West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-25
y. s. Convention.

the Union Valley Church, May
18th and 18th.
In the absence of the President
Dave d. johnson, the Vice Presl-
dent, Rev. L. f. Peters, of Ravens
wood, called the meeting to order,
at 10 80 o'clock, "Wednesday morn
ing. ,,,
After devotional exercises, led by
the acting President, A. b. Barrett
was elected Secretary.
Letters and reports were read
from about twenty-five schools,
showing that the schools were IN
good condition. Nearly all Of the
schools are continued all the year.
1t is very gratifying to know that
SO many persons meet every SAB
bath to study the Bible.
At12 o'clock the Convention took
recess until u o'clock. ....
A splendid dinner was served on
the ground and the delegates did
their best to show their high APP
probation of such hospitality ex-
tended by the People of Union Val
ley, and the effort was a grand sue
cess. r.se ..sE f.71
..t.... AFTERNOON. 4r.fi-
A good programme had been pre-
pared and was taken up at o'clock.
A good address was delivered by
Rev. c. L. Hanlan on The Place of
the Bible in the Sunday School.
Another address was delivered on
The Worship of the School, by w.
e. Powell, in the absence of the APP
pointee, Dr. S. M, Haworth.
EVENING. .....
After devotional exercises, Miss
Lizzie Hinckley read a splendid es-
say on the The Attractive Features
of the Sunday School, which was
followed by an address by Professor
A. l.. Purinton on The Duties of
the Sunday School with reference to
Temperance. This opened the way
for splendid temperance meeting,
which followed, an account of which
has been given.
THURSDAY. .
Mr.. Peters having been called
home during the night, owing to a
sudden death, Rev. J. W. Carter
was called to the chair, and after
devotional exercises an address was
delivered by W. E. Powell, on The
Relations Of Sunday Schools to the
community. This was followed by
an address by Rev. l.. B. Moore on
The Duty of the Sunday School
with Reference to Missions, and this
by another address by D. T. c. Far
row, on How to Secure the CONVEX
sion of the scholars.
The delegates having shown such
excellent ability and willingness on
Wednesday to take care of good
dinner, they were now allowed a
similar opportunity, and we have
seldom, if ever seen this part of a
programme better'or more satisfac-
torily carried out. 1t is indeed sur
prising to see what wonderful ca
pacity some people have for this
department of Sunday School work.
The supply, however, was even
greater than the demands or the
ability of the convention.
AFTERNOON.
At one o'clock a Woman's Mis-
sionary meeting was held, conduc-
ted by Mrs. J. w. Carter. A good
work is being done for missions, not
only in the bounds of the conven-
ton, but in other parts of the
State. Mrs. Carter is recognized as
a leader in. this good work. We
hope that many other such meet
ings will he held soon in different
parts of the State.
At2 o'clock the Chairman called
the Convention to order and an ex-
cellent address was delivered by
Hon. W. E. Stevenson on the Re-
sponsibility of the non-attendants.
This was followed by a most tender
and touching address by Rev. J. w.
Carter on this theme, A little child
shall lead them,
A large number of questions had
been placed in the question-box and
were now taken out and answered
by different members of the Conven-
ton.
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR.