The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-21

bcCOUu ttshtOH OF THIS
body was held this morning In the Charles
street Methodist Episcopal church, aud was
called TO order by James N. Lester, temper
lry chairman. At nine o'clock devotional
exercises, conducted by DR.. Slicer, were en-
gagged In, and after half an hour thus en-
gagged the convention proceeded to Its regular
business.
The secretary read the list Of delegates,
after which Rev. Mr.. Dosh submitted rcso-
luton that the committee Of arrangements
appointed by the Conference Sunday School
Union be empowered to alter the rules
designated In the programme, subject to the
decision OF the convention. Adopted.
Mr.. Dosh moved that the names Of Rev.
Mr.. Westwood aud Rev. +. Z. Church be
added to the list of delegates. Adopted.
tee appointed on Tuesday hight for the pur-
pose OF nominating permanent officers for
the convention submitted the following eau
d dates: President, d. A. Burr, Washington;
Vice Presidents, DR.. Sllcer, g. W. Corner,
N. ]. B. Morgan, John q. Harkness, Wash.
lngton; G. NJ. Stocking, Georgetown. Sec
retaries, ]. II. @. Dosh, @. @. Baker, James
L. Emory, Samuel V. Leech. Treasurer,
James 8. Hagerty.
The nominations were confirmed by the
convention.
The address OF welcome was then dcllv-
cred by Rev. DR.. VIM. NJ. Eddy, pastor Of
the Charles street church.
The address was replied to by Rev. N.
J. B. Morgan, of Washington. lie said
that to Bishop Asbury was Methodism In.
debted for the first Sabbath school, the fret
In Baltimore being established In 1915. The
beginning was very small one, In an old
engine-house, where now stands the Hanover
Market. 1t witnessed the most signal tri.
umph and the work continued to enlarge.
The enlargement resulted In the building OF
Sunday school chapels, which became the
nuclei OF important stations. In looking
over the city we now find forty. three schools,
with LIES teachers and officers, and 0,806
students. In the bounds OF the conference
We now have 2lS schools, 4,72i officers and
teachers, and 27,699 scholars. This begin.
ming reminds us Of the vine which Joseph
transplanted from Egypt, which spread
throughout the land aud all the people were
Invited to partake OF the frnit. One thing
was remarkable, In proportion to the en-.
largement OF great work, do you find the
enthusiasm OF the people In support of It.
One sixth OF our actual membership are
practically engaged in carrying forward this
great work. II the hearty welcome given
US by DR.. Eddy Is correct this movement OF
the Church will operate the most powerful
tOostaths uPoh thocC Wuo VIII Ouc uhy tlkc
the places Of the men now In the Church.
or the converts this fall more than three
fourths had come up from the Sabbath
schools. This cause opens up the grandesi
possible field for the development OF the en-.
ergy and enterprise of the Church. In every
nook and corner Of our country the Sunday
school Is ut work, and 10 Germany, India
Greenland, China and elsewhere throughout
the Church is responding to the call OF OUT
Sayiour-"Suffer little children to come
unto Me-" We have come up with the de-
sire that you should take us by the hand and
help us to Pisgah, to stand by your side.
We thank you for your welcome and the
hearty manner in which 1t is expressed.
The country asks relief from au inconve.
nience In the supply Of books, and we sug.
gest that the convention take into consider.
alton the propriety of establishing some.
where in our bounds Sunday School aud
Tract Depository. We also ask for your
cooperation in establishing a uniform sys.
TEN Of guidance In our Sunday schools. lie
closed with returning thanks for the wei.
come extended.
The first question upon the list for discus.
sion, The Importance Of Sabbath schools
to the safety and prosperity Of our country"
was taken up.
Rev. J. P. Newman, of Washington, wa
the first speaker. He said that he supposed
this question had In view the religion:
rather than the political aspect. It seem.
proper that we should render thanks to Al
mighty God and congratulate ourselves that
we have country which to-day Is united
and over which the flag Of the country, tn,
flag we all love, is universally supreme. II,
spoke Of the condition Of the country as be
ing due to Christianity. The elements Of
liberty existed In the countries Of the past
Wa In. liza a..
tory OF the past proves that intelligence /.
not sufficient alone to preserve a nation
Lord Bacon said: SIN knowledge without
love there Is somewhat Of maIiguity." The
saying was true, and there was much In II
| to strike us. lie turned away from the
scholar who said that merely secular knowl
edge would secure the perpetuity OF nations
The intellect must be sanctlaed by q pure
religion. Nations had passed away in ODE
dence to the law that moral corruption
leads TO political ruin. Virtuous nations ar,
never destroyed. It was the absence OF per.
| sonal virtue and the presence OF national
vice that destroyed Rome, and the history o.
Greece was the same. We need the baptism
| OF the whole nation, from the President
down 70 the lowest citizen. We need bap
tlsm that will secure personal piety among
the masses. Youth Is the designated time
for conversion, and there Is none other deslg.
mated In the bible. He agreed with all that
had been said about the importance OF
gathering the children not only into the
sabbath schools, but into the Church, be.
cause youth was the time for the impressions
OF Christianity, and religion was the con
serving force Of youth.
The Influence should come from the family
and every one should be little church, an,
1t will be n sorry day for the Union whel
States shall follow the example Of Illinois Il
removing the sacredness from the duality O
marriage. He would have 1t In the law tina
the duality of marriage is sacred, and tina
polygamy Is crime against God and tn
law. He wished to see the time when tn
religion of God should be Numbered upo
every household, for there was the conser,
ing force Of the nation by reason OF our III
erty and our institutions. But America
households are not what they should be
American homes are nearly failure-hom
In the church entirely so. Household wol
ship Is the merest Formally, and the mex
agency to be resorted to Is the Sunday schoo
1t should be kept In mind that children com
into the Sunday school with the impression
OF the last Sunday worn of at home. lie
me impress 1t upon these ministers her
that the want of our country Is a sanctine
education. The Jesults In this country ar
laboring 10 exclude our Bible from the pub
| NV sNhSOio' puPPOaS thS1 DC sue
cessful, shall the children grow up wlthou
religious Instruction. believe that tn
greatest bar TO Jesuitism In this country |
our American Sunday school system. Ifw
all give our work and time TO this object
then, Indeed, shall the flag of this countr,
fly over 1t until its stripes shall be rolled to
gether in the fires of the last day. II
looked forward to the time when ther
should be universal convention Of sunda
School superlntendents. He should prefe
1t TO be held In Old Rome, on the banks @
the Tiber, when they should come from Al
over the world. Then, indeed, should tn
Sunday school be the Saviour Of the chill
dren, and the children the sayiours Of tn,
| world.
The President asked for something 10 b.
said upon the subject-"Shall VIC have tn
Bible In our Sunday schoolsl"
Rev. DR.. Ames spoke of the comparatly
duration of nations, citing the family a
being the great institution which acte,
upon their length. Where nations had last
ed many years, the family had always beer
the basis of government, and where the,
had been brief, each man had been set up a
his own God.
At IL o'clock the convention adjourned iii
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