The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-06-16
COME GONE.
The Bottineau County Sunday School
Association has come and gone. Leay-
ing its Impress Upon us.

regular sessions of the Sunday Schoo
Association held in Bottineau, Saturda,
and Sunday last, it would be impossible
to omit the very pleasant social gathering
on Friday evening. with which the Associ
alton was launched on its work. The
p visiting brethren, Messrs Atwood anc
Cork, we're escorted to the Presbyterian
t Church. where a reception was rendered
y them. The great interest in the even
was indexed by the crowd which attended
Rev. Mr.. Wood acted as chairman of the
meeting. and in a most felicitous address,
called attention to the general object OF
the Association and the work to be &C,
complished. Music was followed by a
short address of welcome directed especi.
ally to the visiting brethren mentioned
above, both of whom responded in the
happy manner which characterizes and
distinguishes them. The company then
adjourned to the lecture room o. the
church and stood about tables on which
ice cream and cake we're served. Alto
gether an suspicious opening of a happy
and prosperous convention.
Promptly at the stated hour the dele
gates assembled and the Association was
called to order, Deacon Alexander Nc
Balm IN the chair. Right here it may not
be amiss to say that to this gentleman is
due the fact that we nave an Association
in tha ~orHfv II &c n child ~f liz l.o:n
and is an offspring of which he may we'll
be proud. Rev, A. Burr, who has been
secretary of the Association since its in
ception, and to whose careful, scholarly
work is due. in a large measure, the ex-
c%ellence of the program. wasa also on hand.
These faithful officials we're retired at their
own request, and on the recommendation
Of a committee appointed for that purpose,
new officers elected as follows. Presi-
dent, C. S. McCandless, 1st v~ice-presi-
dent, Thos. Patching, and vice-president,
Miss Mary Carey, Secretary, Thos. B.
Nichol. The regular program as pub
lished in these columns, was then taken
up. Papers on any subject were limited
to twenty minutes and the discussion
which followed in most cases consumed the
half hour allotted to it. There were some
noteworthy papers read, and we felt proud
er than ever before of the fact that Bot
ineau County has an aggregation of talent
and piety excelled by none and equalled
by few. 1t is impossible for us to speak
of each paper in detail, nor would it be
profitable unless we could give extracts,
which is impossible with our limited faci-
lities. Probably the most striking and
forcible OF the entire number was the pro-
duction of D. H. Macarthur, on the quest
ion of how to secure an attendance at
Sunday Schools. This paper evidenced
not only profound thought, but a wide
experience by which the writer has surely
prohtted. Another paper specially strik-
ing for its practical teachings and plain
truths most forcibly and plainly put, was
that Of Prof. Alex Mcintosh, on the re-
lationships of children. Would that every
parent in the county had been there to
hear and profit by it. We need more
such outspoken sermon to parents. The
Sunday morning service was devotional,
the sermon being preached by Rev.
Alexander Burr. His subject was the
Preach the gospel portion of Christ's
commission to his disciples. and was in
every way worthy the gentleman's high
reputation for profound thought and
u~nanswerable argument. We we're un-
able. very unfortunately, to attend the
service in person, having engaged with
Mr.. Atwood and others to attend a speci-
al meeting in a school house in the noun
tain. A meeting which we cannot pass
without special notice. Mr. Atwood took
the lead of the meeting and under his
earnest presentation of the truth, such a
manifestation of the presence and power
of Gcd as is seldom felt, was witnessed
there. The little school house became a
Bethel to the Christians assem-
bled there, and many others signi6ed
their desire for a new life.
The afternoon session was marked by
full attendance and an intense interest in
the entire proceedings. Paper after
paper was read and listened to with a
growing conviction that great questions
questions fraught with the mightiest
interests-were being discussed as for
eternity. The open discussions which
followed were quick, vigorous and to the
point, and we believe the universal testi-
mony Of those present is that they were
we'll paid for time expended.
On Sunday evening, the time was de-
voted to addresses by the visiting Sunday
School Missionaries. Atwood and Cork. |
These brethren were. throughout the
entire convention, a source of great help
to all. Their wide experience, high en-
thusiasm. deep spirituality and splendid
abilities made them potent factors in the
grand success attendant on the meetings.
Mr.. Atwood opened the discussion with
an address we'll calculated to make faith
ers and mothers-yes, and all others
ponder we'll the eternal ~verities presented
in the burning words he uttered. Before
the speakers awful earnestness, flippancy
fled and trivial objections disappeared.
Men and women felt as if brought face
to face with truths they could not ignore.
Hugh Cork followed with a delightful
talk, descriptive, illustrative. and in