The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-03-05
.. =. Convention of Fishingcreek

Met at the Christian Church in saltwater
Feb. 9th, at 10 q. m. Devotional exer.
cises, music, coronation, after which Ed.
ID. NJ. Kinter offered prayer. Mr.. A. W.
Spear, Secy of the 5. s. Com. of Col. Co.,
was present with statistical charts showing
the progress made In the s. s. work. The
following topics were discussed 1. "The
true mission OF the s. s." Mr.. Spear
thought the true mission of the 8. s. was
to convert children to Christ. Mr.. Kinter
said it was great mistake to get the idea
that the OBJECT of the s. s. is merely to
convert If that is true; then aftericonverior
the work Of the S. s. is completed. There
isjnore work to do The people must be
educated for the after work In Christian
life. The great trouble with the people
to-day is their ignorance Of the require
ments of Holy Writ. The true mission Of
the s. S. is to teach people the will of God
Rev. A. Houtz said the s. s. was sub
stitute for religious training in unrodly
families, for without the s. s. the children
in such families would receive no religious
training at all. AT this point the conven-
tion adjourned till 1;30 p. m, when the
exercises were again introduced by music
"He will hide me-" The President. L. NJ
Laubaugh, then announced the following
subject for discussion "What is the
best method of conducting s. s." Rev
Houtz thought the convention ought to
have the experience of the S. S. Sup'ts
present, whereat number of the said Of
ticers gave their various modes of conduct
ing Sunday Schools. The next subject
"How to enlist church members in the s
$. work, Discussion opened by C. B. Nc
Henry He thought Superintendents and
| teachers should endeavor to bring ether
members into the :. s. work. Leading
members should influence other members
by example. He said example was the
most potent teacher. Rev. Houtz said the
S. 5. Is part of the church land all church
members are members of the Sunday
School all are workers In the vineyard Of
the Lord all are in duty bound to labor in
the S. S. Mr.. Knter said church mem.
bers who do not work ln the 5. School are
guilty of neglect of duty in the sight OF
the Lord. He said goou church members
were always good =. School workers TIL,
subject, "Hcw should temperance bt
taught in the s. School" was then discuss
ed. Mr. Kinter said he would teach tenn.
perance as he should teach any other NOR.
al subject how God dealt in olden times
with people who used liquors, and by the
hurtful effects of alcohol on the system.
He would teach abstinance from domestic
intemperance, wines, cider ETC. Rev.
Houtz said we should teach total abstin.
ence, abstain from tobacco. and; everything
having tendency to lead to intemperance.
Mr. Daniel McHeury said intemperance is
the greatest curse abroad in the land 10.
day. Root it out by training up the rising
generation to abhor 1t. We must stand up
for right, and fight it wherever we can.
MIR. John Sutton said we must fight it in
the S. School. "Memorizing Scripture in
the.S. School, was the final topic discussed.
Rey. Houtz said we should insist that
Scripture be meniorized. He said Script
urc is IA powerful weapon. Christ used it
to fight Satan in the wilderness, and we
should use it to fight the world Mr.. Sut-
ton said we should fill our minds:..full OF
Scripture, and hold it under command for
ready reference. He said it was most
valuable aud consoling companion. Dan
iel McHenry said our lives should be full
OF Scripture so that they would shine re-
splendent with it. Mr.. Kinter ssid we
should be able to exclaim with David "I
have hid Thy word in my heart that may
not sin against Thee" The convention
then adjourned to final business. The
present officers were continued Eli Robbins
is Secy. Isaiah Raber, Jacob Geisinger, and
F. W. Jones were appointed members OF
the Executive Committee to arrange for
the next meeting of the convention which
will be held at st. James Church in Fish.
creek Twp, April 10th 1886. E. B. BEIsrI-
LINE, Chairman of Com.