The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-20
THE SUNDAY-SCH
Annual Convention of the Puget
Sound System.
CREDENTIALS OF DELEGATES
DIR. Levi Gilbert's Address on the su.
preme Aim OF Sunday-Scho Work
Election OF Oficers.

The Puget sound sunday-school convention
commenced its first days session at the First
Methodist Protestant church at D. m yester-
Gay, commencing with devotional exercises by
Kew Clark Davis. Officers were elected as fol-
lows: Mr.. Dexter Horton, president; Mr.
George II. Randell, vice president Mr.. I. T..
Carpenter, secretary; Rev T. b. Boyd, Stats
ueai secretary, and Mr.. d. b. Ward, treasurer.
Addresses on Sunday-school work in the state
were made by Mr.. D. $. johnson, of Tacoma,
and Rev. s. A. Bright, OF the Trinity Methodist
episcopal Church of this city. In the course OF
MS remarks Mr.. Johnson said:
In 1889 there were i2y schools. 92l teachers and
$50 scholars in the Sunday schools of the state,
making total number OF teachers and scholars
amounting TO 1881. In the following year. 1890,
there were 752 schools, 4,2l0 teachers and 2o,s75
scholars, or 33,6S5 in all. OF this number about
Zz,o0O are of the public school enrolment age,
leaving balance of 1000 who are either older
or younger than the public school age. Now, as
the pubic school enrolment of 1890 was So 900,
and as there is doubtless 10 per cent more popu-
lation In the state now than one year ago, it
gives US the grand total of $500 souls in the
state not In the Sunday school, yet who are OF
the public school enrolment age
Rev. s. A. Bright followed with a plea for
more zeal and greater diligence in Sunday
scool work. He illustrated reference TO the
peculiar character of some who profess to help
along the sunday-school work by an anecdote
OF minister who had received gaunt, hungry
looking pig as part of his compensation. He
consulted member of his flock as to what he
should do with it, The philosophical church
member sympathized with the minister, but adj
vised him to keep it, as be had some sImusty
corn which he would contribute toward its
feeding. The speaker also made an allusion to
Bishop Vincents address before the Pittsburg
convention. in which the bishop dilated upon
the harmonious cooperation of the various de-
nominations.
The following credentials were reported to the
secretary:
vashon Methodist Episcopal church Miss
Ruth Woodbury., Mr.. Mac Snow, Miss Emma
krieder and Mr.. Lester Blackburn.
Plymouth Congregational church--Rev. g. A.
Iewksbury, pastor; Mr.. ii. T. Butler. superin.
tendent of the Joy Street mission; Mesdames
Reeves, Daniels, Chapman and Conn., and
Messrs w. ID. Wood, II. L. sizer and l.. s. viii
lard.
First Methodist Episcop.l church-Rev. Levi
Gilbert, pastor; Mrs. K. q. Johnston, and Messrs.
dell
First Baptist church-Rev. G.. ], Burchett,
pastor; Professor J. II. Heston, superin-
tendent; Mr.; James B. Fox. Mrs. L. V. Ward
and Miss 4. N. Greene.
Trinity VI. f. church-Rev. 8. A. Bright, pas
tor; Messrs. Chester Eaton, Andrew Uren and
Fred ;: Pearson, and Mesdames Lizzie Davis and
Belle Thomas.
First Methodist Protestant ehurch-Rey.
Clark Davis, pastor; Mr.. II. Willis Carr, superin-
tcndent; Mesdames Hambright and L. B. Hath
away, and Mr.. c. c. Austin.
Calvary Presbyterian church-Rev. 7. NJ.
ent; Messrs. G. w. Hadfeld and A. Cumming,
and Messrs. Allen and Cox.
Second Methodist Protestant church--Mr d.
b. Ward, superintendent; Rev. D. Bagley, ID. d. !;
Messrs. James b. David and Newton A. Thomp-
son, and Mrs. Eliza Hammond.
Battery street NJ. Z. church-Rev. Alfred In
wood, pastor; Messrs. A. @. Taylor, W. J. Muir
ply, II. Bowman and A. C. Thompson, and Miss
Gertrude Hazard.
Taylor Congregational church-Mescames E.
Elston Camp.
Haven mfssion--Mesdames Burnet, Philbrick
and Smith.
First Baptist church, of Ballard-Rev L. L.
Wood, pastor. Messrs. r. G. Caldwell and
Alonzo Hamblet, Miss E. Young and Miss
Faulkner.
St. Marks Episcopal church-Mr w. l. Dick
son, jr.
First Church of Christ-Rev. R. II. Moss,
pastor.
In the evening there was a very good attend
ance present when President Horton called the
convention to order. In the absence of Rev.
Elliott W. Brown. who has gone East Rev. G. J.
Burchett delivered the address of welcome.
Mr.. ID. S. Johnson, OF Tacoma, responded, in
place OF Rev. Morgan F. Jones, of Fremont DR..
Levi Gilbert's address, which followed on the
supreme Aim OF sunday-School Work. was a
very broad and eminently practical one. The
AAoiS eHoulu pS tteatcu prHctlcaiiys ne SAID, not
as curiosity. His supreme point was when he
scored the common, sensational, revivalistic
way of preaching Christ" 81 believe in read
ing the name of Christ in the acrostic way" he
explained-"Charity, Holiness, Righteousness,
Innocence, Sincerity, Truthfulness." being
is the best teaching. he thought. and Christ
means the comprehension and living out of all
that is good To this standard the children
should be brought.
The convention will meet this morning at 9: 80.