Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-04
The AIi~gAny Csanty s""-
mmx Neh~~i { eHvenliSn assembled

Rev Ii. A SMELLY, superintendent
MARYLAND Sunday School Union, called the
meeting to order and suggested the names
of Rev. ID. l.. MACKENZIE for Temporary
Chairman, and X. r. SANNER, ESD, Secre-
tary.
The choir and audience joined in singing
Even Ne" followed by prayer 10y Rev. l..
T. WIDERMAN.
On motion of Rev. Mr.. SMELTz com
mittee of four was appointed on permanent
organization, viz . Rev. l.. 7. WmERMAN,
Rev L. W HAM.uP, VIM. STAPLES, Esq,
and Dr. w. H. RAvENscRArT
During the retirement of the Committee
the Choir sang Nearer my God to thee
The Committee made the following re
port, which was adopted
L.R FECHTIG of Cumberland, President.
Mcssrs. DOUGLAS PERCY, DR., J. T GETz-
ENDANNER, DR. w. ii. RAvENsCRAFT,
THOMAS HILL. john WEGc ANT, AL ofFrost-
burg, Vice Presidents.
Mcssrs r. r. SANNER aud JNo c. WEIs,
of Frostburg, Secretaries.
his committee TeCOullHcuucu W. aug
ton the programme made out by Rev hr.
SMELTz, which was also aCceded to.
Brief remarks with reference to the work
before the Convention were then made by
NJ, ssrs. SMELrz, NJ cKENzIE and the Pres
ident, after which Convention adjourned
until Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock
Ncslmerttny.- MoRNISG Session,
| Exercises commenced in the Lutheran
| Church with singing
| Come Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove etc.
/ Prayer WAS offered by Rev Mr.. READ,
/ of Eckhart.
stand up for Jesus was next sung.
The question How to secure sufit-
cient number of efficient teachers '-elicited
a lengthy and animated discussion, winch
was participated in by Rev. Messrs. SMELrz
and GILBERT, Of Baltimore Mr.. CouRTE-
NAY, of Cumberhnd; Mr.. BLACK, OF Lon
aconing: Mr. EDWARDS, of New Creek
Rev. Mcssrs. MAckESzIE, Run, and WI
DERMAN, of Frostburg, and Messrs. FECH-
TIC, of Cumberland and PERCY, of Frost
burg.
Several conclusive responses were offer
cd-the one by Rev Mr. WIDERMAS, evil
IDENTIFY the most favored, viz: pray We
| the Lord of the harvest to send forth more
| laborers into His vineyard.
Adjourned to meet at the NJ. +. Church
! in
SESSION Al 2.3O, Y. N.
The hymn
! IAN hail the power of Jesus name
Was sung as an Introductory to this scs
sion, followed by prayer by Rev. A. NJ,
! CoURTENAy
! Take the name Of Jesus with YOU
Was next given, after which Rev Mr.. Gu
BERT delivered an admirable address to the
children, illustrating from Il brick he held
in his hand their proper work and office in
/ life
/ Succeeding the hymn
/ We praise thee q God
Interesting addresses were also delivered
by Rev. Mcssrs. READ, Of Eckhart, and
RICHARDSON, of Homecoming.
/ An amusing catch WAS made by the or
/ ganist, Prot SANDERS, of Baltimore, in the
| song
/ Il must not work on Sunday,
For that would be Il sin;
But can work on Monday, Tuesday, etc,
Till Sunday comes again
/ Instead of work the variations of play"
and fish were substituted with propriety.
/ The fun occurred when the song, having
reached an animated stage, the organist in
( troduced the word "stcnf' 10 continue the
variations. All went smoothly-the child
rem ran along with the air, but the senti-
ment began to jar when they reached
/ But can steal on Monday, etc
! The joke on the little ones occasioncd much
| merriment.
Adjourned with bcnedicton by Rev Mr.
BLACK to meet at II, p m.
EVENING SESSION.
The Sunday School hymn "Toiiing On"
was sung by the audience as Introductory
to the closing exercises of the Convention.
| Rev. Mr.. MACKENZIE addressed the
Throne of Grace tor q blessing upon the
labors of the Convention.
sabbath Home" was next given, after
which the Chairman introduced Rev Mr..
| GILBERT, of Baltimore, who addressed the
meeting, taking as his theme the subject
Sowing This address was rep!ete with
instructive hints to teachers and parents
upon the importance of their work and
responsibility.
The following was read by Mr. SMELTz
and adopted as the Constitution of the
| Association
l. This Association shall bc known rs
| the Allegany County Sunday School Asso-
citation auxiliary to the Maryland Sunday
School Union
ii. The object of this Association shall
be to improve the religious culture OF the
youth of our County.
Ill The Officers of this Association shall
consist of one President, four Vice Presi-
dents from each Convention District and
Recording Secretary.
". The meetings of the Association
shall consist Of one County Convention
and as many District Conventions as may
be deemed practicable annually.
v The President and Vice Presidents
of this Association and the State Superin-
tcndent of the Maryland Sunday School
Union shall compose the Executive Com
mittee and fix the time tor all conventions.