Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-08
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
The County Convention Held
Last Week.
SOME INTERESTING SPEECHES
Resolutions Adopted on Various
Subjects-A Chinese Speaker
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Last Tuesday and Wednesday, in the
First Congregational church of this city,
occurred the largest and most successful
convention ever held by the Los Angeles
County Sabbath School Association.
Last year no convention was held, and
it was mainly through the personal eff
forts Of Mr.. e. W. Spencer and the CO.
operation of small committee, consist
ing of DR.. B. Todd, James Grant, w. B.
Scarborough, DR.. ]. M. Boal, Rev. G. w.
Heisler, Rev. E. R. Brainerd, George T.
Hanley and Chas. E. Day, that the con-
vention of the past week became fact.
Members of all Protestant Sunday
schools were eligible as members of the
convention, and to the number of over
800 they gathered to the five sessions,
commencing at 2 p. m. on Tuesday and
concluding with the evening session the
following day.
A we'll arranged programme had been
prepared by Mr.. Spencer, and with few
trifling changes was strictly adhered to.
The first session, on Tuesday afternoon,
was devoted to preparatory work. Rev.
J. II. Phillips conducted the devotional
exercises. Brother R. G. Hutchins de-
ivered an appropriate address of well
come. A Committee on Nominations, of
which @. E. Day was Chairman, and one
on Credentials, of which Geo. T. Hanley
was Chairman, were appointed. Rev. w.
A. Waddell, of San Pedro, delivered a
most excellent address on "Who Shall
Be Officers anu Teachers?" E. s. Field
spoke on "The Needed Tools for Sunday
School Work." DR.. R. s. Cantine dis.
cussed "Wise Organization" suggesting
graded system for Sunday schools as
well as for public schools. Each of these
subjects, as well as all others
discussed during the convention,
was introduced in a ten minute
speech by the person indicated
on the programme, and then commented
upon by any person who chose to do so
These exercises were interspersed with
musical selections rendered under the
leadership Of @. E. Day, which were not
the least pleasing feature of the conven-
tion. One song, "The Sure Foundation, T"
was rendered at every session, some good
voice singing the stanzas, and the chorus,
which wss printed on cards and pro-
grammes, was rendered by all in the
house. The chorus was short, and for a
long time to come the participants in the
convention will find themselves involun-
tarily singing:
"Some build their hopes on the ever drifting
Some on their fame, or their treasure, or their
land;
Mines on Rock that forever will stand,
Jesus, the Rock Of Ages."'
The evening session, after half hour
song service and the devotional exer.
cises by Rev. DR.. Finley, was occupied
by three speakers. DIR. F. B. Cherring-
ton discussed the need for Bible study
by Sunday school teachers. DR.. D. Read
spoke of the dangers the Sunday school
is threatened with, including Roman
ism, socialism and the indiscriminate
reading of trashy and atheistic litera-
ture." Rev. E. E. P. Abbott, OF Sierra
Madre, concluded with on address on
"The Chosen Workmen."
Wednesday mornings session was
opened by Rev. j. B. Jones. A Resolu-
ton Committee, of which Rev. D. R..
Colnrey, of Monrovia, was Chairman,
and Finance Committee, consisting of
J. J. Gosper, F. J. Cressey, J. G. OgiIvie
and Messrs. Chamberlain and Stern
were appointed. "Order Of Exercises"
was the theme of Mr.. Geo. T.
Hanley's speech. Rev. J. H. Col
Inns and Chas. Allin spoke of having
the "Right man in the right place."
Rev. l. M. Condit read an interesting
paper on work among the Chinese in
this country. He answered the ques-
tion. "Can Cinnamon become Christi
ans?" with an emphatic affirmative.
Then came the most interesting part of
the morning programme Four little
Chinese children, between the ages of
three and eight, were brought upon the
platform and went through several per.
formances common to kindergartens,
singing two or three little songs, reciting
scripture verses in concert, and going
through q movement song as well as
white children of the same size could be
expected to. They were roundly ap-
plauded. They were followed by two
young Chinese men with unpronounce-
able names, who addressed the conven-
tion in we'll chosen language and English
of greater purity of pronunciation than
thatsemployed by the average American.
A blind man would not have known that
Chinaman was talking.
Rev. 81. w. Crabbe opened the after
noon session. On the report of the
Nomination Committee the following
officers were elected: President, E. W.
Spencer, reelected; Corresponding Sec
retary, James Grant; Recording Secre-
tary, Miss Mary Elliott; Treasurer, Miss
N. E. Mcclellan; Executive Committee,
M. L. Wicks, Mrs. Cressey, Mrs. L. D..
Moore, Charles E. Day and William
Rommell. Mrs. Beeson, Mrs. Book and
Mrs. Pomeroy sang "The Watered Lii
ies," with recitation by Laura Char
mock. A collection amounting to 1923. 83
was taken up, then followed the
programme as printed. Rev.. A. W.
Rider introduced the subject: "Aim in
Teaching" with an impassioned ad-
dress. Rev. D. II. Colcord, of Mon
rovia, spoke of "The Manner of Teach
ing" pointing out several common
errors. An excellent paper on "The Ar
rangement of the Primary ROOM" was
read by Mrs. ]. L. Russell, in which she
insisted on good light, comfortable seats
and decorated walls as important ad-
juncts of the best teaching. Rev. II. NJ.
DuBose spoke of the Desired Results of
Teaching" He was followed by E. B.
Hays, on the same subject.
The concluding session on Wednesday
evening was full of interest. The church,
capable of seating !, 900 people, contained
scarcely vacant seat. A resolution
was introduced and adopted calling for