Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-10
CONCLUDED IT'S LABoRs.


Special Dispatch.
Denison, Tex, May 9,-The Texas
State Sunday School association CON
cluded its labors here tonight, complet-
ing the nineteenth annual meeting
When the association was called to or
der this morning President Scott pre-
siding thirty minutes We're devoted TO
short tnlkr OF encouragement by Breth-
rem e. p Cox OF Paris, w. S. Hills OF
Denlson. j. w. Crawford OF Navarro
county. j, A. McClain and w. II. GIL
Of Sherman and Miss Julia schaf OF
Paris.
Rev. W S. Hills spoke OF work done
in the Lords service in the past six
months H. Denison. where 1000 CONVEX
sions had been made. He said: Every
body is with us; merchants say their
collections are better than ever and
that everybody Is paying grocery bills;
the only element against us is the sa-
looms.
At the suggestion OF Brother Lover,
Brother Cox led In prayer for Prof.
Hamill, Who is suffering from n ma
larial attack and was not able TO COM
plete his engagement with the conven-
ton.
Brother Crawford presented the re-
port Of the executive committee as fol-
lows: We. your committee appointed
to report on the president and eNecu-
tive committee, beg leave to submit
the folC wing: 1. We recommend that
arrangements be made at once to liqui-
date Indebtedness OF this association
BY some practical way that this COM
vention may suggest. we realizing that
Brother Cox is needing his money now
"a a1u Al "a tuI
system be inaugurated that will furnish
this association with sufficient funds
to do Its work without having to re-
sort to the painful duty OF calling on
a selected few to furnish capital for the
association. We believe this can be
done by sending 10 each superintendent
In tn. state well gotten up clrcu-
lar letter asking them to donate one
regular collection from their school In
June or as soon as possible, forward
ing II to the treasurer as soon MS taken.
The treasurer being requested to conn
menco this work ut once and not TO let
up until every superintendent is waited
upon I'm the state
g. We further recommend that this
association empower q committee OF
three, including its president, to aeleot
a man with proper qualifications who
will undertake TO publish and main
tain n state Sunday school journal at
his own expense.
The report was adopted, and Score
tary Coe gave lesson in Biblical HIS
tory. after which adjournment was
taken for dinner.
At the afternoon session Brother
Lees gave lecture on Inspiration and
Brother Maybe OF DenlHon. general
secretary of the Young Mems Chris
tian association OF Texas. Will lead a
conference on Spiritual Work OF the
Teacher" In this connection the fol-
lowing statistics are OF interest: Texas
has 57a2 Sunday schools, 1886 officers
and teachers and 237.s9s scholars
Grayson county is third IN the list.
with rs schools. 600 officers and teachers
and $3.50 scholars
Following this the election OF officers
was taken up. resulting as follows:
President, r. W. Love, TeNartaun:
first vice-president. W. T. NJ. Dixon.
Milford; second yice-president, a. Il.
Wilkinson, Denison: third vice-presi-
dent. l.. w Frisbie. wichita Falls;
fourth yice-president. r. w Kendel.
weatherford; secrctary. ]. w. Hever.
Groesbeeck; treasurer. w ID. Yeager,
Bonham; executive committee. ]. w.
Crawford. corHlcana. chairman: d. III.
Scott. Paris; n. l.. Dennis, Houston;
w. A. Cafe, Waxahschie X. ID. Smith.
Honey Grove; Ira II. rvans, Austin:
O. P. Hauser, Denison; ]. u. Foot, Dali
las.
After a number ~ songs and short
talks the next meeting place was left
TO the evecutime committee. - be
hereafter decided upon.