, 1880-02-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
First Days Session Of the Cook
County Convention.
Reports Of Officers by the
!; Rev, George Mueller and
!: Others.

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ps.sons Nele pt.sene uulns LUZ 1oteloon' Inc
proceedings were oesun with thanksgiving
and prayer service led BY G. c. Necdham and C.
meotinp tn nr1er. and ,,rover ,vaa nTarod -,
,1,,,1,-a s sT 49,. ~. 80 ssn. ~. W
1uugo .: ~ 'Aooie, m1. 'aeops iotto"eo WIN
Of a thorough organization. Messrs F. a. Hard
tng. &, c, Fisher, ". M. Chapin. r. n Helm am,
s. q. Pratt were annai,,te = co,r;nIt+aa ~ +h +o
a. appu.''oe" e'inna@eee IN eae
notnihauon OF ofncer5.
REPORTS.
q. S. Will, Secretary of the Association. pre-
sented the rennrt hv tha Fx1r,+ivo ros, s,,,,;ttoo
Of work done dnrtng tha vear vbict ,y.s
nuh}ished In Tup rvTr,,vr - ,.osto.snv M
rnrn.t r,,ae ..ofo..a., - ~ 1Ao
topef. ~ "'1s reles'eo 70 oommittee, consisting
with Instructions to report ut the meeting to-day
T. T;nso,. rroo rood ,,ts ror.o,+ ,,,,tc,,
IL e. ,. nlhusas' I,easurer' reaa nus report wnich
yember, 1878, tp February, 1Sso. were: From Sum
dny-schools, Slb8: from individual sutscriptions.
sxu. from, a fr;ond ss0a. 1nori,t, - totn, ~
ec,a ~ =, t!1eA". <''' iinA,ne to.a' VI
sol9. All or THIS has been expended, and thoro
are some small bills yet outstanding. The re-
p9It WIS refse S5Sd1 to ~ amdtin
scented report of the number Of Sabbath
schools and scholars previously published. a
comparison Of the figures for 1885 and 1850
showed that i'll the tlrSt-naned year tho eynn-
geiicat denominations hnu " Sanbath~schools,
with 3l,1Sl sehoi9is while now there nre ~
5Guools Aua 'h,.uSo sCuoitte W1AaiM tue ctts- Nr.
.ucuos oatu laat .uv To- ior ~ 10y mere nealeI
stifi contaiTle, snonT r1,ess.wnrk nstimites Thc
remainder Of tho session wns devoted to the re-
contion Of yorbul reports frp1n township w,rlE-
eTs, and the reception Of the roports Of t6e Co11
H. s. Vail: Corrrspondinr Secretary. II. j. nrnif,,
ard, The President was elected, and tho hour Of
~ h,,,;nw nrr1s.nd tha or1nur, nos,,,nv ,,.u vor
1nant;ny wns Xiii, Tnnv nci,.ht nr,sjtii,,pr r. 0A
1Thel1e wns. m sncransel :',1ilit.nce w6en tho
pr s a. ~ F. m nhtee t
Hrst i'ainn A>A Deou AoA o''eo''1o'' 'ne
Ns' "1
=" now 70 STUDY THE BIBLE
iief h thl1 It ~ was Gods BOOK, Men ana ta9 women len
given by God for their guidance aud they must
cherish It us coming from tho Almighty Him
scif Tho Bible could not be studied in doubt
Commentaries and Sundny-school papers were
useful helps in thoir why, but none OF those can
supplant tho book itself.
III. N. c. Hazard said the Bible must be stud-
led thoroughly to be studied eHectunlly. 1t WAS
not a boo]k which could bc taken up casually and
studied o1 odd times. The Htble was book Tor
this life and the world TO come. Il should be
studied. not only Ns the word OF God, but also In
nfrlid to make full study OF the Bible for fear
they should meet with some. things which might
unsettlc their belief but there w..s no danger OF
this If the study WAS approached IN proper and
revercnt12l spirit
MI. y. ". niue spoke on
:" now TO rkAolt 1an BIBLE.
enrncstncss were nt.cessary, md there must be a
detinit purpose ana object in teaching. Children
should c gven Sa IN ldea ot the purpose and haf-
Tho Rev i. 4. Hardin cnye his views in re-
gard to '.tcachcrs' meetings." He believed
they should contain elements of instruction,
business. socinbIllty. and devotion. a sociui
meeting every sixty days, il business meeting
eyery four weeks. and a meeting for study once
er-meoting ten m'.'utcs before each s,lilday-
school session, and praise meeting i1n1neil
atey after, each. mis- would be about his ideal
nest study were necessary prcpIr.tivcs for sue
ccssful Touching, for the soldier wns use
less without his arms and st1 ammunition; NJ On
e IN tr ecRs sq shoad ae
vote themselves to nscertaiuing what each had
learned Jealousy was gr;at drawback toSun-
tcachers were ycr,. useful. II properly conducted,
in counterncting this bcsetting vice.
Mrs L hhea formerly missionary ,ts,any n a. rer Sa
levcd th.,t the children were Intelligent enough
to understand the Importance Of these, and that
Srtar singing md nruyiug the meeting ad-
journod until evening.
Tie hall was fairly Well-hllcd ut tho evening
Rcv. +. 4. Hurdin, and II servlcc Of song con-
Quoted by Mrs Jumes AlcGranuhan.
THE REV. GEORGE MUELLER,
to ,+.
OF Hr1sloi. wno IS ~ peeSent En
WORKING fs1raa u, ,ue .,,I,o; ~ ..Mh
mans or G91eaS; SPOKE on tIe @ suIIece .s. ~ LII
Icacnefs mork IN 'nH e, mI' ,Itn1+ E r. hs.d ad
hi ohGt pG'ot r. ~ s,ea nf rriat th,t norsnn
must hrss hhvc h t .n puMvr 1cr m J'tg W.
grae%e % np tac ne tc Wnrd p,ncrly Who knew
nne @ GoMh M h,,nscf 'Is h;dsen ..r o,,ick nscrvt
noI anu n.!ilsea. ~, a. 81 9nchn
and it wss ie, it ior an thn f tn es
etnvgted co ,D # be- was not The techer sh be
cheerfuI ana Happy as W EuNt ~: , eukn @
tn be- Then ne must llot 2hiy mee 1r,n r'sn tt out
must persist III aoihg gouM, a n t',cn He
the doctrines OF the scriptures. Inc !tacucf
must thoroughly 1atniltarze nsi ny Wit 9 me a
scriptures, anu IhG pGss , NY ~ onns+;,.o1te