Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-06-12

" are present, be.
sides a great many friends of the
Sunday School cause, who are here
either as interested spectators OIL
as visitors to friends. The enter.
tainment committee SO far has
handled the large crowd admira'
bly,. Every delegate and visitor
was assigned pleasant quarters.
Dinner and supper r spread in
the basement of the church and
after night services delegates and
visitors go home with those per.
sons to whom they are assigned ,for
lodging and breakfast. At noon
Tuesday the scene aroundthe church
was animated. About two hundred
people were fed at the first course,
the same number at the second and
so on until all were cared for. All
the delegates had not arrived up to
IL M, but the afternoon trains
brought in nearly all who will at.
tend. Those who were delayed in
their arrival were we'll provided
for in the way of something to eat
and there was enough provision left
over to feed nearly as many more.
The convention sermon was de.
livered Monday by that able and
worthy divine, Elder Thos. P.
Haley, of Kansas City. The
church was so crowded that stand
ing room could not be had. Elder
Haley is a fearless and at the same
time impressive talker and held
the attention of his auditors to the
close. Elder Haley is n of the
leading ministers of the Christian
Church and is always listened to
with delight by the congregation
he IS speaking to.
The convention was organized
by calling Elder Thos. P. Haley
to the chair and Elder Jos. Bryan
to the secretary's desk.
The address of welcome was
delivered Tuesday by our fell
low-townsman, J. ". Williams,
who, in his characteristic pleasant
way, welcomed our visitors and ex.
tended the Inequalities of the city.
Mr.. Williams spoke briefly of the
great good the Sunday School had
done and was doing-that it was
the great promoter of the Christian
religion, in that were it not for the
Sunday School the ranks of the
great army of God would not be sc
rapidly filed up. The Sunday
School is comparatively a modern
institution but it is proving one OF
incalculable profit and great good
is bound to come from it. 1t is thu
gateway to the church-the prime
teacher of our religion. There arr
a, this day some few churche!
which do not believe in the Sunday
School, but in time they will recog
nlze that it is the greatest factor il
the cause of religion. What woult
our children do without the Sun
day School2 1t is to them the on,
event of the week; they can scarce
ly wait until the Sabbath comes 8,
anxious are they to attend. The.
love the Sabbath School. 1t is II
them as meat and bread to
hungry man. Us bigger ones, too
love to attend. No greater pleas
ure is there than to be able to NEE
once each week and teach tn,
youthful mind the way it shoul'
go-to open the avenue wide lead
ing to the portals of the church
Mr.. Williams thought every chill
in the land should be a Sunda,
School scholar; it made bette
boys and girls out of them and il
after years they were better me-
and women-more fitted to ente
the sacred circle of Christianity
The address was we'll deliverei
and likewise received by the larg
, audience, and was responded to b
A. Abbott in a happy vein
Address and response occupie
nearly three-quarters of an hour
, after which the business of tn
convention began. The enroliin
clerk proceeded to call the name
of delegates, those present respond
ing. About six hundred we're
, that time in the church. The nez
order of business was the appoin'
ment of committees as follows:
COMMITTEES.
On nominations-R. l.. Turr
bull, w. T. Henson, w. G.. Su
Der.
Report of Board-M. M. Davi
Q B. +. Hill, G.. A. Hoffman.
Programme. A. Lord, s. /
butcher, w. o. Thomas.
Resolutions. H. Hardin,
81. Garrison, G. II. Winder.
i Time and Place.. J. Lamptol
A. R. McAlester, s. g. Clay.
:, Obituary-S. Mcdaniel, j. A
Vawter, H. A. Northcut.
REPORT OF STATE BOARD.
:. There are four evangelists
work all the time during the We,
One in each quarter Of the Stat