The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-06-04
STATE 8. 8. CONVENTION.
Large Number Of Delegates Arrlv.
ing - Interesting Proceedings-
Gathering Of Three Hundred
Children Last Evening.

The ladies Of our city, under the leader
ship Of Mrs. Hathaway, very ts-,efuliy ar
ranged the Ohio Street NJ. f. Church for
the reception of the Sunday School Con.
ventios. There we're beautiful boqueis OF
flowers, wrezths IL evergreen, and the
word WELCOME" over the rustrun,, in large
and artistic letters Of evergreen. There
xere also ON the bIackboards the mo,toes,
I'VE must work together, we must trust
each other, We must be one in Chri>i
Jesus" .'Our God is able to deliver Us; II
We SITTER with Him We shall reign with
Him." ''t;Od loves, God honor>. .i"d h!e,-e-
early pieiy," ard Others. The artistic rep
re-entatIon Of bundle OF reeds, bound
securely together, with the motto Of
Love and Fidelity; Ii. fiery furnace; the
anvil OF punishment; fiery trials and the
lions den were also very ine and cieiiisble
to those who did the work. The delegates
hogan their work last evening with
A CHiLDREN's MEETING.
Some two hundred and fifty or three hun
drei children were in attendance, while the
rem ainder Of the house was TILED with
adults and the exercises were very enjoya-
bic. The music Was lead by Judge Taylor,
and h,s reputation As a leader makes in un-
necessary ior AS To say that il was excellent.
The President Of the organization, DR..
+. 5. Rubey, President Of the college AT
Macon City. was on hand in time, As il
characteristic Of him, and presided.
In his address he ssid:
Another year OF labor has closed, and We
pause Ia see what has been done. We look
back upon tine field aud see many things
xhich might have been done and we're noI
done, and the fragments of PARTIALLY CON-
ple,ed enterprises are scattered all along
the way. Mans imper:eciions stand on,
plainly in every .p:,ere In life. and failure
Is enstsmped upon his actions all through
his present existence. His II rsus. are
feeble indeed Ia contend against the fate>
a.d fortunes Of single day. tie is power
less To command an hour, yea, each moment
only Is given him Al time and wsrs. inr
him il his heart in confident trust Is en-
abled constantly 10 say Thy will, - Lord,
be done" We know our work has been
impcriectlv done, very imPcrfectiy, and
whether il has lxen Hnie ar yro'h, the only
question now l., have We done what We
could and have we done the bs--t We could
IL matters not - much whether our work
he small or great, whether Ia labor. 10
watch or to wait; the one thing only which
should greatly concern Us Is Ia lind our
work, and finding, To do il faithfully, AMI
With all the power God has given Us.
There j. work for all and the Master Is call
ing for iaborers la 50 into the whey ard and
work. The field is already white unto
harvest. BnI | Come now 10 return the
trust confided Ia me one year aso-to rem
der an account OF tie stewardship gwen
me. How successfully have accomplished
the work assigned Ia me then, will he Tor
YOU Ia saw. leaving the results To Him who
gave the great command foyo Fully aware
of how little has been done, / an, never
thele,s, conscious Of having given TO the
cause all the ability, time aud means which
| was led to think the Master required
Of me. have tried conscientionsiy
to do my whole duty and io contribute ui
whatever energy and ability possess 10 the
promotion Of the interests of the cau>e
xhich promises such uubounied good TO the
children and youths 81 our fair State. Ny
heart rises To tivi in thanksgiving aud
praise A. I contemplate His goodness TO us
during the past year, and how greatly be
has blessed our humble enieavors in adj
yanciny the Interests oi the Sunday School
cause. II has been my good fortune to be
present AT 4 number of county conventions
where the Holy Spirit was manIf-stly pres
eut and Sunday School workers were rcviv-
ed and encouraged and the people ble-i.
Very soon after our Stale Convention i had
the pleasure of meeting in State Conven-
ton the workers of our sister State, Iowa.
There we're warm and earnest hearts ,h-re
I assure YOU, and the fires Of zeal and ener-
Nv were kIndled aire,h within me and re-
turned To my own work strengthened and
OF good courage. We all understand full
we'll how very unfavOrable the weather has
been during almost the entire year for Sun
dsy School work. The long continued
raininys and the impossible condition vi
the roads, very greatly abridged our efforts,
especially in County organization. Not
withdrawing this, however, something has
been done in this part OF the work. Our
number Of organized counties in the State
has been increased from 56 10 % and many
other counties are Just now ready To face
INTO line Many Of our counties have taken
up the work in earnest and are perieciing
their plans for work by thorough township
oryaniz alton. Through thee township
officers and workers they will soon have
schools established i'm every school hcu>s
and church where a sufficient number o.
children can be gathered together. There
l.. however yet much To do in this direction
~ much that il appears To me We have bu
just entered upon the work. How grea
the field before us.
We have lal'ored TO collect somethin;
II Xix accurate statistics Of the entire state
the result has not been n satisfactorily 3
we desired. Still our approximation II no
very wide Of the mark. This Is one OF th
\. difficult pieces of work To accomplish an
IL scoldiny were valuable, here lies an oPe'
field for Its exercise. / don't propose how
ever to try nv lance in that arena Tn
:. reason for many Of our difficulties vii
appear directly. Our state Organizatio
has been perfected by the di-tricting Of th
J. state and the selection of Vice President
II To take charge Of these districts. We hav
d, divided the state into twenty districts an
y systematically appor,ion the work to
/, done. We recommend thet il he permsns"
e The Vice Presidents Of course are subie'
10 change aud each district should sele'
its @ WI officers.
re The chsirm1n Of your ex-Com. Br
n Haws, III ST. Louis, and myself have don
Il most Of the correspondence the past ye'
=. and no doubt there are persons present wf
are aware Of our having written
III them. This correspondence has in u
n. main, been pleasant duty and the name
Of Of many persons from all parts of the sta
are quite familiar 10 me, whose faces i ha'
> never beheld, but whose hearts beat
'e unison with mine IN the interest Ut q
y children of the state. Many see Tor I!
he first time at this convention but who
= warm greetings and expressive eyes int
- cate Enthusiastically that they are one vi
e. us in this grea, CAUSE. A few have b.
I'd found who belong tothe"H Have me ExcG Z