered IN, and
then tie churches begaa to be filled, and many
Tere converted to Gying faith In the redernp"
ton Of the world By our Lord Jesus CHRIST:
Dr.. ]. 4. HolliEter, Of the North =, Mlssloa
I School Of the First Congregational Church of |
,h;a city' pave his experience in that school, |
what they were doing, and what taey pfoposea
to do. TIL -.
experience as teacher n h1s 3 annGsy IN s ocnoo.
brought to bear upon it, etc. Last winter,
through the influence Of earnest prayer and
sppplleadon, they had a revival Of religion 10
their school From thirty to forty of ths
the pleasure few weeks since q reeelv1ng
Thirty Of these converts into his church, attef
probation Of six months.
Lockwood Brown, Esq., OF the Erie street
Mission School, the oldeat IN the city, maae
+. IN Interesting statement Of his experience IN
that school for many years past, relating many
;, striking and deeply affecting Incidents, where
u IN great good had been wrought by the humble
/ eao,ts Ct the poor and Ignorant scholars: :,
M Loonie, Of the Wells Street Sabbath
- School said the interest in Lis school waa kept
p up by monthly concerts, wherein we're intro
diced prayer, singing, short addresses. DC
4. Il Campbell, OF the Foster Mission
sshe9 gaTe y q nterestsE sesSe9 e Of ta
: building it up, &c. The school il divided
'. into blocks, and visitors to parents and schot
u ATS arc designated for each block, and every
k power is thus exercised by Visitation and
r. By this meats the interest in the school j.
- continually increasing. There have recently
!" been twenty-five hopeful conversions IN tht
e. | school.
Ill School, related the details Of number 0
hopeful conversions, through the Influence
young German girl Of Is years who had es
Id, tablshed Sunday School, as q branch to th
ut. William Street Mission School, and gathere'
large number in it, and over twenty CONVEX
D.; sions had taken place through the influence c
Dit her school and her teachings:
ID. T.W. Ferry, Of Grand Haven, gave an i
eI. teresting state1nent ef the progress Of II
co. Earnest individual effort, by teachers an
h. scholars, was the means By which the schof
NJ had been made to prosper:
~" Rev. jacob Hartman, Of the Indiana stret
g" Methodist Church, thinks theY are doing
et aside the q high pressure" and preach an
~, pray to the children in words and though
fed fuited to their comprehension. preach
an them twenty minutes ard stick to the te1
mud and the result is good.
~a4 The hour having arrived for laying aside Il
els' exercises connected with the above .proPo'
ED, ton, the second subject named by the Bu
It. ness Committee for the morning discussls
vas taken up, as folows:.
"By what fneans eha11 We best develop and 81
sse tain our Sunday Schools and insure their srest
end intc1ests?"
light Deacon Byron, of Milwaukee, thoug
bug Teey teaeaeLs eengs t . efe os ~ " he s1 =,
BIS | tsired- Without these meetings. it is ntte1
the impossible to have teachers who thorough
rect, comprehend and fnllY understand the lab
~ @hey are called upon to perform.
MI. III: Moody, Of the North Market Hall AZ
ence sion School, never succeeded in keeping bo
gon. snd girls in his school after they re.ch
Dan. shout the age Of fourteen, until they ct:
bad Nth The school, and since that time they b
n Al had NO difficulty in keeping in the scao
.ra,e Their prsyer-meetings are now 80 fully
49, tended that frequently mnny are compehed
.ceiv- room. he related many instances ofthe &C
moro Influences Of these prayeI-meehngs, Whert
the children who attended them had been
I abled to reach the hearts Of ungodlJ parsn
~ 20 a. finally to result in their conversion
live case in particular excited much Interest,"
mus of He1Iknown lawyer and politician =
1sst lad been regarded rs rather s'hard" IN his
OH. who, through the Influence Of h3s little 81
lense meetings, and became somewhat interested
rs as. them, but whose disgust was much excited
4 thp eeeirg 'litt1e nigger-he believing y
". gers'' tad no souls-takiug an active par
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forth interested, that he VAS finally hopefully
gal Eef!ed, aad s1p1easea za ~ mnn asas, =.
isena- ~ ss1;tf1a nirolr y and he lnc1f do
them beEide the little ebony spoatle, aud pra!
-, = ~ ~ E. s. warner Vas for the visitation-'
nu - the love Of Christ in the hearts Of the tea
Scat ers-ss often IS o4ce month. He was
ed by opposed to the picknicks, the PROFESSIONS,
ters's rewards; they we're all doing, their work,
go these Influences were Actually necessary
aeo to Macy schools, especially those OF mis-
WAN, cha1acte1-but they should Dot be auowe'
/ pro. rsurp the place Of higher and boiler dn
night sncn an.aa1 - 'eaonE 10 p'@'SN'
'e WIS Deacon Byron then spoke In depreeatie
Eutter- picnics, PROFESSIONS, rewards snd the 9
ac,;c Tecreative and worldly Influences The d
il1nence Of Christ is needed IN preferen'
every other.
Il. B. Stevens, Of the South Mission Sab
,casiou School Of the Let Congregational Church,
d belt, that school does not have plcnlcs and pr
Of the ~ ~ tsa a-;das4 Tha 4eer
nap visited the parents and friends and th'
;olonel | rents md friends visited the school
I'd the many conversions Of both parents and chill
had taken place he did not object to
llueAt' diversiorR occasionally IS recreation-b
arenao- did object to them as q means Of Eeepir
,ace Of an lnteresl IN ouf Saooa!n sehoos. q /"
:. oxor rot feed cur children upon these, but
e'er the Word Of Life.
y Z. J8CuuEs VI ILLS E1t33 3Alu IlAQI
he gur two schools Possessed the same feelings
,aro,o- eleme ntB and claracteristics-ando Of q
I the rame cour5e Of instruction and pEoee
'reaFeo could not be adapted to all the schools
syerful pics, etc, may be necessary influences Il
I treat scGool ana mol useiHl IN ahotaet, tnete
~ ~ uui abused even rivalry aud ill-feeling
rly sol sprung up in 7i.itaiions, by which 1t hsd
ing BY sought to attract scholars ron ore schs
~ ran. another, in order that big works in part
school might be manifest Picnies, p
! ealap meetings, v}sftatious, and many other 4
havsng were all productive Of good. There N
,e Gov. those who can only be reached by picnic
~. ~. such like influences, but he thought, aft
~ VIZ 81 a first means Of good, nothing Was eq
God to the ch1ld's prayer meeting
IN; to E. c. Wilder thought with the Re
Of the & snaF M hEasd T. 4as a ~ "a
mo ano pfcnics. His school used to have them
pectant month, and everybody became inte1
ID fer, We must gather children into the 8
.th;.;n., School by this means, and when ne gel
'tu1Aaus there, re must do them good. We 6
pplause, tco coon; he liked to feel himself b
oleeome occasionally lay aside the dignity Of ng
,5 4ba | he q hog agaiu. He liked to see his CD
ii ed By it himae!f to please his children. lie
We pre- wanted to feel that his heart had grown
an ofthe be prayed God he might 50 home and
no more before that time came.
John Y. Farweu said mostmen ha
lobby. He liked hobbies; be, himself