The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-09

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! 'Broider every window pane.
Imay seek my little room,.
Where the fragrant roses bloom,
| Where the golden sunshine plays
Through the brief and wintry days.
| Thus shouldst ever blush and glow,
| Through the frost and through the snow,
Through the shape or mold OF art;
| Balmy roses Of the heart.
| Winter roses, let them bloom,
Maiden, In your little room,
Mother, sister, friend and wife,
Let them blossom through your life. G.
SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES
of the Fifth Annual Session of the AL
len County Sunday School C0nven
ton, held at Geneva, Kansas, May 2s
and 80, 1877.
TUEsDAY.
Convention called to order at O'Clock
P. NJ, by the President, Dr.. w. 8. Hen.
bricks, and opened with devotional exer.
cises.
Officers for tho ensuing year were
elected a follows:
President, Milton Hawley, of Salem
Township; Secretary, VIM. 8. Steele, Of
lola Asst. Secretary, J. w. johnson, Of
Elm; Vice Presidents, VIM. P. Samms,
Geneva; w. 8. Hendricks, lola; w. H.
Barnes, Humboldt; James r. Dunlap,
Deer Creek; J. w. johnson, Elm; J.
Gaunt, Osage John Harclerode, Mar
nation; David Ferguson, Salem; Ellis
more, Mr.. Gay; Cottage Grove, Prof.
- Hartman.
Only twenty-five schools were formally
reported, some schools having failed to
send delegates. These reported an ag-
gregate average attendance of !, 172, or
an average of nearly forty-seven for each
school.
Three townships held conventions du-
ring the past year-each being reported
success-and each township in which a
convention was held was we'll represent
ed at the County Convention.
The first topic, "In what way Is the
church responsible for the Sunday
School 2" was then taken up, for discus
sion, and both the clergy and the laity
responded promptly, and to the point,
all agreeing that both the old and the
new testament enjoin it, as q positive
duty, upon the church individually and
collectively, to teach the youth the d.
vine law, and as professed followers, we
must respond to the call.
Another topic that received consider.
able attention was, "How can We best
reach those who do not attend the Sun
day School" The points on this topic
were we'll taken, and showed that very
much depended on consistent, Christian
and affable teachers and superintend-
ents. and personal effort to induce the
non attendants to come in.
EVENING SESSION.
A children's mass meeting was held in
the evening, and q crowd was in attend
ance. Animated and instructive ad-
dresses were made to the children by
many delegates, and q remarkable degree
of promptness was evinced on the part
of the youth to respond to the questions
asked, and the exercises being inter
spersed with music by the Sunday School
it was altogether an enjoyable and profit
able meeting for both old and young.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The topic, "Bible Study" was dis,
cussed at length. Lesson leaves and
helps should be consulted, but not used
in the Sunday School class. The teacher
thus prepared need not lack for enthusi>
asm and interest in the work.
Qualifications of superintendents and
teachers: "To be brim-full of the subject
and pray for the wisdom to impart it,"
one brother gave adaptation as one grand
requisite to make good superintendent
even of a good man.
The subject of amusements was dwelt
upon both pro and con, but no one at
last seemed to wish to do away with
them, for children will be children, and
what is instructive should also be made
pleasant and attractive, but in the class
the teachers harvest is before him. Rev.
Mr.. Irwin gave q synopsis of his plan of
giving Sunday School lesson to q pri.
mary class, that was excellent and quite
instructive. He was followed by .
brother who spoke of the great want of
thorough class drill often felt by super
intendents and teachers.
The importance of Statistics as an
element of Sunday School work" was
dwelt upon, and the need of them in the
schools reported at convention was an
example of the results of this much neg
lected work. A strong appeal was made
for the facts and figures, and the follow
ing adopted:
Resolrod, That this convention request
each Sunday School in the county,
through its proper officers, to make to the
next annual meeting reliable statistical
report of its attendants and of those
who attend no Sabbath School.
The topic of Temperance was partici.
pated in by many of the delegates, and
. lively interest manifested in the sub
ject, and the following adopted:
Resolved, That each Sunday School in
tbs county be requested to form . tenn
perance organization.
Also, q resolution deploring the fact
that church members, Sunday School su-
perintendents and teachers had signed .
petition for licensing the sale of liquors,
and
Resolved, That We would rather our
children would be entirely without Sum-
day School instruction than to be under
the influence of such teachers and incon-
sistent church members.
Secretary was instructed te correspond
with parties engaged in the Murphy
reform, and and also other
Sunday School associations with view
to awakening such IN interest in oar
county.
After Q resolution of thanks to the
good people Of Geneva for the very hos
pitable manner in which the delegates
had been entertained, Convention ad-
iourned to meet at Humboldt at call of
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