The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10
wINsroN-sALEM N. c.. THURSDAY AUGUST TO- 1898
Thomasville, Zion and

| IL.
! Prospect circuit.
In the absence of Rev. d. e. Field,
| Mr.. L. l.. RawleV responded to an IN
vitation to make talk of fifteen min
utes ON the sBest Methods of Teach
ing" His remarks were practical and
| well-received. Ee was followed by
i Rev. J. d. Arnold, of Greensboro;
Rev. S. d. Peeler, of Kernersville and
F. G. Robbins, of Lexington.
Rev. Z. A.. Boone, OF Lexington,
| made a splendid fifteen minutes talk
on "The use of the Bible in Sunday
School" He was followed by Rev. p.
J. Carraway. of Winston: DR.. Atkins,
of Raleigh; Rev. w. S. Hales, of
Thomasville, and Editor GroOme, OF
the Asheville Advocate. The latter
said he would send his paper for six
months to every Sunday School schol-
ar in the Winston district who would
Sonnaio to memory $50 passages OF
scripture by November 1st next. If
the paper is taken by any family
where the scholar complies with the
proposition, the editor will give copy
of his book, entitled "Rambles."
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After the usual preliminary relig-
ious exercises a ''blackbo lesson
was given by Rev. w. NJ. Curtis, of
Grace church, Winston. The lesson
was on the New TeStamen First he
showed that there were three and
nine letters in the New Testament" j"
Second that there are 80 books in the
old, and 3X9 equals q books in the
new testament. He gavea fine lesson.
describing the object for the writing
of each book of the New Testament,
and teaching of same.
Miss Ada Thornburg, of Winston,
followed with an instructive lesson by
blackboard and Illustrated paper to a
class of children.
The "question hoXn was next opened
and the questions therein, pertaining
to Sunday School work, were dis
cussed.
This was followed by an s'experi-
ence meeting as to the different meth
DDS of teaching, with results" and
''the Importance of singing in Sunday
Schools"
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
PreSident-R. r Crawford.
Vice -Presideut-T. L. Rawley.
Secretary and Treasurer-R. E. Car
michael.
The Conference adjourned to hold
its next session in connection with
Lexington, the date for which will
hereafter be decided upon.
NOTES.
Nearly all of the preachers and del
egates left this evening for their re-
spective homes.
The alternates elected by the Dis
trict Conference to attend the animal
Conference at Charlotte are as follows:
r. r. Crawford, W. p. Hill, of Win
ston; W. A. Flynt, Of Dalton.
The district conference closed its
session this afternoon. Tomorrow
the quarterly meeting of Midway
church will be conducted by Presiding
Elder CarraWay. On Sunday he will
A resolution was passed by the Con-
ference returning its thanks to the
kind citizens around Midway for
their generous hospitality extended
to the preachers and delegates during
the Conference session.
Mr.. w. n. Thomas, father of
Messrs. Charles and Robert Thomas,
of Winston, was chairman of the COM
mittee that arranged sor the enter
talnment of preachers and delegates
to the Conference. He did his work
well, fact that can be youched for by
THE SENTINEL'S representative, who
had the pleasure of stopping at his
hospitable home. The writer also
stopped one night with Mr.. III. A
Payne, and was cordially entertained.
Editor Groome, of the AsheviIle
Advocate, in making talk before the
Conference in the interest of MS pa
per, referred to secular papers that
published sensational news. He
jumped on the Atlanta Constitution
with both feet. He said that he re-
gretted to say it had a large circula-
tion in North Carolina; that it was
full of sensationalism and would tend
to demoraliZe every home IN wLicn it
was read. my advice to every father
who loves his children is not to take
either the Atlanta Constitution or
New York Recorder" said Editor
Groome. IF you are taking either
ence is bad.'' REC.