Evening journal., 1895-11-15
SOME STRONGSPEECHES
Polished Addresses Before
Sunday School Workers.
PATRIOTIC WORDS FROM MR.. FlKss

come Students OF the Bible.
The new officers of the New Castle
County Sunday School Association who
will serve until after the meeting next
November are: President. w X Crosby F;
vice presidents, O. NJ. Leltch, Charles
simmons secretary. William H. Taylor
stAtistical secretary, Joseph s. Hamilton (;
treasurer, Thomas H. H. Messenger;
musical director, John R. Sweeney; ex-
ecutive committee Charles Baird, @. H
CAntwell, A. g. Cox Willlsm J Miller,
Mrs w h Curry, airs. @. F. Hendricks,
Medford H. Cahoon.
TheEe were chosen at the meeting Of
the convention yesterday afternoon,
soon after the session opened Mrs. w
X Crosby read an essay on Normal
Glass Work" In which she outlined the
essential features OF training teachers,
| aud urged the prompt adoption Of a
normal class In every Sunday school. A
teacher, she said, could well afford to
become capable Of training the young
mind. These young teachers would
gladly be willing to spend one evening 4
week In cultivsting the mind to direct
the lives Of those valuable souls which
in youth are committed to their care
Discussion over this subject followed,
Rsvs Keigwin, Buddington and Hsrman
taking part.
Afraid of Mixing In Politics.
Rev o. g. Buddington Was sore afraid
that he would dabble in politics In
| handling his subject OF tine Proper
Teaching In Our sunday Schools to Pre-
vent the Curse Of Drunkenness he
said that really the teaching to prevent
this was the teaching to vote against
licensing its sale But as he had to
stand within bounds he would simply
declare the necessity-for the b0dy's
sake and for the souls sake.
II would stsach the boy, he said +,
that THIS stuff which is offered for sale
IN very conspicuous places, Is poison
And do you keep the bottle LABELLED with
the skull and crossbones In an Cut-of-
the-way placer No, we take from the
man on the corner about $500 or more
and give to him the bottle OF poison that
he might deal it out to our boys.
81 would teach tbs safe rule-he who
never takes the FIRST drink will never
take the second drink and therefore
never become drunkard Oae OF the
great evils OF our day Is that the $500
we take frem these men whom we license
to dispense this poison to our boys
pray 10 heaven that II might be possible
TO make the Sunday school teaching
strong enough to enable the boy to run
this gauntlet Of lnfamy."
In discussing the subject. Joseph Pyle
| told of the danger to young men and
young women from the saloons, In the
neighborhood OF Uoion Park. Rev.
Collins said the trouble was one godly
woman, one day In the week. had TO fght
269 saloons which were open and In full
blast six days In the week, but American
womanhood was being aroused and soon
American manhood must rise In its might
and give the traffic q strlght blow from
the shoulder. R,v T. E Terry insisted
that the boy should be taught that be is
q part Of the church, get him Interested
10 it and then give bis heart to God. then
he's safe and he isn't safe short Of this
Two Grand Institutions.
Rev. Lafayette Marks. d ID in pre-
sent'ng THE Sunday School and the
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endesvor," said these were the two
graAdest institutions OF modern tines l
regard the Christian Endeavor-foundsd
February 2, 1881, Just 100 years after the
| Sabbath school was established, twin
sisters as 1t wsre-as one Of the most
remarkable movements known TO the
world. With its 10000 societies and
9. 500 OO0 mem bers It has circumnAvigated
! the fglobe Now II seems 70 be that
taere must be q power bshind such q
remarkable spread within half q decade.
/ Why at the last convocatior OF this
society there were 56 900 registered
delgstes besides the army Of visitors.
Conventions Closing Session.
Continued bad weather prevented q
larger attendance at the Sunday Schoo
Convention last evening but did moi
dampen the enthusiasm of profitable
concluding session After the committed
reports among which was a memoil
resolution out OF respect to the late
treasurer Of this convention, Rev N M
Brown, Professor sweeney conducted
another service Of song.
To Triumph over Bad vernment.
Rev. Maurice Pen6sld Fixes. formerly
of Dover, but now of Trenton, N j..
delivered q strong address on the sub
jeot:
"The Sunday School and Good Citizsn
ship" Mr.. Fixes represented thai
teachers consecrate themselves to theil
work and then 90 out on the Highways
to bring in boys Of all nations. Teacl
them Grst to honor God, and then the
Stars and Stripes.
Would that every teacher could have
wisdom and foresight enough to open the
book OF Leviticus, Gods great lexicon OF
political economy. and show to every
scholar the divine outline Of govern
ment. of our duty to our fellow men
Then there would be no such thing o.
stoning the emblem OF a little red school
house In one of our NsWEngland cities ;th'
American flag would never be torn FROM
a public building and be trAmplsd In tbs
dust the name of the church would
never be hissed by 4 company OF work
men IN the city Of New York.
"But you say that bad governm sni
prospers and there are more saloons thai
ser and vice is spreadinely appalling
want to remind you OF Sir James and th'
Knights Of Scotland who vowed to TAX
the heart Of their beloved King, Rober
Bruce to the Saviour's tomb at Jeru
salem They vera slaughtered by th'
Moors but the survivors held the hear
aloft and as their hearts beat with low
for their deceased King, they leapet
through the band OF fighting Moors ADJ
on to their journeys END. Oh, II we coul'
get our hearts throbbing with the low