The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18
The Iowa Conference sabbath
School Convention. .,..., 81.
.v6a i WEDNESDAY, May 10, u
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The devotional exercises wcrc con
Quoted BY Rev. J. g. H. Armistcad. 3
"The 1nAueuce Of Sunday Schools
upon Social. and Public Morals" was
taken mp and discussed by Rev. r.
w. Evans, In his usual happy style.
TWAS moved by Rev. /. o. Kem-
BILE that committee be appointed to
prepare q Constitution fora Confer
ence Sunday School Institute.
Rev. I. o. Kemble, DR.. w. Burkit.
and Rev. T.. b. Corkhill, were sp
pointed HAid COMMITTEES. = liza ss
Then followed The Sunday School
Love Feast conducted W Bro. Mitch
ell. @{ VISA tgiNsfSgas5 sagt b sHlEIgl
The opeaing prayer was ofsered'by
Dr.. P0wefs.9 NFisi ~ tFs' '.4-t -sa 4.
]; Tho exercise consisted ia brief ex-
periences inregard to the influence
Of Sunday Schools. .sa7iaa aia.lj ~
e A special committee, consist ng Of
Rsya b. Mark, @. @. Mines, and e.
I. Briggs, nnade the followingreport,
which was adopted :'a sFalfsa Y n
WHEREAs, There seems to be 1
growing disposition upon tho part Of
oprs people 70 leave their children st
home when they attend worship.
Therefore, ss{ fiseaa.18f aaf4ei9 F,e-4
Resolued, That IL is the sense of
this Convention that our members be
urged to bring their infant children
to the holy sacrament or baptism;
and 90 far ~ practicable to bring ali
their children to the house Of wor-
ship constantly as soon as' they are
capable Of instruction. jasi5e
s Resolued, That il is considered TO
be no violation Of good order TO bring
infant children to church on all occa-
sions rather than that their parents
should stay away from public service.
The following resolutions we're also
adopted: 61a fa5s tsi4
ID view Of what has been aaid on
the various subjects that have been
before this Convention, be it resol.
we'd, adf casf d "a; its7 s ksgii
/. That the Sunday School is as
much part of the church as the
Prayer and Glass lneetings.s hse
2. That the Pastor has general
supervision Of the Sunday School, as
the Shepherd Of the flock. ~ 81
3. That the object of the Sunday
School is to lead souls to Christ, and
TO develop the mentsl and moral
character. as e,sgaDlfz 30 .gjf{
4. That the best means of obtain
ing this object is to bring into the
Sunday School work, intelligent and
holy mon. 9sst n 7Ts II
S. That the Sunday School is hav.
ing . powerful influence in moulding
the social, intellectual and moral con-
dition Of the Nation ihreszsq Afa
s.. That il isthe duty Of all chris
tians to support the Sunday School
cause with their money, presence, in
fuence and prayers. ao atsl AZ I.
O. G.. MILNEs
! fts A. S.-PRATHRR. X
On motion the Secretaries were
requested to furnish the proceedings
of the Convention to the Central
Christian, and Northwestern Chris.
tian Advocates for publication.
The following resolutions were
adopted. hao !! t'ls
Kesolved, That the thanks Of this
Convention are due and are hereby
tendered1D the citizens of this city
for the hospitable manncr in which
We have been entertained. = 'sI
Sd 6i5I 3dt 10 AS. PRATHER.
..s,aa d. g.. SMITH.
81 Res0lved, That the thanks of this
Convention are hereby rendered to
the sevsral Railroads. for their gem
erosity in conveying its menbers at
reduced rates. . W. TAcKABiRRY
.tS 3s1h A. s. PRArHER.
After the reading Of the minutes
the session adjourned with tho sing
ing Of the Doxology and Bencdic-
tion, By Rev: G. n. Power. ''@
.ntiT Wednesday evening II p. NJ, B
DIR. w. Burkitt in the chair. taa
Z The singing on this and other oc-
casions, conducted by the choir, was
excellent, and added much to the in
terest Of the OCCASIONS q 53iau 9.it
Prayer was offered by Rev: s. H.
Thomas, after which the question
for the evenin1 !, "Moral Culture Es-
sential to the Welfare OF Nations" |"
was taken up, and discussed by Rev. /.
]. w. McDonald. The mission Of
the Nation was to carry the greatest
possible good to all. 2 If the child
ever attained strength II must be by
Development. The moral nature was
the highest port of man. Itwas this
that enabled him to look heaven.
ward Crime would increase us
knowledge advances, unless we had
moral culture. II involved lovo Of
honesty, strict integrity, love Of tho
truth, love Of right, love Of all that
was refining. It WIS vain to appeal
TO Law merely. Moral culture was
necessary 70 the industry Of the ma
ton. Our bankers depended upon
moral security. The industry Of the
people was in proportion to their
neral culture. Our taxes were high
becanse the moral sentiment Of the
people was not sufficient to prevent
crime, Take the moral sentiment
out Of our jury men, and We had no
security. What securities had We
in .majorities !? Mono at ali only as
it was found in the moral sentiment.
ii was necessary 70 the perpetaity
OF the Government. The Govcrn-
ment was permanent only in proper
ton TO the moral sentiment. This
moral sentiment was necessary to
the accomplishment Of the Nations
work Of elevating Humanity. Every
government was held by . divine
power. The existence of . nation
depended upon its bong in harmony
With the divine purpose. Our only
security WAS in the moral sentiment
of the ination.,i asz
On motion ofW. Tacksberry, Bro.
Mcdonald was requested to furnish
q cory Of his address for publication
in tho Central Christian Advocate.
The Doxology was pronounced by
DIR. Power, aud the Convention ad-
journed sine die. m
a A. S. PRATHER,
.4s84 .Reporter.
Is An old negro woman, in account
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