The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-11

pressed upon his audience the pleasure
10 be found in and the necessity Of
studying the geography Of that inter
esting country.
The mass meeting Of the children
was held in the Chapel Of the Uni
versity at 4 o'clock Wednesday after
noon. The large room was crowded,
but the children Of the town were not
out in The numbers generally ed
peeted. Addresses were delivered by
JouN Il. GLOVER and Mr.. VINCENT.
The singing was led by WV. II. faLE-
HEART. The exercises were very en-
PERTAINING. The smallest children list
ened attentively, and seemed de-
lighted that they were permitted to
participate in the exercises. m q
The night session was also held 10
the Chapel Of the University. The
time WINS occupied in raisiBe some
money to defray the expenses Of the
Convention, and In listening 10 ser'
mon by Mr.. VINCENT, His text was
Grow in gfac6 and ~ Tie khow-
ledge of the lord Jesus Christ. y The
speaker affirmed that intellectual
growth was Christian duty. and i'm y
pressed theahonght with q ghristy of
illustrations and power of argument
and defamation that electrified his
hearers. As grain Of wheat, said
the speaker, holds q mystic life, so
does truth. and tho truth should be
sought after and impaired in every
way calculated TO make it desirable
or attractive. He declared that
soul in harmony with the truth was
never afraid Of it, in whatever garb
it might present itself The whole
sermon was edifying aud interesting
in the extreme. sff
On Thursday morning The essay OF
Rev. JANIS Ilibb, Of New Albany
Should Country Sehools be closed
in Winter brought cut spicy and
somewhat personal discussion. The
county preachers took issue with some
of mis- staftiiseuts, and insisted that
he placed yountry schools in thewrone
light. They charmed that there were
more children attending the country
schools in proportion to population
than in the city; that they kept their
faces ms clean, and their books IN as
good order. Interesting speeches on
this point were made by several dele
gates, and also by DR.. RIM, of Gin
cinnati, and Mr.. VINCENT. Dr. REID
insisted that in The matter Of dirt
Cincinnati undoubtedly took prece-
dence, and any minister who had oc-
cupied any of The pulpits in that city
would agree with him, after taking
look at their wristbands and shirt
bosons at the close OF service.
After consuming considerable time
in this amusing but not very proiita-
bic discussion, the Convention re-
solved itself into an Institute and Mr..
VINCENT took charge. He gave
little exercise in geography for infant
classes, showing how they might i'm
press the names Of Bible lands upon
the minds or children by grouping
them in the form Of verse aud putting
them to music. The attempt Of the
Convention to sing the names was
very ludicrous, taken in connection
with Mr.. ViNcENT's comments upon
them. He then gave the Convention
a brief but comprehensive sketch Of
the books, implements, &C., that were
invaluable adiuncts in making
Sunday School successful, and where
they could be obtained
In the afternoon considerable time
was taken mp by Prof RowbEy, Of the
New Albany Female College, in urg-
ing upon the preachers of the Confer
ence, the necessity Of making special
efforts to build up andgsustain that
institution of learning. The Profess
sor insisted that thus far other relig-
ious denominations had done more to
sustain the school than Methodists,
notwithstanding IL was n Methodist
institution. Professor SMIru, of the
Rockport Academy, also made
statement In the interest of his
school. 4 .f.ae
The afternoon essay was by Rev. j.
j. HIanT; subject. Model Sunday