Smyrna times., 1870-11-23

en"ma @ S m soi or s in an any ny" wa" IN
Boy lie tn rrrlrd earlv ai,rs in Nrth".
d'an ~ the Peninsula, and /" The death OF Dr. Quslry
Al Evangelical ministers of the town of
| HnIYrn9 were invited 10 participate IN the rro
reedlr"S nt the Convention. A con- nittee va =
appointed to prepare aud report 20 this body
suitable minute Of the death OF Dr. Ou;uIey
AdJ"un'd d at 5 clock, and AT !, p. ~, the
church Wa clowded with IA congrrgaiion as
Stmllcd 10 participate in grne"aI love tna.t.
WhIch, under tho >hliIuI management OF Rev.
y. u. Gurus, was great OCCASION
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Alter the devolinnal exercises the question
on the programme was taken up:
The VI. f.. Church on the Peninsula. its ae
tive and relative growth, and its present po>j-
ion un the Peninsula Paper read hv REV
d. Is. QuIgg chairman 81 the committee, pre-
>'ntlng many interesting facts, from which we
make the following selection
The Centenary WESLEYAN Ne hodi.,n was celebrated In
i ~ anu anu ~ IN enay OF A,is@n MethodiSm and
,,Ha !, II Mh pscu.ar prophet, thar W., en-
st s" +" , ,hg 'Sr yrs, T. VA psnea here places
"aJ al r" SH" a4d N k'nt county, Md, The house
i9Ed 2 e. anl The wo!r ground covered by preachers l."
@ eg'ch had ~ ere Struggle and dc.Inro both uatbrrs
tm.Y FIu il nH" IN" mInoeE W muIPI,d thlee
III church mo-, -urraglug L. -. the ,,e:ayp Of G crT
tnh!rl'n, va, q u. Ia 1853 II va, IL c":- mil
IA in', = trts mi !" The mrnb T increased value
sIs % la,% INA, = tF r Tire av.
H. 9T -a j. s4z'5; 30 ime Ths pnpGt.;lo Of the Peninsula
''Ihp 9" on" 'ub=r 10 every G Of the no.u'ao H. l,o
W. nav - charge IN ia" bus Conference wish s
mIn~"it - n"uh MI! r,-y urmb.~,hiq OF M
I, H. nm. W. "r'r comparative view lr chuclt~
E.,>c,,Ia4 % ylird "a !s. 'l'' - cHnfgh
T. tai 23 In wLal numnrrn " T. . :tcl., il NO." 7,.s
y p".!i !, nj oGGr 4r,3n.;is. ss4 S H.,
Nane average VII! s'e Us tc.eco -tting-.
nt're>ting remarks were made by Bros.
hrnney and Li4htbnurn.
a c"mmitt~e on publication Of proceedings
was ordered. consisting Of DR.. Collins, e. H.
/ B. Day and +. \. Ellis
! The second question, that Of Education. was
taken up and discussed in essays by hev. .Jno.
W son, President of Wesleyan College Rev.
! Z. +. Buoy and others
Each rS>ayl>t was requested to furnish a
copy OF The paper offered by hiu for pubIca
| ton.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
he Convention rcasSsmbled at , O'Clock,
Kev }. ID. Curtis pre- ,iilnr The opening
services were conducted Oy Rev. +. L. Tom-
kin>on
The subject assigned to the hour was then
taken up, viz, The working forces of th.
| Church. and very able essays were read BY
/ Rrv. W rsIey kenney, on " Denominationl
l,m; ty II. W. Draper E>q on the Lay
Lghthonrn, on Womans Work in the
! Church; the consideration of which occupied
| the remainder of the session.
The extra evening session was spent in the
consideration of the " RELATION Of the Church
to the Temperance Que>tinn' An able ESSAY
was read hy Rev. I. l.. pnulSon, which pre-
>entcd several radical re.olution< which were
discussed with great interest and ability, when,
after some modification, the following were
adopted BY the convention:
Nv %hrra @ The ,rrs 1 II snd a:s Of 'sohoie drink. Il
R',o,ed Thu" total abstinence from he manufacture sale
bee %In cir aui e"'s J. the only safe and 'eripturs
k,o"i Tint there "nRht y h' atemperance soce;, in
ear, rrj- % toIa ah>jincnGe. '''1'0 "
Of %6ch mrmS, % he harch s.eay a I'm ms
Ko TIst th He ehaIsh " .bos Ev. her symp., and
a.ria4cs to = np'E tenorrsnee 0sa1,'ionS and uncom
Re-, ,ei Tha, the trehc in nt"y beverages dis
Elective both By state aud
Na;lonR! "si>lauon
THURSDAY MORNING
After spending half ain hour in devotional
| services, Chancellor Bates called the conven,
riOn 10 order. The question on The relation of
the Church othe moral questions Of the dav
was then taken up, when Rev. T. +. McCoiiy
addressed the convection "n the " relation Of
the church to the Bible, and presented
series Of Resolutions which awakened cOnsd
era lie discussion, which was participated in
by Rev. DR.. Morseil, Of the T. f. Church,
whose Catholic spirit awakened the heartis>t
res pon>v from the Convention. See local
page The committee having in charge the
ject OF family religion al,o reported, by an
essay from Rev. T. Miller.
h., = 81 4 C,tl Il
then discussed in an essay by Ruv. H. Colea
Ter and the resolutions presented by him &C
cumed the attention of the convention Tor the
balance Of the morning.
AFTERNOON SESSION
At ., p. NJ, the convention re@s,embled
and took up for consideration the su6iSct of
publication of procte edngs, and received sub
Sc Iptnn tor shares. TnG following person,
were appointed Il committee t0 make arraugs-
mcnts Tor establishing first class toy : ac d..
my within the bound, of thl, couierrncc:--itcv ,
W. Keunry, W Uric, \. Rittrnhou>e, II. = !
Thompson, }. T. Cause, W. /. Ellis, j. Nal
liiHau, W. VI. Shakespeare. !
The subject Of family religion was then Ie
sumed, when DR.. w. T. Collins presented an
essay on tho question of " Fa>hion-lnc 'mpa
tibie with th, christian religion" The next
question considered WAS that nf the Sabbath
School, presented by j. Taylor Cause, chair
nIaH nt the committee. A paper was read hy
Rev. b +. Price, on the relation of the Sun
day School to the church aad the family. Rev.
j. f. Cymer TT, al an essay having for its
me = Methods OF destruction in the Sunday
School, which gave vidrnce OF very careful
preparation, aud must be regarded very
valuable PAPER. An essay on " Teachers
Meetings" earnestly urging their necessity,
" IS read by Rev. Il. F. Plummrr, and one on ;
= How to retain the older scholars" was read I
by W Jones, esq. The question Of country
Sabbath Schools, difficulties and demands, was |
hen discussed with much earnestness. l
Tne closing session of The Convention occur t
ed in the evening. when the church was crowd q
] e