The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-20

various railroads In Oni Stale that have kindly
accommodated ils members by conveying
them to and from thei: place of meeting for
one fare.
The convention also unanimously adopted
the following preambleand resolutions:
Whereas, It was the mournful privilege of
| the members of this convention TO attend,
| during its session, the iIneral services OF the
| beloved wife OF Samuel 4. Nelson, ESQ.,, chair
man OF the general co1mlttee Of arrange.
mpnis; therefore, be 1t
Resolved That Wa hereby express sympathy
With our es eemed brothr In the poignancy
| OF his grief, at The deah Of his pious WIFI,
and tnaI We invoke 10 hs behalf the support
and comfort of Almighty God, under whose
| sanotfed chastenlng ne has become q child
IF sorrow. but ''nbt without hope.n
| Resolved. That the secretary be instructed
| to send copy uf this preamble and resolution
| to the berrayed family.
The queries taken fIom the question box
| were next read 10 the convention, and various
and Instructive answers elected.
President Carlisle then announced that the
convention would stand dissolved after the
singing uf the long metro duxology aud the
prOnouncing ol the beledicLlUn by Rev. DR..
Tnos. Smythe.
AFTERNOON EXERCISES.
At half-past four P. n, promptly and stimuli
taneously in the new German Church, the
Citadel Square Baptist and the Second Presby-
terlan, brgan the interesting exercises an
nonnced for the afternoon, In which the chill.
dren of all the Charleston Sunday-schools
represented 10 the convention took part. These
exercises consisted of singing by the children,
and addresses made to them by members OF
the State sunday-school Convention.
In the Citadel Square Baptist Church the
proceedings were conducted by the Rev. ]. W.
Kelly. An eloquent address to the large au-
dience Of Sunday school pupils and teachers
was delivered by ]. NJ. Johnson, Esq, Of Ma
rIon. He spoke in most happy atyle, and fixed
the close attention Of the children during his
able address. Alter the singing of beautiful
hymn by the schools, Rev. I. 8. X. Legare was
introduced. With his peculiar fitness for such
occasions, Mr.. Legare was enabled to make
most eloquent and effective appeal to bis at
tentlve audience. Another hymn was sung,
and tho Rev. A. R. Kennedy was announced
as the next speaker. Hespoke earnestly and
with great force, and succeeded In making q
deep impression upon bis youthful hearers.
The children then marched out whilst sing
Ing the last hymn, and aled their way to the
green In front of the Second Presbyterian
Church.
In the new German Church on King street
The exercises were of a most interesting na-
lure. Rev C. E. Chichester presided, and el-
oquent addresses were delivered by Professor
James H. Carlisle, J. Adger Smythe, Esq,
Rev. L. Muller lin Germany and W. L De Pass,
Esq
In the Second Presbyterian Church, large
gathering OF children and teachers also took
place. The services we're conducted by Rev.
F. Il. Legare, and most appropriate addresses
were delivered by Rev. W. P. Jacobs, Rev. g..
". Hicks, Rev. I. H. G. Mckinney and Rev.
W. D. Kirkland.
At six o'clock precisely, the two long lines
of children and teachers took up their march
towards the Second Presbyterian Church-the
one nssslno enrnoo tho GI,eitei ureou i'oiI tue
new German Church, the other up Meeting
street from The Citadel Square Baptist Church.
On the arrival of the two bodies on the mall
iu front of the church, they Joined the schools
there gathered, and the hymn Coronation
was sung with fine effect by the entire multi
tude
Professor J. Il. Carlisle, as president OF the
convention, then made few appropriate re-
marks, and stated that, at the close of these
exercises, the South Carolina sunday-School
Convention would stand dissolved.
The whole audience then Joined In singing
"shall We Gather at the River," and, on the
conclusion of the slngl, e, q final tenedlction
was pronounced by Rev. DR.. smyLhe, after
which The vast aasemblage dispersed.