The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-10

ANNIVERSARY MEEIiNG OE IHE thElboDlSI
SUNDAY-SCHooL SoCIETY.-The thirteenth
anniversary meeting OF this Society was
held at Union-Station church Sunday c,,,,,cr-
noon ut 8 o'clock-h. j.. West (president)
in the chair, and Z. ?. Rady and J. L. Sims
secretaries.
The meeting was opened with singing BY
Union-Station school, and prayer by Rev.
r. \. Sledd.
meeting of the Board OF Dir -ckors the fol-
lowing officers were elccter.i for the ensuing
year: Albert L. West, President; John W.
Cardwell, assistant PR silent: Asa SNYDER,
T. w. Pemberton, W g. Turner, F. S. Dali
ton, T. Wiley DAVIS, w. W. Pool, J. Thomp-
son Brown, Cnoiles Hagan, and CaSpar
Briel, vice presidents; Charles P. Rady,
secretary J. L. Sims, assistant secretary ;
IL. y. Walford. treasurer.
&c following resolution was unanl-
pLousE adopted by the Board:
J, Resolved, That the thanks Of this Society
are eminently due to Brother A. L. West,
/ president OF this Society for the past four
years, for the faithful, efficient, and prompt
discharge o. the laborious duties appertaln-
in. to his Office.
Mr.. West responded to the resolution Of
the Board, returning thanks for the honor
conferred on him, and pledging himself to
do all in his power to forward the great
cause Of Sunday schools.
| Rev. J. a. Proctor, pastor, made re-
port or the condition OF Unlon-Statlon
school. He said the school is in healthy
and prosperous condition. The officers are
efficient and the teachers punctual in the
discharge Of their duties.
Rev. w. G. Starr, pastor of Broad-Street
|
"What the Sunday-School Children Can
Do.v They can honor and serve God, save
souls, and take the world by storm. There
are forty thousand children in the Method
ist Sunday-schoo army, and in the past
eighteen years four tiftEs of the conversions
have been from the ranks Of this grand
army. God designs to build up the Church
1 of the future from the Sunday-school chill
/ dren of the present day. Rightly trained.
] they will become pillars in the Church and
| leading men in the State. In missionary
work the Sunday school is now the great
reliance Of the Church.
Mr.. W. w. Berry. of Bedford, addressed
the meeting. He stated that the Sunday
school work is increasing in interest IN
Liberty. He referred to the work OF the
Sunday-school teachers, and gave some in.
tereStng suggestions as TO the mode OF
teacnl0S, WHICH HluSC Dc uOHC DE NlulllNS
the love or the children by presenting the
truth in au earnest and loving manner.
Rev. DR.. R. N. Sledd, of Centenary, adj
dressed the neeting-subiect, "Persever
!. ancc" The Sunday school has done grea
, work for God and the Church, but those
engaged in this good work should not RESI-
satisfied with what has already been done
but press forward to the accomplishment o.
| still greater results. He urged the worker:
to press on until all the children are mem
bers of Gods spiritual family on earth.
Rev. DR.. L. NJ. Lee, presiding elder oi
the Richmond district, made few remarks
He said that he loved little children, ant
loved the Sunday-school cause. and WISHED
it god.speed in the prosecution of it's noble
work.
The exercises were enliyened with singing
by Union-Station school, which was done II
their usual credtabie style. We noticed
especially the beautiful solo by Miss Flor:
Wilkinson.
The following is summary OF superin
tendents' reports for November: