The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-23
CARoLINA's SUNDAY SCHOOLS
A Call for Sunday School Convention to
be Held at Columbia.

The following call for State Sunday
School Convention, to be held in Colum.
bis on the 4th of March next, has been
issued by the officers of the State Asso-
citation:
spARTANBURG, S. G., January 10, 1890.
To the Sunday School Workers Of the
State of South Carolina.
DEAR BRETHREN: The Interdenomi.
national Sunday School Convention Of
South Carolina is hereby called to meet
in the city of Columbia at eight o'clock
the evening of the 4th day of March,
1890.
An attractive programme, with speak.
ers representing all sections and denomi-
nations of the State, is being prepared
and will be announced through the press
in few weeks.
Arrangements for special excursion
rates will be made with railroads and
published in time for the information of
al! concerned.
Chairmen of County Conventions are
earnestly requested to forthwith confer
with delegates elect to said annual State
Convention and to urge upon them to
make their arrangements at once to be in
attendance. If any of them cannot or
will not attend, let the alternates be
urged to go in their places, or substitutes
appointed by the chairmen Of the
County conventions.
In the several Counties where 20
interdenominational associations are
organized, the denomiuational associa>
tious, unions or conferences are earnestly
solicited through their proper officers to
authorize and appoint suitable delegates
to represent them in this Iuterdenomina.
tional Sunday School Convention. Or,
where no organization exists, the pastors
and superintendents Of individual
churches and schools are cordially invited
to attend themselves or appoint represen.
tatiyes. Every person attending is as.
sured of warm reception and is promised
profitable occasion.
Every County organization, whether
denominational ornot, is urged to prepare
and send up to this meeting full statistics
of the numbers, conditions and prospects
of the Sunday school work iu their re.
spective Counties or districts. Any facts
regarding this great department ol
Christ's Church in this State will be
gratefully received.
MIR. William Reynolds, of Illinois
President of the International Sunday
School Convention, who has been in at
tendance upon the last two South Caro-
lima Annual Conventions, and who, by
his active participation, added so much
to the success and pleasure of said meet
ings, will be present at Columbia anc
will probably bring other prominen
workers of national and internationa
prominence with him. Besides, as many
as possible of the leading and most prom
inent Sunday school workers in this
State will be in attendance; and alto
gether the most successful, the lives
and most largely attended Sunday schoo
convention in this State for years, ii
promised. Nothing in the way of effor
will be spared by the executive committe,
and the local committees to make this tn
best convention ever held in the State.
Let every friend of the Sunday schoo
cause offer fervent and constant praye
to the Father above Chat His specia
blessings may be upon this meeting ant
that its deliberations may result in tn
upbuilding and extending of His kingdom
in this State aud in the salvation o
thousands of the precious children of oul
land.
Every pastor and superintendent il
the State is requested to read this cal
to his congregation aud his school q
least once before the meeting of tht
convention at Columbia.
Every paper in the State, both reli
gious and secular, is requested to cop
this call and also a forthcoming pro
gramma. Fraternally,
! C1IAs. II. CARLISLE, Chairman.