The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-07-21

Morrow, d r Cowhick, Geo. MILFORD
Miss Ida %ilford, Miss Lusk, Mrs
Church, Mr. Geo. Durbin, C B Taylor,
Mrs. Patten, Rev. 4 w Ramsey.
Corresponding MEMBERSHIPS. Clark,
Denver, and Rev. John Mclean, Hills
burg, n. S.
Adjourned until 2 p. m.
THURSDAY-Afternoon Session.
Convention called to order at 2:15 by
the president. Opened by singing, etc
the work" In the absence of MI. d.
D. Dare, Mr.. Clark, of Denver, spoke
of the use of the blackboard in the Sun,
day school. He said that a talent for
drawing was not essential for using the
blackboard, and gave some lessons in
the use of it in a very simple way,
which like a great many other simple
things was very easy to understand by
those present, while a long and detailed
description would fail to convey any
adequate idea to M who did not see it.
We can only say that it was very inter.
esting, as it could not fail to be, given
as it was by the "Only Clark of the
convention" Singing, "Hear the
call"
DIR. W. ~. Wyman then followed
with a short address on Temperance
work in the Sabbath school," After
reading ONE statistics showing the i'm
portance of the subject, he said
although alcohol and like poison
caused most of the suffering that
We call due to intemperance, yet
he thought that temperance could well
be urged against other things. TEN
perance in all things is best taught by
examI lie, as are all the other truths that
are and should be taught in the Sabbath
school. Temperance should be incul-
Gated in the minds of the children, for
it is easier to educate a temperate child
than to reform an Incorporate man.
Mr.. Jay Andrews, of Chicago, who
was to have spoken on bible history and
chronology, sent his regrets to the con-
vention and stated that he would not
be able to attend.
Rev. Sanders moved a recess for five
minutes. Carried. "Over the line, -
was then sung. The committee on ar
ranging for publishing the minutes re-
ported Rev. Chamberlain moved that
800 copies of the proceeding of the con-
vention be ordered printed. Motion
carried.
In the experience meeting the first
question was what experience was to
be given. The president stated that he
thought the object of this meeting was
to talk over the experiences of those
who thought that they had methods
that were good, or difficulties hard to
get over. Rev. Banks stated that the
greatest difficulty in his school was to
get teachers enough. Mr.. Taylor's eX-
perience confirmed that of Mr.. Banks,
though another difficulty in his school
was that the teachers persisted in
.absenting themselves from the school
without providing a substitute.
After singing the hymn, sis it well
with my SOUL" Mr.. Clark took the floor
with the remark that he spoke so often
that it reminded him of the way his
mother used to make him take bad
medicine. After each dose of medicine
he was allowed to have a piece of cake
or something ''to take the taste out. -
lie proposed to be the medicine and let
the other speakers be the cake. lie
thought that n normal class system
would he the best way to obviate the
difficulties spoken of by the speakers
previously named this normal class he
thought should be taught by the differ
ent topics and that they pledge them
selves to teach whenever required to.
Moved that a recess be taken until
1870 p. m. Coronation" was then
sung and the meeting dispersed.
THURSDAY-Evening Session.
Praise service, conducted by Jos.
Clark, from 7:3O to 8 o'clock. consist
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President Peabody then read the oath
Psalm, and Rev. Sanders offered
prayer.
Rev. George Craft then delivered an
address, or, rather, bible reading,
entitled ''New things out of an old
book" The book he proposed TO take
up was a wonderful book; it was 1000
years in being written and 200 years in
being canoniZed and fitted for our use.
OF course this book was the bible. This
is not the age that seeks for the old,
but rather for those that are new.
Men have said that among the old
things that are soon to pass away is the
bible, that it was all old; but he pro-
posed to show that u great many new
things are in it yet, aud he would now
look at some Of them. First: The new
heart conversion, not a change of
heart, but an exchange. The convert
ed man is not only a changed man but
4 new The same man he is not.
The book Gays he is a new creature-a
new creation. The christian man is the
greatest miracle in the world to-day
greater even, than the greatest mira
cles of Christ on earth when the blind
saw, the deaf heard and the element:
and devils obeyed his voice. Thi.
miracle so'ertops them all; this new
creature has also a new name; all the
old things, even the name, shall pas:
away and all things be new; having