The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-21
To MEET THIS MORNING.
The Annual Convention OF GeOrgin's
Sunday-SchoOIs 10 Assemble.

~-Em00AH 10 AsNE m nNEs
Delegates to the Z2d annual convention
Of the Georgia State Sunday School As
ISOLATION. which viii open at Wesley
Monumental church this morning at .
O'Clock. were coming in all day yester-
day and members Of the reception COM
mittee met every train 70 see that every
delegate was well looked after.
More than half Of the delegates to the
convention have already arrived IN the
city. Every train brought IN some one
ready 10 enter into the work which be
gins this morning. The headquarters Of
the reception committee are at the Young
Mems Christian Association at Jones and
Bun streets. but delegations from the
committee have been assigned TO meet
every train. and it is probable that every
delegate viii be met. II such is not the
case, however, they are asked to report
at the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton rooms, where they will be taken care
OF by the reception committee. Provis-
ion has been made for the entertainment
of all the delegates who will attend the
convention, and they viii be well taken
care Of ia the hospltable homes Of Sa-
vaunah.
Several changes have been made In the
programme since it's publication. In the
first place, the hour of the meeting has
boon changed TO o'clock instead Of $50.
This means 9 o'clock city time, at which
hour the devotional exercises will be held.
At $3.50 a. m, the convention will be called
10 order and the business Of the morn.
ing Will be announced by the president.
The address Of welcome from the Sun
day-schools Of Savannah will be delivered
at $40 O'Clock this morning by Mr. John
Nicolson. Jr., and he will be followed by
Mr.. ). B. Adams, who will welcome the
delegates in behalf Of the citizens Of sa-
vannah. The responses by President Asa
g. Gambler of the association and by
Secretary a. W. Bealer will follow these
addresses. At li.20 the reports will be
read and this viii be followed at ll:4O bv
the appointment of committees on ere
dentials, nominations, resolutions and
membership. At 1910 Rev. W. H. Scruggs
of Waycross will deliver an address on
the Importance of Sunday-school Work
to the State"
The next feature of the programme was
TO have been an address by Rev. p. l..
stanton OF lgo, Ca, on Field Work" but
unfortunately he will be detained on ac-
count of Illness, and Mr. A. W. Bealer viii
deliver an address 20 the normal class OF
tne wesley Monumental Sunday-school,
aluer Whlch he will present them diplomas.
RMS class has about twenty-five members
all OF whom have been studying for teaeb'
ers work under Rev. A. NJ. Williams
pastor Of that church. fou sometime past
This Will be followed by the call Of dis.
IN It's work, and the delivery of these di-
plomas Will be an interesting feature
rms vii be followed by the call of dis
stlcts' the Introduction of visitors and adj
Journment at O'Clock.
The afternoon Saseiop mill ha..t. - =
Q CLOCK with service of song led by Mr.
John w. Wallace of Augusta. A most
interesting feature of the afternoon CO.
sion viii be the address to be delivered
by Miss Lulie II. Pitts of Calhoun. ia
lier SUBJECT Will be Little Foxes That
spoil hte Vines" Miss Pitts Is one or
the leading Sunday school workers Of
the state, and what she has to say win
undoubtedly be listened to with much in
terest.
The night session will be held AT he
hail, and this will no doubt be
one Of the brightest and most interest
ing or the convention. 1t will be opened
with service of song led by Mr.. Fred
Il. Lockhart of Augusta. This will take
place at 1850 o'clock and will be followed
at o'clock by an address on "The Tes-
timony of the Stars" by Prof Otis Ash
more. This address viii be illustrated
IN an interesting manner with stereopti-
con views, and is sure to be one of the
brightest features of the occasion.
II is expected that from 200 to $50 dele
gates, together with a large number Of
will be in attendance. The pro,
sramme for to-day is an interesting one
throughout and it is expected that the
audiences will be extraordinarily large.
To-morrows services will begin at Wes-
ley Monumental church at o'clock with
a service of song led by Mr. John w.
Wallace of AHp11gfa nd ,,rt1t 1.
some very interesting exercises through
the day. Tomorrow night there is to be
a mass meeting of all the Sunday schools.
for which special musical programme
has been prepared. This will be followed
by an excursion to Tybee on Thursday.
after which the convention will adjourn
sine die.