The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-11

Wnen properly uirtcted, 10 OuiiQ up tu
membership OF Sunday school
The next speaker was Rev. J. f. Plat o
Oklahoma who read very interesting
paper on "What Spiritual Results w
Ought to Expect From the Sunday School.
This excellent paper was read before tn
superintendents Monday and synopsi
of it given at that time. Mr.
| Platt has organized over 200 Sunda.
| schools in Kansas and fifty in Oklabomi
and is regarded as one of the greatest fac
tors in building up Sunday school influ
| ence in the west
Mr.. A. p. George followed with yer,
Interesting. lively, witty and well selected
address on the subject, 1.-The Evergreen
Sunday School" Mr.. George has flint
fund of humor, but it is OF the kind thai
does not cause his hearers to overlook the
good sense that accompanies it.
The afternoon session was one of more
interest, perhaps, than any session of the
| convention.
An early adjournment was taken owins
to the funeral of Eugene Mccoy that was
TO take place in the church at 3 O'Clock.
NIGHT SESSION.
| The principal feature of the night ses
sion was the lecture of DR., Jesse Bowman
| Dung OF st. Louis. on Abraham Lin
coin, the Typical American"
The reverend eentleman's address was g
mastery one and deserved to be literally
| quoted from, but he requested otberwiss,
| for the reason, no doubt, that he intends
to use it frequently in the future.
! President Queen made some very hand
| some remarks about the royalty or the
reception rendered tie delegates by the
city of Wichita
Mr. j. j. Parks of this city was called ia
the rostrum amid applause, which was
given as token of bis energetic work in
making the convention success.
The audience was dismissed after a
prayer by DR.. Winters of the First Presby-
terrain church
The following are the adopted reports OF
| the various committees:
NOMINATION REPORT.
Your Committee on nominations report
at follows:
Foe presidential d. Ward, Ottowa.
For secretary-MisS Jessie +. Shaft,
Clements.
For tressurer-A. C. Merritt. Wamego.
For executive committee-J. H. Fought.
North Topeka; Isaac Morris, Nortonville;
L. I'll. Holt. Emporia; f. r. Chrisman,
Hutchinson; NJ Ingels, Topeka; j. G.
Haskell. Lawrence; James Allison, Wich-
lta; Mrs. n. S. Pike, Aulne; III. w. Rule,
Wichita; Il. f. Dewey, Abilene; Fred p
Miller, Pratt; ID. L. Shirk, Abilene; L. b.
Swest, Topeka; Mrs. j. A. Rnpp, Winfield.
Your COMMITTEES recommend that the
plan of electing "a vice presidents be
abandoned and that you elect general
vice presidents as follows: L. NJ. Wood,
Baldwin; w. H. Clendeniug. Delphos;
George Butler, Rush Center. Who shall
render such assistance to the president and
the executive committee during the year
as may seem desirable or necessary.
We recommend that every county organ
ization be requested to arrange for at least
one township convention in each township
IN their county every year aud that cal
lender of the same be printed and circu-
mittee, as is done by the state
executive committesE for the state
We have added two members to the ex-
ecutive committee to better represent the
various denominations. making the COM
mIttee very large, aud to avoid the inpos-
sibl!ity of transscting business because OF
small attendance of members we recon-
mend that five members snail constitute a
quorum of the committee. Respectfully
submitted T. b. SWEET Chairman
The report of the committee Was adopted.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Report of the executive committee:
To the Twenty Ninth Annual Convention of the
Kansas state Sunday School association.
Grateful to God for His watchful care
over US in the past year. your executive
committee beg leave to make the following
report: Two meetings of the executive
committee were held during the Year.
The first i'll Topeka shortly after the
last state convention. At this meeting the
Rev. \. p. George was unanimously elect
ed general secretary at salary of 500 per
month, and j. r. Drake, corresponding
secretary at a salary of $50 per month.
The general secretary was directed TO take
charge of all the field work and push the
same with advanced normal training for
&c., A.. It.
The corresponding secretary was directed
to take care of all correspondence and to
edit the State Sunday School Journal
monthly. according TO instructions of your
last state convention. The work of both
your secretaries was we'll done till the
great financial crash came. Then for
months the money necessary to carry on
were much greater than our income.
Something had to be done. The second
meeting was called at Emporla, at which
the work of our secretaries was carefully
reviewed and found in splendid condition,
but no money IN the treasury and none in
sight with which to pay our secretaries for
work already done, and to pay the bills
careful study of the business. believe it
wise TO call in from active work both sec
retaries and stop the pay of both, and do
the remainder OF the work as best they
can with volunteer workers.
Brother j. f. Drake volunteered
TO take charge of the remaining con-
ventions not yet held, without salary. The
work was arranged, and most of the con-
ventions were held with good results. The
finances of our association are not what
we would like to see them. Our plan of
county assessments works well in some
counties. in others it does not. This part
of our work should be thoroughly looked
into by your business committee of this
convention. This in brief, Is the report
Of your executive committee.
j. II. FOUGHT, Chairman.
RESOLUTIONS.
Your committee on resolutions beg leave
to report:
Rssolved-First-We unhesitatingly re-
affirm our confidence in the mission and
power of the Sabbath school as Christian
agency, aud again pledge our consecration
to the Sabbst n schools and Sabbath school
work of the state, aud gladly send greeting
to all other organizations working for the
well being of our youth.
Secopd-We heartily commend the faith
fulness OF all our state officers, and take
great pleasure in commencing The loyal
and efficient efforts of our corresponding
and general secretaries
Third-We believe in Sabbath school
conventions, state, county and local, and
endorsing normal Sunday school instruc-
tions, commend the method presented by
Rev. a. Z. George, ID. ID.
Fourth - We express our unqualified
confidence in the Bible as Gods word. in
the Sabbath as the Lords day aud in the
church as instituted by God; in the eff
cheney of the divine agencies appointed BY
our Lord for the dissemination of saving
and sanctifying truth. ordained by Him
for the upbuilding of His cause and king
dom among men.
Fifth-We proclaim Gods word as the
magma Charts, for the many evils of life
personal. domestic. social, financial and
Welcoming the only true and safe basis
for nationsl and municipal, as well rs
domestic and personal government
Sixth-The Bible Is the peoples book"
q nd should haYa It's nrnnar rlac.a In he