St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-19
SHARP AND ELOQUENT
Are the Remarks at the Sunday School
Convention.
PAPERS ROASTED, OF COURSE.
Ministers and Laymen Join In We'll
comes, Responses and Sar-
CaSm.

The annual convention of the state
Sunday school association opened last
evening at the Central Park M. E..
church. There was representative at
tendance of teachers and others inter-
ested in Sunday school work, the asso-
ciation embracing within its member
ship Evangelical workers Of all classes
and creeds throughout the state.
Prof. j. L. Noyes, of Faribault,
presided. Last nights meeting was
largely devoted to welcoming the
visitors from outside the city-an ad-
press of welcome being given by Rev.
Sunday school committee. Rev. w. w.
DaWley, president of st. Paul alliance,
was to have performed this duty, but
was unavoidably detained elsewhere
MIR. Butler extended a cordial greeting.
and declared that Sunday school teach,
ers were doing the grandest and great
est work known to men. They were
forming in the rising generation that
religious foundation which was the
fundamental principle of true freedom,
true liberty, and true patriotism. He
gave
A SIDE SHOT
at ''those honored men, the members of
tina state legislature" who decreed that
the Bible should find a place in our
prisons, but prohibited it from entering
our public schools. Prof. Noyes, on be-
half of the association, responded for
the welcome extended its members.
'tWe are not" he remarked, ''in st.
Paul to start real estate boom. but we
are here to start real live Sunday
all over the state of Mime
sofa" The evening not being
far spent, Rev. Robert N. McKaig,
d. D., of Minneapolis, was called upon
for an address. Mr.. McKaig said he
would confine his remarks to the senti-
ment: "How to adapt the Word of God
to the human heart" but subsequently
diverted to that perennial topic, the
sensational newspaper and the trashy
novel. He was speaking of people who
looked like "a SPIRAL" They were peo-
pie who put their whole mind on the
novel of the day, and the daily trash of
the morning and evening newspapers,
and not upon the strong faith and the
blessed truth of the Word of God.
These things were
CURSING THIS LAND
like the frogs of Egypt in olden days.
pie who seemed to feed on their attain
ments and department; and that re-
minded him. he said to man the other
day: ''If you don't repent, Pm afraid
you'll be lost ana wake up in hell" and
that his reply was: Il shall have lots
OF your church members with me-" 1t
was fact that good many people
were measuring themselves by their de-
pertinent. At the close of Mr.. McKaig's
address, it was agreed, upon suggestion
of j. w. Griggs Jr, of st. Paul, to send
a telegram Of greeting to the twenty
two Minnesota delegates, as well as
those from other states of the Union,
who to-day sail from New York, bound
for London. where they will attend the
worlds Sunday school convention. The
convention will continue over to-day
and tomorrow. To-day's programme
is: a. m, preparatory service, led by
L. G. Horton, secretary St. Paul Y. NJ.
G. A; $3.50, ''Music Its Place and Pur-
pose in Sunday Schools" J. G.
Stocking, of Minneapolis; 10, a
unique service conducted by DR..
c. E. Lee. of st. Paul; 11:45, appoint
ment Of committees. etc.; 1900. ad-
journment; 200, continuation of morn
ing programme; 400. report of state
central committee, L.. ID. Campbell,
chairman; NJ. B. Critchett, secretary;
4:30, report from county workers In re-
response to roll-call by countless. $50,
D. d., of Minneapolis; 500, address.
"The Preparation of the Teacher"
CYRUS Northrop, president state uni
versity; $40, address. Child COnver-
sion," Rev. Wallace II. Butrick, of st.
PauJ