Little Falls transcript., 1889-12-06
Sunday School Convention.

Sunday School Convention.
The late Sunday School convention
held series Of interesting and profita-
BILE meetings, part of the time at the
Congregational, and part at the Meth
odist church.
The reports from outside districts, al
though not as numerous as they would
have been in finer weather, were high
ly interesting, and showed that good
work is being accomplished by the mis-
sionaries in the d, remote districts.
Brothers Mason and speers have their
hearts in the work, and arc laboring
faithfully. =.
The State Superintendent, Mr.. NJ. 3.
Critchette. and his ladylike'. wife, are
quite efficient in their departments.
The addresses by Mr.. Critchette at the
convention and the sermon at the Con-
gregational church on Sunday morning
were really fine, thoughtful, we'll con-
sidered efforts, showing a wide knowl-
edge of the Word and the spirit.
The paper on the The Teachers Prep
aration by Miss Barret of Gull River
was highly interesting and scholarly.
The presence of the schools from
Green Prairie and the Brickyards with
full corps of teachers and superintend-
ents gave much interest to the after
noon meeting on Sunday. The officers
and friends of these schools who keep
up their work so long and efficiently are
certainly deserving Of credit.
The meeting on Sunday night had
some good features, but evidently was
not well managed. There was an effort
to crowd too much into the work Of
one evening; and there was too much
of the noisy revival method for an in
telligent miscellaneous audience of diff
ferent churches. The exercises, too,
were continued too late. But the or
ganization of county association and
the election of good, efficient. exper-
fenced officers to the management was
in the right direction.
The committee on this work, Messrs
Donovan and Brown, recommended
that all Sunday school workers and
friends of the cause in tins county form
an association, to hold meetings for con-
ference in the city, and to hold local
conventions through the county'a at suit
able times and places. The following
persons were appointed officers of this
association: DR.. Paquin, president; J.
B. Lawrence, Of Green Prairie, vice
president; II. B. Schenck, secretary;
Mrs. Taggart, treasurer. The first meet
ing of the Association will be held with
Mr.. Brown of the N. L. church on Sat
urday next.
AT ROYALTON.
Substantially the same grounds were
covered, the daily sessions were fairly
we'll attended, and the evening sessions
also. The work by Messrs. Critchette
and Mason, and the local ministers, was
highly interesting, amt 80 were the re-
ports Of faithful outside teachers from
the rural districts. On Tuesday evening
Mr.. Donovan addressed a large and
dee ply interested audience on the
scope and grandeur of the Sabbath
school teaching work
On Wednesday morning Rev. Richter
made brief but pithy address on Sab
bath Obse rvance, advo eating the notion
of rest, of worship, of cheerfulness
without levity, and social freedom with
out worldliness. Mr.. Donovan en-
dorsed Mr. Richter's views, commend
ing the cheerful, social liberty Of Christ
i'll contrast with the rigor Of the old
Jewish law, or the modern Puritan
view; that the day should be bright
and cheerful; that charity snould be
exercised toward the exhausted clerk
or workman who was on mental strain all
week, even if he did not come out to
public worship on Sunday morning;
and lie could commend such social free
dom az Mr.. Richter had indicated.
Mr.. Speers condemned the views of
these brothers very earnestly, and ar
gueJ strongly for the higher standards.
Mr.. Richter responded by citing the
cases where Christ on the Sabbath did !
good which the Jews did not think law
ful, and that he even went on the Sab
bath to dine with Pharisee.
Brothers Richter aud Speers were
quite earnest on their respective views,
but Bro. Mason suggested, wisely !
enough, that as they we're really advo-
eating the same views from different |
standpoints, they ought to harmonic |
more. Brother Speers answered that
his structures were more against Bro
ther Donovan's views than Mr.. Rich
ter's, but as Mr. Donovan had evidently
taken it good naturedly no harm was
done; and for his own part, Mr.. Speers,
whatever he did he did heartily, even
if it was debating question.
It was announced that after the Sun
day School convention closed Rev. Nee
lands and Mr.. Mason would conduct re.
vival meetings for few evenings.
Crowds Of people daily at
ToMELry's BARGAIN BAZAAR.
NOTICE..