Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-22
DAY.
The District Conference in SEES
sion at Sadlersville.
A Lively Debate over Winter Sunday
Schools, How TO Make Them,
and How to Keep Them
Going.

| District Conference for the Clarks-
vile District Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, convened at Sadlers
vile yesterday morning. Bishop
Fitzgerald, from some cause, failed to
reach the place and Rev. w. II. Pee
bles, presiding elder of the district,
was made chairman pro lem. The
conference roll was called by w. l..
Melvin, the secretary of the last Dis.
trict Conference, and large per cent.
of members answered to their
names. w. l.. Melvin WAS elected
secretary.
Rev. w. r. PEBBLES, Rev. J. w.
Smith and w. G. WarffelG were APP
pointed a committee on public wor
ship.
Rev. w. II. Cotton, w. II. Dun
bar and G. @. Bell were appointed a
committee on conference records.
Rev. w. r.. PEBBLES then intro
duced to the conference Rev. b. f.
Haynes, DR.. Ewing, of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church, DIR. w. M.
Green and w. III. Morrow.
The Sunday-schoOl interest was
taken up and the remainder of the
day was devoted to this subject.
DIR. w. M. Green, president of the
Sunday-schOol board, was called to
the chair and conducted the eXer-
cises.
The various pastors were called
upon for statements in regard to the
Sunday.schools in their respective
charges. The following responded
and made interesting remarks on the
subject: Rev. j. M. Jordan, Rev. j.
W. Smith, Rev. Mr.. Anderson, Rev.
Jerome Duncan, Rev. j. G. Rice,
Rev. G. S. Byron, Rev. Mr.. Handlin,
Rev. j. M. Oakley, Rev. w. II. Cot
ton and Rev. j. b. Vest. MIR. Pat
rick, of Port Royal, and Mr.. Henry,
OF Springfield, also made speeches on
the subject.
After short recess a sermon was
delivered by Rev. b. +. Haynes.
His subject was "Man's duty to
God" He said that man was made
for higher place than pleasure. In
the order of creation God made the
lower to serve the higher. The dirt
was made to serve the grass, the
grass to serve the animal kingdom,
the animal kingdom was made to
serve man and man to serve God.
After good sermon on this subject,
dinner was held on the ground.
The evening session was called to
order by w. II. Morrow, of Nash
vile. The question, GLOW can
Sunday schools be kept from going
into winter quarters?" was then dis
cussed. Mr.. Warfield, of Sadlers-
vile, led the discussion. He said
that the question had never been
answered and he doubted if it ever
would be. Theory was nothing
without practice. The only way is
to say to your children, "come and |
let's go to Sunday-school.' Don't
sit at home and tell them to go. Mr..
Warfield was followed by Rev. G.
S. Byron. He thought the only
things necessary were more energy
and perseverance. Mr.. Guynn
thought that the trouble was in the |
superintendent. He said that if the |
superintendent had the "stckabili- |
ty" to ride mule ten miles through |
snow storm to Sunday-school he
would always have a good one. The
subject was further discussed by Rev.
j. b. West, Rev. j. M. Jordan md |
Others.
The question, "Who is the proper
person for Sunday-schooi teacher ?'
was then taken up. After hot dis
cuSsion, it was decided to take any
person who was capable of doing
good and of advancing the Sunday
school cause.
"lIow are adults to be kept i'm the
school ?" was the next question. w.
III. Morrow led in the discussion.
HIS idea was to form them into a
lecture class, and instead of asking
them questions, deliver lecture on
the lesson. John f. House and G.
c. Bell both made good speeches on
this subject and concurred with Mr.
Morrow.
After further discussing the duties
of superintendent, the Conference
adjourned until this morning at 8
o'clock.
The people of SadlersviIle and vi
cinity are entertaining the Confer
ence in fine style, and everything is
going off pleasantly.
The Bishop was expected to arrive
to-day. {
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