The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-13
The SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Tho sessions Largely Attended and the
Proceedings characterized By
= Great Dneres, Of Interest.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL COhvkNtiuh.
Tho Sessions Largely Attended and the
Proceedings characterized By
.. Great Degree OF Interest.
The opening session of the State Sun
day School Convention was held IN The
Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon,
the weather being of such character
that it was impossible to use the taber-
nacle which had been erected with an
especial view TO this occasion. In the
absence of a number of leading work
men in the Sunday school cause, who
failed to arrive by reason of detention
of the trains. the time, after the prelim-
mary devotional exercises, was devoted
TO a general exchange of views on Sab
bath school work, in which many valu'
able suggestions were elected, the ser
vice being one of great profit TO all
present.
IN THE EVENING
very large audience assembled at the
Congregational church, the number of
delegates having been greatly augment
cd by the crowds which arrived from the
east ON the belatcd Santa Fe train. The
program consisted of an address of
welcome and response, and remarks
from noted Sunday school workers from
abroad. The singing was under the di-
rection of Professor Hester, who, with
the aid of large choir and Miss Rosa
Bartch at the organ, made this feature
of the service highly enjoyable
The devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Clark, of Newton,
| formerly pastor of the Presbyterian
church, in this city, and at their close,
Mayor D. w. Eastman, in behalf of the
citizens of Emporia, welcomed the dele
gates in a brief but wciltimed address.
he said that the Sunday school was the
right arm of the church, and that to the
church the world owed its best and highest
civilization. He ventured the hope that
the people of Emporia would become
imbued with the same spirit of
zeal which had actuated the Sunday
school workers before him in coming
together to promote SO grand a cause,
and that the convention would find its
session profitable and pleasant as well
as productive of good to the city.
President T. B. Sweet, of Topeka, re-
sponded very felicitously, saying that
he and his co-workers in the Sunday
school cause from abroad had heard
much of the enterprise and public spirit
of Emporia; they knew how its Normal
school had risen phoenix like, from its
ashes; they had read of her water works,
the first to be constructed in the state,
and had come to regard her as one of
the leading cities in the great common
wealth of Kansas. They had also ex-
allied views regarding the hospitality of
such broad gauged people, but the
many representatives present from all
parts of the state were here not simply
to enjoy the beds and the tables of their
entertainers, but to accomplish grand
work for God, and to mark out
future campaigns for subjugating the
world TO His Christ. The speaker was
glad that the chief representative of the
city government. was on the side of the
Sunday schools and hoped that the con.
vention would result in glorious results
for this nursery of the church.
The President then introduced Rev.
Mr.. Stevenson, of Burlingame, who set
forth the vital importance to the up
building of the church of early con-
sion and cited the potency of
the Sunday school as faction
in leading the youth of the country
to embrace the saving doctrines of Chris
tianity. He urged more thorough
conservation of the churches to the
work of converting the world to Christ.
He was succeeded by
REV. DIR. NC CABE,
of Topeka, who held the attention of the
audience for twenty minutes or more by
one of those stirring addresses for which
he is noted. In speaking of the requi-
sites of success in advancing the cause
of Christianity, he urged, among other
things, an intelligent presentation of the
truths of the gospel, a fraternal eo-opeTa-
ton among the churches for the accom-.
plishment of the same great end of saw.
ing souls, an aggressive spirit among
the disciples of Christ, and implicit
faith In His revealed word. His
remarks breathed forth the spirit of con-
quest, and the speaker impaired to
strange degree, the large measure of his
own earnestness to his hearers.
REV. DIR. PAGE,
of LeavenWorth followed with a very in
teresting and graphic review of the
growth and progress of the Sunday
school during the past century, and to
this fundamentally attributed the wide
familiarity OF the people of Chris
tian nations with Gods word; the Chris
tan activity which pervades all fields
of action; and the success
full crusade against intemperance which
the Sunday school has stimulated He
is one of tho most successful Sunday
school workers in the state or country,
and his remarks were listened to with
eager interest.
After closing hymn and the bene-
diction the convention adjourned for
the evening after most pleasant and
instructive session.