The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-05-15

=, hfSlA NOCNTN SABBATH School
CoNNENTIoS,-The following report of tb.
proceedings OF the .ibove-named ccnventiorI
! Whlch assembled at this place on Wednes-
! DAY AFTERNOON and closed its sessions vester-
uaF Gihursday) evening at o'clock. has
oeeh hlhdiy furnished us by Mr. j. G. Mar
| TIN, Secretary OF the Association
The NTH annual convention of the Sabbo1b h
! SSGI9ol association OF Cambria county assem-
t niSu at me congregational church. in Ebcns-
y1uIE' on W ednCsiay afternoon, May 18th at
| ~ clock L. ". There WAS an unusIIgIIy Iar%e
aticndance,a special train from Johiistown n
having arrived here at p. NJ. bringing n large
delegation OF the active Sunday school work
eIs, immediately after which the convention
organized by elccting G. Il. Roberts. ESQ or
Eoenshurg, president -pr0 tenn, in the absence
pI tue president, a. y. Jones sickness in ami
:, iS,PrcNchting his attendance.
INC convention spent ten minutes in deyo-
uonn! exercises, concluding with a very i'm
pressiVc prayer 10y Rev. Fink. OF Jobnsiovn
moved from the State, J. G, Martin, of Fort
IIE'; Was Erected TO take his place, assisted by
A Hatch, of IuhnStOwn,
ihe reports from the Sunday schools of the
county represented being in order, they were
presented ana ordered to be prepared in y con-
densed tabular form, summary OF which we
propose to give in our future reports of the
The address OF welcome was made by Rev
Jones, of Ebcnsburg.
1he committee TO nominate officers for t;Is
SgIHsIitIg year We're elected as follows RCv.
fluk, DR.. Evans, w. W. Pike and ID NJ. PringIu.
The report OF the treasurer was read in regu-
lar order, followed by that OF tho Committee
on Entertainment,
ing. that very pleasant and entertaining part
OF the proceedings, was set apart for Thursday
AFTERNOON at p. NJ. The cOnN cnIiUu then sang
the hymn Stand up for Jesus"
At this stage Of the meeting the Rev. Alfred
Taylor, the veteran Sunday school wOrker.,tud
Tour years connected with the Sunday sch0u's
OF our State, came forward, and ia his rncst,
torcible and pleasant manner, introduced the
toIlowlng topics Tor discussion 10y the conveH-
tlOn: ist. The teachers interest in the Bible
I'd. What use shall we mako of the Bible His
humorous aRd instructive incidents, laughaO OIc
observations and comnents upon the various
ways IN which tho Bible is used in DIuces
ana homes, brought out animated discussion,
which was participated in by the Iicvs. Fink,
L.iIe, Lawrcnce and Sweency and a. A barker
eitef Mnlch recess OF ten minutes was grant
cd Tor the convention make the atcguuipr-
ahce 0i those III attendance ana to Interchange
greetings. Al the expiration OF the recess the
convention was again called to order, and Rev.
tiiich- Chairlnan OF the Committee ON NOui-
laIioi OF OlhctrS Tor the ensuing year report
cd as follows: President, Z. 7. Roberts Ebeus-
bury Wee PRESIDENT, q. ": Stutznun, Coop
tfsdaiei zd ' ice President, Wv i1ke. Johns
town; Secretary, J. Z. Martin, Portage; Cor
responding Secretary, &. y. kinkcsd, EOeus-
E.CccUtirs Committee Henry Walters, Will
more; T.. M. WolcslaSIe, W tlmore; n :, George,
SummerhIIi; Milton Jones, jackson; JOnu j.
Davis, Cambria Twp.
Ihc report of t!c committee was uuani-
mousIy accepted and the aboye-Etmcd gentle
men were declared liz t officers OF the assOcIa-
tl"n fer the ensuing year;
introduced by Itev. W. IL. SettieIneyer, Hf WIZ
more, he was followed 10y CIV. Stutzmau, J. c.
Martin, of Portage; Il. A. Hatch, Of johns
town, a. a. Barker, X. B. SinIUn and REV
Jones, OF lsbensburur The LDuI-ror ;t,ii,,urn-
meut liked by- the convention ) p NJ nae ing
arrIV cd, This Iu pOrtHuJ subject of 90 much ia
tcrcst To JhC successful " uTkIug OF our Sun
day schools WAS continued for tiI,. evening g.
SION, which was ANNOUNCED for ~ O'clock, un~
I'll hIch hour The COW cntion ADJOURNED.
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS SESSION
was opened at ~ O'Clock with the hymn,
10y Key. sweeney and the singing OF '' love
10 tell tnt uId, old story, after which Rev.
Alfred Taylor, oI New York. addressed the.
tsIc
uatOhdI or UNIFORM series OI Sabbath school
lessons, which hc commended very highly,
tev. Is. y. FINK, OF JUhusUOwn, followed ON
the same subject, and at the conclusion OF his
remarks Rev j. Is Edir smoke. for n few MN
uIcs on the question under discussion, the OBJ
JcCt of his remarks beng To- iuuucc tnust; VINO
we're opposed TO the - sttn 10 gIy,. Their views
thereon lie gauntlet thus thrown down WAS
taken up by McsScrS. W. ". Pike and X :
smith, tie first OF whom ol,icrt,I nrim,.,nIIix
10 the TACT That important parts or tu. s,i,.r,.i
scriptures entirely ignored bV the. IIni-
form lesson sy stem, anu the latter yeutIenItu
deemed IL not only UNIV Use, bur against tho
principles OF Bible liberty TO bc bound down
ny ANY fixed series OF questions and answers.
Mir Setticmeyur, or WII.uurC, on the contrary,
bore testimony to the great Interest That had
been awakened in the school under his cnurEe
Oy tue IciruducIIon OF the uniform lessons.
Itev. lay lor, on Invitation, again spoke IN iu-
Nor ot the system. after when au iutermI Issi9n
OF nVe minutes Tor Interchange Uf frIcuLIy
greetings was announced.
Al the conclusion OF the brief intcrmissirn,
" W praise thee, o! God, for the Law OF Tny
Love. was suhB alter which the Rev. lay
lOr opened the " Question Box " and prUCceucd
10 answer the several questions COIIalueu
therein. The same gcHtIeIudu subsequently,
discussed in a very Interesting and Instructive
manner the subject OF - Music. in schools and
lUWiilesr lhpfLssinS purIcuuriiy upon lis
hearers the HupOTtaIice OF cuuuCiaIIug dig
JIuCtiy the wUT.S OI the hymn sOUy while
singing. He also gave u praCu-ai Exercise IL
rising and singing.
Adjournment Ut 10 p. n. to meet at 9 p. II.
on Thursday morning.
THURSDAYS SESSION.
Want OF space prevents an extended report
of the second days prOcec dIngS. Rev. Tay IUr
IN opening Ihe discussion of - " hat to do with
puStUr,' related number OF amusing
aucCuateS, and the ensuing hour was spent in
proiCaDie ventilation OF the subject. A de-
tailed report Ol the condition OF the Sabbath
Schools showed them to be in Il prosperous
condition. though all the schools were.
heard from. Tine gratifying statement
the large numUCr-Oyrr Z-U-Of conversions
during Lnc year
Tue: question of Music ;" WIS rc-opcned and
discussed at length 10y Mcssrs. n. Hatch and
McFarrCu 3IId Rev. X, A. Fink.
Hon. A. a. Barker ana j. &. Martin were
elected delegates to the State Sunday school
COHN cutiOH ut scranton,
The Afternoon session opened with the dis
cusstun OF = How 10 ask questions" MIR. lay
jcCt, and after five minutes recess the children
were addressed by ReVs. II. A. Fink, Alfred
TIN IOr and Setllemcyer aud MT. J. Z. MartiI
VINO deeply Interested the little ones
After a IpOiutiuy WI:morc as the next place
of meeting the convention adjourned sIIIe die
A MONSTER RAFT-Our friend Bob Nc
Cormick, of Cherry Tree, knows as little,