The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-06-15

or the Proceedings Ofthe Lee
County sunday 81 aool Com
vention, held i'm keOkuk,
Iowa, on the 9th 10th 4 llth
June. 1864.

Iowa, on the 9th 10th 4 llth
june, 1864.
Az Introductory to the exercises of the
Convention, on the the evening OF the
9th June Sunday School Lecture was
delivered in the Chatham Square Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, by the Pastor,
Rev. Mr.. bennett, in which the speaker
very ably advocated the Importance
of the Sunday School cause--its relation
10 the Church and society, and closed with
some most earnest and impressive APP
peals to the friends of Christ to come
out and engage heartily in the good and
glorious work Of feeding "His lambs. "
He said
The world had always been slow to en-
gage in moral duties OF humanity, or
acknowledge the importance of the same.
We are not at the present time TO
neglect the mental or physical culture of
the rising generation, but the moral, by
many, is looked upon as Of so little i'm
portauce that almost any one may engage
in it with impunity. The question was
seldom asked who were the best qualified
for such work, but who would cnndescend
to The drudgery. Yet the moral had an
important bearing upon the physical
How different had been the character of
Byron; the productions Of his immortal
genius. How vastly different his influ-
ence, had his heart been deeply imbued
with love of the pure and holy +? What
n blessing might Paine, Voliaire, Rosseau.
and host of other blasphemers have
been to the world had their hearts been
impressed with moral and religious TRUTH
There is yet chapter unwritten concern
ing the influence of moral upon the intel
lectual and physical How many de-
formed souls have peopled our earth be-
cause ofs want of healthy moral sctionf
The moral truths of the Bible had be-
queathed mighty strength TO the world.
If moral instruction was thus impor-
tant, early moral and religious instruc-
ton was more so. The Sunday Scho j
was one OF the best and most powerful
agencies in conveying this. Among the
brightest signs of the tunes he consider
ed the interest taken in this cause. Our
Conventions and Associations of variou,
kinds ell speak we'll.
The mission of the Sunday School wa,
not to supercede the Church or parenta
instruction, but to aid and promote The
same. the former can never be annulled
This duty, he said, was very eleorl,
taught In the Bible God had once cho
sen particular nation to be the deposito
ries OF this truth. So important was tbs
religious instruction of children, that Il
that people he gave the following com
mand Deut. Ii 10, 10 and 60. Nott
every word was emphatic 1t was t,
TEACH. Ii WAS Imperative, "YE SHALL
1t was TO be unceasing, When thou "a
test dc.
Among the last commands of our Sa
vior was, Feed my Lambs" The dut,
is binding upon us by every obligation o
parental love and affection by the vow
of our holy christianity. AS much ereat
er was our obligation as our privileges wa
greater than theirs
How, then, can we make our SUNDAY
School the most useful This depends
largely upon the parents. They shoult
encourage their children to 20 to Sunda,
School, and always accompany them =
should teach them at home-see ana
kaop that correct ideas and impress 81 ont
had been made. We watch CAREFUL,
the training of a horse, yet some never
think of their children.
As the ouerseer Of the flock OF Christ
he considered that the ministers had muct
to do with them. He ought to be a,
punctual there as at preaching.
The question was not shall the mora
man remain educated or uneducatcd, fo
educated he uouid be, but the question
was how in virtue or vice, in Sabbath
keeping or Sabbath breaking; in obeyint
Gods law or disobeying.
Moral impressions were made upon the
heart as early as any others--he some
times almost thou ght earlier than intel
iectaol. They we're lasting too. Tn,
runcture Of q pin upon the little saplir
''kAs w SSSu III tuo sHdFlcu AhUtAy Oar
OF IA century hence. So impressions up
on the soul will be felt in eternity. Th
result of a mere impression upon the sou
may thus not only be lasting, but hsv
an influence vas, almost as eternity =
de illustrated ii BY the idea all men wer
born free and equal 1t was mere spec
nlatlye opinion. but Kings nor Prince
could not arrest it, 1t had revolution
lied the rorla. So of others. The mo-
ai impressions We make are lasting an
vastl, important. Great was the respor
sitiliiy here.
The mission of Sunday Schools wa
one OF the most sublime Of time. He ha
said sublime. Ii it was not q snbllm
work to aid struggling soul up the shi
ming way 10 God. he knew not what wa.
1T The mansion Of the Son OF Man was
sublime one, then he who aids soul /
approach that Savior is engaged ia on
sublime. The mission OF Sunday Schoo
Was 10 AID the Church in oyerthrowin
vice and error When Hamilicas wishe
TO raise up an inyidlous foe against Rom,
he brought his son Hannibal, over who's
youthful bead the frosts Of scarcely eigt
winters Lad past, to the altar of his God
aud caused him with hands upon tbs
altar 10 swear eternal hostility to Rom,
he was the first to lead conqueriu
army over ,he Alps, and had it not bee
Tor tue ueac herv of the home uoyer,