The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-17
THIRD EDITION,


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Sunday School convention.
At the afternoon session OF tho Della.
Eare State Sunday School yesterday
Professor john Il. Sweeney led in the
service OF song. Prayer was offered
by Rev. Il. II. Chippey.
THE place OF tho Sunday school In |
the work of the church" was tho sub.
lect OF IN address by Rev. N. II. Miller. |
He said In part that this subject as
sumes that IL has place in the work |
OF tho church. Why was the Sunday
school organized? There was need
Tor Its being and because it grew out of
Q want, and that Is why 1t exists. We
can truce its birth buck to Luthera
time. 1t Is traceaOle through religious
history. There is scarcely spot in
the land where there 10 not Sabbath
school,
The Sabbath schooI is thu ri ght arm
oil the church. IN our work we are
reaching class OF persons who are
susceptible to the truth. II 10 work
Tor GOD and We should giva him the
pfst. Eigh ty- three per cent. of church
members comes from the sabbsth
School. III we could seeuro an iiiteilt.
gent piety among our children each
claes would become flowing stream.
The Sabbath School cannot take tho
place OF the family.
God has placed authority and rola-
tionshlp In the family which Is not
found elsewhere and therefore the
parents cannot relegate this respunst-
pillty oil their children on the Sabbath
School teachers. Both the family and
Sabbath ought to be preserved In thelr
purity and Integrity. The Sabbath
school emphasizes home instruction.
II cannot take the place of the Church.
us Object - to point tho boys and
girls to Christ.
Our object should be to briug our
children to Christ. When converts are
made by the power and grace OF God
We do not care for them and they fail
again, We cannot pen tho young, we
cannot fenco them from the W Grid
Are ur children attaining to broad
mi nded christians OF growing To be
narrow minded stctariaus. An aim less
ono RI will not Issue In success. The
son DOL which succeeds best is the sue.
- cessful schA oil.
We take II that the noblest work OF
man IL to raise humanity to n higher
standard. The great reed OF to-day 10
class of teachers and preachers to be
nearer TO the people.
Is. Il. Jacobs sAld that the convention
Won do credit to the state OF New
lork. Delaware leads the world, 1t
has SO. 900 Sabbath school scholars out
OF a population of lGs,000. About the
primary department we must renem
Der, first in order that we may teach
we must know the condition OF the
pupil and we must put the grades OF
pupils together. You must divide the
rooms. The infant Sunday school at
fAwtucket has clpe5 OF chiiuren
n IL
they sit on the little has5ocks, that when
they fall OIL they cannot hurt them.
selves.
The primary department. is the time
and place to get u hold.
In the evening Mr. Jacobs gave an
Other interesting address.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
During the session these resolutions
we're pa seed:
Whereas, The General Assembl v OF
this state has failed 10 repeal the law
making appropriations for Su nda,
schools.
Re solved, That this convention
ooncu in the resolution pussed in ouI
last convention held at smyrna, AIarct
10. 1875, amt that tho Following CON.
mlttee, W q, flU fluckeT George NJ
jones. the Rsv, j. +. atouecipnsr and
b. +. Woo AL, lie appointed to me.
mOrallZs the next LeKi stature TO thai
end
Resolved, That the resolution,
offered by the Rev Alfred Smith in III,
proceedings of last convention rel al.
lng TO pool tables aud billiard tab 10.
and games of chance In any LotaI
restaurant or In any building where
Intoxicating liquor is sold, he referred
lp tue same committee
AZ was also decided that a cent IN