The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-05

| ASSonAeud That tue Dfetnfen who laY
private institutions ST learning be en-
Outraged in their work by the brother
hood, by the use of such means as ar,
at their disposal.
The report of the committee on way
and means, mapping out work for lht
ensuing year, was then submitted, ant
after some discussion adopted, and til,
afternoon session adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
The conventioi. assembled al the Con
gregaiional church Friday evening a
7:3O O'Clock.
Afier the opening services Rev. J. II
Garrison, of st. Louis. talked a few
minutes. AMI was listened To with Close
attention and d,4.p interest.
After a s..ns, the large nullithce Was
addressed by F. NJ. Green, of Ohio, on
John iv: 3-27. His subject was: "Jesus
aud the woman of Samaria" He in.
troduced his remarks by saying that
there are two incidents in the life of our
Savior Of deep and abiding interest
| One incident is that of the woman who
| Amounted Jesus with a box of precious
ointment, spoken OF in the fourte enth
chapter Of Mark. The other incident
is thai of the Savior and the samaritan
woman al jacobs we'll. The speaker
proposed TO dwell upon the latter incl
dent for the purpose of imPrcssing upon
his hearers the individuality of the Cos
pei appeal. He first described Jesus
weary from his journey, sitting at the
we'll. Then he described the Samaritan
woman. Hp referred TO the national
prejudices and to s0me bigotFy that she
evinced. He showed how this woman
cast all the blame upon the Jews from the
fact that there were no dealings between
| these two classes. He called attention also
to the necessity of gaining the attention
aud confidence of hearers before you
can teach them spiritual truth: i was
so with Jesus and this woman. Jesus first
aroused the curiosity and interest of the
woman concerning himself, and showed
her that he was u prophet The speaker
also illustrated this point by reference to
the test between Elijah and The prophets
of Raal, which won the confidence
of the people of Israel back
again to Elijah and To jehovah.
The speaker then referred
to the SaYior's teaching concerning
the necessity of spirituality aud sincerity
in the worship of God, who is spiritual
being, He then eloaucn,lY portrayed
the effect of the Saviors's revelations
of himself as the promised Messiah. He
also showed the immense amount of
good hat may be accomplished some
times by converting single Individual,
and gave q touching ILLUSTRATION of this
The discourse was listened to with OK
cellent attention and deep interest
It was ANNOUNCED that Rev. Fl. U.
Dale would preach on Saturday night,
Rev. F. NJ. Green ON Sunday morning at
IL O'Clock and Rev. NJ. P. Hayden at
7;30 p. mn all in the Congregational
church. The members OF the Christian
church and visiting delegates are re-
quested to meet at the Christian chapel
at 10 a. m. on Sunday for the observance
of the Lords supper.
The chairman appointed David Wet
eel. Robert Hay aud o. w. Miller 8
committee on education, and 4. 4.
GleRn, ]. W. Lynn. Alex. EIlett. Way
land johnson and =. G. Brown a COM
mittee on constitution and bylaws.
Brother John Boggs offered the FOL
lowing resolution, which was adopted
unanimously:
Resolved, That we hereby tender our
sincere thanks TO President r. L. Lott,
and all the other retiring officers of the
board, and also to Brother H. r, Hay
| den for the valuable lahors in behalf Of
The Kansas State Missionary society.
After dlsmission an hour was spent in
social intercourse, when the people dis
pcrsed and the state convention of the
Christian church was among the things
ofthe past
RaAsaa CAristiaA Sunday School Assoc
cIatIQA.
SATURDAYS SESSION.
| The association met Saturday in
he Congregational church at $3.50 u. IN
There was II large attendance of minis.
tiers and Sunday School workers present
Half an hour was spent in prayer and
praise, led by j. NJ. Shepherd, editor al
tho Faithful Witness, published in To
| ptke
The president OF the association, Rev
II. G Rash, then rcnd the annual nd.
dress, giving some account of the work
of the past year.
1 Al, a. r
| Williams was ck9sen secretary, pro tenn
The chair announced the following
committees:
On Plan of Work for Next year u
w. Kelsey, s. T. Dodd, A. ID. Goodwin
On Resolutions: IF. Nj. Rains, F. Nj
HoutoE, Miss Boyd.
On Auditing AccOunta David Wet
gel, W. II. Wood, Miss T. G. Miller.
On Nominations. J. M. Shepherd, A.
Fl. Mulkey. A. ID. Alderman.
Robert Hay. Sunday school eVange-
list. made = report of his work. EIe
spent eight months in the work, travel
ing $500 miles, and accomplished much
good in creating n deeper interest ia
Sunday school work apd in aiding many
schools ia greater efficiency.
On motion the association decided to
arrange for a Sunday school mass meet.
ing on tomorrow afternoon.
In the absence Of the treasurer, ii
Cnggsweli, his report was read by Rnbt
| Hay. The report showed that $I18 30
had been raised for Sunday school work
in the state. The report is a model OF
order and accuracy.
s. T. Dodd. of Tppeka. statistical sec.
rotary, presented some statistics concern
ing the sunday soho0is throughout the
state His report showed thai nut few
= -
Thirty-eight schools reported 4 men,
bership OF 2, S46 pupils. being an aver
age of seventy-five pupils TO each
school.
Prof. A. D. Goodwin delivered an nd
dress on The Importance of diiigeni
study of methods in Sunday school
work" He repudiated the notion oil
regarding the Sunday school az simply
for the children, oF as the chiIdren'e
church. He advised Sunday school
workers To attend Institutes. as
sociati0Bs, state, county and others, and
gain NIL the knowledge they can thai
will increase their efficiency and use
fulness lie urged the importance o
wrll-auaiihed superintendent and eff
cieat, piaus. CHRISTIAN teachers. Ht
showed the value Of study of method:
in order to the highest success.
II J. T. Burton also presented an inter
csting and well written paper upon ths
same topic. Il was full OF good, dis
crimInating, suggestive and expressive
|, ideas, well worthy of the attention O
Sunday school workers, and vas vel
received by the association. The sub
jcct wss further discussed by d. r. Red
lien, and F. n. Green, Who Is widely
known IN the United Htatea as q verI
eGicieat worker In tae Sunday schoo
eestions, and presented course of read
ing recommended by the General Chris
tiHn Sunday School Association. Tn,
association was very much edited hl
his remarks.
4 Further remarks were male By 8. 4
Qodd and Robert Hay. The association
then adjourned until 2 p N.