Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-08-29
Proceedings Of the Oconee County Me-
tllodist Sunday School Conference.

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tllodist Sunday School Conference.
This Conference met In it's fourth an
nual session with Whitmire's church,
August 1926. The organization was
effected by the reelection of the old
officers, Viz: D. A. Smith, President;
r. L. Jayncs, Vice-Prcsidont; j. b. San
dors, Secretary and Treasurer.
,Tiio morning session of tho first day
was engaged in an interesting discussion
curing the attendance of the members of
the church upon tho Sunday School,"
Instructive addresses were made on this
topic by S. M. VanWyck, d. V. Wright,
Rev. j. N. Wright, Rov. r. w. Barber,
j. B. Sanders and r. t. Jaynes.
A committee OH the general state of
the Sunday School was appointed, viz:
r. Il. Jaynos, e. A. Perry oud G. w.
Hogscd.
The afternoon session was occupied in
hearing reports from schools, and dis
cussing the topic, "Sabbath Observance %
This discussion was engaged in by N. @.
Mcdonald, r. II. Jaynes, E. A. Perry,
Rev. M. l.. Carlisle and Rev. r. w. Bar
ber.
The morning session Oh Saturday con-
cludcd the reports from tho various
schools throughout the county. There
arc fourteen Methodist Sunday Schools
in the. county, aggrogating about eight
hmm nI,,o1 nf foo nj,
The reports showed q gratifying increase
in tho management and efficiency of the
Sunday School work, which is bearing
much fruit in bringing many members
into tho church.
The TOPIC, GLOW to mako our schools
moro attractive and efficient for good"
was discussed in an earnest manner by
Rev. M. l.. Carlisle, D. l.. Moore, J. b.
Sanders, r. II. Jaynes, Rey. II. w. Barber,
J. l.. Mann aud S. M. VanWyck.
The topic for discussion in the after
noon was ''Yocal and instrumental music
i'll the Sunday school," This subject
was treated in an instructive and practi-
cal way by Rov. r. w. Barber, G. w.
Hogscd, d. a. Smith, and Col. r. Il.
Mason, who was called on by tho Presi-
don't, and responded in q lengthy, in
structiye, practical and impressive Ice
t,lro on music, and tho merits and de-
merits of the various song books which
arc now flooding the country. Col. Ma
son is tho President Of tho Oconce Coun-
ty Singing Convention and knows whore
of he speaks whom music is his theme.
Ho advocates the adoption of somo one
OF two of tho standard song books for
tho county and the banishmont of all
other books The present use of so
many different books, ho finds, is having
very bad effect on the uniformity of
our music. His talk abounded in many
wise and practical thoughts on this in
terosting and important subject.
jones' Cha ,cl was selected as the
place for tho meeting of tho ncxt con
ference, and the time was fixed on tho
second Sunday in August, 1890, begin
ming oil Friday before.
On Saturday Mrs. r. w. Barber, Dis
trict Secretary of tho Woman's Mission
ary Society," for Greonvillc District, was
introduced to the Conference. She gave
a very clear and interesting account of
the organization and work of tho Wo-
mans Missionary Society.
The following resolution of thanks
was unanimously adopted:
Resolocd, That tho thanks of this Con-
ference arc emincntly duo and arc here
by rendered to the people of the Whit
miro community for their liberal hos
pitality and kind entertainments.
Sunday morning at ten o'clock was q
Sunday school mass meeting, which was
addressed by Rev. M. l.. Carlisle and r.
Il. Jayncs. At eleven o'clock thoro was
preaching by Rev. r. w. Barber, and
again at 2 p. NJ, by Rev. M. l.. Carlisle.
All the schools in the county arc urged
to send delegates to tho next Annual
Conference.
d. A. SMITH,
President,
j. b. SANDERS, Secretary.