The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-01
PROCEEDINGS.

| he second annual SaDDatn Sch0Ol con-
yention of Lee county, Iowa was held, ac-
eordng to previous notice, in the Congrega-
tional church, Keokuk, Iowa, commencing On
Wednesday, May 9th, 1866, at a. m.
Ii. Scott Howell, Esq, in behalf of the
Keokuk Sabbath School Union, called the
meeting to order, and nominated Rev. Mr..
| Beaman, temporary chairman, who opened
| the services with PRAYER, and then announced
/ the convention ready for permanent organi-
cation.
Mr. 81. White, Of keokuk. Rev j. S. Fer
I guson of Pennington. Edward Dean, Mr. At
/ lee. Joseph Vail and W. II. Gill, were appoint
/ ed committee to nominate permanent Off
GERS, and The following gentleman were nom
/ mated and elected, w;
! Iso-idsat-Rev. J. I. Wes,over
| Tice-P -Pfcsidents-J. g. Wilson, Hon Judge
Ballinger. Rev. Asa Turner, Rev. j. S. Fer
guson, Rev. Mr. Thompson. John South,
/ Luther Dean Hon. r. A. Russell
/ Secretmy-Rev. Z. Ii. Waring.
/ assistant Secretaries NJ. ". Westcott, Esq,
II. l.. dunn. Esq.
/ Mr.. Westover then took the chair, and
called for any business proper for the con-
vention.
on motion H. Scott Howell Esq. John
Mccormick, Esq, j. r. A,lee, Mr.. Dewey,
and Rev. s. Pickard we're appointed a com
mlttee on business.
/ While the committee were absent Rev.
/ George Thacher, Pastor Of the Congregations
al church, keokuk, made an appropriate ad-
! dress of welcome. He said that the fact that
| they were invited was sufficient evidence of
welcome. They were welcome because they
came oa an errAnd congenial with the spirit
of Christianity, the progress of the age and
| the work of Christ. Whatever might have
been the purposes of Raikes in organizing
Sunday Schools, they had outgrown his in
| tentions, and had been diverted from his orig
inal purpose-a mere school of instruction for
poor and wayward children, and had become
an integral part of the system employed for
the conversion of souls. The church could
not now do its work without the Sabbath
School, and they who labored to sustain the
one, labored also to sustain the other. Be-
cause they had come to consult respecting
the interests of Sabbath Schools he welcomed
them. He welcomed them as Pastor of the
church in which they we're assembled. He
welcomed them as members of the great fami
ly of the first born, in the name of the
ministry. and in the name of Christ, to whom
the glory should be ascrbed.
The committee on business then reported,
and the report was amended and adopted as
/ follows:
| AhhasuEMENI VI bt SIMON.
To the Lee County Sunday School Convention
! Your Committee to whom was referred the
matter of arrangement of the business and
services of the convention, report:
/ /. That the convention hold two sessions a
day, beginning at 9, a. m, and 2, = m, aud
that each session be opened with prayer by
the President Of the convention, or BY some
one designated by him, and shall close at
- m and r. r, M rpSpectlvPty
2. That the first thirty minutes of the
morning session be used exclusively in devo-
tonal services; the next thirty minutes, or SO
much as may be necessary, be employed IN
| the appointment of committees, hearing their
| reports, and other miscellaneous business,
and the rest of the morning session shall be
devoted to the discussion of topics hereinaf
ter reported.
3. The first half hour of the afternoon ses.
sion, or SO much as may be needed, shall be
taken up in hearing reports from different
delegates, of their respective schools, relation
of personal experience, and the working oi
the Holy Spirit in connection with the Sabbath
School cause. The second half hour in the
afternoon with miscellaneous business, and
any portion of this half hour, not thus EN-
ployed, shall be devoted to singing and
prayer; the rest of the afternoon session shall
be employed in discussion of the submitted
topics
4. The Committee report for the considera
ton of the convention the topics, as stated in
the circular issued by the Keokuk Sunday
School Union, which are as follows:
TOPICS.
4 l. What relation does the Sunday School
sustain to the Church?
2. Conversions in childhood
8. Do Ministers manifest sufficient interest
in the Sunday School work?
4. Should Sabbath School instruction be
given only by those who are professed Chris
tians?
5. What constitutes successful Sunday
School Superintendent or teacher?
s. Importance, and best way Of retaining
the older scholars in our Sunday Schools?
I. What proportion of money is, and what
proportion Of money should be expended in
support of Sunday Schools. as compared with
that gwen to the maintenance OF the Church!
8 Importance, character and subjects Of
prayer, IN the Sunday School,
" Sunday School music
1O How can the TEMPERANCE cause be best
promoted through the Sabbath Schools?
II. General exercises of Sunday Schools
of what should they consist?
T. Are Pic. Mics and Excursions an ad.
vantage to Sunday Schools?
Is. Best way Of conducting the Infant De-
partment.
4 A. Are Teachers Meetings essential, and
how can they be best conducted?
15. All delegates and invited guests ART
urged to take part in the discussion of tn,
J topics, but none but delegates shall be allow
ed to vote upon the adoption Of any rssolu-
ton, or other bnsineas before th0 convention
III a. No onn ahau ha allosvad "a ay,enh axSa.A