Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-10
RELIGIOUS.
SEWER County sabbath school Conven.
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sEvIERvILLE, Nov. !, 1875.

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SEvIERvILLE, Nov. ', 1875.
To the Editors of the Chrnicie,
The Sabbath school County Conven-
tim, met la Seviervile un Friday the
18th ultimO, and held All Interesting
session of two days.
W.. Murphy was elected President;
Rev. K. White aud Rev. 7. M. Atch-
ley, Vice Presidents; w. l.. Duggan,
Secretary, and $, NJ. Frame, Statistical
Secretary q. w. Pickle, w. ID. Atrh-
ley, aud NJ. Tarwntrr, were appointed
a Committee OH Resolutions; and -.
H Emert, Albert Keller, and =. NJ.
Frame on Statistics.
About 40 delegates were ia attend
auce, representing 81 sunday Schools.
=. Stafford, G.. w. Pickle, and others
gave interesting accounts If " what
has been done since the last Cunveu-
ton, To improve the condition of Sab
bath Schools ?'
The verbal reports of Suprrinten-
dents" showed that much good has
been accomplished in the Sunday
School work.
The following questions were ably
discussed, from which the Convention
derived much valuable information;
What l. the best method To get all
the classes interested in the sunday
School work % How can we work
most efltclually to secure the CONVEX
sion OF scholars ?n and "How can we
extend the Sunday School work to
destitute districts ~
At night Rev. y. NJ. Atchley ad-
dressed the convention on the subject
How should Sabbath school he
conducted ?" His speech was founded
on actual experience, and was deliver
ed in such "A logical style as to
convince the audience of the correct
ness aud importance of his plan OF
conducting Sunday school To an ad.
vantage.
On the second day of the convention,
several important subjects were dis
cussed, the most prominent of which
were the use of the international
Series OF Lesson Papers," and fought
the Temperance cause to be made a
part of the Sunday school work ?"
The questions were thoroughly dis
cussed, and many interesting features
of the Sunday school work were
! presented.
The report of the Statistical Secre~
tary showed that, in the Schools rep
resented in this convention (six oil
seven having failed to send delegates)
! there are 255 officers and teachers
! 1913 scholars enrolled, with an aver
age attendance of l,075, making al
increase since the convention in last
May, of about sixty per cent. in the
number of scholars. and about fifty
per cent. in the number of schools
This is encouraging. and IL is hoped
that u flOurishing Sunday school may
he reported to the next convention
from every community in the county
A committee of seven was appointed
to organize schools in destitute dis
tricts.
| The following are a part of thu
Resolutions which were reported 10y
the committee, and adopted by tn,
Convention:
Resolved, That the Sunday Schoo
is, of all human instrument alities, thu
best adapted to the PRONUNCIATION o
moral and religious truth among al
classes of mankind that it is the mos
effectual agency for retaining thos,
who are in the paths of wickedness
and that it presents the most inviting
of all fields for Christian effort, ant
the cultivation aud development o
the Christian virtues.
Resolved, That the Sunday Schoo
cause has strong claim for supper
upon all men who desire that truth
and virtue may prevail, and that vic,
and error may disappear, but NOR
especially upon the Church, to which
the Sabbath School has long been {
; faithful handmade, nursing in thei
tender years those who have proved
the brightest lights and strongest sup
ports of the Church.
Resolved, That in the true spirit o
Christian fraternity, we cordially in
vite all professors of Christianity
without regard to UNCONVENTIONAL dis
tinctlons, to unite with US in the sup
port and maintenance of Sabbath
Schools within our borders.
Resolved, That sacred music SHOULD
be a prominent feature in the exercis
es of every Sabbath School, and tina
we recommend the its practice anC
cultivation in much larger measure
than at present generally prevails.
Resolved, That the religious in
struction of children who can not reaC
the Scriptures, should be carefully pro
vided for; and this convention disap
proves of the course frequently pur
sued of instructing such alone in tn,
rudiments of temporal knowledge
leaving them ignorant of the grea
truths of Revelation.
Resolved, That the practice which
so largely prevails among our Sabbath
Schools of disseminating during sew
eral months of the year is great evil
and believing that there are in every
community at least ten persons wht
will attend during the entire year, W,
pledge ourselves henceforward to dis
continue no school to which we may
belong when that number can be pro
cured to attend.
Resolved, That while the Sacred
Scriptures must furnish all our lessons
in the Sabbath School, we recommend
the Use of other good books, and Sun
day School papers, and especially tn
! uniform series of Lesson Papers, a
: great helps in arriving at cOrrec
knowledge of the truths of Scripture
Resolved, That temperance is laugh
by the Bible, and ought to be laugh
in all Sunday Schools. That the us
: of Intoxicating drinks as a beverage
in any degree, is practice fraugh
with danger to the user, and very per
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