The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-24
/ SABBATH SCHOOL CONVENT on
THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
&. na..nree'lns OF the chiiaren.

assembled ats o'oiockgesterday morn
ing agreeably to notice. The opening
and devotional exercises were con
Quoted by Rev, J. W. Julian.
va AT the close Of the half hour prayer
meeting, the President, DR.. Gillett,
Presumed the Chair, and the Secretary
| proceeded to read the minutes of pre-
vious meetings, which being read were
adopted.
The Convention, led by Mr.. c. @.
Genung, then Joined in singing,
.'The world is my parish"
Rev. l.. NJ. Walters then proceeded
| to read an Essay on Mission Sunday
| Schools, which was well received, re-
plete with interest, and In which he
/ spoke freely of the organization of
Union Sunday Schools, not favoring
the organization Of such, but insisted
that suchscheols, subject to no creed
| and under the control of no church,
were not likely to succeed so we'll as
those under the control of some
church organization.
The hymn commencing
Home Of the Soul, gEH - (, y
was then sung, after which Mr..
John f. Glover read an Essay on
| Mission Sabbath Schools. He trav-
eled over the whole ground intended
to be covered By the subject, and
drew largely from his own experience
as Sabbath School Superintendent,
having been long engaged in conduct
ing a Mission School The ESSAY was
read with enthusiasm It. is well
known that Mr. q. is a faithful
worker in the Mission School
cause, and very naturally he is
quite enthusiastic In speaking of
the work ia which he is Eengaged.
When he had concluded his essay,
he proceeded to speak of the lack of
interest that MethOdists appeared to
feel in the organization Of mission
schools, and, IN a very pleasant man
ner referred to. the factthaa RevlGe6.
+. Pentecost, pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church, had established a mission
school 10 the upper part of the city.
Had the MethOdists been as progress
sive as they ought to have been, sew
eral mission schools, In the outskirts
of the city, might have been establish
ed, and a great work accomplished
He commended the example of Rev
Mr.. Pentecost, and argued that it was
worthy of imitation. He also referred
to a Mission Sunday School estab-
/ lished under the direction and con
troll of The Ingle Street Church, aud
spoke fatteringly of its prospects.
Rev-B F. Rawlius then presented
Rev w. III McCarer, formerly pastor
of the Walnut Street Presbyterian
| Church=of this citys-Wh0 was intro
dueed to the Convention by the Presi
dent, aud invited to participate il the
The Congontion then Joined in
singing 81 -
IL yOuseannOt Onzthe can,
sail among the sWiftest heet.@
| - The ORGANIZATION and government
of Sabbath Schools, being In theregU-
lar order of business, was announced
by the President. Mr. r. Nj afrott,
| Superintendent of Sabbath School
at Patok a, was called-out, but did no
more than excuse himself.
Mr.. +. VI. Thayer then moved 10
/ suspend the regular order of business,
/ and to take up the programme for the
next Convention. The motion was
/ lost.
Rev. b F. Rawlins then proceeded
I to make some remarks on the duty of
/ all MethOdists to use their influence
in establishing Mission Sabbath
4 Schools. They should be established
/ whenever and wherever a sufficient
number Of children could be'coffected
For that purpose. 1t ought5to be the
aim to make the whole world a Sab
bath School. He then presented
some resolutions, which he gave no.
| tlce he would call up at another time
At the suggestion of DR. Rucker,
| Mr. George w. Glover, a Sabbath
School Superintendent gat Washing
| ton, Ind, was called out Mr.. Glover
said that he was not 4 speaker, that he
had not visited the, Uonveution to
/ speak, bpb-tO hear and learn new
ideas regarding a work IN which be
felt the greatest intele est. He pro-
ceeded to speak of. the manner ia
which the Sunday School under his
charge was conducted, aud spoke in
strong terms in favor of the use Of
the Catechism in schools He re-
garded It's use AS ALMOST OF parameuu t
Importance at all events IL was one of
the most valuable auxiliaries to the
success Of the schools Ia a word,
he regarded the Catechism as the es
sence Of the Bible
Rev J. J Stallarl asked the speak
er, Do your children remain for
preaching? -. III lsa
Mr.. g. responded that many of
them did, but they did not generally
remain FOR that service, though 1t was