The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-03
TiLlIfGE'S CONTENTION
Representativ OF is5 sunday schools Talk
Ing about their Work.

In front Of the Tabernacle in Schcrmcrhorn
street Brooklyn. was n large banner stretching
the width Of the street bearing IN colorcd letters
The Kings County sunday $ 'hool Convention.
Praise God from whom all blessings fiow." In
side the Tabernacle on every silo was adorned
by the slkcn banners and standards. The Con-
venton. which is the first that has been held
contained about 500 delegates representing ls5
schools including two Universalist ones. The
morning was spent chiefly in devotional
services and in tho election OF officers
In the afternoon. T. De Witt Talmagc. in dolly
ering the address of welcome gave notice. in
dnafrning tones. that the right wing OF tho
LORD army was rrady 70 mari ihe le9chrrs
and the superintendents were N" Colon"ls AMI
the Generals in the strruls. anu lie whom
John saw riding on, white horse gives the
command: Forward. the whole line. He
wanted the Convention TO rise up in lis might
and set itself in favor of committing Scripture
10 memory in the sunday schools.
The first Of the questions before tho Convcn,
tion was 4" Is tho selection of lessons for all
classes and schools alike according to the in
/, 10 the dis, s,retion OF teachers or supern-
tendents;" The Rev. MATHEW Hale Smith made
uniform u.s.. Of nxcd lessons. because il had an
element of Homanism in 4.
DR.. Daniel Read WAS called up to speak on the
question, Will II add to the interest OF the les
Son Son to have !hc s,,hoars commit 2 portion q it
To memory" His speech was followed by a
resolution. adopted unanimously. answering the
The voluntary discussion then fastened on the
question: How shall our schools exercise n
more efficient and discriminating supervision
than heretofore over the Oooks admitted TO our
libraries - The speakers agreed that the sun
day school libraries were full of trash. The
Rev W. c. Steele told OF three boys who read
one OF Oliver Optics stories in Sunday school,
and. taking an axe a line and a gun, ran away
and tried TO build n raft. and were found with
difficulty by detective. In tho Speakers
Washington church he found 'Nolney's Ruins
Of Empire" which some inhdel had sent 10 the
Sunday school. and which had bcon put into
the library without examination
The Rev. Edward Eggleston in short speech
on the best way to secure teachers said that too
many Sunday schools were no better than hirt:
ing schools. He had been there himself and
knew how 1t was.
Prof Sigismund I.asar read paper on music
in the Sunday schools. lashinR into the hold-on:
to-the- heavenly y-anchor style Of singing, and
pronouncng the trashy soLgs unit for use in
the Sunday schools.
At the evening session the Rev. DIR. Cuyler
spoke on the subject Of tho education OF Sun
day school children to temperance. The enthu-
siasm OF the day had been so great that Mr..
Prentice Of Babylon offered a resolution that II
committee be- appointed to take steps, together
with the committees from Queens and Suffolk
counties 10 hold n Long Island Sunday School
Convention this fall. The resolution was no
sooner adopted than Delegate lowell moved to
have another session OF the Convention to-day.
but the resolution was put in committee y
| hand The sense of the Convention was that
| the sunday school should take A stand against
intemprrance. One delegate hoped there would
be anti ti-tobacco societies formed in the schools.