Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-09
SUNDAY READING.
Hamblen County Sabbath Schools.
MoRR1srows. AnriI 4th. ISL

4 uofth1S1cMN, ApIll Atu; 1911.
| EDITORS CHRONICLE: The second regu-
lar meeting of the Hamblen County Sab
bath School Association occurred at Union
School House, near Wits foundry, on the
Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and Charles
ton Railroad, according TO appointment on
Saturday April lst. After the usual devo-
tional exercises an address of welcome was
read by Miss Caroline Snoddy, of Union
Sunday School, and responded to by Rev.
A. w. Wilson in a few well chosen re-
marks. After the reading and acceptance
of the minutes of the last meeting the dis
cussion of the question, what should be
School teacher was opened by j. &.
Hodges and continued by Mr.. Emory, Mr..
Wilson, w. ID. Smith, Mr.. Moser and Mr..
Summers, showing that nothing short of
the conversion of every scholar should be
aimed at. A committee on statistics was
| then appointed, and while the meeting
took a recess of thirty minutes to partake
Refreshments the committee received the
reports of schools.
On reasscmbling the committee read
their report, showing Is schools represent
ed or,,reported, with total of les officers
and teachers and SIS scholars. The re-
port also showed that while some schools
in the county had not yet recognized for
! the summer, and consequently were not
reported, still, more schools than usual had
continued through the winter. The next
question-'Can parents be consistent
christians while they neglect to accom-
| pany their childred to Sabbath School ?"
| was opened by Rev. A. w. Wilson, and
| continued by j. &. Hodges, Mr.. Emory,
Mr.. Moser, w. ID. Smith and Mr.. Sum-
nlers. The question being a close one, the
| remarks were very earnest and showed
some diversity of opinion. The question
| box' was next Investigated and proved
very interesting. The answer to the ques-
| tion-"How can we make teachers more
| regular in their attendance 2''I led to the
| adoption of the following resolution.
/ RcsoIred, That the secretaries of all the
| schools of this association be, and they are
4 hereby, instructed to keep a roll to be call
ed the roll of honor" upon which shall
be reported to this Association at each
quarterly meeting the names of all teach
/ ers who have missed no meeting OF the
| school during the quarter. s27F
| In order to have the basis Of voting bet
| ter understood, the words in the Constitli
| ton reading lone vote for every ten schol
ars, ~ was amended so as to read zone vote
| for every ten scholars in average attend
ance.n The call to the East Tennessee
| Sunday School Convention to be held at
Knoxville on the 10th and olst of April,
was then read, and four delegates appoint
| GU tOi tlO OOutttyr SCuOOt was AfsO
requested to send one delegate in atidi-
! ton.
An Executive Committee was then ap-
/ pointed to prepare business for the next
meeting, and the thanks of the Associa-
ton extended to the school at Union, for
their hospitality. The presence Of Rev. /.
Emory, the S. S. Missionary, was, as
usual, the means of adding materially 10
the interest of the meeting, aud after
short address by him the Convention adj
ljourned to meet at Beth Car, near Lead
1 vale, on the Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap
and Charleston Railroad, on the first Satur-
day in July. Though the day was uns
pleasant, the attendance was very good
house crowded and the interest and att
itention seemed unabated to the close of the
rather lengthy exercises, and tho Associa-
ton feel encouraged at the evident increas-
ing interest in the cause. The exercises
were interspersed with music from the
Happy Voices,'' the book used by the
Sunday School at that place. An extra
train was run for the accommodation of
those who attended the meeting. A 60
T. p. SUMMERS, President.
II s. B. CRowELL, Secretary - -