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

Initial Meeting OF the Ttceat,- Firth annual
COnrention of the Minnesota Sltndaay
School -Iateresting address,
eS DeItcered.
The twenty-ffth annual convention of
the Minnesota State Sunday School asso-
citation opened last Sunday in the new
Westminster Presbyterian church, of this
city. Nearly leo delegates from various
parts of the state were in attendance, and
| in the course of the session, which con
tinues till Thursday evening, the number
will be considerably increased.
The devotional exercises of the evening
were led by Geo. B. Bradbury, and S. S,
Taylor, of st. Paul, was the first speaker.
who gave long and interesting account,
replete with statistics, of the past
history and work of the
association, showing the growth
advancement and influence of the organ
ization from its infancy to the present day.
The first attempt to establish Sunday
school in Minnesota was at St. Paul in
September, 1853. He recounted the diff
culties they had to contend with-ths hard
work they had accomplished. and the poor eff.
fects produced through their labor upon the
infdel, the skeptic and the scoffer. It has
been the champion of truth, the advocate
and exponent of morality and religion.
The society had extended helping hand
to the pioneers of the state
who had left their eastern homes
and all the associations that make
life dear and come west where they were
in a degree deprived of them. The
work is being carried on with courage and
determination. Men and women are found
to devote time to its advancement, and he
rejoiced that the precious seed sown had
fructitied and matured and been the
means of accomplishing so many crafty
ing results. The number of delegates at
the first convention was fifty-seven, and
after ten years there were 527 schools with
an enrolment of 3S,401 scholars, and
2,26S teachers. According to the state
secretary of the association there were
last year in seventy-nin counties of the
state 1926 schools, 1915 teachers and To-
204 pupils.
The next speaker was D. ". Ingersoll,
one of the founders and earliest superin-
tendents who has since its establishment
labored arduously in the cause of Sunday
school work, and has grown grey in the
service. He gave his personal reminis-
cences, extending back for quarter of a
century, and was listened to with much in
terest by the audience. He took charge of
the First Presbyterian church in ST.
Paul in 1859, and started Sun
day school work with eight
teachers and twenty-four scholars. Through
their influence many persons, especially
foreigners, were dissuaded from violating
the Sabbath by indulging in picnics and
other amusements.
The Rev. r. F. Sample, DID,, delivered a
fine address on the future of the society
He said Gods people were better to-day
than they ever were. The children should
be taught that they are amenable to au-
thority, and they should understand there
is no way to God except through the cru.
cited Christ They should be instructed
regarding the sanctity of the Sabbath, the
holiness of the marriage relations
that there are future rewards and
punishments.- What men need is the ole
truth, the gospel of Jesus Christ. He be
lieved the old fashioned truths to be the
only means of saving the world from per.
| dition. In God there is satisfaction, anG
outside of hi n there is absolutely none.
The benediction being pronounced the
association adjourned till this morning al
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