Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-25
FROM CANADA TO FLORIDA.
ENCOURAGING REPORTS ARE MADE BY
THE DELEGATES.

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Interesting Figures.
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Ine AFTERNOON SESSION was oPeueu WIN
PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. Graham, of West Vir-
-; D. NJ Gresn Of Gaoroio. Ray
eInla: new I"i. oieeAi VI Si"' A.'
Mr.. McClain. OF Toronto, and hev. Mr.
Roct of Rritisb Columbia and hymns by
the audience. At 2:3O o'clock the reading
of the reports was resumed. Mr.. Everett,
of Maine made a favorable report of the
,ro-I-;. of AZ. S,bh.tb ScbooI Union in
Va r
ms o'a'e' anu was ioiio"eU =, VI. "
southern Minnesota py MT. Slsrklng. Inc
work is fiourishing in Minnesota. All oeDIs OF
the union are paid there is $500 in the treas
ury. In the convention meetings all denomina-
tion lines ors lost sight of and forootten-
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FRANK "ooos repor'eo Inc horh iu n,ai siHn"
as showing progress and tnat gave token oI
thorough organization of the State soon. The
work among the colored people of the State is
particularlv enconrapinu
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MI otreater, OF MISSISSIPPI, was olsappolnteo
at finding himself the only delegate from that
State. An old gentleman not favorably dis
sissippi SAID before he left for Pittsbure that
Mr Sfreater wonid go ,o a Sunday school con-
yention in hades Mr. Strester tbouebt the
temnerature of Pittsbnrc onite hot annngb for
he IN I1niO NuaC fret mr.
ranized in Nississinni fonr wear. aeo but was
allowed tn Ianse Two years aro r. was reor
panized. and last wear s6o0 yerA raised TO carry
on the work One-haIf tha connties in the
State are oroaniznd and oil tbasa counties arc
nrohibition disfricts The union work and
nrohihition GO hand in hand The yrork among
the colored people there is as rratfyinq as it IS
in Maryland - - -
MISSOURI NOT so BAD.
Mr. Tburnond rano-,ad fo- ,I;ssor-; Ho
M t, ePo.Oeu iot esou'i' tAe
caused consioeraoie merriment oy statlng that
some OF the other states had done good deal
of blowing in their reports but what he had to
saw would be solid truth. The idea that Mis-
sonr, is a xarv nnsafe nlsoo 20 i've q; o. o--o-
49, - p,%oo W H'e in' 10 civ
neous as an tne train ropDers are elther IN the
penI'entIary OF paruoneu, ana Ine bald hnoo,
pers nave an Deen hangeo. 1nere are oO odd
arc IolIolsion u's.nlcss. II ~ Wasnt LOT tne
poTuering States Mlssourl Would De reglon OF
onss. VI tne llo counlles IN the state ~ are
o[ganlIeu IN Tue sunuay scnooi VOTE. si1syy- Ioyy
i've o1 SeEe organizeu previous 20 June !. IooS;
nun.ies III, ha orronioJ Tue @ 1 t1eanainng 10
Soun'ies WI. De o,saniLeu Ny tne slns tne
Staoe I E,i ineeIs on Ausust II roftS
uelesases iIoil M were AZ tne SonVentlon
@nG nS;ss; ~ note arc eApecheu 70 arIVe
eo-oay. IN mIssouri 5uers are more cniloren
Sut oh trs ra se ao ,, 5nan IN any 9Iner
StS'e. &c noo emu en oi senooi age'
Sn anu onE <.1sovV .s as'enu @ SapoaLn 9,S SCHOOL
sew MseYshsy-nSe snousanu 1 IhoIe enlIuIen now AZ
S Ssnu SaoIasn sSnooi tuan yeaI aso. Inc
1866, and at the next convention, to be held at
ra.r 90 Soo ,Ios coaSfed for 20
the work and s600 still remaius in the treesury
To illustrate the great interest taken IN the
work, the speaker instanced a meeting of busi-
ness men @ Lat at 81 Louis. september 10. 1857, at
AZ Missnnri deiecstes cbeeraS inn,,1v VIE, e he
said he boped the next Interpational conysn.
tion would be held at St. Louis.
had been in existence for the last seven wears
the first State convention was held only last
May. One-half OF the Is counties in the State
are organized. The counties not organized are
able to organize them, There are l26 churches
in the State. AT the convention S3 of these re.
ported 5000 children in the Sunday schools,
and Sc, 900 was raised to carry on the work. In
one part of the State there is a section 400
miles long and 200 miles wide in which no re-
ligious work is carried on
Mr.. Stevens reported that the union in Ne
in July 1889 and q since that The
State missionary organized 81 counties last
wear, and 5000 in funds were raised The
union is Incorporated under the laws of the
State and vher people put down their names
to a subscription, they are forced to paw the
amounts. The wear before the union was in
ST. 2O0 was subscribed and only $500
OF il collected "Mr Marsh" said the speaker
$3.50 and has refused to pay it. l
told him I'd tell 1t in this convention, and I
haye.m
THlkTf YEARS oF "ohh.
Mr.. Bond of New Jersey, reported that the
,nion was orpanized in that State IN vears .oo
Tlliol .Na-- "--o - -. - -' " 80 . ho.
twenty years ago every county IN the state
was organized. There are ZOO0 Sunday schools
in the State. For the past eight years the
nunils of these schools have supported State
r,;es;onory ,vbo bos done axceIIen, uo,L An
- Ao A..'s.,e .n al
me cnluien % OF tne Ainerlcah @ popuIa.ion OF tne
oGaIe are ~ lue Sunu1s scHoois, W. tnere are
,arge uuhoets oA SuS Su,opean o.erno" % from
new OH OH anu I nMaueI2nla outsI1e; 1nere
are z4oUU puPls IN tne scnools. ea,oOO Is raised
each year; ana tne average expenses are ", 5OO
MI. De hanu repoIteu Lnat bhe union IN new
I ork olaCe Is 5 nom o petteI organIzeo tnan ever
before, ana s1u,gU was suoscrlpeo at the con-
ventlon neIo at Ouca 10 carry on tne work tnls
year.
Mr.. Snow reported that the union was first
In North carolina IN 1919, with Is
people. For time 1t hourished, but then it
fell into decay and was reorganlzed in 1856
Seventy-nlne OF the 10 countles OF the State
are organized The annual fund now amounts
to about si1OVo. In the state are 4NS Sunday
schools Win an enroiiment OF Zoo,Ol5 puplls
ciation said North Carolina has made mora
progress than any other State In the Union.
W.: fIers1n , Sepresenteo .he Norta CaroLna
pannla Gasaid his associatinn has VI net rvood
deal of onnosition in some parts of the Slate
since it was organized, about six months ago
There are now IA counties organized. These