Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-14
Sunday School Convention.

The fifth annual conve ntion of the
Barber County Sunday School Associa-
ton assembled in the Presbyterian
church, Medicine Lodge, Saturday,
May 10th with, fair attendance from
this city and the county. After prayer,
songs and short speeches the following
committees were appointed on motion:
Nominations, VIM. Garrison, Rev.
Hahn and VIM. Palmer; resolutions,
Rev. Phillips, Mr.. Pursell and Rev.
Cain. A song service was conducted
by Rev. Farrell and the regular pro-
gramme was taken up the first subject
being How to reach outsiders which
was ably discussed by Mr.. Garrison, OF
Sharon. The discussion of this SUBJ
ject, as were the others before the con-
vention, was participated in by nearly
all the delegates present and Rey.
Bright. the state secretary.
The teacher and the book, :" assigned
to Rev. Phillips, was ably handled by
that gentleman.
At the evening meeting, after a SER
vice of song and prayer, Rev. Haworth
took up the subject, The field that in
vltes.''
The election of officers resulted in
the following gentlemen being chosen:
President, VIM. Garrison; secretary,
G. Q. Chandler; treasurer, Mrs. II. l..
Shannon; executive committee, ID. j..
Aber, Rev. North and Rev. Phillips;
vice presidents to be appointed by the
executive committee; delegates to the
state convention at Hutchinson, next
week, the ministers of this city with
power to name their own proxies.
sunday morning there was a union
service and in the afternoon the chill
dren's meeting was addressed by Rev.
Bright who entertained the little folks
in his own inimitable way. In the
evening the committee on resolutions
reported and Rev. Bright lectured on
what he saw on his trip to Europe, last
year. The meeting did not adjourn I'M
til after IL O'Clock.
The committee appointed submitted
the following;
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, the church is the pillar and
ground of the truth, and the Bible is an
expression of Gods will to man, there
fore be it
Resolved, That we deem it necessi-
ty, as Christian workers, to use all the
means within our control to get the
Word of God before the people; and as
youth is the time when the good seed OF
the Word is the more readily received,
therefore we most earnestly urge that
the Sunday school work of this county
be pushed to a greater degree of success
Resolved, That while a great many
men and women act as though they had
OutgrOwn the Sunday school, vet we
rejoice that all over this land of ours,
in active Christian work, can be found
the finest minds and nOblest characters
that grace the foOtstool of God. who.
in these days Of Sabbath dissertation,
give to the world high standard of
Christian living by abstaining, as far
as possible, from Sunday travel, traffic
and unnecessary work.
Resolved, That the strength of any
law depends on the will of the officers
to execute the same; therefore we
heartily endorse the action of the mayor
and city council of Medicine Lodge in
passing ordinance No. AZ, looking to
the extinction vi gambling :nd dr!nn-
ing houses in the city. . :"
Resolved, That as the liquor interests
OF the country are now flooding our
state with their ill-gotten gains to carry
on an unjust agitation for the resub-
mission of the prohibitory amendment
to our constitution, therefore, be it
Resolved. That We are opposed to
resubmission. and in favor of prohibi
ton as it is, and demand at the hands of
our county officers a fair and rigid en-
forcement of the law. We also desire
to express our profound sympathy with,
and hearty approval of, all rational
movements which indoGtrinate our Sab
hath school scholars in the principles of
Bible temperance.
D. w. PHILLIPS,
j. D. PURsELL,
w. A. CAIN.
Committee.