The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-08

the Sabbath School work in Ireland,
and were plain narrative of what was
being accomplished there, but the
simplicity and terseness of the
language, the manifest Christian
earnestness and devotion to the cause,
and the music of his rich Irish voice;
won the hearts of his auditors, and
riveted their attention. 8
DIR. Hall was followed by George
H. Stuart of Philadelphia, President
of the American Sunday School I'm
ion, who spoke briefly but with much
interest, and satisfied the audience
that he was as successful a popular
speaker as he had been. a. merchant
| Altogether, by the exercises of the
evening, lasting till half past ten
o'clock, the State Convention had
been auspiciously commenced. rf
| In the morning, the first half hour
was devoted to devotional exercises,
which were conducted with spirit and
promptness, none of the participants
occupying more than two minutes.
Colonel John w. Ray, of hIndianapo-
lis, the President of the last Conven-
ton, called the meeting to order, and
introduced the business with a brief
but very appropriate speech. The or-
ganizatIon was promptly effected by
the election of Hon. Will. Cura-
back, of Greensburgh, Acting Lieu
tenant Governor of the State, as Pres
ident, Judge r. C. Gregory of lLafay-
cite, one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court of Indiana, as Vice President,
a full list of Secretaries, and the ap-
pointment of committees on business,
and on credentials and Organization
Colonel Cumback's address on taking
the chair was one of his best efforts;
and when say that the people of the
First District, who have been stirred
by his fervid eloquence, will know
that it was good He was as much at
home In presiding over a large con-
vention of Sunday School teachers as
in the Senate Chamber, and to him
the Convention was greatly indebted
for its good order and dispatch of
Half of the morning was taken up
in the reading of reports from the
committees of the last Convention.
and in listening to the statistics of
the Sabbath Schools of the State
Laporte County shows the most per-
feet organization, and the largest
number of Sabbath Schools, having
forty three; and Wayne County
next in order, having forty- one.
This report developes the great ne
cessity there is fora more general and
perfect county organization through
out the State. This is the first work
TO which the State Executive Com
mittee and the earnest Sabbath School
workers of Indiana should address
themselves for the current year. Esk
1t being announced that the, Irish
Delegation were to leave in the after
noon train, and strong desire being
manifested to hear from them again,
by unanimous vote all business was
suspended and, they were invited to
address the Convention and. occupy
the remainder of the morning session.
1t was an interesting and valuable
hour. Is
In the afternoon the first two hours
from two to four o'clock were occu-
pied by Mr. r. G. Pardee, of New York,
in his institute exercises, with in
and illustrations on the
black board. l will not occupy this
letter with any attempt to speak of
his method, hoping to refer to that at
length at another time Notwith-
standing the excessive crowd in the
Opera House, where the Convention
was held, and the warm weather. he
held the close attention of thesteach-
ers. who felt that they were receiving
valuable instruction which would be
made available in their classes. =
At four o'clock the hall was cleared
by the delegates and audience, and
filled up with one thousand or fifteen
hundred children, and an hour and
half was devoted to most interesting
meeting. The music, un-.
der the training and conduct of Prof.
j. Z. Turnell, of Lafayette, was very
fine. The sermon, by Rev. j. L. Me
Kee, of Louisville, was truly, as it
was designed to be. Model Sermon
to Children.
Wednesday night was occupied by
Rev. b. w. Chidlow, of the Ameri-
can Sunday School Union, Hon. Mr..
of New York, Most Worthy
Patriarch of the Sons of Temperance
of North America, Rev. Mr.. Truax.
of the Illinois Sunday School Mis-
sionary Society, Rev. Joseph Brown,
of Terre Haute, who spoke on the
method of organizing County Associ-s
atoms, and Mr.. r. G. Pardee, of New
York, in continuance of his Institute
exercise.
The exercises of Thursday were
quite interesting and instructive. The
first half hour of each session was
devoted to devotional exercises. The
morning session two hours to bust
ness, reports from Committees, the
selection of the place OF holding the
next Convention, consideration of
motions, resolutions, &C. The last
hnnr of the morning session was ia ken