Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-11-12
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The Eighth Annual Session
of the Convention.
Some Features Of the Exer-
cises Yesterday.
A List Of the Officers Who Were
Elected.
The Observation-Disclosures Reports Re
ceived-A New Organization Eff
fected-The Afternoon
Meeting.

Southern California Sunday-school con
vention was concluded last evening, ar
adjournment being taken cor one year
The session, Tuesday evening, com
menced with the song of the water
courses, lisa. Xiv, A, accompanied on the
organ by Miss Emma F. Rider, The
organist. The Rev. DIR. w. A. Findlay
read Bible lesson from John iv, 3-14
The other exercises OF the evening
were
Water Courses (primary)-Teachers
class rooms, requisites. Essay, Mrs. r.
w. Spencer, Fairmont. Address, Mr.
d. A. Judd, Los Angeles.
Water Courses acknowledgement.
ers, requisites, attractions, organiza.
tions. Essay, Mrs. Joseph Hamilton,
Los Angeles. Address, Prof. Melville
Dozier, Los Angeles.
Yesterday morning about 225 dele
gates reported at the First Baptist
church, Broadway and Sixth streets
The principal delegates from neighbor'
ing towns were:
Pasadena (Methodist) Mrs. A. H.
Johnson, DR.. M. Ella Whippls, Mines
Charles Smith, Holbrook, DR.. Holman,
Messrs. E. A. Baldwin, Frank Wallace,
A. f. M. Strong, G. NJ. Parker, Prof.
House and A. +. Mills.
North Pasadena (Methodist) -Mmes.
J. A. Buchanan, E. D. Hough, w. j,
Nicholson and Giddings.
Pomona--Mrs. J. w. Painter, Char
lotte E. Palmer, Miss Anna Gould, w.
p. Gould and f. e. Sheldon.
The Palms (Baptist) Mrs. G. B. Ford
and Rev. A. P. Brown.
Lancaster-Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Clark.
Artesia-J. H. Giltner.
Compton ethodist)-Mmes. S. A.
Bisbee, M. Pearse, Misses Walton, Jones
and Legg, Messrs. j. NJ Sheppard, w.
D. Ambrose and Rev. J. w. Morris.
Covina Methodist Mrs. d. S. Lee,
Messrs. G. w. Taylor and G. M. War
ner.
Norwalk-M Misses Hattie Sproul and
Ray Sipprelle.
Downey First Baptist)-Rev. J. E.
Barnes, W. H. Pendleton, Mrs. J. j.
Tweedy, Misses Vena Brown and Jennie
Pendleton.
The subject for the morning session
was Rivers of Living Waters, John vii,
3S. The scripture lesson read by the
Rev. A. P. Brown, The Palms, was lisa.
xii, 1920. Then business was taken up.
The first business was the election of
officers, which resulted as follows:
President, L. W. Spencer; vice presi-
dents, d. A. Judd, w. w. Cockins, Rev.
j. w. Phelps, M. Dozier, John D. Ardis
secretary, Hugh f. Smith assistant
secretary, G. A. Baskerville; treasurer,
w. M. Sheldon; executive committee,
J. j. Gosper, George 7. Hanley, Charles
E. Day.
Reports were received from ninety
seven schools. and were very encourag-
ing, showing a marked effect due to the
organization.
The most important action of the day
and the convention was the formation
of new organization, the Southern
California State Sunday School conven-
ton Is. G. S. S. S. o., in which seven
counties are represented. The organ
ization was at once perfected by the
election of officers, the objects of the
new convention being the same as those
of the old. only the territory being ex
tended. The election in this case had
the following result:
President, F. j. Cressey; correspond
ing secretary. Prof. S. E. Storrs, Los
Angeles; recording secretary, Charles
Sweat, Riverside; treasurer, R. M.
Widney, Los Angeles; presidents
Los Angeles county, Rev. w. A. Finley;
San Bernardino county, S. III. Barrett;
Ventura county, Hon. N. w. Blanchard;
Orange county, not elected; San Diego
county, Frank E. Hilton; San Luis
Obispo county, not elected; Santa Bar
bara county, not elected.
Executive committee-The president,
the presidents and G. f. Day, A.
Waldie and j. S. Edwards.
The rest of the morning was taken up
with the reading of essays and addresses
by Miss Gertrude B. Newerf, Pomona;
Prof. Will d. Monroe, Pasadena; Mrs.
w. B. Herriott, Los Angeles, and Prof.
d. H. Colcord, Claremont. Mrs. Chang
Kang and Mrs. Chan Kin Ling sang a
duet and reported on the Chinese kin
dergarten class.
Yesterday afternoon the subject was
The Fruitful Fields, Ezekiel xvii, 5, and
the exercises opened with Field songs.
The Bible lesson read by Rev. j. H.
Collins was from John vii, $3.50. Miss
Alice Pitblado read an essay on What
Immediate Results May be Reached in
Primary Work, and the Rev. A. W.
Rider delivered an address on the same
subject. Mrs. A. c. Smither, of Los
Angeles, read an essay on Youth, and
the same subject was discussed by Zip
Kim Vow. The exercises closed with
an address by Prof. William T. Randall,
of Ontario.
The last session, last evening, had as
it's motto, The Rewarded Toilers, Prov.
XII, 25. 1t was opened with Harvest
songs. The Rev. IS. Dill, OF Los Ange-
les, read the Bible lesson from lisa.
xxxv. The whole meeting then closed
with addresses as follows: Duty Done,
the Rev. DR.. Thos. w. Haskins; Fruits
Gathered, Can Kin Ting and the Rev.
DR.. P. +. Bresee; Rest, the Rev. DIR.
George Willett, Redlands.