Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-05
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Inaugural Services in Connection With tn
Annual Sunday School Congress.

Annual Sunday School Congress.
The services in the different Methodist
churches of the city were of more than usual
interest yesterday, owing to the fact that the
exercises were largely devoted to the discuss
ion of Sunday school work. 1t is what is
called the annual Sunday school congress for
the M. E. churches of st. Paul, and the pres
emit is much enhanced in interest on account of
the presence of DR.. j. Il. Vincent, of New
York, secretary of the Sunday school union of
the M. E. church of the United States. DR..
Vincent has achieved almost worldwide rep
utation from his connection with Sunday
school work, and more particularly from his
association with the Chautauqua Lake assem-
bly,, which holds it's annual convocation in
August. It will be remembered that the
late President Garfield attended one of
these assemblys in August, 1880, where he was
received with distinguished consideration by
the immense gathering.
While the work proper of the congress will
not commence until to-day, the church SER
vices at the First Methodist and the Jackson
street church had more or less reference to
Sunday school work. In the morning Bishop
Foss preached at the First M. E. church from
Acts $50, 81 came not to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance" The sermon was
of entirely extemporaneous character, and
was full of thought and original ideas, and
was listened to with profound attention by
an audience which filled every seat in. the spa
cious church.
In the evening at the same church union
meeting was held and again the church was
filled to its utmost capacity. After the usual
religious services, addresses were made by
Bishop Foss and DR.. Vincent. Both addresses
were extemporaneous, and dealt altogether
upon Sunday school work. Bishop Foss ar
gued that religion, labor and capital, should
work together for the benefit of the Christian
church, The work is vast and aims at moth
ing less than the immediate evangelzation
and salvation of the whole world. After al
luding to the magnitude of the work, and
stating that all nations should be made like
this nation, and then Christianized, he looked
away from this general view and pictured the
difficulties in the way. Nothing short OF a
full report would do justice to the bishops
address
He was followed by DR.. Vincent, who had
the entire audience in almost breathless at
tention for nearly an hour, during which he
went over the whole subject of Sunday school
work, and urging Sunday school teachers to
not conine their labor to the Sabbath alone
but to enpeavor to make every day of the
week Sabbath to their pupils.
The services at the jackson street church
consisted of a sermon in the morning by DR..
Vincent, and Union Sabbath school meeting
in the afternoon, at which DR.. Vincent again
addressed the large gathering. Taking it
altogether, the services were interesting and
greatly enjoyed by the crowded audiences.
The exercises of to-day will be held at the
First M. E. church, and will commence at 9
a. M, and will be kept up during the entire
day, and will close in the evening by lecture
from DR.. Vincent, entitled, "Among the
Heighths."