St. Landry democrat., 1890-07-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENT ION
The sixth International Sunday School

Convention aSSemDlcu III i'0oDoiS' "'
June "a. There were 1900 delegates pres
emit, from all parts of the United States.
The delegates represented 1887 Sunday
schools, with LIS, 3O1 teachers and
9,149,997 scholars. Every e,vangellcal
Protestant denomination in the United
States and Territories and the British
provinces was represented. Its main object
was the promotion of Sunday school work.
The work by States was taken up, and
DR., Thurmand, of Missouri, said that IN
his State there were more children in the
Sunday school than in any other State.
There are 1886. 900 children of school age,
and 27S. 900 attend Sunday school. North
Carolina reports more progress than any
other State.
We notice committee recommends the
establishment of training schools for sun
day school teachers. The executive COM
mite also calls attention to the necessity
of paving strict attention to the teaching
of temperance.
The committee concurred in the matter
concerning work among the colored peo-
pie, and recommended the appointment of
a capable colored man as promoter OF
Sunday school interests Smong that people,
as soon as practicable The recommends
ton caused heated debate, and the word
"colored" was erased from the report.
President Harris, of Alabama, then made
stirring appeal in favor OF the colored
race, and it was finally decided to secure a
good man at once, regardless of his color
The committee also suggested personal
visitation by volunteer workers, and that
the convention pledge $40, 900 year for
three years for it's work. The recommen-
dations and suggestions were all adopted
without serious opposition.
Mr. Jacobs, of Chicago read the report
of the executive committee, which recon-
mends that the second worlds and the
seventh triennial international Sunday
school conventions be held together, The
| report was adopted and it was decided 10
hold both conventions IN st. Louis in 1898,
! the time to be set later by the executive
| committee.
TIE afternoon session of the convention
was bv far the most exciting one yet held.
Miss Frances Willard, President of the W.
! c.. T. u, was announced to speak on
| Temperance Lessons in the SUNDAY
School," and a vast concourse of her
| She was given q hearty reception, and
made brilliant speech in support of the
proposition to set apart four Sundays each
! wear to be devoted to the teaching of tenn
perance in the Sabbath schools, the inter-
national committee to furnish appropriate
| lessons. Miss Wizards address was re-
ceived with great applause, and an exclt-
| ing debate followed on the question of SET
ting apart certain days for temperance
| lessons. Several projects were presented,
but the following amendment offered by
| 3. FJacobs, Chairman of the lnterna-
tional Executive Committee, was finally
adopted 'The executive committee hav-
| ing received memorials and resolutions
from various States, together with petit
tions and memorials from societies, States
and individuals on the subject of temper
ance. and having carefully considered
them, report as follows: In selecting the
course of lessons for the year 1892, the
lesson committee found in the course In
one quarter suitable temperance lesson
and therefore they made the lesson for the
thirteenth Sunday missionary lesson. In
another quarter for the same year they
found in the regular course a suitable
missionary lesson.
Therefore, for the thirteenth Sunday OF
that quarter, they have given a temper
ance lesson For the two remaining quar-
ters of that year, for the thirteenth sun
day. they have selected q temperance les
son and a missionary lesson, leaving 1t
optional with the schools to use either.
| The committee can not say in advance just
what lessons will occur in any year, but
think it is possible that the selection for
other years may be like the selections for
1892 in the respect above named. In con-
ference with the corresponding mem oers
| of the lesson committee for Great Brlta1u
these brethren, desiring to promote the
study of temperance in the Sunday schools
of Great Britain, urge that the committee
continue to have optional temperance les
sops, stating that if only temperance
lesson is selected many schools would not
use it, but select other lessons and the
plan be impaired. But if the optional
plan is used Is above suggested, the num-
Der of schools choosing temperance les
sou will steadily increase, and they hope
that the day may come when a large
majority, if not all the schools, will use
the Temperance lessons, and the Executive
| COMMITTEE of the International Sunday
School Convention, desiring to extend the
use of temperance lessons as widely as
possible, and believing that the course
marked out by the Lesson Committee will
secure the result, recommended that the
convention approve of the action of the
Lesson Committee as indicated in the
selection of the lessons of 1892. And
further they recommend to the publishers
of lesson helps throughout the United
States and the Provinces of Canada to
make the expositions and notes upon the
temperance lessons as full as upon other
lessons of the quarter, and also specially
to emphasize the subject of temperance in
all lessons in the regular course where it
can suitably be done "
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