, 1874-09-23

10 jhn itiycua ri tiin cy urging upon them tho ritat
cccss!sy u tnne icasroa to inercaao lilo sotec1oh
sPs@,lrei, THAT thH uo,nn,i'tco request Tho Tira
Atnraai 10 test o water.a!y a. er"ns s"1 's sra,a ~
Of ,yatpr tho p!ur1uyu will a'ntan Ut my one point.
Tho Committee titon alI lIouflscl.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Tho Presbyterian Sabbath School Association
of Chicago hold thnir adjourned annual meeting
last oyoniug III tho chapel Of tho Third rrosby-
tcrlau Church at tho corner Of Carpenter and
Washington atroots. Tho Association waB called
to ordor by their President, William i. Jncobu.
After devotional services, tho lsoy. ]. II. Wnllcr,
1lcuorling Secretary. briefly stated llo record Of
tho preceding meetings.
THE sEonErAnr'a REPORT.
The Corresponding Secretary, L. rnyBon por
icr, submitted his statistical report. Tho report
showed tint that tho total n,,mbor Of schools in
tho prosbntory was Is, with n total membership
Of 0.7G7. I'hcso woro disidod according 10
counties, Rs 'folows: City Of Chicago,
81 schools, 81 oA'cors, $50 teachers,
5000 scholars, total Gall; Cook County,
II schools, d5 oilscote tJ3 tcacers 1,7o4 eclaol,
ars total. 1,o62; La1o Comfy, schools, ao
ofccsa. St tcacslors, a75 aollonrs, total, 6l0 !;
Will County, sctoola, IL officers, DO toachorB,
470 schulars, total, 520; Knnlnkoo County, D
nciools, o!lioorp, a oaclors, 3Go scholars. TO-
tai, SD. rio tuta1 inGroaso OF noInberHliE,
siuco 1869 wns 1,36a .memboru. Tho
total ayorago attendance during tho year
waa 7,c0D. THO number Of uc!ools holding
tcnchors' lnectinga was IS, holding tcnclors'
aud scholars devotional mcotings, 2l toacnofa
d1yotionnl mootings, D; childron'a devotional
meetings, 5 ,notlleru' devotional meetings, Z.
Tho number of acltoolu which have Kiyon ooll-
corts during tho yunr has boon 20. Tho number
Of sctoo!a using the International aericn was VI ;
l.. H.. II
in Sunday -sol,ool librarios, o.472. Mum.
,10l,7yl. -Four Of tlio schools lad
temperance organizations. md the number Of
temperance pledges taken by tho aellolara during
the yoar was 12I. Thu totai number Of Sunday
school scholars received into tho clls,rch ainco
tho tro was 235. The number Of indust1ia! mig
Blons connected with the Sanday- -schno]B was g.
Mlth regard to tho hour Of ol'enlng, tho iavorlto
hours III lio oty ,Sero ha!f-past atlti o'clock,
wliilo III tho country midday was preferred. Tho
lnlsKth Of BcaAion ynrcl from ono hour to QUO
hour and half. Tho fayurlte length Of timo
devoted to tho losson was tllrty miuntes, twcuty-
two of tho Sununy-ecllooln aerotiuE TINT louBtll
Of tinlo, soyon giving tho oHBon forty minutes,
tl,rco giving it torty-llyo minutes, two giving 1t
twonty-iivo minutes, mud two giving it twenty
,nuutcg. Tic total amount OF benevolent ard
missionary contributions by tho Sunday schools
during. tho yoar was s1o,5i717, Of moneys OF
portles1 in running tho Sunday schools sg l40OJ.
! With this report tho Secretary exhibited Stato
mai, Of t,o Illinois Sabbath School Association.
marking out proportionntoy territory organized
| ns reported by tho prcabytoryt giving bird'h
oyo WOW Of I'LL Sunday-scloo!s Of all Asaocia-
t!ons, 10 lat comparisons could ba malo Of tho
| IrosbytorY'a work, with tint Of othorn. Tho
work Of tho Association OF Chicago compared
! fayo,ably with that Of other associations. :
| After tho statistical report was disposed Of,
| the President announced tho next business II,
urlcr was tho election Of officers for tue onst,-
ing year. -.
motion WIS carried, t.at coulnllttos Of throo be
appointed 10 holcct tho officers for tho Assoela-
| ton. The nosu. Walkor,. Uu1scE, md Ger.
lIrown wero appointed such committee, and rc-
| tired III order to ulnkD tho aolcction.
| Whilo tho Committee wcro ont,
| THE HEY. MH. rEoNrHOS. ..
addressed tho mootng intorsperalng his rcsnnrka
| with several very humorous anecdotes itl,lHtra'
two OF how slso .A1Aocinton 'sntl worked, md to
how It should work. Tho reverend Eontlomnn'a
| renarks wcro received With evident pleasure BY
| Ills hearers. Other gentlemen followed Mr.
| Thompson among whom was tho 1eoy. J. Monrc
Giusoi, vino it w.B announced in the pro.
| gtantmo would deliver Tho address. Mr.. Gibson
| informed his friends that had llo known
his na,uo wns published In that .capaoi.
ty ho nhoull certainly have prepared
! hituaoi. Notwithstanding this, Mr. Gibson yuc
cocilod admirably III entertaining his listeners
with hiB remarks. Mr. GibBon Tas followed by
tho President.
| ELECTION OF OTElcEn5.
| At tho cloeo Of his ronlarke. The Committee or
! Selection Of OtficorB made their report, ls fol
lows; President, William D. jacobs Viec-prcsi
dents, tho 1sDy +. Aonro uibson, tho Toy. 9. L
Thompson. tho Rov. L. II. Davis. the ReY. U. D
| Guiicl, ]. Y. Farwoll aud J. N. Dnrkor; IecorQ
iug Secretary, thu Iey. D. f. Covert; Corro
spending Secretary, Gcn. Brown; Trcasuror, ]
Z. Fay.
| When tic na1no Of Mr. Thompson waa al1.
nouuccd, that gentleman remarked that ho nc
copied tho pouition as a compliment to li.
church, which, thongh at dRtanco Of Q or
| miles, Lad sent lnrgor representation than any
! other.
After rnt,fying tho selection Of tho Committee
and suggesting that tho olllcora oioct hold I
meeting as aoo1 an possible, tho Association, OF
! motion, adjonncd.