Telegram-herald., 1889-12-05
THE HESUNDAYSCHOOLS
Session Of the State Intsrdenonins-
tional Association.
SEVERAL VERY INTERESTING PAPERS
Committees APPsintsd -- Reports Prom
the - srAi te~stTleSs- Eeljg Oas Needs
II eigsu-Bzd state "a Al
f4lGs II IA gskegon.

morning WlIn good attendance. In
teTnatOaal President Reynolds presided
10 place OF State President Kerr b.
who Is III. The devotional eK-
ere IS were led by Rev. Z. ID. RaDdeh,
OF New Buffalo, who then read the re-
port of the executive committee. A
continuance OF the work vas recon-
mended, though lack OF funds had
caused financial embarrassment last
year. 4 soliciting committee was
asked for 10 secure additions 10 the
resources of the ASSOCIATION.
The report was accepted and referred
10 a committee of three, composed OF
+. X. Warren, Three OAKS; +. l..
Wright, Hancock and Wm. Younglove,
EdWardsburg.
Rev. Mr.. Runden also read the re-
port OF the treasurer, who was obliged
10 leave on account OF illness. The re-
port showed an md ebtedness, bat there
are subscriptions that VIII balance the
account. The report was referred 20
committee composed OF {. NJ. Miller, OF
Hancock, ID. ;. Root, Of Grand Rapids,
aud J. X. Blake. of Union City.
r. W. Miller, of Big Rapids, followed
with an address on "Interdenomlna-
tional Work" HIS address was anus
ing and instructive as Well.
He was followed by Rev. W. +.
Richardson, of the Church of Christ,
his subject being The Spirit Of
Ch rist, tie Spirit of Union"
The appointment of a committee on
nominations was next taken up, and
the following were named: Chas. r.
Adams, Detroit; F. II. Morey, Ypsilantl;
=. J. Mayerty, Ovid; j. 7. Philips,
Coldwater; Rev. ". f. Richardson,
James Smith and Rev. DR.. Campbell
Fair of this city.
A committee on enrolment was next
nominated as follows: j. NJ. Mcbride,
Burton; ii. F. Harris, OVID; and Rev.
Mr.. Haynes, of Kalamazoo. 1t was pro-
posed that as there was no way OF
obtaining the list of delegates, each
member present was asked TO write out
his name and leave il with the commit
tee in the afternoon. The members of
all Evangelical churches present were
considered delegates.
The question box was then opened
and the matter of children attending
church Was discussed at length, after
which the session adjourned.
The a ftcrnoon session opened with a
song service led by h. o. Excel.
Reports were read from the seventeen
districts of the State, each OF which
made a fine showing, except the Mus
kegon district. One clergyman stated
that he had officiated at a wedding IN
that city, and among the seventy-five
guests there was not one processing
Christian. At funeral where there
were 100 present, he found three pro
Tossing Christians.
"The Religious Needs of Michigan in
the Upper Peninsula" was the subject
of well prepared paper presented by
f. L. Wright, of Hancock. He spoke
OF the great natural advantages OF the
country in that region, but the newnes'
Of the country prevents work on large
scale. One man said he could not be q
Christian while he lived IN Hancock
and it is a fact that after he
moved to the southern part OF
the State, he became Christian
and ioined a church. The large for
elgn population are mostly inditferen
to the Sunday-school, and there ar'
also many Canadian French Catholic
there. The field is good one fOl
missionary work.
"The Religious Needs of Michigan in
the Northern Part of the Lower PENN
sula," by ii. II. Hewitt, followed next
He pictured the poverty of many OF tn
pioneer homes and spoke of the fear
| full odds which the settlers have TO con
| tend against. The church and th'
Sunday-schOOl were often so far ava,
| that many families were obliged 10 liv
from year to year without the PRIV
lege Of the gospel. One family wa
found living in the deep woods so fa
/ from civilization that the gospel ha'
not reached their ears for twenty-nIn'
wears. They were not lntidels, bu
/ backwoOdsmen. The lumber camp
were crowded with men who kney
nothing or cared less for the gospel
| Strong drink had its hold upon them
1t was no unusual thing for one of tn
men to spend from one to five hun
dred dollars, the hard earned wage
/ Of a wear, in the saloons of some tow
/ in three or four days. Men are neede
who are not afraid TO reach down lnt'
the cutters if necessary and lift UP tn
fallen. The whole northern cOuntr.
should be divided into districts an
each district should be under the super
vision of one Christian man whose dut
il should be to visit every family IN hi
district. Every lumber camp should b
! visited by the missionary of the crOs'
What is done must be done quickly
this great commonwealth IS capture
| for Jesus.
The paper was accorded spplaus