The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING
Of the County sunpay School
Convention.


| The eighth annual Sunday Schoo
| Convention of Montgomery County
was held in the Christian church al
Mt. Sterling, Friday, June %, 1896.
The Convention was called to order
at9:30 a. m. by the Chairman, Mr.,
W. P. Dickoy. After singing by rep
resentatives from the various churches,
Scripture Reading by the Chairman
and prayer by Rev. H. ID. Clark, the
regular order Of programme was be-
gun. Mr.. Dickey was particularly
felicitous in his Introductory remarks.
The first topic. Gains and ends Of
Sunday School Work." was opened by
Brother Clark, beginning with the
beautiful thought, "The door of the
millennium has child's hand on the
latch.' The aims of all Sunday School
Endeavors is to grow and to instruct
others in the knowledge of Gods
word. Though the Sunday School
teachers sphere may be narrow
like the philosophers garden-"It is
very high :" aye even as high as the
skies. His talk was short but replete
with beautiful thoughts and full of
inspiration.
Prof. j. M. Lewis, of Bowling
Green, one of tho State Sunday School
workers followed Brother G. in a
forceful and eloquent address. De-
plored the difference parents show in
their anxiety for their children gain
ing secular education, over against
positive indifference in their spiritual
education. While the aim, generally
speaking, in all secular educations is
to fit the child to make living, while
spiritual training is for the saving the
most precious thing in the universe,
the immortal soul. While we recog-
nlze the fact that the stability of all
our institutions depends upon the
moral character of our citizens; we
are too Indifferent to one of the most
important factors in bringing up our
young people-viz the school.
Brother Gill, the talented young
pastor of the Baptist church, began
his remarks upon the same topic by
saying; II will adopt De Quincey's
method of counterstatement and occu-
by brief time time in saying what
the Sunday School is not" 1t is not
to take the place of home training; it |
is to be feared that too many parents
feel that when the child is beautifully |
dressed and sent to Sunday School
that all responsibility as to their spirit
uaI training ceases,
The Sunday School is not to do the
work which belongs TO the church,
while at the same timeit should be the
church at work. He asked for
standing count to be taken of the au-
Hence, to show how many of them
lad had Sunday School training in
'outh. A large proportion of the an-
Hence stood up. just here 1 will
Mention that count the same way,
bowed one hundred and ninety-four
PERSONS connected with SUNDAY
school work.
The next topic, ~Are we meeting
ur opportunities" opened by Brother
Arrick. His remarks are always en-
'hasized by earnestness and christian
pirit. He said decidedly that we are
ot, and gave several deplorable IN
iances OF neglect on the part Of the
hrlstians in our community This
aused little sparring. Mr.. l.
:. Chiles was afraid Mr.. Arrick was i
boxing through blue glasses. He Y
vas sure that when superintendent
adj the house warm in winter, cool
summer and was in his place every
abbath day, using his best efforts
induce the young people in his ter
tory 10 come to Sunday School-he :
'as doing his duty. He didn't pro-
ose to go out and dragon them into 1
ne church. I
Brother Robson OF the Somerset !
hurch was very emphatic that his !
eople were doing their duty. notwith- .
landing they were lacking in the ad-
antages OF cooperative effort, teach.
rs meetings, which towns and cities
ford. He and Mr.. j. Il. Highland
'ere both quite enthusiastic in their
raise of the zeal and conservation
Vinced by the teachers at Somerset.
Rev Layman, pastor newly INSTALL !
of the Cumberland Presbyterian I
lurch, at the Lcvee, had had no op- !
ortunity of judging of the Sunday !
unday School at that place. He gave !
instance which had come under his