The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-18
THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL ARMY
4IRD Day OF THE STATE CON-
.s YENTION.


sSTHIRD Day OF THE STATE CON-
s.ss TENIIOM
2faternaI Greetings TO Virginia and
Eew Transformation and Progress OF
the Sunday-School Cause In Charles-
ton.
The State Sunday School Convention reas-
sembled yesterday morning, In Trinity Church,
and, after devotional exercises, which in
cluded prayers by Rev. Messrs. Mood and Bar
nard, the singing of two hymns and the read-
ing of the twelfth chapter of Eccleslastes,
President Carlisle called the convention to
order, and reqpes ed the additional delegates
who had arrived since the previous day to re-
port their names to the secretaries.
The special order for the morning hour was
then announced as the hearing of reports
from the Sunday y-schools 10 the various coun-
ties regarding the progress and condition OF
the work, and, upon the roll Of counties being
called, brief written or verbal reports were
made by the delegates, as follows: Abbeville
= LCsenty, Rev. Mr.. Wood; Anderson County, Mr..
VI. B. Towers; Barnwell County, Rev. Mr..
Bnist; Beaufort County, Mr.. Brelsnd.
The report from Charleston County was
samade by Rev. Mr.. W. q. Adams, and Is as fol-
lows:
The Sabbath.school may be styled the favor
ite institution Of Charleston. Its ever grow
ing interest requires 30 extraneous stimulus.
The church, the officers and teachers, are
hu
cooperation, In its Objects. Every Sunday
nearly TWENTY-FIVE hundred are gathered with
In its walls to impart or receive the lnstruc-
tfon which makes wise unto salvation. lis
superintendeDts are men specially endowed
by nature and Grace for their momentous call
Ing, and an able corps Of consecrated teachers
faithfully labor under their wise supervision.
AS the result, many dear children, each sacra-
mental seasoD, are gathered into the c0mmu-
MON of the church, hopefully converted.
Since the last convention, special attention
has been directed to the establishment OF mis-
sion Sabbath-schools, with gratifying results.
One of three of these offshoots IrQm one
stock rivals In numbers Its parent school, en-
bracing more than two hundred scholars.
Nor are the colored children unregarded In
this earnest work. One school of Two hum
dred colored members s Differed and taught
by white persons, whose labors are deeply ap-
preciated by that race.
The interest OF pastors is evinced by their
presence, during q portion ol the exercises,
generally, of each Sabbath. spirit OF beneh.
cence characterizes the several schools, and
In some Instances the children are organized
In societies tor doing good, at home or In for
eign lands, with marked success. For all
which there Is occasion for gratitude 10 the
great Head of the church.
Further reports were received, as follows
Chester County, Mr.. Buchanan; Chesterfield
County, General W. L. T. Prince; Clarendon
County, Mr.. J. B. Carragan; Colleton County,
Mr.. Clark; Darlington County, Mr.. J. W. Par
rot; Edgeleld County, Mr. Wright.
At this point the reception of reports was
interrupted BY the special order for half.past
lOA. NJ, which was the discussion of "The
benefit of pure sunday-school literature and
hymnology." The subject was introduced bya
carefully prepared essay BY Rev. Mr.. Buist.
Another essay on the same subject, by Mr.. j.
l.. B. Tennet, was read by Mr.. ]. NJ. Johnson,
one of the secretaries. Prof. Carlisle Impress
ed upon the convention the importance OF this
subject, and called atteHtIon especially to the
anaatioa of snuuc1ng pupils to promptly re-
turn books taken from the Sunday-school
library. He said that the Anglo-Saxon mind
of the nineteenth century seemed 10 consider
it an inalIenable right to keep borrowed
book as long as one pleases, but this feeling
caused serious difficulty in the way of keep
ing Sunday-school library together.
Rev. DR.. Whitefoord Smith, Captain De-
Pass, Mr.. Scott, from Rlchland, Rev. Mr..
Mood and Rev. DR.. Meynardie continued the
discussion, the latter urging that all such
books of an historical character as are filed
with mendaclous and Injurious epithets snd
innuendoes of political and partisan nature
If books are to be political at all, land 1t was
to be hoped that they should not be so,) let
them at .ecst be Southern In sentiment.
Rev. Mr.. Oliver offered the following reso-
LUTON:
Resolued, That it is the sense of this con,
vention that no book should be introduced
into Sunday school library which does not,
in some way or other, recommend the renglon
of Jesus.
This resolution was discussed at some length
by several Of the delegates. Rev. Mr.. Mood
said he could not vote for the resolution as 1t
stood. Mr.. Gilbert also opposed the resolu-
tion. Rev. Mr.. Jacobs said that he believed
In the sentiment of the resolu' IN, but coula
not vote for Its adoption, because he did not
.believe it was the prerogatlve of the conven-
zion to decide such points. The resolution
was finally Withdrawn by the mover.
On motion of the Rev. DR.. Meynardie, 1t was
resolved to send the following dispatch TO the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
now In session at Richmond, Va, and slmi-
lar dispatch to the General Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, now sitting at
Brooklyn: ,r
The South Carolina State Sunday.school
Convention, now In session In this city, TO
the General Assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church, at Richmod, Va, send greeting. God
speed the combined work OF feeding the
sheep and feeding the lambs. He Shall see
the travail of His soul and be satisfied.
[SIgned] j. d. CARLISLE, President.
WIN. G. POWER, Secretary.
After the singing Of another hymn the next