The Dawson journal., 1883-03-22
THE STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

THE STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
AnnHa' Meeting of the Georgia
Association at Augusta.
Savannah News.
Mr. r. b Reppard, President of
the Georgia State Sunday School
Association, has issued the following
announcement of the annual session
of - association:
Zenith annual session of the
0~a z State Sunday School A.
SC ,la'>1.l will be held at Augusta, Ga,
z odaesday, Thursday and Friday,
Cd. 3rd, aud 4th of May, 1883. The
constitution of the association says
The association shall be composed
of one delegate for every three hund-
red members of Sunday schools CON-
posing the County Association, and
in counties where 20 association, ex-
lists, two delegates for every Repre-
sentative to which the county is en-.
titled in the General Assembly Of the
State In counties where no associa-
ton exists, the dlegates will be ap-
poiniel by the Vice President OF the
81 ,;e Association for the Congress-
ional district. We take this occasion
to cordially invite the Sunday School
workers of the State OF Georgia to
interest themselves in the Georgia
State Sunday School Association, III
The organization Of County and Dist
rict Associations. for the purpose Of
bringing togethar as often a. prac-
ticable the several denominations
that we may from each other obtain
new IDEAS and methods for conduct
ing successfully this great depart
ment of work in our respective chur-
ches. We know that each church
takes care of its own affairs, and we
have no intention to interfere in the
least with the schools of any denomi,
nation. Our object is 'to promote
the prosperity and efficiency of the
Sunday schools of Georgia, by
frequent visitation and interchange
of thought. and expression of ex-
| periences in The work, by offering to
each other pure sympathy and en-
courageinen' in our labors, by pub
liely meeting with each other upon q
common platform whose foundation
and entire structure is Christian unity
md Christian pleasure, and we are
confident that those who have usually
attended the county, State and in
transitional Sunday school conven-
tions have generally returnedto their
own schools greatly profted and
more eager for this important work
III 'ii1At 4So t}NCtiYb ChuTHISs.
THE programme which is being
prepared will embrace representative
men from the various denominations
OF Christians from all sections of the
tate of Georgia, from the mountains
20 the seaboard. Arrangements will
be made with the various railroads
to carry delegates at reduced rates.
Preparations are i'll active progress
at Augusta to entertain the delegates
with that genial hospitality for which
the people OF that good city are
noted, and, altogether, the meeting
promises to be one of the most in
teresting ever held by the State
Association
"We address this circular to YOU
earnestly desiring to have your in
fIence in securing representatives.
from your county from the several
churches, to attend the convention at
Augusta, and if there is no Associa-
ton in your county to use the earli-
est and best means towards organic
inp one, ana we are sure that such
work will bring to you and your as.
sociates great spiritual pleasure and
psoit
"Pleass communicate at once with
the Vice President or Secretary of
your Congressional district, whose
address YOU will find at the head of
this circular. 1t is important that
he should know the names ola the
delegates, that complete list may
be sent as early as practicable to Mr.
!. Z. Bowles, Chairman OF Reception
Committee, Augusta, Ga.. ami also
to the State Secretary, ut Atlanta,
Ga, that cards may be sent to dele.
gates naming the place where they
will be entertained in Augusta !"
A mofher noticing her little daugh-
! for ,vinino hos. ,,.n,th ,r;4L L.