Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-06-19
Sunday School Convention.


The eleventh annual Sunday School Con.
~vention of the Christian church of Missouri
began at Richmond, on last Monday, June
IA, and continued until Thursday night, JUNE
II. The general attendance was large, ant
Lafayette county was particularly well rep.
resented.
Following was the
PROGRAMME.
MONDA NIGHT.
Worship.
Introductory address, G.. A. Hoffman.
TUESDAY
Worship.
Enrolment.
Presidents address. NJ. NJ. DAVIS. Sedalia.
Evangelists. A. L. Myhr, F. E. Meigs.
Treasurer, John Burns.s
Appointment of Committees.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON,
Worship.
Normal Institute, Conductor, A. |. Myhr.
Assistants, c. c. Cline and F. f. Melgs.
Business.
TUESDAY NIGHT.
Worship.
School Lessons. }. w. Higbee, Mexico,
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Worship.
Report of committees,
Address, J. I. Welch, %Shelbyville.
Pledges.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Worship.
Further report of committees.
Essay. Miss jennie Burgess. Paris.
address: "Character Building" r. ID.
Cotton, Paris.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
Worship.
Address, Rev. j. A. Quarles. Lexington.
THURSDAY MORNING.
Worship.
superintendent Conference, Conductor
Chas. Allen, Hannibal. Assistants, Chas. E..
Colston, st. Joseph.
Discussion.
Address: 1.-The Early Conversion of Child.
dren." W. H. Cooke, Moberly.
Miscellaneous business.
THURSDAY
Memorial service in remembrance of our
beloved brother. j. w. Mountjoy.
Hymn.
Reading and prayer.
Hymn.
Address, T. P. Haley
Volunteer tributes.
Benediction.
THURSDAY NIGHT.
Worship,
Address: 'Christ, The Light of the World"
NJ. NJ, Goode. st. Joseph.
Elder NJ. NJ. Davis, of Sedalia, was presi-
dent; John Burns, st. Louis, secretary.
The exercises were fnll of interest. the adj
dresses being as a rules able and well deliver
Those of Elders Hoffman and Higbee
were especially compllmented. The ESSAY by
Miss Jennie Burgess, a graduate of the Cha
tauqua Institute. was excellent IN matter and
rendition. The Rev. j. A. Quarles. d. D.,
OF this city. though a Presbyterian divine,
was honored by an invitation to deliver an
address. which he did, upon the subject,
"Man's Belief Determines his Action. :, being
a reiutatlon OF the too common saving, that
it does not much matter what a man believes
so that he does right. DR.. Quarles' discourse
was one of the strongest and most eloquent
OF the OCCASION, and was highly praised by
those who heard it.
The memorial services in remembrance of
the late Elder Mountjoy were of course yery
impressive, as the subject of them was much
admired and venerated as an admirable
preacher and thorough man of God.
Elder Mclean made an excellent talk upon
foreign missions.
Elder Garrison, a native Missourian, who,
as shocking as it may seem to some of our
Yankee brethren, is a missionary to 9oston,
spoke very interestingly of his work there,
and among other things clearly showed that
Boston, the Huh OF the Universe, is a most
excellent field for missionary labors.
On Wednesday during the day 50, $3.50 was
raised in the convention for missions; and on
w ednesday night 1870 was raised for Bro.
Garrison's missionary work in Boston.
TIL convention was in every sense a sue
cessful and useful meeting in a grand and
glorious cause.