Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-04
MARYLAND SUNDAY scHOoL con-
NINTIOS
Especial Repor. for tue STAR

VEsTIOs
Especial Repors for tue STAR
FlEsr DAY rvEsISa SESSION.
| The Convention ressssmbied 81 half past
O'Clock last pishi, ~ foundry (M. 4 } Church
Mr.. -. A. Barr IN the ehar. ana Rev. Dr
| Wes'wood aenng as scrsisry
Services - ere held IN iAe body Of tns church
| which, although very large, was Gro y1ed %
over fiowIag ny dNlrgatss, strangers, ana ca.
| Esps: after ich he miu tSs II the morntne
sess'ol ver. ., ad and approved.
| Rev. q. Owen. from ine Uommittes on Per-
| r1anent OrGsnrzSnon. rSporIed the follow in 9
hsmfo gentlemen as permanent offioers OF the
| Prssis ent-- Wnliam A. Wieong
| VIce Pres'd-nts-Rsv. A. u. 3Illst;s, Rev.
} q. Carns, ksy !. TI.us. Re. l.. x. ESQ
| nuck, Rev. } =. maxwell, Rev ID. Bov-rs
James hcCuIly. Y. X Thomas. q. T. white,
| J. N. Brown, A. =. Prstt
sscretsry-R-v. ". q. wrst~ood, D.
Assismpt Sscretari.s-Dr. Henry = Hunt
X. q. EoN.
| Treasurer-wNiiem D. Hiss
| s:s'e AsSut-- Rev. .Grirhth owen.
| Rairoso SecreIafy-J. 7. owen.
On motion, the report OF the 90 mit,ee vac
| upsniwopety adopsed. auu tns gen tls N su
therein rscommes ded were elected permanent
Sfrcsrs OF The cDBvenlon.
| The President Mr. Wisong, % ass umins the
du;ies Of tue orice 20 whi len De had pee a cho.
sep, briefly addressed the convention iu &C.
kno~ledsmen. OF he e5mplnsnt conferred
upon hiaI, snd upon copcIusl u, was foIlo we'd
| oy The Secretary, Mr.. West SoOd.
On motion, the following eentlsmen were
| sppointed q COMMITTEE on Credeauals Dr.
Hunt, ID Burr. aud =. NJ. Eyar,s.
Rev. Henry %. WestwoOd, ID. ID, Rev X. A
Chalker, Hon q. q. Lahrop, sud Hon. John
hill, were sccredl;ed by lstte- ~ jeIegst.s
from the Camden New JsrseyD Saooaih
schools.
Hon. H. Price, o: lows, 81 substi.u.s for
Rev. Wm. Rutisdge, (t6e delegate app poin led,
but y ho could not attend announced lnroogs
letter his willingness 10 accept tbs position a.
delegate from Iowa 70 ;ne con yenti0n, aad thai
he would epdsayor 70 be present during its
sitlinss AZ regularly as CON nvsrient.
Edward U. hinckIev, of Baltimore, moved
tnat business committee be appointed, 90 CON-
sist Of one member from each county Of Mary
land, siX from Baltimore, and three from
Washington.
Rev. A. h. Browne thought three members
sufficient 10 constitute SAID committee. The
Convention nad assembled for business. and
there was NO time for parieying over pAriia-
mentary usages.
Mr.. Browne subsequently witndrev Ms
proposition, when The question required on
MI hinckley s motion and 1t was unanimoas-
ly adopted.
pointed said Committee :-Baltimore City-E
q. hinckley, Il. r. Nalls, A. NJ Carter, q. :.
Grimth, James Getty and James b. Frames
District Of Columo's-B. Il. Sansmetz, Rev.
county,. l. RdGely. Anne Arundel county
b 4: CAN'T harford county-John Har-
desty. Howard county-Rev. j. w. Cornelius
Montgomery county-H. Spnece. Kent coun-
ty-John Bryant, Jr Carroll county-Alirsd
ZOlhkoner Alleepsny county,. A. Buchey.
Prince George county-A $. Tar. Queen
Anna county,. II Ford. Cecil county,.
X Thomas. Washington counry-B. r. Ken
dali Frederick county-Dr. McCormick.
Rev. II V. Edmond, Of Norwich, Conn, au
thor OF The " Song RolI,' zone of which was
suspended over the pulpit was thsn intro
duced 10 the Convention, and gracefully
bowed hs Acknowledgements.
Tns beautiful by mn entitled - The Sunday
school" was sung in Impressive style, after
which Rev. MI EgRleston, Of Chicago, was
called upon, and addressed tae Convention a.
iDier..s The syse% Of Sonysnl,ons %nS So0i :. 5o
ly eD dorsed, and thought their mn uence to-
wards increasing sSrn0stness and promoting
manifest 10 an. More enrhusissm was neces-
sary, and nothing should b ieft undoue by
which 10 ensure Tits state of f'eiing.
A hymn was hen sung in excellent style.
under the leadership OF Rev. Mr Sim 5nd
during " hich collection was taken mp. me
0s;;:et of which was TO bear the expenses of
the Convention.
After the sir ging % other hymns, Mr. A NJ
Carter, of Baltimore, was introduced, and id.
dressed The Con ention, and was followed by
Mr. A. :. PRATT, who desired to see such ae-
non as would secure the presence of large
numbers of Sunday school teachers now en-
gagged in The public departments.
Mr.. A. X. Browne replied that he had called
upon the President, who stated that he pub
lie service, (CoBgress being IN session. &c,)
required their labors, but he woulu do the best
he could in the premises.
The order Of Meeting of the schools for re-
union on Wednesday, At 2.H p. m. was then
announced, after which the Con venrion ad-
lourned.
SECOND paY-soRNISG SESSION.
This morning, the Con vention reasssmbled
n Wesley Chapel at 81 O'Clock. when the
exercises were opened with devotional ser
vices. Alto O'Clock the Con ven tion was called
10 order, and proceeded TO business.
Ii was moved that all ministers OF the gos-
pei, Sabbath school superinten ceats. and
'eacners be considered e1 osacio members.
Rev. Grifhth Owen, the State agent, read hi.
report, in which he states the pleasing fact
that heretofore there have been no side issues
raised IN the Convention. The Sunday school
platform was broad enough for all, and the
he schools only, and this was their great
secret OF success. He had found the ministers
more generally engaged in the work, and more
lie had been INFUSED by the teachers generally.
He estimates that during the year mere ha We
been 500 conversions, and referring To the
missionary enerts said that last year more mis-
sionary schools were established than ever
before There are eight missionaries now
engaged in the count ries, and one in Baltimore,
who gives his entire time and attention 10
orsanizIng schools among the coloIsd people.
Under The Missionary Society and this Con
veniion during the year, lle schools have been
organized, with 2S6 teachers and -,31s scholars;
- OF which were coiored. The greater portion
OF the work was done in the western parf Of
me state, and be expressed the hepe that in
he southern and eastern parts of the Staie the
work would be equally successful. He fur
her SPEAKS Of the aid OF the Bible Society TO
he missionary cause, and the success of the
tounty conventions, (of which ths secular
papers gave full reports,) and expresses
thanks, &c, for tn nar.erng prospects for
goad.
The report OF Rev. j G. Baker, sub-asent of
he Mary Land Bible Society, sho xisg thai be
mad distributed 3, to0 Il bles 10 llf schools WAS
accepted, and resolution was adopted ex.
pressing sPpreci3t.on OK his ser Vi ICES
Hne business committee submitted a report
approving the programme adop,ed by the ex-
ecuuye Committee. making Suggestions -
topics for discussion, calls for reports by COM
miteee. &c-, 70 which several topics were
added. and the report was adopted.
Rev. Ralph Wells, OF New York, was intro.
duced and welcomed 20 the con vention.
Reports were called for, and Mr Merryman.
secretary OF the Baltimore County Associations.
remarked that "a schools had bt en- reported.
apd that an Increased interest was man i0ssted
October 18th last q convention was held n
Towsontewn, which was attended by about
20c, and II wac very successful meeting
and II was proposed to hold another conven.
ton next October. " han u was ts be hoped that
The report would be of cheering character.
There We're probably ~ Schools, with 1000
scholars, among whom we're q number OF
converts. - II -
Mr.. b. + Cant, OF Anne Arundel County,
stated that ne con tion had been held there,
but mat there was an Increased interest mani
tested in the work. There had been II schools
organized in the county " here there were none
AeYOre Within miles NJ rasideoca hs