The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-10-19
LOCAL MITTERS.

was called 10 order by the Rev. Mr.. Owen. upon
whose motion Rev. II. T.. tlaslup Of the N. T.
Church, was called temporarily to the chair. -
Religious cxeTcsrs were then engaged IN Rev
Nrssrs liaslup aud Kaufman officiating. Mr..
oliver J.. Mcrryman was then selected ~ tempo.
iary secretary. Upon motion Of Mr. Owen, n
committee OF five was appointed To nominate per.
inancnt officers of the convention. The commit.
lee consisted ~ Mr.srs. q. =. Griffith, Rev Mr
Wrdcrman. W. j. l.. Dyer. Il. e. McGinn and
:. Conrey. Tue committee retired for consultation
during which the object Of the assembling OF the
convention MAS stated by Rev. Mr.. OWen. which
was tn further the interests Of the Sabbath school
cause throughout the county.
The committee recommended the following
gentlemen ~ permanent officers who were unan.
imuusl, elected President. James L. Ridgrlrv.
il; ,icc-prrsdents, X. 4. llasinp. of the " T.
Church, Charles Perrgoy, Rev ]. u. Kaufman
OF the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Thomas Cor.
such. Of the ". l. Church. John l.. Turner aud
Rev j. u. Ilon, OF the Episcopal church sec.
rriarics o. T. Mrrryman aud " ! l. Dyer
The president, Mr. Ridgcly, upon assuming the
chair. thanked the convention for the honor thus
conferred
Upon motion = romm,,,cc OF live. consisting
o. Rev Mcssrs. e. Owen, " I. Smyscr anl "
I weid'rnan. We u. Chapman aud = T.. lioslcy
was appointed :" prepare busincss for III" con
slider ,iiuu ~ the CUnv, niiun
The c"mmiiicr. after u short iiInr slrni ia con.
sulitiiun. reported the business io occupy the AL
'rnlion ui the Convention during It's afternoon
srs,iur. which VAS accepted
Mr. Owen here addressed TIE convention upon
the success attending the SUNDAY srhonl cause IN
the STATE daring the past year Daring his re-
m,tk- lee stated that los Sunday schools had
been organized. comprising l ,ii3 teacher, anl
ahoui IL, nIO srh,lATs. az the number oi schools
organized - were colured Eight missionaries
hid Lrrn employed ia the cuunlies aud four in
....ssa a. La al. "a. -. l.. Il
The convention took recess until half-pdsl
one clock
.if''fHor'n Sr's,rH. Upon Resembling. dcvo-
iiuntl EXERCISES were conducted hy the President
and Rev " |. Smyser. The list of Delegates rs
presented 10 the Secretaries. we're read showing
that all the districts were represented except the
SiN,h. seventh aud Thirteenth The folluwiu. is
4 list Of lhr delegates present, aud the churches
Which the, represented
Fn'' bnfr'rf. Ridge chapel J. " wcich.
,'"'rs" Kelley. Elihu smith. Summcfii"li
Lrwt- l.. '"al-. Jasper y. SLACK
Second instruct. Mount rar"n rrc.hy terrain
church -ianc. L. Riiscly. .ir.. Il. u. chap
inan. ''"'f:r ". >tansfcli. Mis- Mary chap
man. Nj Ale" Chapman. ward's Josiah
F";lc
Thori b,,is,ci. w,.rlbcrry Win. Aylcr.
Nb"ri =. Lcci. Mis-. J.. Elliott. Miss =. Elliott.
Nil. VI. T"lbert, John Thornley,. Miss Poole.
Foerh B,siric'. -licisicr,t"wn --Jno f.t.nrc.
Fiffk bsh,ci. Wheeler School House..
X. Harvey. John Kcme.ty.
Eighh D'sir,ci--Cnion, MaTrcu-Wm. II.
lIushletl. Mark L. Fistus. ". u. rc,iicord. Miss
Olivia Pearson. Mayes Chapel, Methodist Epis.
copal-Ml.s NJ. II. Todd. Miss Martha Henry.
MIR. Alfred Lee, Mrs. John u. lTcury. James
sheridan. GEORGE ". Parsons.
N,nm D.sirici.-Eutaw. (Mctholist Protc,.
tami. -. II. Grccn, James Thompson. Thomas
II. Robinson. Trinity, Protestant Episcopal
Mrs owings. Miss Ella Matthew. Govans.
;"wn. Methodist EPiscopal.l- Nv. J. l.. Dyer.
Mr.. {. l.. Dyer. Miss Helen Curlcy. Mis-. Mary
wgiIrll. GpVanstown. (rrcsbytcrian.) Mis-
llr.ici TRIGGER. Miss Mary J. Cross. Hunting.
d@". H'r,i;t,-jamT: II. s!ran. aereyidense
puuphy. Miss Rcbccca Carter. Miss Baync.
Epson. Tuwsnntown, Methodist Episcopal. D.
-. +. Mrfryman. John +. Conrey. Il. 4. McGinn,
George ". Shcalcy, william Galloway, Charles
". wisn"r. Mrs. II. A. sheaiey. Miss I. Mat
thew. Mis- Maria Baddcrs. Miss Mary Mat.
thrw.. Mis- Emma Prison.
THh H'.frirt.-Presbyterian Churchill
win Je'sol'. Mrs. T. Ic'soP. Mrs. Jones, MRS..
X. Grccn.
Elr,"h D.,'ricL-Furnace ". y. Church
columbus Bennett. WIN. II. knight, Joseph
sherman. War Chapel. VI. Err. l.. Monroe.
Matthc" Murray. Miss Martha willingham.
Mi,- Martha l.. Bowen. Jonathan Grey. James
Burton.
Tr,lfh H,'c'ri. -,iatch's VI. T.. Church
Thomas ,,"r,urh. ,arville Councilman. Israel
hurch amt Back River NJ. =. Church-i"hn
". wilson.
The following Ministers present were also.sr
gdic,o. m"inhrr- "i the Convention Rev. -.
owen. Presbyterian Church: Rev. John =. IIufl,
Protestant Episcopal Church; Rev. !. II. kaui
man. Presbyterian Church Rev. NJ l.. Smy
ser. Rev. H. Z. lIaslup. Rev. W. Z. Wcldernan.
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The first item OF business, rs rcpo ried by the
committee. WAS taken up, being the report OF su-
pcrin,cndenis rs to the condition OF the schools
and the mode OF conducting them. during which
interesting addresses were made by Rev. j. IT,
Ilod, pr. u. ;. Hunt. Rev. J. u. Kaufman, and
Others. The remainder OF the AFTERNOON session
was occupied with the Sunday school teachers
experience meeting. by request, Mr.. ". A. WI
sony, superintendent OF the Sunday school at the
Maryland pcniieniiary, addressed the convention
riseiiug the attention Of the audience BY his we'll
timed remarks. The Convention took n recess
until \ oclock.
EreHibl S,ssioH. Prayer Was offered by X. q.
llaslup. Quite number OF children we're nov
present, by Request, the design being TO conduct
the services with special reference 10 their prcs-
ence. Instructive aud interesting addresses were
made 10y Rev. }. n. kaufman, OF the Govans-
town Prcsby terrain Church, Rev. 4. e. IIaslup
of the ". l. Church, VIM. A. Wisong, Esq Of
Baltimore, aud Dr. H. ). Hunt. u Baltimore.
Upon motion. committee OF one from each
district was appointed 10 prepare the statistics Of
the various Sunday schools throughout the coun-
". AS follows First district, John W welch
second, u. u. Chapman third, Rev. l.. 7. Wei.
derman fourth, \. y. vansant fifih, John X.
Harvey sixth, Christian Gore seventh James
\. Siandiford eighth, W. u. IIughleii Ninth,
Il. C. McGinn tenth, Rdwin Jessop eleventh,
Joseph German twslnh, Thomas Gorsuch -
thirteenth. Jasper y. Slack.
\ resolution Of thanks was voted the ladies ~
Towsonio~n aud vicinity who had 50 kindly
furnished a bouniiful collation. TO the delegates
aud visitors, both at the inicrmission at twelve
and five clock.
The convention adjourned (aficF benr,licton
by Rev. g. llaslup) 10 meet again At TowsoniOwn
on the third Tuesda, in October, 1865.
There was a large number Of visitors present
during the srssons ~ the body, aud n warm in-
ttiesi manifested in il,r deliberations
Itnt1.tr ('otuT sum llALTtacuH (ot,xrY The