Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-04


q W. Middleton. from Prp % g-orres. r..
ported hat sdol;iODsl scno0ls na1 been organ-
iKro IN the county. but there was -ome little
come
Mr.. Graham. from q usen Auue's. rep lrt.a
,hai the csuss Sss inSrsasIng a. tatsrs.i "a
nr X. Tnouas, OF Cecii. rspori-f ina.
'her- Wss an ~ rsHsed intsrest maDifsstsu.
enc thsttne chuTcS sad been grsa ~ bensai.eS
Nj. J.F It dsI, o. w-shine,lu c5un.y.
No r-p0rtsd So schsols sd a-i1 chuarsn.
eni there wss gret' work for t1rrB - do ys..
Ihsre were graf maay citlx-ns terry Op-
posed 10 schools The work - pr 1Kressing "a
foisely, and dDrinE ne year iHu scholars nzd
united win ne oh1rche.. There was one
SCHOOL ~ hSEtptOWn M N psring ovsr6a
hr. lhert-, "a Frederi q. sG q that n could
gave no statistics. nut thsf ths WORK was pro
sr.ssine and very encouraging.
NI NiSnois, o. fTedsri,E b. sGid that ne p@o-
Pc o'o bo' WORK tog' -er, and they needed
wakng up.
Mr.. A. X. Browne. PRESIDENT of ,he wa.h.
ineton sunday School linton. said thSf ne q I'd
cone Dsul;ed with tbs Presid-uf OF .ha Vuttes
States "a reference g. lssuing an order gtytng
clerks Of the d-partuen's me pr !. lese OF at
trnemr toe ConNeG1on, .na he bad issu>d
such an OrOeT The fr-sloent also sata thai
he would be flao 90 see the m-mhsrs u IN,
CONVENTION to- morrow afternoon g. O o'ciocE
Dr Gillette move fhat oh- Ionven ttou yisir
he Presldsnt "a. morrow OF O'Clock. sui thAs
MI. Browne ~ requested - inform ne Prs
den. of the action " he UsventiOn; Shich IA.
carried
Mr.. brown. -aid tha, a4 Union here ~.
prosperine. but ttat they were behind tn-
umes
Re, Dr. Esshbsch. Pre.iasnt Of the BSl-.
more Union. said thst Bslurncie was no. N or@
thap half svass. They bad = aon,hiy nee
ina of tuperintrndents, A. when prAcuczI
questions were discsssad. The cnidren ~er-
prssest At the meetings, ana aided 10 ne 40
terset. They hsd asout lG1 ,hool--evangri-
icai Tier we're also in Rzlnmore nav
CAiholc schools. which we're waxing M. Sn.
the Prote-isnis .ou.o do well % initiate bem.
and NE Jews were Alec hoiiiDg Sabbsrh
schools. There were sfstl from 2s.OO q e.tsi
CHILDREN In the city who sic no, attend any
schools. Thsy had ORGANIZED - sem ~ vis-
itstIOn, me a being 0i0cked 1f. The SAs
Asso ia-ioD Wss n this work. bU. not nor
than hsif he work bad oenn sOnptpted Thay
hsd rsassn 70 b~hey- mar ineir efforts vg.r.
blessed, and lacy were going forward
hsg. Thomas Myers tOOx eKosPaons % he
y marx Lhat Ba!lmOrs was bask ward ~ tn
Sundsy school enterprise Thlrs WAS more
money raised, more schools erected nnd en-
srey osplaycd toan IN almost sny place WHEN.
ne had ever been. A. TO ths energy OF ner meu.
ne pointsd ~ the pressaen;- NJ. W song, ana
Dr. Hunt
Dr. Hum spoke OF the m creased tpts--s, IN
the cause IN Baltimore. and sAid thst their
irlepds, The Catholics. were rrnewlng their
ehoris and spreading outside OF the church.
and he hoped that when fhe conyep,ion me-
sga'n every one Of the 2lOa now reported a.
not attending. would b. receiving Sunday
scDool instruction.
The Char remarked thai the difference OF
opinion was easily explained.
Dr Eschbaeh thought there was not WORT
enough
Mr. Brown, President OF me Washington
Ciiy Union, spoke of the work m the city, eta
ting That the missionary work wa here q
feature, and referred 10 the fact that mission
cbapels were being erected. he read the last
report OF the Secretary OF the UniOn, showing
80 teachers, and over OUO scholars. He re-
ierred TO the last procession Of the Union,
when the Catholic schools appeared an pro
cession IN much larger numbers. The Epls-
copalians slso have large and nne schools but
Tor some reason did not appear in the proces-
sion. In answer 20 a question, Mr Brown
stated that here were mission schools amone
the colored people, over one ne presided: and
ne would like 10 zee the school better up IN The
work. The colored people were doing q noble
work among themselves. Their thirst for
knowledge wac proverbial.
Mr.. Edmund. Of Connecfieut the author of
"The Long Roll" explained the origin aud
use Of II ~ some length, and was folio we'd oy
Mr. Zoe, OF n j, who spoke OF its b-nehtA.
Rev. DIR Gillette heartily approved the roll.
and In tie course OF remarks said that csusre-
gauonel singing was what was wan, red IN the
churches. and a. struck him that this roll
would do much towards having good sinSins
by he Congregation.
Mr.. Burr, OF Wesley Chapel School, sI-
piained the use OF cards on a lft;is stand by the
superintendent.
After r. Burr had announced the speakers
for the reunion meetings TINS afternoon. the
Convention adjourned 10 meet a. the Foundry
chureh at * o'clock tonight