The new North-west., 1888-10-05
nrzR LODGE co. SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
proceedines Of the Meeting to Eject . Fer
manent Organizatios.

The first session OF tno OooA Avuho
Sunday School Convention was hold as the
Christian Church in Deer Lodge Saturday
afternoon. September q, 1888. Thirty or
fortv nersons were present, all moro OF less
interested in Sabbath School work, but there
were only two delegates outside CT the town.
After devotional exercises temporary Or
panization was effected, Rev. r. +. Dun'ap
he;no made Chairman and Mrs. Trippet Sec
retary.
Rav John Moore then made an address
upon the subject previously assigned, ihe
Sunday School as means OF grace. ne
argued that the Sabbath School is great
factor in the conversion of the world because
character is chiefly formed by the age OF IL;
that a. the boy of 12 is but the miniature OF
the man of 20, therefore the Sabbath School
is but the recruiting office OF the Church,
and that the spiritual life of the Church Is
ouickened and intensified by the work done
in the Sabbath School. He closed with the
assertion that Sunday School teachers must
themselves be Christians, which truism was
reiterated by the next speaker, Prof. I.
Bran tley, who said that any one, to be able
to apply spiritual truths, which is the prime
object in Sabbath School work, must himself
have had spiritual experience. Prof. Brant-
ley, whose subject was "The adult class, !"
gave some of the difficulties attending that
work, the principal one being that frequently
the pupil was as we'll posted on every point
as the teacher, and that therefore the most
careful preparation in the geography, his
tory and biography of the lesson matter
would fail in the desired end, the conversion
of the pupil, unless the teacher had the
spiritual experience previously ALLUDED to.
He also asserted it to be q duty of each
teacher of an adult class to make personal
appeal to each member Of his class, although
not necessarily during the Sabbath School
hour. He closed with an urgent appeal that
each teacher should pray for each member
of his class, knowing that however teachers
may plant and water, only God giveth the
increase.
Mrs. Chas. X. Hardenbrook, the delegate
from Dempsey, followed in talk upon
sabbath School work in rural districts" !"
She spoke Of the need Of organizers in the
different districts, emphasizing the fact that
it is not so much from Indifference that
neighborhoods fail to establish Sunday
the movement. Children in the country
look forward with pleasure to the Sunday
Sch ool and are easily interested because
they attend expecting to be interested.
Another pointed remark in this address,
and one that might we'll be taken to heart by
many parents in town-was that in the coun-
try children are not sent to Sunday School,
but the parents take them.
The next speaker on the program. Rev
Galen Wood, being absent, the time allotted
to him was taken in short recess, and in
ascertaining, as far as possible, the number
Of Sunday Schools in the County. Eighteen
are known to be in existence, but of these,
reports Of only four were presented.
After recess the committee on permanent
organization reported the following officers
for the ensuing year:
President-J. 81. Meyers, Deer Lodge.
Vice Presidents-M. Martin, Anaconda;
W. T. Allison, Philipsburg.
Secretary-Mrs. W. H. Trippet, Deer
Lodge.
Executive Committee - Barbee,
Anaconda; Mrs. H Ledlie, Avon; Rev John
Moore, Deer Lodge; Mrs. Chas. K Harden
brook. Dempsey; Miss --, Garrison;
Mrs Greer, Granite; Mr.. Marcum, Helm
Vile; Mr. II. NJ. Thomas, New Chicago; Mrs
Piper, Pioneer; Mrs. DR.. Bowie, Philips
A. Hensley, Stuart.
After a song and the benediction the Con.
vention adjourned to meet at 7:30 p. IN.
At 7:3O p. m. the Convention again met in
the Christian church and was called to order
by the President. After devotional exer-
cises Rev. A. B. Howard delivered an excel
lent address upon "The Bible in its relation
to the young" A motion was made and
carried that the time and place of the next
meeting of the County Convention should
be left to the Executive Committee, with
the stipulation that it be held before the
meeting of the Territorial Convention. A
motion was also carried to the effect that
a committee Of three be appointed to draft a
constitution and bylaws for the government
of the conventions and report at tho next
meeting. Rev. A. F. Bishop, Judge ]. \.
Batterton and Rev. j. Moore were appointed
the committee. The Convention then ad-
journed until 4 p. m. Sunday.
At 4 p. IN. Sunday mass meeting of the
Sunday School pupils of Deer Lodge was
held at the Christian church. Short ad-
dresses by Revs. Dunlap, Bishop and Moore,
Supt. Catlin and DIR. Mcmillan, with singing,
filled the hour A short business meeting
was held, at which nothing of importance
was done, except that the committee on con-
stitution and bylaws was given until the
next annual meeting to report.
The object of the Convention, a permanent
organization in the County, was successfully
accomplished. 1t is now in order that the
executive committee carry on the work and
make the next Convention grand success.
1t is not to the credit of Deer Lodge County
that there are towns and neighbourhoods
with its limits where there are neither
churches nor Sunday Schools
DEER LODGE COUNTY TEACHERS,
INSTITUTE.
To be Held in the Public School Building, Phil
ipsburg, October 9th, 9Th, and 10th