The Portland daily press., 1895-10-17
Close Of the Successful Convention
at Winthrop.
TT HAS BEEN AN INTEREST," AND
INSTRUCTIVE SESSION.
A Brief Resume of the Work of the Asso-
acknowledgements Winthrop-Perti-
nal.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1

Winthrop, October 16-The Maine State
Sunday School Association closed a suo-
cessful convention here this noon. The
state association is not in any sen SO
sectarian body, but is devoted to the in
crease of religious sentiment in the young
people by operating through the agency
of the Sunday shoots. The delegates, who
came here Monday evening and on the
early trains yesterday. found warm
welcome awaiting them in the hospitable
homes of Winthrop The delegates could
not have come to a prettier inland Maine
village than is Winthrop, nestling among
the surrounding hills from the tops of
which are wonderful views of lakes and
quiet country scenes. Many of the
visitors found time to see these views
and all Of the one hundred and fifty dele.
gates found that the meetings in the
church were both interesting and
valuable. The association maintains
field secretary and the work which 1t Is
doing in the state is described in his
annual report This field worker is Rev.
T. f. Miller and he told an interesting
SuOry Ill LIS I6pOIus ~ lOhVuIC VI oAAS
society's work is the county conventions
which have been held in all the counties
except Washington and Hancock. The
work of organizing has been begun IN
Washington county and in Hancock
county convention would have been
held, but for circumstances which pre-
vented it at the last minute. The Aroos-
took county association is a hOurlshlng
one, but the county needs town societies.
Piscataauis county has strong county
organization, and one town society.
Penobscot county has just held its annual
meeting and has been districted for the
purpose of holding conventions in the
several sections. One town association
has been formed in Androscoggin county
during the year and several towns in that
county have united with Oxford county
towns in order to form an association
along the line of the Portland and Rum
ford Falls railway. Somerset County
association is doing good work. In this
county, through the efforts of the field
secretary several fourishing Sunday
schools have been established in towns
hitherto without them Waldo county
has had a convention at Belfast and Is
making plans for conventions in each OF
two districts The secretary has been able
TO supply some of thesweaker schools with
DOCKS. 0dRttuduOC IAObuOpCC SiiA O-AAoA0
have each held conventions and their
societies are prosperous
Cumberland county has taken an ad-
vanced step. During the past year
twelve towns have been organized into
four associations the most OF which have
been doing regular work. Other towns
have manifested a desire to organize, but
we have not had time to reach them.
Mrs Knowlton has taken up the primary
work in several town conventions and
created much interest in this important
branch of work. Home department work
has received considerable attention.
Lincoln has two town associations and
far as the secretary knows has done but
little in organized work. franklin has
one of the most successful of the county
associations and Knox is well organized
and doing good work.
York county is the banner county, be-
cuse it has every one OF the towns Or
oanized. It's annual convention was the
best coyention the field secretary attend d
for the year. The reports showed that
the town ASSOCIATIONS were Ghe llIe OF tne
county associations.
The field secretary has attended eleven
county conventions, twenty-five town
conventions, thirty seven religious
gatherings, visited seventy Sunday
Schools sixty-one churches, nine union
Sunday schools meetings. met with fifteen
executive CUIllAiutOOoy S1SOA OiAlOO uuu-
drcd andstwelve addresses, travelled in
all 10, 4o3 miles, by private team, 977
miles.
The executive committee find a gratify-
ING condition of Sunday school member
ship to report upon for while last year
decreased attendance was the burden of
the reports, this year there has been a
gain in Sunday school mem bership inaathe
State of 5000 The committee called at
tention to the urgent need of funds to
meet the deficit and Mr.. Everett, the
treasurer, who also had something to say
on this subject received contributions
amounting to $1,000 in response to his
It the closing session this forenoon
Rev. A. E. Winship. Ph D., of Boston,
delivered an address on "What the School
Needs.
If was voted that resolutions be ex-
tended to the family of the late Mr.
Neyens, who was suddenly taken away
short time after the convention of last
year. also, that resolutions be rendered
Mr.. Alden Baker of Litchfeld, who for
years has been a faithful and efficient
Sunday school worker. and who is now
confined to his home through illness
THE Maine Bible Society was the SUBJ
iect of Rev. E. P. Wilson, Deering, in
which he reported the results of the
society and its pressing needs. He asked