Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-13
FHE sUNDAY>SCH CONVEN
T1ON
FOR Knox County, 10 be ExeEd On Ehe
2d and 81 of May. at COrtnIh
church.

KNOXVILLE, April 10.h, 1879.
70 the srnday-schools of Knox
County:
l ann happy TO announce TO you that
the Annual Sunday~school Conven-
ton for Knox county will be held on
Friday and Saturday, the % and Sd of
May, at the New Corinth NJ. e
Church, situated on the TaxswelI pike
eight miles from the city, on the line
between the I'd and 81 civil districts.
This announcement is made in Obe-
dience to the decision and INSTRUCT ions
of ths yention of Sunday-schOol
workers, which met at Knoxville on
Saturday, the 9Th inst.
There are many reasons for the de-
cisiOn Of the Convention.
l. The Convention WAS held in the
lower end of the county last year.
2. This place is in the upper half OF
the county, though quite central.
8. The COTinth Sunday school in
vited the Convention there by unani-
nous and en- thusiastic vote.
4 This is a large church, situated 0u
an eminence overlooking The bsauti-
ful Grassy Valley, the surrounding
country being thickly settled with
weIl.tO.dO and cultivated class OF ciii-
Z5ns.
5. Within q radius of less than five
miles there are ten Gue churches,
which to y greater or less extent, will
brace the convention.
6. II has been said that The country
could not entertain convention, and
they have been held in the cities and
towns heretofore. The power for
greater good is in the country, aud our
desire is to prove chat this is mis-
taken idea.
The Vice Presidents who were not
at the Convention on Saturday should
call at my office at the Music Store at
once and get the blank reports for
their districts. They will please get
the full report of each school, and
bring them, without fail, TO the Con-
veution. A fine banner will be pre-
scented TO the Vice President who re-
ports the largest number of schools in
operation in any one district outside OF
Knoxville.
Mr.. E. ]. Kinzel has been appointed
as Vice President for Knoxville. He
is an untiriDg Christian worker, and
We may look for the finest report ever
made from the city.
We urge Vice Presidents to go to
:
work will accomplish great deal.
In regard TO the entertainment of The
Convention, | may say that the people
of Grassy Valley are noted Tor their
hospitality. They can entertain five
hundred delegates. We have hun
dred or go of fine homes, i'll which 10
make every one comfortable.
Iu behalf of the cause and lis friends
everywhere, we invite everybody.
Surely no one can feel sighted. Each
school in the county and city are re-
quired to appoint not less than three
delegates, and to see to il that each
delegate attends.
We expect Sundsy-sohooI officers,
teachers, students, parents, young anu
Old, farmers, doctors, lawyers and per-
sons of every calling, aud especially
do we invite and expect all ministers
to attend and render every aid
possible. Some have intImated
that they were somewhat Indifferent
to the cause. Surely this must be
great mistake. There are 10 class OF
men on the face of the earth who
ought to be more devoted 10 this work
than. the ministers of the Gospel.
They should even deny themselves III
any way tor make the work 8 grand
success. There is no estimating the
power for good they could WELD III the
Convention. We invite them all now,
and will do so personally as far as pos
sible, and see if they will not respond
most heartily. We hope they Will
help US so willingly as to silence such
unjust accusations.
The following local committees
have been appointed: a.
Entertainment-Alo Murphy,
w. A. Anderson, Rufus Goens, How
ard. Anderson, James Crawford, 5. a.
TindelI, T. B. McLemOre,- Jackson
Kirk. s. V. r. Stoffie, ]. ]. Crawford
and J. NJ. Murphy.
Music-W. A. Anderson, John
Thompson, Rush Murphy, Howard
Karnes and Charles Conner. :,
Decoration-David Getaz, with all