The Portland daily press., 1892-05-26
In THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
A Years Work as Reported to the
County Association.
THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING
HELD in WESTBROOK.

How the Boys who Went to Drive Home
the Cows Became Pupils in Windham
That Town. by the Way, Is in the
Front Rank-Great Gain Reported by
| Chestnut Street and Abyssinian Church
es, Portland.
The sixth annual meeting of the Cum
| berland County Sunday School Associa-
| ton was held at the Warren street Con-
gregational church at Westbrook yester-
day. There was the largest morning
| attendance that was ever known. At
$50 a. M, the devotional exercises were
opened by w. W. Merrill of Deering, and
prayer was offered by several of the
members present. At 10 a. M, the pres
ident L. M. Webb, ESQ.,, appointed the
following committees:
| On nominations-Re E. P. Wilson, Rev. Mr..
| Pilsbury, H. H. Nevens.
On resolutions-Rev. MIR. Dukeshre, o. S.
Ihomes, Thomas Varney, Mrs. Donham, Miss
| Jackman
S. B. Cloudman of South Windham,
not being present to open the discussion
of Township Organization" as per pro-
gramme, it was voted that Mr.. T. Varney
of Windham, should respond in ten
minute address, Mr.. Jones of Scarboro
also responded, giving detailed report
of the condition of the Sunday School
work in his vicinity, showing the bene-
fits of organization. In the general dis
cussion, G. S. March, H. FL. Nevens, Rev.
j. G.. Wilson, Thos. Varney, Louis
| O'Brion, Mr.. Jones and Rev. Mr.. Pills
bury took part.
The next thing on the programme was
the report of the delegates from the diff
ferent schools. This required so much
time that only Is reported in the fore
noon and the rest went over to the after
noon when there were % more reports,
making total of 40 out of possible 125
in the whole county. The Chestnut ST..
M. E. church reported the largest in
crease of membership during the year,
the present attendance being 869, an in
crease of $50 over last year. The Wood
fords Congregational church came next
with an increase of So members.
/ Among the reports was one from little
temperance Sunday school in the north
ern part of Windham, established by a
lady who began by calling in the little
boys that passed her door on the way
after the cows. The school has thus
| &c
of %, with an average attendance of II.
Rev. Mr.. Ayres of Prrtland was called
upon to speak on the subject assigned to
Rev. L. S. Bean of Gorham, viz:
Does He Go to Your Sunday School?
He gave an eloquent and spirited ad-
dress. The devotional exercises in the
afternoon were led by Rev. Gowan G.
Wilson of Deering. After the singing of
hymns, he said that just two thoughts
are necessary to guide in Sunday school
work. He never wished to hear it said
that Sunday schools were for children
alone. The sheep as we'll as the lambs
must be fed. The other thought was that
'sWe are not alone in this world. His
rod and His staff they comfort us.''
The reports OF committees came next
and Rev. E. P. Wilson for that ON nomi-
nations reported as follows:
President-L. M. Webb.
Vice iresidents1Rey; S J. F, Clymer Rev. j.
Recording Secretary-Rev. E. NJ Cousens.
Statistical Secretary B. P. Snow.
TreaSurer-OZman Adams.
Executive Comnttee-Rev. G.. NJ REYNOLDS.
| Gorham; Rev. G. E. Cate, Portland; E. S.
Everett, Portland; G. F. Morse, Portland, and
| Thos Varney.
Those reports of delegates that were
left over from the forenoon were next
listened to. These were reports from
about 25 schools, among them one from
| Mr.. O'Brien, superintendent of the
school of the Abyssinian church of Port
land, who said that in two years the
membership had increased from 81 to 90.
Windham
/ Led All the Other Towns,
reports from six different schools being
read, all showing high degree of pros
perity.
The State Sunday school missionary,
Mr.. L. S. March, then mounted the
pulpil to report in regard to state work,
and said that he had travelled 1000 miles
in the past year and delivered 100 adj
dresses. The work at present was like
the survey of a railroad. The grades
have been built, ready for the laying of
the rails, and the particular work has
been the instituting of county
organizations, and he was glad to
report that at last Somerset, after one
and half years of effort, had become
organized, and Knox will soon join the
rest and there are only few more. He
added that the town of Windham is in
the front line in Sunday school work,
being ''way beyond any other in the
state"
Rev. B. P. Snow then spoke on the
same subject and emphasized the need
of finding out where the schools are and
what they are doing, and particularly
those sections where schools are needed.
Mr.. FL. H. Nevens of Deering, the state
treasurer, said that now was the op-
portunity to make good the pledge
made some time ago of $500. He said
that there was deficit of $25 on the
county's pledge of last year, and that
with what had been received the county's S
| Indebtedness to the state for the nresept