The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
COLUMBIA COUNTY ANNUAL IN
TERlEN0MINATI0NAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION.
A Crowded Court House-.A Delightful As.
sembly inspiring Music..A Spiritual
Benefit.

Association met at the Court House,
Thursday morning and was called to
order at ten o'clock by the President
of the Association, Myron l. Low.
Despite the untavorable weather the
court room was quite well filed with
delegates and representatives from all
parts of the county. The first session
was opened with singing, after which
devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. G. n. Brandt. The singing
of another hymn was followed by an
address of welcome rendered by Rev.
w. c. Leverett. He bid the delegates
welcome in the name OF the citizens
of Bloomsburg, and hoped that they
would be able to enjoy themselves while
here. He also entreated them to be
earnest, energetic and active in their
work, " Doing it heartily as unto the
Lord" because only such workers and
teachers can succeed. President Low
responded to this welcome with an ad-
dress given in his pleasant and inspir-
ing manner He said, "The Church
of tomorrow is the Sunday School of
to-day. He also said that there is
need Of more practical teaching in our
Sabbath Schools. Have little geo.
graphy, biography and history, but
above all things teach the word of
God plainly. The teachers aim
should be to win souls for Christ and
to do this he must have Christ with
him. Rev. a. Dunlap, of Berwick,
was then introduced and gave an in
terestlng paper on missions. He
thought that no work was so import
ant in the church as that of missions
1t is not side issue. America, the
best hope of humanity, should be the
first place where work is done. The
work should be fostered by the pas
tors, church and Sabbath Schools.
Our nation, our country and ourselves
are benefited by the work done. A.
w. Spear, Corresponding and Statisti
cal Secretary, then gave his report for
the current year. He reported an in,
crease Of the percentage of the popu.
lation of the county now in the Sun
day Schools This is encouraging.
In a very few townships only has
there been falling off. He thinks
the work in the schools has improved
during the past year. He reported
twenty institutes held in the county
and thirty eight schools visited by the
committee. To do this work necessi-
tated travelling over 1850 miles, about
half Of which was with horse and
wagon. The session closed with the
benediction of Rev. c. H. Brandt.
Thursday afternoon session opened
at two O'Clock with service Of song,
followed by devotional exercises con-
Quoted by w. G.. Leverett. B. F.
Armstrong then gave Bible reading
on the subject of the Holy Spirit. His
exercises showed a careful preparation,
and set forth the absolute necessity of
having the Holy Spirit with you in
your work, and the many ways he
manifested himself.
The following committees were
then nominated: Committee or
Nominations II. V. White, II.
G. Supplee, Z. T. Fowler, Mrs, Fred
lkeler. c. w. Yeager, w. c, Thomas
On Place: Rev. Brewster, Rev. Rup
ley, Rev. Aurand. On Resolutions
DIR. Graydon, G. S. Lee, Prof. Wilbur
The convention was then entertain
ed by Prof. G.. E. Wilbur with a talk
on the Geography of the Word. He
thinks it is absolutely necessary tC
known the geography of the Bible
lands in order to understand the ef
fects on the people of that time.
Rev. G.. E. Weeks followed with ;
discussion of the subject The Study
of the Word. 1t should be studiec
daily. His plan of study would b'
we'll worth trying. First, read one
book as whole at one sitting. GC
over it and write out topics of you
own for each chapter. Also make al
analysis and index of the book and
follow the chronology through. His
talk contained much material 70
thought and study.
A letter was read stating that OF
account of the flood Rev. Reimen
syder could not be with us. After sing
Ing the meeting closed with benedic
ton by Rev. Heilman.
THURSDAY EVENING SESSION.
The convention opened with full
house which was filled up still nor,
as the evening progressed until ther'
was not even standing room left
After spendid song service, Rev
Ferguson led in a number of shor
prayers for the workers in the Spnda
Schools.
Prof. Sprenkle, State Field Sec,
then took up the subject " Helps 70
the sowers.' The sower, he said, wa
the worker in the Sunday School. On
of the helms ic for the cower to raaliz