The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-10-17
YESTERDAYS DOINGS IN MAINE.
End of the Sunday School Conven-
tions at Watervilie and Lewiston.
Portland Selected as a Meeting
Place for Next Year.
Launch of the Magnificent Ves-
sci at Bath.
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WATERvILLE, October 16.-The twenty
second anniversary of the Maine State Sun
day School Association, which closed its
session at Waterville today, was an
eminently successful meeting. The attend
ance was very large and the spacious Tenn
pie Street Congregational Church, which
seemed full flom the first to the closing hour
was crowded to overfowing in the more
prominent sessions, annex rooms, aisle and
vestibule being brought into requisition.
The representative attendance was the
best in the history of the association, the
spirit and tone Of the meetings excellent.
The programme was pronounced by all su-
perior, and the results of the convention
were in all lines highly satisfactory.
The people of Wateryille, through the
members, made large demand upon their
hospitality, responded most cordially and
amply to the needs of the occasion.
Those accustomed to such conventions say
that the programme was unusual in its IN
terest and power, and that it was an excep-
tionally rich privilege to listen to such ad-
dresses as those of President Small. Rev. A.
e. Winship and Miss Lucy Wheelock, and
of the able speeches from our own state.
The convention cordially endorsed the
work of the State Sunday School Missionary,
Mr.. l.. G. March, instructed the executive
committee to continue his labors and pledged
with enthusiasm round thousand dollars to
carry on these operations so beneficial to all
denominations and all church and Sunday
school interests of our state.
The State Secretary, Rev. B. p. Snow of
Willard, made his report today. He said
that there, could be claimed an advance all
along the line the past year. The organiza-
tion of the state for effective work has made
encouraging progress. Every county but
one has either completed or has partial or
ganization, aud speedy action will be taken
In that county.
G. March, commenced July LIST, has proved
very fruitful and will be continued. The
pledges for the support of this work have
been readily met, and this new departure is
cordially endorsed by the Sunday school
workers of the state.
The quality of instruction has perceptibfy
improved, and the desire on the part of
teachers for improved methods of instruction
shows that those who guide and mould our
classes are becoming better prepared for
their important labor. The 100000 in all our
Sunday schools as set alongside the $50, 600
of our total population shows that we have
got great work to do. The comparison of
totals in the Sunday school with those of
public school age, is also most suggestive.
The continued employment of the state
missionary is earnestly recommended. This
work is in the interest of all denominations
and pays most richly for the churches, Sun
day schools and society at large.
The view one takes of the rate of our pro-
gress prompts the secretary to recommend
renewed attention to normal courses and
normal studies fer our teachers and teach
ers' meetings for the individual schools. No
agency is more hopeful than the superinten-
dents unions that have been formed in Port
land, Lewiston and Augusta. These organ
izatlons are promised soon at other points.
The committee On resolutions, Professor
Purington OF Pennington. chairman, re-
sponded and the convention adopted in the
closing session the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the Maine Sunday School Asso-
citation extends its thanks to the railroads of the
state for rednced rates to the speakers from
abroad for their inspiring words, to the singers of
Waterville who have added much to the pleasure
OF our meetings, and TO the citZens who have so
generously provided entertainment.
Resolved, That we cordially commend the work
OF our state missionary, Mr.. L. g. March, and
earnestly desire that he be kept in the field an
other year.
Resolved, That we endorse the action of the
International convention at Pittsburg on the
temperance question; that we believe that more
zeal rather than more time is necessary in the
temperance lessons in Sabbath school.
Resolved-That we affirm our continued conf
dence In the great value and usefulness of the In
ternational Series of Sunday School Lessons.
Resolved-That we express our hearty appre-
citation of the work of the International Commit
tee in its successful efforts to inspire and instruct
tnrOupn correSponl ence and personal visitation.
ReSOlved-That the cause merits and the age
demands the most intelligent service possible in
sunday school teaching; and as a help to this end
we commend to each teacher theNormal Outlines
prepared by Drs Hurlburt and Dunning, and we
also would encourage the formation of normal
classes wherever possible. We would also com.
mend to our to teachers the opportunity afforded
them for normal study by the annual assemblies
at Fryeburg and Ocean Park.
The committee on nominations, Rev. E. M.
Cousins, chairman. presented the following
names, and the nominees we're elected as the
official board for the official board for the
coming year: President, Rev. j. c. Jordan,
Gardiner; Rev. T. F.White, Bath; Rev. ID.
2. Hatch, R0ckland secretary, Rev. B. P.
Snow, Willard; treasurer, ii. Fl. Nevens,
Wo0dfords; executive committee, E. s.
Everett, Portland; Rev. c. d. Crane, New
castle; Rev. E. M. Cousins, Cumberland
Mills; Rufus Deering. Portland; Ira G.
Hersey. Houlton; finance committee. Hon.
Waterviile; Il. II. Nevens, Woodfords;
Chas. l. Bailey. Winthrop Center; W. A.
Robinson, Auburn.
DR.. Winship said that he had never at
tended convention in which the best pur-
poses Of such meetings had been more direct
ly aimed at or more successfully accom-
pllshed: The delegates who were distri-
county to the distant limits of Aro0stook,
TINS latter county second to none in the
state for Sunday school activity and eta
cheney, went down to their homes with
Duoyant courage and large hopes, to begin
the work OF the new convention year.
a nearly invitation came In from the
cnurch ana Sunday school of Pine street.
that the next annual meeting will be held
with them in Portland, so this, now among
the foremost meetings of Maine for num-
bers and Importance, will gather in our CITY
In October, 1891