Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-08-29
Ist.sto SUNDAY Sch ooI 8ConvcntionI. &.

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st,stc sunday School ISonVention.I
s MEssRs. EDifoRs, The 5tatS Sunday School,
Convention ot South Carolina hold Its first ses4
sion, sihco the adoption so extensively Of the
uniform lcsson system, In tho CITY Of Groenyillo
on the 2lst and 22d lnstante.
i Your correspondents enjoyed the pleasure Of
attending the reception meeting on tho evening
Of the goth instant at tho Methodist Church.
This service was conducted In an easy but earn.
est manner " Professor Carlisle, President Of
Woford College. Twoo three short addresses
were made BY The city pastorsiin such manner
as to make oil present feel expeotant and anxious
to realize the ""good things which the conyen-.
ton would furnish. But few Of tho delegates
had at this time arrived in tho city, henoo the
reception was not we'll attended.
At 10 O'Clock OH the morning Of the 21st, tho
cordial greeting Of strangers as we'll as friends
began in tho baptist Church. All who came
expressed in their faces, If not inwords, their
desire to improve the Sunday School work in our
State.
Very soon Charles Petty, Esq, Chairman Of
tho State Executive Committee, called tho con-
vention to order and nominated Rev. James NJ.
Farman, D. D., as temporary President and Rev.
w. p. Jacobs as temporary Secretary. Those
gentlemen occupied their places. Addresses Of
welcome were mado by the Mayor and others
and responded to by numbers of The delegates,
and tho work Of permanent organization began,
which resulted in the adoption of o constitution
and the election of o full corps Of officers. The
fact soon became evident that the convention
| was exceedingly fortunate in securing the
services Of Professor J. II. Carlisle as President
and - Abel, Esq, as Secretary,
Sunday School talk now became general
| Those who spoke had this great interest burning
| in their hearts Their words fell upon soil that
was prepared for their reception, and your COR
respondent feos suro that tho seeds sown will
bring forth an abundant. harvest. Nearly oil
tho subjects named In the published programme
were pretty thoroughly discussed during tho two
days session and many Of them 10 the greatly
edifying Of all present
Reports from the difforent counties were made
oil along during tho session, which showed tho
Sunday School cause in our State to be about
as follows: Tho counties that ore reported as
working welfare Anderson, Charleston, Colleton,
Darlington, Edgefeld Greenvile, Horny, Ker.
shaw, Laureno, Marion, Ncyberry,, .Oconee,
Orangcburg, Pickens, Riohland, Sumter md
spartahburg-ls. Other counties reported as
having few schools not SO interesting are Barn
we'll, Fairfield, Lexington, Union and York;.
Counties not represented arc Abbeville, Aiken,
Beaufort, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Georgetown,
Lancaster, Marlboro and Willamsburg-9. This
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| condition Of tho Sunday Schools in tho State.
Ono school In the State (Piokens county, was
reported as occupying the whole day in its ex.-
eroise. Generally the school exercises OCCUPY
| about ono hour and fifteen minutes, including
twenty-five to thirty minutes given to recitations.
The proprieIy Of pic MICS and celebrations was
much questioned. County and even township
conventions we're strongly recommended. Teach
| ers' meetings and international i.ssons are not
well introduced, but to those who had tried them
they had become necessity. Singing by chill
dren was recommended. Much regret was ex-
pressed OF The lack Of punetuality and earnest
zeal on the part Of teachers. Teachers will
succeed according to their measure Of love to
the Master and their pupils. There exists all
over the State general lack of appreciation of
and attention to the Sunday Schools on the part
of parents. No parent who attended this con,
vcntion can find his heart 80 cold and hard as
ever again to neglect tho littlo ones who are do.
pendent upon him.
The convention was harmonious throughout,
and was successful in making at least one more
earnest Sunday School worker.
Allow me 10 advertise through your columns
to all saperlntendents who have not used bu:
desire to examine the international lesson sys
tenn, tho names Of the following publishers who
will send specimens to suoh free on application,
and allow me to insist that such application be
made:
J. b. McFerrin, Agent Methodist Publishing
House, Nashville, Tenn; Bapist-Rey. B.
Griffith, l420 Chestnut street, Philadelphia
Presbyterian-Whi & Shopartson, Richmond
Va; Nom naional.-"sunday School
Times" Philadelphia David c. Cook, Chicago,
H.; F. II. Rcve Chicago, H.; Rcv. F. N.
Peloubet, Boston; Sunday School Union, Phila.
delphia, Rev. II. b. Shute, Now York.
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