The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-09-08
state Sunday School Con-
vention.

NCutlOu.
The Twenty Eight Annual sun
day-school Conventional Kentucky
was held in the city Of Ashland, on
the lind to 9th Of the past month.
This Convention being wholly inter
denominai. it brought together rep
resentative Sunday-school workers
from all the leading denomina-
tions OF the State. All parts Of the
State were represented. The sess-
ions OF the Convention were large
~ attended, and ons OF the hest
programs that has been presented
In the entire history OF the Con-
vention, was considered.
Prof. II NJ. Hamill of Illinois,
the widely known Sunday-school
expert, was one of the speakers
from abroad. His addresses ON
improved methods in sunday
school work ELECTED great interest
"Faith Latimer,n one of the justly
noted leaders of today in Primary
work, had place on the program.
Many others excellent papers and
addresses presented by some of the
best known ministers and laymen
of Kentucky might Inappropriate.
liz mentioned did not the limits OF
this notice prevent, The tabulated
results of tho past years work fur
nish many interesting and encour-
aging facts. One of these facts
specially worthy Of mention is that
the continued and persistent effort
to effect an inter-denominational
organization and to hold conven-
ton in every one Of the ll9 coun-
ties in the State has been crowned
with success. In this particular
respect, Kentucky stands beside the
States in which Sunday-school
work has reached its highest point
and at the same time is very far in
advance of many other States aud
territories.
II was, also shown that the So
4 called normal work, " hich is Sim
| ply an effort to promote better
methods Of study and OF teaching,
is being entered into heartily in
many parts of the state. Along
with this, much Improvement in
the management and general work
OF the Sunday-schools was reported
Those who have been most inter.
ested in promoting this work have
great reason to believe that an era
of wonderfully rapid progress i:
| just opening.
That Sunday-school work IN
Kentucky has not attained to thu
fulncss Of its possibilities is shown
by the fact that in 70 counties o.
the State, from which reports haC
been received, Of the 39S,6l6 Whit
children of "school age" only l02,
OO2 are enrolled in the Sunday,
schools. In other words, but y
per cent. OF these young people arr
enrolled in the Sunday-schools
Over against this uninspiring state
ment may he set the fact THAT Their,
are 2,499 organized Sun-schools II
the 10 counties mentioned, and
that they are earnestly striving t.
multiply their numbers and eificien
icy.
With an organization in each o
10 counties made effective by thu
earnest efforts of good men who ar,
unselfshly devoting their tim,
and money to this cause, and will
tho enlarged activity and eilicienc!
of the schools in those counties, i
is confidently believed that grea
growth in the Sunday-school army
is one Of the things of the near fu
ture.
During the past year, pape
has been published IN the interes
of the work in Kentucky by thu
Conventions Executive Committee
Four thousands copies of this pa
per have boon distributed through
out the State every month. Th'
paper project has met with sucl
favor aud has come to be regarde,
as such Necessity to the worl
that il begins its second volum,
double its former size.
The officers Of the Kentuck!
Sunduy-School Union, the nam,
which the Convention Lears dur
ing the period OF its adjournment
for the ensuing year are Rev. W. {
, Condit, d. d., Of Ashland. Presi
dent; Miss NJ. +. Huber, Louisville
Secretary; Mr.. +. n. Woodruff
Treasurer Rev. j. ~ Mckamy
Louisville, Chairman Executiv,
Committee.
Silver and Protection.
In Senator Wolcoit's speech tn
other day against repeal the follow
extract has struck terror into tn
hearts of the protection Senators
IF this act should pass" he sait
to the Senators from Massachusetts