Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-30

Pending the consideration OF the re-
port, Bishop Ward said, among other
things, Us follows:
1.-The present Sunday school and
church will be here when you are gone.
he members, preachers, lenders and
bishops of Twenty-Five years from now
will be the Sunday school children Of
to-day, aud all the responsibilities of the
future are concentrated in the rising
genera,io Train up q child in the way
il should go, and when ii Is old II will
nog depart from the instruction. There
are q good many things III the church
do not like. do not like some of the
singing, such a. '.Hold the Fort. ~
never thought there was much in It.
Give me Wesley's hymn book. Why
did he write 1t? Perhaps there were no
hrmns 10 suit Methodsts. We have
men who are comming up with their
gospel hymns. What do they know
Methodism? We want something deeper
than SAukey slngiug-something that
will
GET UNDER OUR BOOTS
and lift US up. Tie gospel hymns cam
not do it. Moody may go through the
country and stir up the people; and If IL
is raining thu nderboits, they will go out
TO hear him, but in q week or two after
the effect Is all gone. But our men dig
so deep that the crop will be coming up
for q hundred years after they ara gone.
Why is il? | do not hear well now aid
do not see clear. but when 1 was in
Texas, | took hold OF the gospel plow
and struck down to the stones, and what
has been the result? Houston, San An
tonic, Austin and hundred other
places, with their monuments covering TO
the stars. and upon these monuments are
written the name of T. ID. NJ. Ward.
Great applause
The report OF the committee on Sum
day schools was adopted, after which
preamble and resolutions were passed to
cooperate with the Texas conference in
holding Sunday school convention.
Rev. b. w. Roberts, presiding elder
OF the Austin district, reported 1t IN
favorable condition and the admnistra-
ton satisfactory; that the pastors in
their several charges never stood higher
in the estimation of the people, with but
few exceptions, than during the past
year, in which they have been enabled
to do much for God the church AMI the
race; that there have been 35l converts
IN the district: that the moral status OF
the people has been improved; that the
religious worship OF the congregation IS
tending to more intellectual and higher
ideal of worship; that the cause OF
Christian education is progressing. aud
the work of Paul Quinn college at Waco
Is having q favorable effect aud is gen.
eral in its influences; that the public
school system Is in a healthy condition
all over the district, with competent
teachers employed who have applied the
mos: improved methods for pubic ia-
structiun; that there is q Sunday school
in every school and chapel throughout
the district in which African Methodist
Sunday school literature is used; that
the material
CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE
Is progressive; that laymen and minis
ters are buying lands and building
homes; that there have been five new
churches built in the district with
seating capacity of $500, four of which
have been finished; that there are
eighteen local preachers and seven eS-
horters who are required to pass ex-
aminations twice q year in order TO have
their Incense renewed, and in the event
of failure, they ars reduced to the
ranks, that there have been three new
missions organized on the district; that
Deacon Theodore Steele, promising
young minister, died on the 18th OF
September passed, at his post of duty;
that $50 members attached themselves to
the several churches; that l04 adults aud
fifty six infants have been baptized; that
fOrty-fhree members have withdrawn by
certificate and that thirty-four have
dropped out without certificates; that
SG5G.44 have been raised for Sunday
srho oil purposes; that $40 have been COL
lected for CHARITY; that SlO7S. 90 were
paid TO the presiding elder for support;
that there are thirty-seven churches In
the district; that there are thirtY-si1
church lots worth S46 $50; that there are
three acres of camp-neeting ground with
shade :rees and necessary sheds; that
there are five parsonages in the district
IS public school houses, 70 teachers, IS
schools for colored children. with 7542
pupils; that there are 50 Sunday schools,
with iii pupils aud 1899 volumes in the
libraries; that the presiding elder has
Travelled 1894 miles during the year, and
thai the district was never in better con-
ditIon.
Elder J. c. Holmes of San Marcos
preached the thanksgiving sermon yes
terday afternoon from Psalms cxviii. /:
80 give thanks unto the Lori, for He Is
good, because His mercy endureth for
ever 1t was an able and interesting
discourse, especially appropriate to the
occasion. His illusions to the two races
were in the spirit of harmony, and his
reasons for the people to give thanks
we're forcibly presented. 1t was the dis
course of u Christian minister, conceived
in the very best spirit aud forciply ex-
pressed.
Last night Elder p. c. Hunt of
Georgetown delivered the annual mis-
sionary sermon from Matthew x-7,
land as ye go, preach. The SER
mon was an earnest appeal to the
ministers and people to support the cause
of Christian missions, and made q good
impression because of its interest and in
formation.
A collection of $50 80 waa taken up for
the support OF the missionary cause.
The following were elected officers of
the con Inference missionary society for the
ensuing year:
President-Bishop A. Grant.
Vice president-B. W. Roberts.
Secretary--G. f. Taylor.
Treasurer. Z. Edwards.
Executive board-G. II. Phoenix, JE,