, 1876-05-25

Te aclhe occupied havc eo!rctp"n'l!,Rly incrcn.sd
sI"r'ont @ a'va t,o.pci oi s' ill., bic.sed "d In.
been proctame! At nneontcd stations n NJ, torfy. H.
oss s,si ss,s ts ss" f ss;s' {, H. est: IL Hs9 Il,
aid. It's missionaries havc prganlzch !. TN
ehurehcs o. which tsso hHxc s.ms !" .esldsnp
helping to speed ChFItts Kingdom, at homo and
abrt,ad.
day morning.
ILLINOIS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Special Dispatch to The Tribune.
JAcRsoSvlLIE, ILL.,, May 2l.--Thc State Sab.
hath School Convention In session In thih CITY, be-
Eou Mt o'clock this morning In tho Opera-llo1so,
II was It prumtc-mccting. led BY Ntr. Mc1wainc. Of
Icosin. md j. ". DcuM, Of Chcago. and WIS well
attended.
Thc rcg1'lnr exercises at the Convention be.
gan at o'clock the singing hclng led by Mf.
Sankcy, neslsica by 1arso chuir.
The 1scy. Mr.. Thompson. Of Jcrseyvillc. opcnel
with prayer.
II, i. Jacobs introduced resolution thanking
the Centennial Commission for closing the Exrosl.
tfon IN the Sabbath, which was heartily nduptcd,
and tho Commissioners notified by telegraph.
Nepost. Of the condition Of Sunday. school work
In tho rx tittrlcta Into which the State Is divided
were then made.
The Rev. john c. Foster, of Turner junction,
reported for the First district, embracing the
seventeen most northern counties In the State j.
}.
District. Both gentlemen declared thn work IN
prosperous condition and their fields we'll Of
gnn3zcd. .......
The Statistical Secretary reported for tho Third
District. Mclean vcrmtllon, etc, that all but two
counties were we'll organized.
! Pruf. II. II. Griffith, Of Ruahvil1c President Of
tho Fourth District, reported model district.
j. McK. Peoples, Of sl,awncctown, reported tho
| workers Of tho Fifth District contcndiAg against
n.Mny lln}cnltcs, IND the progress SLOW: ,,
Represented M @ tic Sixth istr!e,, tc extreme soath.
western counties. ani reported much lazlncss
n'nong ;snndoy sel,ooi people, and yet much good
VI Ths itsSs ssn'ae! Frliows Of Chicago, opened
an4 d!scH,sed ~ ~ eloane1t % n.anpsF she @ s%pic'
MIR. Drooks, Of Dans'lle, followed briefly on tho
,'Ms! %Sitte @ then opened ths top's Ths NJ.
reading taking foF his theme Works" aad dis
tersaln with The mo.t soul stirring songs, Mr.,
tcaehlnE then, ali to sing with tic spirit aid tIo
understanding nlfo.
% IL 8 M s The pass sas aa q
prayer: meeting occupied half an hour -,
RsnsSk' ST. %ssn Wiz "ss spassi Sase
rseelefs' WORK." Vas opened by by Mr. 'ss1lwaine,
Dir. sankcy then rang the famous "Nincsy,nud-
| Ninc " with powerful effect.
This wna followed by MI Informal discussion Of
aa s IN y o nns @
1f tho most Interesting exercises Of the whole ses'
| sim. .
SCORES q Of questions Of every conec.sebls nature
bcurng On Sabbath schools and Christfan efforts
" Ms Th %o
Man of TOD i. SECURING deep hol Oh tac nacc.
tons and esteem 9t ny IT; vie hsar him. and sn
opc,lg day of The Convention, hut arc beginning
to fcrl [. and tts c1ccta on the hearts Of The
was Icld IN thc City larls, md was asldrcsse, by
| several clerical nnh lay Eenile1nen. The Opera
Of tr lSrgcst chnrcles In lie city, Wills hundreds
besides were unable to lind adH!tttnncc to either
Tho First Presbyterian Church hare just had
an organ concert l.ns been advertised TOT Frtiay
rcrtcs OF meetings while this diversion continues.
Al efforts 10 ssna!u him from this conclusion
is Wy evident ths concert viii haSe to pa abans
Tna Convention proper will adjourn Tomorrow
night.
BROOKLYN sUND1AY-scHOOLs.
Nkw Yonk, May 24.-rhs forty .scventh ann-
vcrsary Of tho brooklyn Sunlay schools was OBJ
srrycd to.day with great enthusiasm. The City
l
and q thousand others were displayed from private
houses. At II o'clock the bells Of tho City.1Ial
and Prospect fask Observatory rang tho sigunl to
prepare for the parade. Most Of thu llttlo girls
wore white dresses, with h9shcs Of rcd Or blue,
and great palns were taken, with the usual suc-
cess, To make them lnolz ns pretty as possible.
Many stores were c1nsci tho hour for the parade
upptaachca. At 2 o'clock the children went from
thcir respective Suuduy schools 10 Central Or Dl-
yikfon Church, where. it halfpast 2, tho e1csclsca
began. and consisted Of the singing Of, h5tnas,
rthtu pf ACr} fHH SJfA
At the conclusion nf thu programme the chldrGn
wcru paEalcl In dIslsont, and With their bands,
banneEa nt1tl gulona niada u bril[unt anil beIuti-
ful bprctacle. Hcturnfng to church they werc III.
tcralnel b. bonntlful supply Of 1elfcaclcK Of al
kinds. The parents and friends Of tls children
were out III great numbers, giving to tho city q
holiday air.
TIIE a1EI't[OUISTS.
DALrtMoHE, MMy 9l.-ln tho Methodist General
Conferences to,ay the rcport Of tho connfttec on
Itinerary, reversing the notion Of tho Weconsiu
! Conference In conv!cttng tho Rev. ]. G. Wilson,
Presiding E1lcr. Ut niatlln!nstration In refusing
10 cntcrtan IN appeal, was tnkcn up. and, aftcl
d!acl:.tfon lnd On the table until tho judiciary
com.nttce .hall make rcport on the question u
| 1aY involved,