The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-06-03

n close on the evening OF May 10Th
I. The Convention was called 70 ordel
by the President, Rev. l. Irvine.
REcErrfoN OF pELE0ArEs.
| A short time was consumed IN oh
ssining q list of delegates from the
various schools Of the oJunty, most oi
themhowever, had reported prior u
the opening Of the Convention. Sunday
lschool workers who had not come rs
delegates were invited to seats and
participate III the ditferont discussions.
i Committees
| The chair appointed the followin &
! Committees
On minutes--G. r. Hendricks, A. ".
0emberling aud @. ". Aurand.
On nominations w. N. Heimbach,
Henry Meyer aud A, n. seigfried.
On resolutions-Rev. II. Il. Delmer
and q. II. Aurand.
On Vice Prcsidents j. G Schoch,
Nv. ". Hciinbsch and J. A. smith.
On Executive Committee REV. II.
y. Belnicr, q. 2. Ulrich, Esq, aud A.
". ucmberling.
| On Treasurer account q. Il Hen.
dricks. O. N. Aurand aud A. n. Seig-
fried.
On leave of absence--A. NJ. Carey
and A. n. 0cnberling.
Election Of officers.
Rev. |. Irvine wa, elected President:
.. Y. Meyer, Recording Secretary A.
NJ. Carey, Corrcsp mding Secretary,
and Jacob A Smith, Treasurer, for the
ensuing year.
Topics for discussion.
The following are the topics f,r dis.
cussion in the order in which they
were discussed, and the names Of those
who opened them
"Hpw can we make this Convention
successful ?" Rev. II. Is Beln,cr.
ia the Sundaysschool accomplish.
ing it's object ?" 4. II. 5eigfriod.
What are the responsibilities and
encouragenients oi Sunday-schoo
workers p Rev. I. Irvine.
"What is tho hest method Of intro
ducing aud conducting music in our
Sunday-schools 7" Prof. William
Moyer.
"What are the advantages of tho In.
ternational Lesson system :" Rev. T..
Born. d. D.
"lYhat is the hest method uf con-
dncting Sunday-school q A. NJ.
Carey.
How can catechctical instruction
host be given :" Rev. II. n. Bclmcr.
What are the chief difficulties in
the way Of Sunday ay-school SUCCESS ?"
w. L. Snyder.
"fs the practice Of rcwarding schol~
ara a judicious one - J. g. Schoch.
How shall We best promote the
schoul ?" Rev. 2. Born, ID. u.
Most of these topics were discussed
at length and many practical hints
thrown out by the speakers.
Chihireis' meeting.
| A childrens' meeting was held dur
ing part Of Wednesday afternoon
The children were addressed by VI. l..
Snyder. j. g. Schoch aud Rev. |. Ir-
vine. Their ideas were fully sustained
tratinns ani the children were not
only attentive tu what WAS said. but
manifested \ READINGS. in answering
the questions put II them.
| Amendment 10 u, constitution.
The Association has always opened
its annual meetings the third Tuesday
of May. This IL seems conflicts somc-
what with other enga sernenis nf some
lof the Sunday school workers Of our
c'nln'y. To OlNia,e this the Conven.
tim unanimously adopted the follow
ing resolution as presented by A. NJ.
lCnry
Re~i,~i That the Constitution be.
50 amended that our County Sunday
school Convention 10 held on the
second rhLrsd,y of Nay hereafter un-
I'll otherwise decided.
| Te,lehers reports.
An attempt was made to gather q
Statistical report Of nll the SUNDAY.
rchools Of the county, in order that we
might gain a full summary OF the
membership Of our schools, and what
il being done in the caise. The Su>
perintendent Of each school. and in n
few INSTANCES pastors, were appealed
to To forward n report from all schools
which were known TO exist. While
the efforts in gathering these reports
have been sustained in securing u
number from schools which have hith.
erto not reported, sevcIaI who report.
cd last year failed to send theirs in.
The number of schools in operation in
the county 10 not definitely known.
Reportes from forty-fve schools were
received. A summary Of these shows
that there are 272 officers In these
schools 294 teachers 4,50S scholars
l67 persons added 70 the church total
expeases, &l, ,O3l, 90; amount collected
for benevolent objects. $l52.37. while
barely onesfourth Of them have q
teachers meeting.
DELEGATES 10 state sunday school convention
| The Convention elected the follow
ing rs delegates TO the State Sunday
School Convention which in all prob.
ability convenes at Lancaster in Mo-
vember Rev. II. b. Belmer, A. M
Carey. q. Il. Hendricks, Mrs. Kate
Schoch, Mrs. @ B. North and Miss
Laura e. Richter.
i Place aud time Of nert meeting.
Middleburg was selected as the place
for holding the next annual session ol
the Convention, and the second Thurs
day aud Friday Of May, 1881.
Reports Of committee.
j A. N. Gembcrling, from the Com,
mittee on Minutes, reported that the
minutes Of last annual Convention
were correctly transcribed.
q. r. Hendricks, from the Commit.
toe on auditing treasurer's account
reported that the treasurer had receiv.
cd in cash 1889 and paid out a., Al
leaving a balance of 1l1 81 in the treas