The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-01
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WEST VIRGINIA STATE SABBATH
SCHOOL WORK.
The Convention NJ Parkersburg Yea
teFdAy.
PARKRksBuRa. w. VA. Nav 81,

The Convention al Parkersburg Yes
teFdAy.
P%ARxEsssuRa, W. Va, May 81.
EdItOn IuiOllIgsuesr.
The State Sabbath School Convention
was called to order at two o'clock thiI
afternoon by Rev, s. B, Barnitz, Of YOU
city, President Of the Convention o
1880. The opening hymn was,'
IAN hall the power Of jesus name"
and the Scripture lesson, Acts II. A
brief opening prayer, Ex Governor Viii
liam o. Stevenson delivered the follow
Ing
ADDRESS OF WELCOME,
Nix President; LADIES AND GENTLE
HRN-The State Committee has imposed
upon me the very delicate, but, after all,
the very pleasant duty Of extending a
welcome to the friends OF Sunday Schools
throughout the State who are in attend
anCe at this Convention, as well rs those
who are with US from other States In the
Union, or any others, even from distant
lands, whose hearts and hands are in the
mighty work Of Sunday Schools.
We see before us, Mr., President, Sun.
day School workers from u largest clties
and our smallest villages; from our noun.
tain fastnesses end u fertile valleys
those who are engaged in UNCONVENTIONAL
schools and In union schools; and | am
happy to see those also who have extended
the good work into the mission school and
the.orphans' home; who instruct not alone
the sweet aud gentle who live in happy
homes, but the fatherless and motherlesa
who cry for bread and dwell In places oil
poverty and sin. l trust l shall be par.
doned II Just here ! state that the strongest
Impression ever made upon my own mind
in reference to Sunday Schools, was dur.
ing an accidental visit to a mission school
in o city not quite one hundred miles from
here. Aud Il is not meant Rs tAttery, but
Rs q merited compliment, when ! say that
the school referred To was organized and
successfully conducted by the worthy
President OF this convention.
All these schools, OF whatever kind,
have but one object-to make good chill.
dfen, good men, good women, good neigh.
bOrs, good cltizens; TO prepare those com.
mitted 10 III care for useful lives here and
a blessed Immortality hereafter. Gould
we do less, dear friends, than give to those
engaged in this noble work 9 most kindly
g~reeting2
But you come especially to represent
the children; 10 present the claims Of the
children 10 perfect schemes for the good
OF children. II IL this fact, more perhaps
than any other, which gives you q claim
upon our hospitality that should make
you welcome to our hearts and to our
homes. The world is yet 10 be saved
through the fundamentally oil children.
When the great Teacher himEelt wished
to impress upon his followers the idea Of
the highest type OF human perfection he
set a little child in the midst Of them and
declared that OF such lie the Kingdom OF
Heaven; that unless they should become
as little children they should In no wise
eater the Kingdom Of Heaven. This
thought was the same which aCtuates you;
that the human race Ia to be redeemed
through the simple yet mighty agency Of
children.
There is to come a time, perhaps It is
yet a long way oil, when nations shall not
learn war any more, when the weapons OF
destruction shall be forged into nipple.
ments OF h%uBhandry, when the lion.like
spirit Of war shall be transformed into the
meek, innocent spirit OF the lamb, when
factors rather than upon their destroyers;
q time when the song OF peace which the
angels sang to the shepherds Of Judah
shall be fulfilled; a time, seen as yet only
by the eye OF faith and Ia the green up.
lands OF the future, but which Is to come
a. surely as tile sun Of the far of years will
come. The work, my dear friends, in
which you are engaged, looks 10 the com.
ing OF thai milleneal sge. And when men
ceases TO destroy; when the arts oil peace
shall take the place oil destructive war;
when the spirit OF love shall rule 10 the
councils OF men instead OF the spirit OF
hate; when the glory Of God shall cover
the earth as the waters cover the sea, is II
not said, 10 make this pathetic picture
perfect, that 10 little child shall lead
them9"
1t ia especially tllsd, dear friends, be.
cause you come 90 the friends OF the chill
dren that, In behalf oil our citizens, | again
extend to you all, whether from the cities
or the towns, the slopes OF the mountains
or the valleys between, 0 most cordial and
hearty welcome.
Rev. s. B. Barni'z, who had been sp.
pointed by the committee, responded as
iollowst
HoSoRRD siR: In the name Of the Sun.
day school teachers and workers Of the
State Of West Virginia l accept the vel.
come 40 kindly given us, and thank you,
and through you the people Of Parkers.
burg and Wood county, for II. We have
already been made 10 feel welcome In the
christian homes and families that have go
kindly opened their doors to US, and yet,
cir, this public expression Of the interest
here felt in Our gathering, and tue appfe.
citation here shown Of lie Importance and
lie influence, CoWeS home TO our hearts as
words OF chfistiaH sympathy ever do.
You have been pleased to dwell some
what on the union-Ohfistian union
feature Of this association, and assure
YOU your words find a response In my
heart, and in the heart Of every true Sun.
day School worker. regard II as Que oil
The strongest recommendations OF The
Sunday School work that II has In com.
mon With all Christian missionary organ.
izations, this feature, namely, the almost
positive inability 10 recognize Il. It any.
thing Ike aeClgrlSp distinctions. lis great
aim % The souls salvation, Snl lplnnr epdi
are not permitted 10 oppose this gtand re-
suit. As in'the mIsslonary,wotk, distinctly
so.cslled, when men are sent 10 preach "a
DE heather the great paramount theme Il
"God 90 loved the world so also 10
tie Bible cause, aud The temperance work
when the great fact appears before Us thai
men are dying and nothing short Of the
bread Of life can save them, we find nc
time to analyEs the chemistry otthe loayet
to determine precisely how much oil TILL
| denominations carbon or that ohe'l
oxygen or the o!het's hydrogen 10 present
The only question ls h6w 10 got The loavet
and how most quickly to send them
Ths Sunday Bch6ol Claims this feature
pfeemlnently, The sGh6lars arc 1t