Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-06-20

are over 2O,O0O,OOO persons under the |
age Of 81 years. With such opportu-
mites and appliances as we have we
should educate these children for
usefulness as citizens and christians.
Education is synonymous with chris
tianity. Christ and his disciples
were educators, and outside of the |
education given by them, in eternity |
all else was useless: without this
teaching, without this Sabbath School |
and religious teaching no nation has |
ever passed beyond infancy. We are
educators, we teach principles and |
lessons found in book-the bible. |
Is it true, or false? If its principles
be not true, if they are not divine
words, you and !, my brother, and |
millions more of processing christians,
stand out before this community and
the world as deluded creatures.
Great is the mystery of goodness"
but if every word of this bible is not
true, we had better 60 to our homes |
and abandon all hopes for the future,
all hopes of blessed and reverend
ing eternity.
Eighteen hundred and seventy-sev-
ell years ago child was born in
Bethlehem of Judea (no one, not even
skeptics doubt that. But why do
we and all nations, all classes of peo-
pie, count time in that way. Why
not say 6O00 years ago? Why? Be-
cause it was the "new BIRTH" and all
people admit the truth of that. One
hundred years ago our nation was
born, we were not at Philadelphia
when the declaration was made, but
history tells us SO, and we believe it;
have full faith in it. The bible tells
us that Christ was born 1877 years
ago; that he suffer ed for our sins and
we have full faith in it as divine his
tory; why then, doubt the truth of
this divine book that recorded the
fact, from which we, as well as dis
believers, infidels and all the world
reckon time. "No man liveth unto
himself" No man can entirely de-
pend OH himself. One man depends
on another. Sir John Herschel said,
"all human discoveries tend more and
more strongly to prove the word Of
God" "The heavens declare the glo-
nv of God and the armament shew-
eth his handiwork." Ministers and
teachers going from this convention
should be more thoroughly impressed
than ever before with the work they
had to do. The address was an able
one, but was delivered in such rap
id manner, on account Of shortness of
, time, that our reporter only could
J gather the principal heads of the dis.
: course.
Song-"As my days my strength
should be.
\ The next and last topic for discus.
sion was "The outlook" This was
responded to first by Rev. G. w
: Prescott, of Cedar Rapids. He had
just come from field Of active worl
in the Sunday School cause. There
/. was still plenty Of work to do ani
8 Christ has pledged himselft to give tn,
e victory to those who deserve it. ct,
: him that overcometh / will give
/ new white stone, and on that. stone j
o written name which no man know
e eth save him that receiveth it" W.
h must teach our children what tn
i. Word is, or we will be overthrow
d by our enemies. There is too nue.
l. superficial work. We must hav
s, more work and better work. He ha
a never attended convention wher
o they had settled down to work a
s they had done here. ....
,e S. w. Cole, of TT. Dodge, forme
J. president of the S. S. Convention
l. next spoke. Twelve years ago hin
le men met at Clinton to start this asso
e citation, and it had grown almost on
of his knowledge. He was glad t
c, know and see that we have earnes
d christian workers as officers of thi
7. association, and the outlook is yer
Is hopeful. Fifty people had pledge
r. themselves in this convention to d
s. more earnest work, and we shall eS
l. pect good result.
It Mrs. S. j. Aldridge spoke of lii
d wonnerful providence Of God in civ
II ing the people an increased interes
d in the Sabbath School and temper
il ance work. There was great battl
o to be fought between truth and erro
h and we shall succeed just as sure q
the word of God is eternal. Her re
n marks were eloquent and produced
II decided impression.
j. S. N. Willard of Dubuque, wishe
II to impress the idea that every ont
1t no matter how humble, could becom
s. the winner of souls. Gle that win
meth souls is wise." What we wan
xt is conservation. The fields are rip
&c for the harvest. Jesus commission
you to enter the harvest and becom
ID the winner of souls. "Let him ths
h heareth say come and him that
oil athirst come! and drink of tn
waters of life freely" Are you viii
a ing to come!
1t Song, "Marching on to battle"
IS The committee on resolutions re
ol ported the following:
8. Reso1ced, That the hearty thanks o
it this association are due, and are here
by rendered to the LIST M. f. Churc
y of this city, for the use of their hous
le of worship; to the christian friend
1T and citizens of Ottumwa, for thei
10 warm-hearted, generous hospitality
ID to the Central II. r. of Iowa, for the
at reduction of fares to our delegate
n and to the Daily COURIER, for its e,
cellent report of the proceedings {
ne this convention.
lis c.. TUCKER,
n, S. w. COLE, : Con
b. l.. E. DARRow.S
The resolutions were adopted by
n, rising vote.
ty President Allen then made fe
ne appropriate remarks, thanking IL
to members for their earnest support
n him in his duties and urged all
r. greater conservation to the work b
in fore them. He especially urged a
to SO act that every one should kno
A. where they stood. He then introdu
lg ed President elect Gilmore, and con
k, plimented him very highly on h
he faithfulness to the cause.
lis President Gilmore then several
lis introduced his brother officers. i
said 40 counties out Of the SO in low
ry had no county Sabbath School organ
OF ization. This should not be so, an
Id he hoped when we meet again
ey hear the report that every county
the State had an organization
y, Next year is the meeting of the II
I'd ternational Association what kin
at Of a report shall we send up there
err He thanked the people here for the
n generous entertainment and heart
ey cooperation in the Convention.
After song, Rev. j. S. Sunderlan
II. responded on the part of the poop
r of Ottumwa, in very appropria
G. manner.
he Mr.. Chaplin, of Davenport, oflere
as prayer. Rev. Mr.. Tucker pronoun
Y ed the benediction and the Convex
or ton adjourned sine die.
e.
Pathies and the State University
he The Des Moines correspondent
ry the Chicago Journal Gays the Sta
~ ~ University is doomed to be killed
- an overdose of pathies. For yea
he the Medical Department has been e.
ne clusivcly in control Of the allopat