Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-08-20

The State Sunday School Work
The Next State Sunday School |
Convention to be held at Newark |
June Sth 9th and 10th, 1875
Meeting of the Managers Tues
day--VariOus Matters.
We print below the proceedins of
the meeting of the Managers of the
Ohio State Sabbath school Union,
held in Springfield on Tuesday, Aug,
4th, as furnished by Robert Cowden,
of Gallon, the Corresponding Secreta-
ry;
The executive Committee of the
Ohio State Sabbath School Union held
very pleasant session in the editorial
room of the Springfield REPUBLIC,
Springfield, on the afternoon and eve
ming of August 4th 1874,
Members present: VIM. Allison, of
Xenia, Chairman; Clifton NJ. Nichols,
of Springfield, Pres. Of Assn; VIM.
NJ Reid of Bucyrus, Treas. of Assn;
Rev. J. G. Fraser of Toledo; Rev. w.
McCaughey of Greenville and Robt.
Cowden of Gallon, Cor. Sec. of Assn !;
to which was added Matthew Newkirk
of Newark, also present, Z.
Absent NJ. K. Marshall of Circle
vile, and Vincent A. Shankland, of
Bellevue, 2.
Matthew Newkirk, Esq, ofNeWark,
was present, bearing cordial invita-
ton on the part of the people of the
place to locate the next annual con-
vention in their city, to be held the
first full week in June, 1875, commen-
cling on Tuesday evening, June Sth,
and closing Thursday evening follow
ing.
The Committee promptly accepted
the invitation and elected Mr.. New
kirk a member of their body.
An excellect programme for that
Convention was wrought out in full de
tail, with selection of names of leading
speakers, and the whole committed tC
the hands of the Corresponding Secre
tary The following is the outline
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
|. Who?
II. What?
IL. How?
l. Who shall be in the Sabbatl
/ School?
| l. How shall We get the children?
, ,. How shall we get the young peo
t pie?
| 3. How shall we get the parents
4. How shall we get the neglecte,
e classes
l II. What shall be done in the Sab
bath school?
, l. Sabbath school appliances.
= A. Sabbath school literature.
B. Sabbath school music
Z. Sabbath school entertainments
/ 2. The word of God.
e A. The word Taught.
I B. The word understood.
r &. The word spiritually apprehenl
e ed.
d III. How shall Sabbath Scool wor
h be done?
5 l. Sabbath School Workers.
S A. The efficient Sabbath Schot
e Superintendent
# B. The Prepared and Instruete
s S. S. Teacher
t c. Woman's Help in the Sabbat
: School
d 2. The Public Service and the Sabba
t. School.
h A. The Congregation in the Saba
le School.
is B. The Sabbath School in the Co
D. gregation.
1t c. Everybody in Both,
IN 3. The School Itself.
* A. The Infant Glass.
to B. The Bible Class
re G. The Mission School.
IS d. Improvements in our Sabftu
I'd School System.
o. The whole to conclude with a ma
it meeting of Sabbath Schools.
E. No choice of chorister for the co
ne vention was made. The preparati
S. of statistical blanks was placed in t
ld hands OF the Corresponding Secreta
h. as a sub committee The ChairmaA
nd the Committee was authorized to e.
so ploy a Financial Agent at discretio
We Adjourned at l0.45 p. m.
he r. C0wDEN, Cor Sec
n Note No such large, harmonic
k and really profitable session of an +
ecutiye Committee have we ever h
is in the State since my connection W
lis the work SEC