The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-04-24

ssF1saumeat nad eenersas essrlt.lIty IN
Il ten<ef ~ TEEN 30 Ne Dem5srs 81 i1i3 coty,
Il ard ve invoke the kissing &C Almighty oof
/ 1nSa their hos-~s. s-hooiI end ehnrckel
REs0LrED. Thai NE se-.lons % ~. eo1-
i vrnfton heEe been Interesting and instruct
I've. .ad Ne ir1,t hsSs ,en s.a.a'.fs inP'es
REsoLSED. Thai in ne Iaarmeet o. IN.
4 convenfion ID uUuld prDal0te The enctency %
| cur 8abeaih schools N p.Siors % ehurenes
vOsld themselves and also ~ exehaIgtnz
| WIth brOther paslogz enforce the duty Of az
/ tendan-R upon the Sabbath schools on the
part of the Old ~ veil - the yount In oar
REsoLsEp. nat one Of the greatest needs
% ne-omplish the besi results. especially In
our cities and larger towns. would b the or
maj Cls-S eompossd % al tbe saperintsnd-
ents ani ie.srhsrN In said tOwn OF e5ty con-
Quoted By q eolnpetent leader
RRsoLVEB, That the thanks Of this tuziy
be eIisna-d 20 the president, 0fie~rs and
singers Of this convention for their faithful
service. and re also apprectats the labors Of
80 ~. S,,ss ~ s,rs, M ne e,noar.s1
meat
Another resolution Vas intro
duced ct the evening session by Mr..
Wright, Of Rockville, declaring that
this convention IL utterly opposed to
the resubmlssloH movement. IL met
with hearty support and vas adopted
by rising vote.
Topie:-"Duty Of all church men,
bers 10 attend Sabbath school" Pa
per by Dursley Sargent, and brief
discussion.
TopIe:-"The essentials Of Q sue
cessfuI Sabbath school teacher" led
by ]. II. johnson. DIR. Bishop also
spoke on the topic: We will give an
outline Of his speech next week.
A uFal..k akAEa a ahhlA@aafa
service conducted by Bey. Bright,
<ho entertained aad instructed the
young folks In bis usual happy style,
and they will doubtless always re-
member his visit with pleasure.
"Wednesday evening, 10 the absence
Of Rev. &. A. Swenson, by reason Of
sickness, Rev. Bright took bis place
and gave the convention = rousing
talk on the subject. ''Our Work, the
Workers and the Reward" He
traeed the development Of the mod
ern Sunday school system, and In
speaking Of the teachers he said they
should be characterized by godlIness
and endowed with the power Of love
aud sympathy. The address was
eloquent, thoughtful and inspiring.
The closing hour Of the convention
was spent largely in = kind OF social
way, many Of the people OF Asssria
testifying in brief speeches, TO the
pleasure aud benefit they bad re-
eeived In attending the sessions aud
hearing the addresses.
During the evening, the Assaria
church choir, under the able leader
ship Of Samuel Thorstenberg, rem
deTed . number Of quartstts In an
excellent manner, for which they re-
ceiYed high commendatiOn. Rev.
Bright said he had attended many
conventions throughout the state,
but nj none Of them had he heard ~
good singing as lie hsd listened to
that night.
In conclusion, at the request
Of Rev. Bright. all the assembly
arose and Joined hands while they
sang, There's . land that IL fairer
than day" and also repeated the
twenty third psalm and the Disci-
pies, or Lords prayer. Then the
benedictiOn Was pronounced, and az
ter = COOL all around Misunderstanding,
the meeting broke up, all feeling that
the convention WAS one OF the best
they had ever attended