Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-07
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

PrOce edin0S of the State Convention Yes
terddy.
Pursuant to adjournment the State Sur
day School convention met yesterday
morning at $3.50 O'Clock. After devotional
exercises conducted by Rev. DR.. Carroll
of Saltwater the reports of county secre-
taries were called for and the several sec
rataries present gave encouraging and
gratifying reports Of the work being &C
complished in their respective counties.
Letters were read from the Nebraska
extending greetings to the Minnesota one
now in session and suitable replies were
made to the communications The Rev.
j. A. MCGOWAN (''Quiz Quiz') Of Ovation
ma, who is state secretary, then submitted
his report from which it appears he had
travelled last year in the interest of the as
ISOLATION through the various counties of
the state, the distance of l ,456 miles. The
number of Sunday schools in Minnesota is
], 444 with an attendance of 76,0S0 pupils.
There are three counties without any
schools, viz: Hubbard, Houston and
Cook. Hennepin is the banner county,
having ninety-three schools and II, O49 pu-
pills. Only twenty-five out of the eighty
counties of Minnesota have county organ
izations. Lake county last year had a
school for the first time with one teacher
and twenty scholars. Owing to the rapid
increase of population, that of last year
being 80 per cent, he felt sanguine that
the next report of the secretary will show
an increase of so per cent. more than the
ho hoI iJ,cf
pect was bright for the organization. The
report was accepted and adopted.
The president announced the following
committees for the ensuing year:
On credentials J A. MCGOWAN, E.
W. Day, J. G. Huntington.
On nominations-D. w. Ingersoll, j. II.
Randall, H. A. Smith, Geo. Bradbury, NJ.
D. Merrill.
On resolutions-Re W. Flint, Rev. j.
H. Edward, NJ. B. Lewis, l. D. Blake.
On Finance. A. Gilbert, G. W. Hack
EFT, S. S. Taylor.
On delegate to attend triennial conven-
ton to be held in Louisville, June, 1854
D. W. Ingersoll, Geo. G. Smith and L. w.
Campbell.
On next place of meeting-Geo. Brad
bury, M. B. Lewis, Brewer Mattocks and
NJ. D. Berry.
c. H. Haskell, the treasurer, requested
more time in which to make his report and
the same was gra nted.
The delegates from the frontier counties
consumed half an hour in
giving their reports of the growth
and progress of the society in the several
counties where they live. Olmsted, Clay,
Mobiles, Meeker, Goodhue and Freedom
were represented and the reports on the work
in the several counties was most cheering.
NJ. B. Lewis delivered a brief and pointed
address on the subject of frontier work"
and said the thousands Of emigrants from
the old world who had settled on the Dor
der were deriving much benefit from their
labors and the foreigners seemed to appre-
ciate it and were entering heartily into the
spirit of the work and cooperating with
them in the Sunday school work.
Mr.Ward, of Dakota, also spoke and told
what work was being done in his locality.
There are twenty-five counties in Dakota
with Sunday school conventions organized,
and the annual convention occurs next
month.
Mr.. Comstock was elected delegate to
represent this body in that convention.
Mr.. Plant then presented a report of the
International association which convened
at Toronto, in which each of the provinces
of the Dominion and each of ours
is entitled to onesdelegate.
The committee appointed by the asso-
citation decided to hold the triannuil con-
vention at Louisville, Ky.
The committee then adjourned and re-
assembled at o'clock, when DR.. g. H.
Halves, of Hastings, read a paper on
Scholars Home Study, how best secured.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention reassembled at 2 o'clock,
and devotional exercises lasting half an
hour were conducted by Rev. c.. A. Van
Anda, DR.. G, H. Halves, of Hastings, then
read paper on Scholars Home Study
How best secured" and was followed by
G. E. Dyer, in paper on Teachers
Home Study-its needs and benefits
Normal classes, and teachers meetings"
THE Bible and personal characters and
free discussion of the contents OF these
papers completed the afternoons exer-
ci5es.