The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-09

| laSG session, was unfortunate, anC
caused some little confusion and de-
lay. The new Business Committee
however, was on time with a report
for the morning exercises, as soon as
the devotional exercises were over
The following was the report sub
mitted by the Committee, through its
chairman, John f. Glover: m
Mr.. President: The Committee on
Business submit the following report
The Convention shall meet at 81
| o'clock A. M. Thirty minutes to be
spent In prayer. The business proper
shall commence at 8 o'clock and close
at I'm. The Convention shall meet
again at 2 P. NJ and close at 5. The
evening session shall commence at
SP.M. Each session shall be opened
with devotional exercises.
The order of business shall be as
| follows:
LIST. Reading of the minutes of the
previous session.
I'd. Reading of correspondence.
Sd. Reports of committees.
The discussion of the following
questions shall be had - aFsE-tf
I. What is the true relation of the
Sabbath School to the Church?
2. How may. we best. secure the
hearty cooperation of the entire
Church membership?
3. How shall we make the common
teaching in our Sunday Schools more
efficient? ~
4. How may we better secure the
attendance of both teachers and schol-
ars upon public worship?
In the discussions of the questions
no person shall be permitted to speak
more than once on each question, I'M
til all the members, who desire it,
shall have spoken; and that each
speaker be confined to ten minutes
The Committee was too liberal in
its allowance of time in the discus
sion of questions, and the result only
tended to confrm them in that opin-
ion The people of the United States
are emphatically a talking people.
They, love to talk. We apprehend
that much of the interest in our great
political and religious gatherings grows
out of this love to talk. In the dis
cussion of the questions yesterday, the
widest latitude was taken, and but lit
tie effort made to confne the speakers
to the questions under consideration.
The committee whose duty it is to col
lect these speeches and sift out the
ideas from the words, and express
them in the form of resolutions, have
a work of no ordinary magnitude be-
fore them. That committee is designed
to represent Churches of all the de-
nominations, and consists of the fol-
lowing gentlemen:
Daniel Rice, New School Presbyte-
rian, Lafayette; J. Thrush, Methodist
Episcopal, Lafayette; G. +. Pentecost,
Baptist, Evansville; j. ID. Carmichael,
Old School Presbyterian, Indianapo-
lis; DR.. Blair, Reformed Presbyterian,
Princeton; J. N. Henry, Christian,
New Albany; B. F. Witt, United
Brethren, indianapolis; R. F. Reed,
Society of Friends, Richmond; J. F..
Freidger, Luthern, New Albany; R.
@. Phelps, Cumberland P Presbyterian,
Newburg. 70 sdi lo -ls3.a,i 91l m 20. j2.7
Butawhile we speak as above of
some Of the speeches, many of them
were exactly to the point, and con
tanned valuable suggestions for Sab
bath School officers and teachers.
Experiences in the management of
schools and In teaching were given,
which contained many valuable hints
for young laborers, and profitable sug-
gestions for those who have not en-
joyed good facilities for keeping up
with the improvements which are tax
ing place in the Sabbath Schools all
over the country.
The first thing that came up for
consideration in the afternoon was
the selecting of place for holding
the next Convention Considerable
interest was felt in this Richmond,
Lafayette, Logansport and Blooming
ton being competitors. 4d The claims of
each town and city were presented in
their most favorable light, and three
votes taken, resulting in the almost
| unanimous.ehoice Of Lafayette.
A Mass Meeting of the Sabbath
School children of New Albany was
agreed upon for this (Thursday) after
noon, at 8 O'clock, at the First Pres
byterian Church. Ftrr aHo1
As we have remarked before, the