The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-17

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~ hsi ihr NHiur ruud pf SUNDAY s'l'H'
No.hti. uld N'st,riHtt aru HhfI
i'. iiafr urpp uut 90
accomplish iu.duNt

lu heavy Gilt hlu.i Letters, uu N"
wall llrp,r thu pulpit tl. WORT Uulrnur
i. conspicuous, The l.ra' decorations
are particularly tasteful, hoy also ARE
placed aloNc the pulpi, Tho morning
session al the second uaF was called &"
order NJ - o'clock, aui upcurd with de-
yotinms conducted h" z, T., Jasper nl
Terrell, The Programme then pro-
urUdcd nearly ~ formulated 10y lh'
committee, The Corresponding ~rnrv-
tary, the Treasurer and the Hoard 81
Managers reported not ready with lurir
reports,
"prcparntion Tor the >uuduy-~rhpul
lesson" WAS th' subject at three essays;
First, "ln tho Family essay lay y, ~,
Kimhall of Minuulai second, "BN the
Pupils" ESSAY q, ", smith at HpuIalrsi
third, by the Teachers essay, u, u,
ilukns uf Dallas, Tie next theme
on which essays and addresses were
had was Bleaching the SundaN-~rhunl
l.csson;" First, Urinary Class, ESSAY,
hy Mrs. T., j, Reese of Bucknrrs or
phun'S Home; second, "lnicrmcdiai"
t'lnss," ESSAY, by Mrs, +. u, Davis
of san Antonio; adult class address
SEES 10y i. u. Link, of Austin, aud j, II,
Boyct, of sulphur Springs; "Normai
class" addresses 10y j. NJ. Carroll, al
Lnmpasns. aud II. Y. Ponder, of Grrcn-
''ilc. Miss Fanny II. Murphy, of Fort
Worth, sang 10y request, "ln the sweet
By-and BY
Opening aldrresr, wur" delivered ~
rNnrS, Colorado, Pickett, benson, dhu
Dennis, Houston.
The for going completes u hriCl out
line of the forenoon work of the Texas
Sunday-Schppl and tOlpurtagc couVrn-
tlon, ON the second day nj it, meeting.
AFTERNOON.
I'm The afternoon the attendance was
larger, and the interest in the proceed
in"S In no degree uhatrd. Plenty ni l"r
water was furnished In Il forty gallon
barrel In the vcstihulc. Tho ladies pr'S-
rnt nj the afternoon SOS ION exceeded
their forenoon attendance by n cunsld-
cradle number, DcvutiunS were led hN
j. T.. Hump0Ss, Of Terrell
Then followed Two essays, one by VIM,
Howard. Of Austin, and The other 10y
l.. l.. Marshall of Dallas. The subject
of the two essays was, as II possible 1"
unite in one, the Sunday school AMI the
preaching services ON sabbath morn
ing> :, rs to ScC;Irc the Attendance OF
both children aud adults At the con-
rmSion of the reading of the essays the
theme handled was taken NJ by tn"
delegates and Il very spirited discussion
followed.
4 request was handed in from the
African Baptist church that one of th"
visiting clcrgymcn he sent 10 preach To
them, and TO address their Sunday
school.
Mr.. Hcntherington of the We. I. L.,
addressed the convention and obtained
the passage of II resolution instruct
ing the President and Secretary
10 atlix their official signature
to II petition of the w. G. Il. L., adj
dressed to the Baptist international
Sundny-schOol Lesson committee, pray
ing that committee To include IN Their
prepared lessons one each quarter, IN
Strlicting the little ones on the evils ol
/ iutcmperance; and this was accordingly
: done. The signatures were affixed.
I The Committee on Credentials passed
on and admitted a number of delegate"
/ newly arrived. NV. Smith was selected
rs Corresponding Secretary by acclh-
nation.
/ Opening addresses were delivered by
Pope, Austin; Eoir, Gainesville; W. ~
. Powell Mexico; and Foster of GrocSbcck
The Sunday-school superintendent
association. of Houston, tclegraphcd Il
very cordial invitation to the convcn
ton 10 hold its next annual session II
that city. This dispatch was read by
the Secretary and action on II postponed
for the evening session. With Il b"ne
diction by II. c. Buckner, afternoon SEES
sion Il ,SCu.
EXTRNSEOUS.
When The Texas Baptist sunday
schoo. and Colportage convention ha'
adjourned its "ttCrnoon session, the en-
cciitiyc board of the Texas Baptist state
convention met in third quarterly SEES
sion. 'fha board reported about forty
Texas baptist missionaries in the tiel'
ON sufficient salaries. and gave nth"
cheering in formation.
N'giIrrt SSIOH.
Essay. "Sunday-srhool Missions" q
W. ROGERS, Austin: address, :. j. I'm
tlcrson, Dallas: address, NJ. '. Smith
Bolton. ON call of churches for collec
ton To raise funds for salaries OF ms
sionaricS and coiport"rs, $500 was sun
scrihcd, much Of which was paid ny
\ plan was set on foot lOoiing To the M
pOintmcnt Of IL general superintendent
of siunday-schOOl work in Texas, an.
inviting al Baptist bodies in the stat
to co-opcratc. \ committee was N
pointed 10 bear fratcrnai greetings tom
p s;uuday-schOOt convention OF tn" Gen
rral Assoc atiOn.
> Houston was selected as the place {
the next annual Texas Sunday-scho,
and Culp)rtaae convention, land Il. I
Hanks 10 preach the annual sermon.
4 vocal duet by Il. X. tarnes an
+ IL shepherd leads u.s."
! \ vo al solo by Major Penn, "HatIe'
, ing OF the ta!!h.'
Adjourned with II benedictlon.
. The following names compose Tia"
noL!. OF DELEHA rs:
, Miss Matte Stevenson and j. L. I'm
! lips, of TYLER; W. w. James, }. {. Ne
. GOV, Eddie Thacker, Mrs. =. l.. MoN, y
j, Addison, J. l.. Williams, f.. u. Ma
: shall, Miss Georgia Thomas, r. 7. Hank
4. p. WoHenrratt, w. K. Howell, n. ,
reeves, A. McWhirk, Lacy Roberts, "
+, If. Thucker and Mrs. Amanda Robert
| of Dallas; NJ. +. Matheny, of Temple
. l.. II. Millican Of Burnet; }. Is. Nile
and --- Simmons of White Mount
Mrs, Clara Neil, Il. NJ. DouSon and Wa
son Scales of Henderson; \. l.. Patton
- Miss Minnie Patton, j. \. kimball, !
= T.. Callahan and Miss l.. nyerof Mincol;
/ 3. :. Shclborn, Miss Ia
, Ashhury, n. III. stevens an
I Miss Salie Johnson OF Lebanon
: q. w. Smith, Gonzales; J. Lloyd Spark
w, Carroll and Miss Edible Higdon,
e Lampasas; We Crane, |. II, Luther, :
/, J. Chandler, J. b. McJunkin and |
: Nahring, of Independence; q. +. lei
, nings, Horn Hill; Miss Annie Brigal
and ]. a. Thigpen. of Gal
land; \. +. Spalding, Miss Louisa Spal'
ing and V. {. Hart, of Galveston
: w. ID. Beverly and w. Il. Clark, of CT
burne; c. Z. Pumpkin aud j. II. Bennett
of Robinsonviile; j. 5. Gillespie and v
NJ Purr nf Fort Worth: II. NJ. Bu