The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-06-11
A SUCCESSFUL MEETING.

Routine Business Transacted and In
structive Speeches Delivered
The Sunday School Convention Tuesday
was very profitable enc, although the At
tendance was small
In The afternoon the general business Of
the convention was gone through with, and
then adjourned until evening.
In the evening there was much larger
attendance and the program Us carried ou,
was very interesting.
Owing to tile absence Of several who were
- take part in the exercises the full pro-
gram could not be carried out, but we take
pleasure in publishing exccrl t. from the
speeches given.
Rev. Field was Oh the program to speak
on the Blucationa! Value Of the Sabbath
School, and said:
The gospel Of 81. Paul commands US to 20
into all The world and preach the gospel.
This must be done by us If we wish to fol-
low the teachings of Christ and do Whist is
possible toward our fellow men> This cen
tury is century Of mission work In no
other century has 50 much BEEN done to
spread the gospel of Christ. Embassadors
o! Christ are found in all quarters of the
globe. W. have both home and foreign
missions working for the souls of men. The
best kind Of mission " ork should begin at
the home circle and train the child from his
tender years. II we educate our young
folks correctly we are apt to have earnest
workers for Christ before many years have
gone. We know that what person learns
~ child follows him through hi. whole
life. Give him the right bent Of mind and
heart and his future will be like his youth.
Keep the children in the Sunday School and
they will receive the necessary instructions
10 furnish christian life Afterwards.
Rev. A. Burr spoke upon the subject of
United Effort Of Sunday Schools upon lire
ligious Communities, saying:
The conception of Sunday School, not of
church, was but for private person. The
church for long time utterly refused to
sanction it, only for street arabs. Times
change, and We arc apt to 60 to the other
extreme, putting Sunday School before
church. The work is now universal, and
it cannot but have IN influence upon the
irreligious. The only reprosch the irrelig-
ious can bring against the Sunday School
is that it prosslytizss; but if by prosel tism
10 meant inroads upon the irreligious, then
We say 60 on with such. The lineamsnts
Of common parentags are stamped upon all
Sunday School work. Men may differ
among themselves, but when the church 10
attacked then Union is the watch ord. The
church uses the Sabbath School not only as
defense against the irreligious, but alss
as an aggressive power. When vile men
get into high places it looks sometims o. az
if the victory was against the Sunday
School; but the field is the world, and we
find tho ranks Of the irrsligious becoming
thinned every day through the influence of
the Sabbath School. The church, with the
word Of God, through the Sunday School,
will win the day. II our efforts appear to
fail we will not allow the irrsligious to twit
us, because when the whole il looked at
there il no failure. Wherever the church
can present united front then she has the
most power, both defensive and aggr sssive,
and in the Sunday School she holds this po-
sition.
The committee on resolutions presented
tho following report:
Resolved, 1st. That as a convention we
anew emphasize the great Importance of
to the church and the world '''
Resolved, I'd. That we hereby earnestly
urge on all Christians the duty of organiz-
In their respective communities.
Resolved, Sd. That we recognize in the ef-
ficient Sunday School teacher, who is de-
good soldier of JESUS ~ Ghrss ss' OF
Resolved, 4th. That we urge upon all par
ents en- the importance of seeing that their
children chi attend Rhs Sunday School and study
Resolved, 5th: That we record our indebt-
edness to the able officers of this association
given to help on this convention work.
Resolved, 9Th. That we hereby tender our
hearty thanks to the editors of our local pa
weeklies to our convention program and
work, and also to the volunteer choir for
their valuable assistance with suitable
music. All Of which is respectfully submit
ted. Rev. A. BURR.
Rev. J. A. MARINE.
Committee on Resolutions.
Short speeches were made by several Of
those present, good music and singing fol-
lowed, and amid much enthusiasm at tho
success and good work Of tho convention,