The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-01
sunday. school Convention OF Pied
nst,ssf Dlstrsct Chr7ssfan Ehurch:
LOUISA CoURTHousg, VA,
Aocust 40. 1914.

SOC r,sSat nlstrsct Chf7ssfan Church.
Reported Tor the Dispateh.3
LOUISA COURTHOUSE, vA.}
August, 80, 1875.
The Sunday School Convention for the
| Piedmont District christian church, con.
vencd here at 10 O'Clock Saturday morning.
Opened with reading OF Psalm by DR.. Jo-
seph f. Norris. president. and prayer by
Rev. L. A. Cutler; hymn sung, "Come aud
Work for Jesus"
Rev. l.. A. Cutler made few remarks OF
welcome to the delegates and visitors, and
In behalf of the Sunday school at Louisa
Courthouse extended most hearty welcome
to their hearts and homes. Responded to by
Rev J. z. Tyler, of Richmond, who CRATE.
| fully acknowledged the welcome for the del.
egates present in very pretty little speech.
! Hymn. we are Marching Onward was
then sung. the congregation uniting.
| The report of Joseph E. Norris, az presi-
dent, was taken up. Thirteen schools had
| been heard from. showing an aggregate OF
| 654 members out of which 204 were men,
| bers of the Church. All these schools kept
up the year round with the exception Of
two. Mr.. Norris wished committee APP
pointed 10 examine his report; which, on
| motion Of Il. NJ. Kent, was done.
! Next question arose :"Who are the dele.
| gates of the Convention ?" There seemed
| TO be little misunderstanding as to whether
the delegates appointed to the cooperation
meeting, which adjourned the day before,
could be looked upon as delegates in the
| Convention without having been instructed
| to act as such by the schools. There were
| some present who had been specially in.
structed by the schools to act in this wsy,
and these only were considered delegates
finally: and as but few churches had APP
pointed special delegates to the Convention
there were not very many present.
Rev. Z. II. Cutler moved a rol.call Of
! churches to let the delegates report.
Adopted.
Notwithstanding there were but few dele
gates, according 10 the misunderstanding Of
appointing special delegates, yet many
churches had representatives present. who
had been sent TO the 0peration-meeling, and
the proceedings will no doubt be productive
Of good.
MIR. Tyler moved the regular order of BUSH
ness be proceeded with. Adopted.
Essays were next in order. Mr.. John =.
Thompson read a very fine one upon the
subject. "Thc best means Of promoting in
| tcreSt in Our schools If Mr.. Thompson's
advice were needed, the Sunday schools
would be Of greater interest and promotiye
Of greater good. Song: "Work, for the
Night is Coming "-yery well sung; after
which the next essay was in order-subject:
DUTY of Parents in Reference to the Sunday
School" DR.. p. Beadles was appointed to
write one on this subject. Having declined
so doing. and one having been sent in-by q
sister of Holly Grove church. the same was
substituted and read by Rev. l.. A. Cutler,
which proved 10 be not only interesting and
entertaining, but full of good practical adj
vice to parents in this respect.
The essay on the Infant Glass was
sent, but misplaced in the mails somehow.
Rev. Y. II. Cutler next made an address
upon Sunday. school music. There were too
many books. Consequently when member
of one school visited another they knew no
tunes and could not sing. He was going to
suggest to the Convention that committee
be appointed 20 get all the books in the dis
trict together, and just some twenty-five or
thirty pieces be selected and no others sung.
Or. Newman wanted to know "whcre We
could get the copyright"
Mr.. Cutler stated he had no doubta copy
right could be gotten for thut number, as all
the tunes bad one.
Proceeding, he said be wanted no inStru-
menl to guide the children's voices, but one
any Sunday school. Then, he liked singing
- with the understanding" How many
pieces are sung when in reality the sentb
mcntS are not those of the voices singing the
tunes: To instance, when mother teaches
her little child 10 sing /" | want to be an
angel" would she be glad to see heavenly
messenger come and carry that child to Hea-
ven: Again when We sing such pieces as
% bear me away on your snowy wings"
il those snowy wings were TO come down to
bear Us away, a good many of us would like
to stay in this old world lille longer get
Mr.. Cutler spoke at length on the subject
after which all engaged in singing, "OVer
There" from the 'Amaranth.'
Rev. L. A. Cutler moved that as Rev. }.
William Jones was in the congregation he
be invited to participate in the proceedings.
Adopted.
Rev. l.. A. Cutler next made a fine ad-
drc.s on the subject, "What are the legiti-
mate results to ye expected from faithful
Sunday.school work.? He applied his re.
marks to tuiMtW Sunday-school work as it
read. The great aim Of Sunday schools was
the conversion of the scholars. II in this we
fail, We fail ia the enc great aim for which
our schools are established. lie favored
early conversions. Some would say small
children couldn't understand what they
were doing; but they must remember that
this was not an intellectual matter at all. as
some would have it, He made tine address,
and closed by referring to the Sunday.school
centennial in 1881, before which the up.
proaching centennial of the Uuited States
would be comparatively nothing.
Rev. L. Parker Richardson next addressed
the Convention on the subject, What shall
be taught in the Sunday-Schools." lie was
against teaching "doctrinc.' This would
do to make partisans Of Snnday-schooi scho-
lars. and it would convert the nursery OF the
Church into a nursery OF "sceptcism." lie
dNclt at length upon the subject, and ham
died it well.
After singing, the Convention adjourned
until after preaching.
The Afternoon.
MASs-MEETISG IL CONNECTION WITH THE con-
yENTIoN.
The Convention convened at O'Clock.
Devotional exercises. Song, " We are March
ing to the kiugdom," sung by the cougresa-
ton: and after prayer, Angry Words
MIR. Edward Cutler read an essay on % In
temperance What can be done in the sun
day school. especially, to save youth from It's
dangers - &c. He favored total abstinence,
and would advise every church in the dis'
trict TO form temperance society 10 connec-
ton with it. He dwtlt at length upon the
subject after which the song "There'il DE
rest " was sung.
Rev H. A. Cutler moved committee be
Amounted to arrange programme, &c, TOR
the next Convention, to report at saia Cou-
yentiou. Adopted, and committee appointed.
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