Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-20
SaLtaih School Convention Oh the VI. e,
shuFrh south

Especial Correspondence Of he StarI
BALTINOKE, Oc,. l., Iets.-A large uumher
OF the del' ;ss ., this Convention met to- iy
AT I-Ei!5 CDuTcn, corner of Madison ayau a.
ana tston StTs els, AT 5 O'Clock when the O a =
ytntlcn was organized with Br. WiIIiarlS
President, IN the cnAir, AID Mr. Llpscomb
Secretary.
A committee Of seven was sppoiuted Tn Dr. =
pare work Tor the Con vent:on. which will re-
AS emnle tor IL legitimate work on MonGav
morning at O'CLOCK. at Trinity Church One
of the questions % Oe cons idered is the reIat
OF children tha- arr baptised but have not pro-
IFsseG CONVERSION to the church: and what
course OF action should the church pursue to
more efectHaIly continue the sacred influences
corr m.ncsd ia the Sabb1th Schools. This will
Dr. all the absorbing topic for discussion, ana
a. u involves necessarily sonr Of the most deli.
cate que stsnS and some Of The most vital m
tsresi OF MeIhodism, pTohtable debate is
anticipated.
1t being Saturday evening no further busi-
ness was done BY the Convention, and the dele
gates repaired 10 The respectve HOUSES prO-
NtGfd for them among the Members of the
church ID this city. ana If the provision made
Tor your CORE. pendent be not an exception
they all Jared well, and are PREPARED 10 pIruci-
pate an the eNeIcIses OF the SaDoIth with A hiyh
aPpreoIatIOn OF the love and christian fellow
ship Of the bTO-hers OF Baltimore.
SERdGy Trcnj.g.-ThIs morning here Were
exercises In all q tn Sunday School, ana
churches under the jurisdiction of our Confer
ence, appTOprl2fe 10 the occasion. Bat As W.
could only attend one (Trinity). we can only
speak of what occurred there.
That live and earnest sabbath School MN.
known 20 many OF your readers. 7. J. MaSru-
der, who Is now Superintendent OF Trlniry
Sunday School. varied the exercises BY dis
pens nc with the usual forms aud calling on
The visiting delegates Tor encouraging remarks.
" hich proved ext" rdingly interesting.
At 81 O'Clock. REN. J. A. Duncan, ID. ID Pres
ldent of Randolph Macon College delivered Il
most impressive scOUrse rom th- "a verse OF
the 2d chapter of the I'd epIstie of Paul 20 Tim
othy-"And the things IoU hast heard Of me
among manywiJnesses, the same commit tnOu 20
faith fui men who shall be abb 10 teach Others"
Mr.. Duncan sustained the well earned repu-
IatlCn OF one o. the most eloquent men Of the
pulpit IN America. The character of The
teacher. h. SAID, s.was the essential element OF
sLccsss. and a. he developed the subject as
suggested 10 his own mind, kept the attention
OF 4 very large audience, many OF them chill
dren, undivided for one hour and ten minutes.
oy his btaui ,fnl delIaeatIons and the power OF
has eloqUence.
The choir iscouTsed Delightful music. the
leading female voice being d Miss DanIal
daughter o. Prof. Daniel OF your city. The
pIeees selected, .slTesh 1.aursls for the Sunday
school s-WIn the Angels come TO meet me- =
and Songs Of Tho Il lutiful," We're very ap-
propriaJe 10 the Ccc9sion-
There was 4 very large gathering OF the Sun
day school at three o'clock, which was ad-
dressed by the pastor OF TTInity Chnrch. and
by several delegates. among them a delegate
from your city. Although the exercise have
been very animated, and have served 10 cheer
and encourage the working men IN the Sunday
scaool cause.
In addition TO the meeting OF the Con yentiOu
NJ nine O'Clock o. morrow morning, thsre VIII
be grand mass meeting VI the SIbblth schools
IN this city ~ ConcOrdia Hall, at tnrCe O'Clock
IN the evening. Should ANYTHING oc cur of n
tsTest, Won shall again hear from DEL"