Daily Republican., 1890-06-30
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
|, EVEN MILLION PERSONS
INTENSIFIED.
l r,s. ua,rd, william X. crosioy and
Joseph Pyle. Introduced BY Pastors
u.,vu,u md swarss. Hold the
west presbyterian Pulpit For
the International Sunday
school Convsutioa.

wv. Charles Baird, Of West Presby-
e u' VIM. K. Crosby, Of Central, aLd
,s .as Pile. Of St. Panic N. e. Church,
ss,prs keicwin and Swartz flied the
NM nj West Church last evening. Tho
engreya,iou nearly iilled the great
uli,orium. The singing was delight
y, sunday school workers were greatly
nrpursged and enthused by the reports
s,on the International Sunday School
Convention, which met at Chicago last
EEK. having some 1000 delegates
,,ute.enting Canada and nearly every
S,.,s aud Territory Of the United States.
fbs promotion oi Sunday school was
e,ery speakers object Mr.. Baird de-
voted himself largely to an enthusiastic
Iallying Of Sunday school WORKERS 70
practicsl work. The Sunday school 10
one Of the greatest agencies Of tue
church.
tiop, by the most learned Of men, OF tno
Sunday school lesson papers ana tne ex-
traoriinary advantage oil naving tnSnl
Tor preliminary and tho rough study. lie
,rteried by maine to Bishop Vincent. Drs.
eLrfer. hall ct al. Brother Crosby. IS
Pastor Keivwin most cordially welcomed
hun explained that It had been their
iplvu,,on TO sandwich their Methodist
bro her, Py.e, between the other two
speakers, although he did not say II was
because Methodist and meat both begin
with the same letter. He could not resist
the Temptation 10 repeat q Joke that one
Of the delegates got oil 10 the elect that
The Prrsbyterians believe In "the perse-
yelauce OF tho saints" and do mot all live
UP to their belief, while the Methodists
believe in "la'ling from grace" aud soma
Of them do live up TO Their belief.
But Brother Pyle was made the last
speaker at bis own urgent request
When he spoke 1t appeared that his rea.
sou WAS 90 he could get oil with short
speech. He said the previous speakers
had so fully reported the convention that
there wos not much lett Tor him to say.
lie empbssized the non-sectar'an charac-
Ter OF the International a'selnblage sl.
resty set forth by the other speakers,
and devoted his energiss TO spirited
temperance speech, connecting that topic
Us inseparable from not only Sunday
school teaching, but all school teaching.
He took occasion to wage tho wariar.
VIII eh =. Rodmoud Smith, Esq.. had
recently waged ct the High echool Com
mencement az aiust having liquor DEALER
associated IN committee work with I'M
| young lad'ss :and children In tht
pub &c schools, and thought liquor deal
sv and Iersops OF immoral character In
capacitatcd from promoting the intel
iectually moral forces which belong II
al school work, day school as we'll .
| sunday school.
All the speakers distinguished them
selves h. saylng z great deal IN I'LL, ~,
%pssr hms Mp Snd mssisfy UUssRied .uc ~
G.uct summary OF the Sunday schools
eonyentiou's work, character OF tn
spt akers. many Of whom are Of the high
est distinction, their forceful and elo
ausnt reports and speeches got to th
ksad OF his olass." Hls intellectus
powers are great and his ambition soar
Ing.
The energy Of bis speech 10 refreshing
For these reasons, coupled with the I'd
mirable cond dsusatioR oi his well.prepAre
speech on matters Of such great interes
his audience would have chserfully at
corded him enough additional time to !
more deliberate In enunciAtion, and hent
more efficient In elucution aud more REQ
iul to his hearers. However "lnultum
paryo" 10 the demand OF our age, an
business methods sanctified in churC
work are admirable and efficient I'll
welfare OF ten million children WAS di
oussed.
These several speskers gave to = lara
wilmington congregation apparent
almost the advantage Of attending III
great International convention whel
some 4,0t0 persons were present. Trut
aud justice require us to say that the
nid represent the great convention wi,
wonderful viviiness aud power. II
sbsen tees Of that meeting missed som,
sning that 10 great aud unusual In Il
hne oil public meetings In our city.
Insy drew rhetorical pictures OF Il
auditorium at Chicago, as trimmed vii
mowers and nags in impressive profusio
the location OF the delegates, tie sty
anu language Of their chief speaker
tae division Of the dtlsgates by banner
eN., ETC., and represented the four day
convention In an hour OF speaking.
,,,. ah energetic, practical and attraeti
,l'tle lady BY the u me OF Miss Whs
lock got big share Of their admiratio
Also Bishop Vincent, a. an ints
iecsual giant, who summarized Il
sunday school work of tho Unit,
plates with extraordinary compr
nension and eloquence; also N
.. +. Jacobs, q real estate msu of Chic
70, ubiquitous 3. 8. convention wor
or, also Gov. Beaver Of Pennsylvani
snom Canada's delegates claimed -
snS uiue-mark. Drs. Dunning, Writ. Ps
on, onpas, willard and others were al
commended. Whenever our Intern
tlonai Sunday School Convention max
men - happy as these speakers were
Ma good thing for them to "spill over
even s,. thus proiussly and give their iellc
H.e1s tne grand supply of Suud
Ssool sS. animation that they lid last eve