Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26
sUNDAY-sCH0OL WORKERS.
Convention at Taylor-Liberal Pledges
for Future Work.
Special to the Gazette.

Gpeclel 10 the OhzetLe.
TAYLOR, Ten, June 25.-The opera
house was filled last night with delegates
to the Sunday-school convention, anu
the people of Taylor, to hear Elder J. T.
Toof, of Dallas, discourse on the impera-
tive duty of the Sunday school toward
the young. After the sermon pledges
were taken up for future work. F. NJ.
Raines, of Topeka, Kan. was on hand
and supeTintended this part of the pro-
gramme, and about $1,000 was pledged.
The committee on future work beg
leave to make the following report: We
recommend that the executive board of
this convention be urged that in the en-
ployuent of evangelists for the ensuing
convention year, they instruct them to
devote their time and energies TO Sun
day school work, and that " e urge those
evangelists that they allow nothing to
interfere with that instruction. That
the president-elect for each Sunday
school convention appoint before the ad-
journment of tn, session al which he is
elected, the leading committees for the
meeting over which he is to preside.
[Signed] H. B. DAVIS,
G. MCPHERSON,
w. II. BAGBY,
j p. PINKERToN,
a. j. BUSH,
Committee.
The committee on nominations reported
as follows:
To the Chairman of the Sunday-school conven-
ton:
Your committee on nominations beg
leave to recommend: l. For president
of the convention, J. B. Sweeney of
Taylor. 2. For secretary, o. d. Cheat
ham of Hillsboro. 8. For members of
the executive board, II II. Smith, J. J.
Collins, Mrs. A. A. Johnston of Dallas,
j. L. McCarty of Taylor and A. D. Mil
roy of Weimar. Fraternallv,
[Signed W. X. HoMAN,
A. o. RIALLsS
GEO. A. HALL,
J. w. LowBER,
Committee.
The following telegram was received
from York, Neb.:
To the President of the State Convention. Chris
tian Church, Taylor, Tex, Greeting:
To Nebraska brethren in Christ in the
convention at York received, and the
Christian sentiment is reciprocated. We
are one in heart, sympathy and fellow
ship with you as we are with all who are
loyal to Jesus. Yours in the conflict.
Signed J. H. STARK.
The convention then adjourned.
Report of committee of resolutions:
Resolved that we recognize the kind
providence of God in leading us through
the past year aud for the abundant har-
vest of blessings He has bestowed upon
us and the churches, Sunday schools and
Christian homes of Texas; through this
Snnday-schOOl work we render our
thanks to His name; we Furthermore
pledge ourselves to Him and to one an
other to seek in the coming time the
largest measure of development of this
great work committed to our sacred
trust into our hand.
9. That we concur fully with the
chairman of our executive committee,
that our Sunday school evangelists
should devote their entire time and en-
ergies to the Sunday-scho work, and
not, as during large portion of the past
year, in holding meetings with evan
CYCLISTS sent out by the missionary con-
ventiou. We also advise that they
should visit aud benefit as many points
in the state as possible each year, and
thus distribute far and near the advan-
tages of our special Sunday-school evan
gelistio work.
8. That we hear with a large degree of
satisfaction of the fidelity of churches,
SundaysschOols and individuals in pay
ing their pledges cheerfully and promptly
as were given at Fort Worth, and re-
gard this fact as significant of the growth
of our work IN the hearts of our people,
and of its rapid advancement in years to
come.
4. That the railroads that have ex-
tended favors to the delegates of this
convention deserve and receive our most
cordial thanks.
8. That our thanks are freely given to
the brethren and sisters of the Taylor
church and to the citizens of Taylor for
their manifold kindnesses rendered us
while their guests. In the address of |
welcome the orator declared that Taylor |
Is proud of her guests, and we now,
after delightful association with you,
say TayIor's guests are proud of Taylor. !
[Signed] j. t. TooF,
Chairman of Committee.