The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-08-04
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Dniins county aunday atbooI Con
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Tho largest gathering Of Sundsy.school
teachers and workers ever gathered together
In the county, convened JulJ 9Th and 28.b,
al Duck Cfeek, with the NJ. II Church South,
q! that place. There were five sessions,
averaging three hours Zach, the attend ance
at all being only bounded by the capacities of
the building; and tho attention of tho largo
audience never tagged for moment. Dsle-
gates from forty schools were present, and
il is fair to estimate that over 900 we're ia
attendance throughout the sitting Of the
convention.
The programme covered broad area of
Sunday school work aud thought, and owing
to the ability with which the officers of the
convention discharged their several duties,
nothing was omitted, and every one came up
to time. Tho address of welcome was de-
livered by Miss Matte M. Browning, and re-
sp0nded to on behalf of the convention by
Prof Il w Dallas. TIE permanent organic
ton was effected by the election of A. FL.
Field Of Dallas, president; w H Evans, vices
pr sident; j nj Mccoy, secretary; Charles b
Gillespie and Thomas Nash, assistant secre-
taries. Precinct vice presidents ] @
Beck r. M Wright, o s Thomas, j W. Cd
son, II j Stewart, L w Dallas, j p Good
night and j s Strother.
Every person whOae name was printed in
tbs programme for any services in the meets
iap WAS Oh hand with one or two exceptions
aad fulfilled his part. Th 70 were no ex-
uses for absent speakers, and even ,he Incl,
ientsl partakers 10 the programme we're duly
at their posts for action. Not often does it
happen that ten men appointed and an.
nouhced for speeches of various lengths, are
all present ard prepsred to do their work
without apology; but so it happened. There
WAS a very general representation from sun.
day schools of the county. They sont
delegations more or less numerous, from an
individual to q wagon load, and all looked as
if they were enjoying themselves. The gem
eral interest throughout the county is
large y due to the secretary, j. NJ. McCoy,
who is not an honorary fsure-hesd, but the
life and soul of the association, giving good
deal Of his time and energies TO the business
of stirring up the various schools, gathering
statistics, is acquainted with almost everye
body in the county, and thoroughly devoted
10 the work.
A commendable feature of the exercises
was that nearly every address was short and
practical; even the reports of the committees
and secretaries were not allowed to exceed
ton minutes each. There WIS not one Of
those 'set speeches" which 80 often waste the
! time of like gatherings, but nearly every one
present contributed some thought, or some
experience, and in the end had gathered a
fund of new ideas ard useful knowledge.
The subjects assigned a0d discussed were ss
follows: "Objects Of Sunday school conven
tions," by Rev. G. w. Horr; "The Sunday
school convention, it's work and powrr," by
Rev w Z Hall; "Our Field" by Rev. A.
II Field; "rhe Worth and work of Sunday
Schools" by r v. j. FL Morgan; BEST meth>
DDS of tenching," by r Fraser; "Tbe
teachers work." by Rev. o. s Thomas; THE
Sunday school, the citizen and the business
usn," by b. Sesy; Sunday school organs
lzstion and management" by Rev. j. 81.
Curry; 1.-THE study of the Bible the hope of
the church, the nations safety" by w. L
Williams, Esq "The parents duties" BY
Rev. All. Rsst; "The object Of all teaching"
by Kew DR.. l.. 7. Smith, BESIDES short re-
marks and discussions in which various
speakers participated.
"Between the ats" there was sweet music
furnished by the excellent choir of the
church wherein the convention was held,
led by j. NJ. Wright. Miss Annie Mewshsw
presided sklfully at the orgsn.
A bountful repsst was served on the
grounds by the good ladies OF the church and
neighborhood. These Sunday school FLOWS
do eat, especially at f,e lunch, and va
amount of edibes was transferred from the
tables and baskets to the conveniioners in q
remarkably short space of time.
The FRS. Baptist church at Dallas was
the banner school in point of numbers and
sversge attendance. There WAS reported, in
come tion with tbis fourishing school, a
mission school located in East Dsllss. The
convention closed after the usual resolutions
of thanks and addresses of farewell char
acter 10 the good and hosptable people of
the place, who had 60 freely entertained the
numerous legates. The next convention
is to meet at lisbon, Dsliss county.
The following are few statistics gath
cred, which may be of interest to Sunday
school workers, viz: Schools in the county, !
IS represented 10 the convention, 40; mem
1ership of schools represented, 674; of
schools not represented 932. Totsl. 1906.
Average attendance. l66 Schools Or
gained since last meeting, ID scholars res
csvsd into church since last ear, about zoo;
amount expended in Sunday schools,