Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
The Date Changed to October -. &c
and 81 by the Committee.


and 81 by the Committee.
At an adjourned meeting of the members
of the convention committees of the Sunday
School Union, held Friday evening in Cal
vary Baptist Sunday School House, the fol-
lowing representative Sunday school work.
ers were present: Pierson H. Bristow
chairman. Calvary Baptist; JAS l.. Ewin,
secretary, Foundry Methodist Episcopal: c.
H. Darlington, North Presbyterian: Lucus
d. Alden, ST. Pauls English Lutheran; DR..
d. Percy Hickling Trinity Protestant Epis-
copal; Thomas b. Towner. Hamline Metho-
dist Episcopal; A. NJ. McBath, Assembly
Presbyterian; DR.. Geo. C. Samson, First
Baptist; j. b. Sleman. Protestant Orphan
Asylum: Henry NJ Shook. Grace Reformed:
r. E. Harvey, Eastern Presbyterian: c. w.
Chapel. Fifth Congregational. and A. j.
Halford. New York Avenue Presbyterian.
After prayer by Mr.. Sleman the chair
laid before the meeting certain objections
to the date selected for the convention.
The first of these objections was that Dr.
Hickling. chairman of the program commit
tee. and eyeral other prominent workers
expected to be absent from the city a large
portion of the time between now and the
Sth of October. Another objection was that
a great many schools were not full until
the middle of October, and that 1t would be
difficult to obtain the desired statistics
from them owing to absences. A third OBJ
lection was that DIR. Gilbert, president of
the Sunday Teachers Club, was anxious to
be present during the convention and could
not be present the Sth of October And a
last objection was that 1t would be perhaps
impossible to organize the proposed choir
of children and young people in time for the
convention owing to absences from the city
After a full discussion of the subject il
was unanimously agreed that the date of
the convention be changed from October
8. and 10 to October %. 30 and 81 begin
ming the evening of Monday, October 20.
DIR. Hickling submitted what he termed
n skeleton of the proposed program which
led to few suggestions. but was quite
unanimously approved and indicated good
work already done by his committee The
general idea of the program was a grand
mass meeting Monday evening, with popu-
lar addresses on the newer phases of Sun
day school work. such the senior de-
partment, the home department, etc, fol-
lowed by six deliberative sessions, with
themes as follows: Tuesday morning, THE
School as a Whole. Its Finances. etc."
Tuesday afternoon. 1.-The Senior Depart
ment;" Tuesday evening. 1.-The Internedi-
ate Department" Wednesday morning
THE Primary Department Wednesday
afternoon, open, THE Sunday Teachers
Club and Other Teachers Training Class
es." perhaps; and Wednesday evening.
The Results of the Convention"
The chair ar nounced that MIR. Richards
OF the finance committee and Col Need
ham of the invitation committee had been
excused, that Messrs. r. E. Harvey, VIM.
N. Langtree. William H. Harvest, J. B
Slen an and Maj. Samuel H. Walker had
been added to the finance committee and
cir. A. j. Halford excused as chairman of
the press committee and appointed chair
man OF the invitation committee in place
or Col. Needham. The death of Mr. Arthur
l.. Keene. a member of the music commit
tee. was also announced. The vacancies in
TINS committee and the press committee
were left to be filed later