The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-06-21

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School scholars--the proceeds to go
to the State work. On motion the
communication was referred to a
special committee of three-Elwood
Macy. Mrs. f. II. Pound and Calvin
Mayes.
| Committee on place Of next meet
ing reported i'm favor of West Branch.
Report accepted.
| On motion the subject of raising
money to carry on the county work
was referred to the special Committee
on State Finances.
Adjournment.
WEDNESDAY, T. NJ.
Opening exercises, singing and
prayer.
Song-"My Faith Looks up to
| Thee
The Teachers Preparation of the
Lesson. .n--Kev. +. b. Cousins, in his
opening address upon this subject,
| pointed out the most essential points
| in the preparation Of the lesson, soul
culture or preparation, then the prep
aration Of the intellect. The teachers
work was great one and they should
| know and feel what they were teach
! ing. They should endeavor to inn
1 al h,,Ja Ig H.,
song-"Precious Promise" Mrs.
Gilmore summed up all in few
! words The teacher should have a
| finn trust i'll Christ an earnest desire
| to lead the scholars to the Saviour,
more heart preparation and less of the
intellectual would result in greater
results and greater good
I Song He Leads We viii
| Follow
The Bible Service, Of Il. III. Gill
more, assisted by Prof. Bum, was
one long 10 be remembered. The
beautiful thoughts and Bible truths
| presented by the speaker and the
beautiful songs sung by Prof. Bum
1 rendered this one of the most inter
esting exercises of the convention.
~ong-"That will be Heaven"
Prayer by Rev. =. \. Lee.
| Song -"We'vea Home Over There"
"The Art of Teaching" was clearly
presented by Mrs. 4. III. Pound. The
teachers store-house of knowledge
was the Bible. Win the scholars af-
! tections. The teacher should under
stand the value of an immortal soul.
60 to Christ the first of all and through
the love of Jesus we viii. be successful
in teaching.
! Childrenfs meeting. Object lesson
! by A. Simmons.
| Song Jewels"
! The committee on nomination Of
oflicers reported as follows: For Presi-
dent, i.awric Tatum, of Springdale;
| Vice President, +. A. Gates, of Mas
| sillon; Secretary, A. NJ. Sheldon, Tip
ton. Report accepted, and the above
named persons elected.
! SEcRETARY's REpoBT.
To the President and Friends OF the
Cedar County Sunday School Asso-
citation:
herewith present my fifth annual
report rs Secretary and Treasurer of
the Association. Five years ago the
| first of March, 1877, was appointed
| Secretary for Cedar County. The
county organization had gone down
! To almost nothing. We entered upon
our duties with many difficulties and
| distractions to overcome. During the
last five years there has been about
| fifty township conventions held All
| the townships have been organized.
The county association has held five
| Conventions. They have been well
attended and much interest has been
manifested in the cause. There has
been but four Conventions held in the
county during the past year. From
the experience we have had, We be-
lieye ii the friends of the Sabbath
School would take hold of this subject
with as much zeal as politicians do
in politics there would be great and
good results follow.
our connection with the Association
was severed by resignation March lst,
1877. But by special arrangement we
have conducted the business up to the
a.. /. n
taking our final leave Of you as Secre-
tary OF your association, we return our
most sincere and heartfelt thanks for
the encouragement and support You
gave US, for the Christian forbearancc
and for the appreciation of our ser
vices. We will ever cherish those
tokens OF esteem IA an oasis OH the
desert Of Life's Pilgrimage. We labor
ed under many difficulties. We may
have committed errors, but while this
no doubt is true yet they were far
from being intentional.
Ectore closing, we must say that the
help we have received from workers
from abroad has done much to strength
on the Association. Last year we had
able assistance from other counties,
and we have secured for this conven-
ton the able co-workerS, Bros Gil
more and Bum.
In the way of statistics, we can only
report the number of officers as 90:
number of teachers, $50, and number
of scholars, 2l0o.
have received reports from only
nineteen schools. There are about six
~ schools in the county among them
some Of the largest school. have failed
To report.
GRO. w. BARCLAY, Sec'y.
TkEASURER'S REPORT.
Received during the year ending
May 2lst, 1877, s6l -
David Ward Wood, two
lectures, SD %
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