The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-27
Sunday school Convention.

n speakers nameS was auOpJSO W
the Convention at its last session. and
the Committee was directed to fllthe
blanks and report through the press:
PROGRAMME.
FTR8F DA p Tuesday.
SESSION.
INSTRUMENTATION. gsT
i. Religious Success; 30 minutes.
2. Reception of Credentials.
g. Annual election of officers by
ballot. a plurality electing.
4. Miscellaneous Business.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
2:00-Address. on behalf of the
people of Washington. A "
2:30-What is most essential in
Sabbath School instruction to secure
the conversion of the children?
Essay or lecture.) Rev. VIII. Grim,
Indianapolis District.
3:00EMusie.
3:10-Institute Exercise. Second
chapter of Matthew. Pref. o.. IL.
Smith, Rockport District. ci1 0
3:50-Institute Exercise. Day of
Pentecost; j. Ill. Clippinger, j. j..
Hight, Alternate. New Albany Dis
triet.
4:20-Miscellaneous
EVENING SESSION.
7:30-Relation of our Sabbath
Schools to the missionary work of the
Church. Essay or lecture.) Ct. p.
Huckeby, New Albany District; thirty
minutes. .s
SECOND DA 2 (WednesdGV.l
MORNING SESSION. -df 10
8:30-Openipg exercises q tas
9:00-Address to the delegates. A
Poem. Mrs. Anna Poacher. =
9:30-Music.
9:40-Institute exercise: Parable
Of the Sewer; A. Turner, Spencer
District.
10:10-Music.
10:20-Five minute speeches.
Topic: Is not the topical better than
the chronological order in the selec-
ton of lessons2
II Observation-Disclosures.
AFTERNOON SESSION. lfJ Ga
2:00-Opening exercises.
2:30-How can we best secure COM
petent and faithful teachers? Essay
OF lecture). S. Bowers, Vincennes
| District.
3:O0-Music. = uNz
3:10-Institute exercise: Marriage
at Cana of Galilee. w. w. May.
Mitchell District.
3:4O-Music.
3:50-Five-m minute speeches. Topic:
Sunday School Music.
observation-disclosures
vENIN SESSION.
7:30-The importance of Sunday
Schools to the safety aud prosperity
I'll. Hays, Evansville District, thirty
minutes.
THTRD d 4 Y-(Thursday).
N SESSION..
9:30-Opening exercises. ls e9f
9:00-Organization and government
o fSunday Schools. Essay or lecture)
w. p. Armstrong, Mitchell Dis
trict. MG $3.50 81
9:30-Music.
9:40-Institute exercise: Sacred
Geography-R. Andrus, Evansville
District.
1910 - Institute exercise: Cate
chetical Instruction-H. R. Naylor,
Indianapolis District. u
10:40-Music.
10:50-Duties and responsibilities of
Sunday School Committees. Essay
or Lecture, j. H. Ketchum, Spencer
District. ial
IL :20-Miscelianeous. ~
AFTERNOON SESSION.
2:00-Mass Meeting for the child
rem. First, Sermon to the children,
w. M. Earring, Rockport District.
Second, Five-minute speeches; one
from each District, interspersed with
music. j. j.. Hight, G. w. Telle, r.
Walker, S. Il. Binkley. .neEIR8iE (.
EVENING SESSION.
7:O0-Sunday School class meeting.
HAYDEN HAYS, Chm.
w. w. MAY, Sec. b.
A CONVENTION of Presbyterians of
the Old and New Schools was in ses-
sion in Cincinnati three or four DAYS
last week. The large Church. corner
Main end Fourth Streets, was filed
from the first with representatives
from most of the prominent cities in
Ohio, Indiana, and portions of Ken
lucky. The topics discussed were,
The Prayer Meeting-hoW shall it be
made more interesting and profitable
The Kind of Preaching we Need
The Work of Laymen in its Relation
to the W ork of the Ministry, and the
Best Methods of Directing 1t
Woman's Place and Work in the
Church; The Need of a General Re.
vival of Religion, and the Hindrances
Thereto; How Christian Benefcence
shall be Developed; How to Reach
the Masses, and Our Duty to the
Sabbath School. An hour and hall
vas given to each topic, the same
being introduced In a ten or fifteen
minute address by a minister or lay.
man previously appointed and an.
nounced. Singing and praying of an
earnest and devotional type was inter.
spersed throughout the discussions
SUNDAY SoHooLs AND CRIME.-
Rev. A. u. Byers, Chaplain of the
Ohio Penitentiary, has recently rem
dered a statistical report, which goe.
to show that a very few of the regulo.
attendants of our Sunday Schools are
found in houses of reform and pris
ons. We quote the following: 20
the 374 convicts received in 1868, 8:
ran away from home before they wer,
81 years old; 81 left home before 2
years of age with the consent of thei
parents, and 80 never had homes; 5 at
tended Sabbath School regularly unit
Is years old; $50 attended irrequLarlv
and 129 never attended; 131 were tenn
perate men los Incorporate, and ID
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