The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
sunday School Convention.

| The cath annual convention of the
| Van Buren, County Sunday School As
| ISOLATION, held at the Methodist church
in this village, on Wednesday and
| Thursday last, was AN interesting, sue
cessful and profitable meeting. Owing
To the fact that the State Sunday School
Association Was to- meet in Kalamazoo
on the next Tuesday, and many of the
workers desiring To be present there,
the attendance was not quite as large
as 10 might otherwise have been.
The meeting opened Wednesday after
noon with devotional exercises led by
Rev. +. w. Corbett, pastor OF the Nj. T..
church. This was followed ny an open
/ conference, why are we hereg" par
ticipated in by number of delegates,
the conclusion being that 1--WE are here"
for the purpose of learning how we
may do better work in the Sunday
school,
The next topic was "Needs of our
Work" Hon. j. s. Cross of Bangor,
who was TO lead on this subject, not be-
ing present, Rev G.. b. Hart of Goble.
vile opened the discussion. The
speaker said tive need soul-winners,
we need enthusiasm, we need prayer"
! He was followed by Rev. A. 5. Will
Jams of Porter, who said eve need de-
voted and enthusiastic Sunday school
workers for pastors, we need earnest,
prayerful, consecrated superintendent
and thoughtful energetic faithful teach
ers." Rev. j IL. Hammond of Decatur
followed. He said 1--WE need enthusi-
asm, earnestness and Il greater realiz-
alton of the Importance OF our work"
The evening session was opened with
! song service conducted by Prof.
Haworth of Antwerp, which was fol-
lowed by very instructive address on
The Book" by Rev. +. ID. Bostwick
of Covert. Not one book in thousand
lives five years, not one in twenty thou
sand lives century, but the bible has
been tested by science, by time, by its
fruits, by its effect on sinful men, and
is stronger to-day than ever before.
Thursday mornings session was be-
gun with praise service conducted by
Rev. Nj. S. Waller of Paw Paw, after
which came the official reports, reports
of schools etc, which occupied nearly
all the forenoon. The treasurer's report
showed receipts SS2 90; disbursements
$50 90; balance S23 90. An appropria-
ton of S25 was made TO redeem past
pledge to the state association and the
county was pledged for $50 the coming
year.
The afternoon session was opened
with praise service conducted by
Mrs. Anna Barton of Paw Paw. Secre-
tary Rowland reported that reports
had been received from 81 schools,
about two thirds of the entire number
in the county These schools showed
membership of 4,419. 11S additions
to the churches of the county have been
made from these schools during the
past year. They have collected and
expended for missionary work the sum
of $40 80; for state and county work,
S54 76; for support of the schools,
81 ,143 33.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year: w. {. I Fergu-
son of Paw Paw, president; Miss Agnes
Simmons of Lawrence, secretary; L. +.
Blashtield of Hartford, treasurer. ID.
b. Allen of Covert, j. 5. Cross of Ban
gor and T.. A Aseltine of Gobleville,
executive committee. The township
vice presidents are r. G.. Hutchins of
Arlington, + f. Rood of Covert, Henry
De Long of Bangor, G.. +. Lewis of
Antwerp, s. A. Breed of Almena, T.. b.
Hart of Bloomingdale, n II. Adams of
Columbia, |. s. Dewey of Decatur, G..
NJ Clark of Geneva, Ada Grove of
Hartford, Mrs. John Bennett of Hamil-
ton, Mrs. Oscar Adams of Keeler,
Mrs. 5. Nj. Hess of Lawrence, II.
NJ. Kingsley of Pine Grove, Grace Bur-
lington of Porter, G.. 4. Hutchins of
Paw Paw, e.. w. Griffin of South Haven,
w II. Adriance of Waverly. l.. G..
Stewart, G. Nj. Clark, NJ. ii. Pugsley,
q. w. Griffin and A. 5. Packard were
appointed delegates To- the state con-
veution Mrs A. s Packard of Covert
read an interesting paper ON the 'Home
department of the Sunday school" and
Mrs. j. Ii. Emmons of Mattawan fol.
lowed with an equally interesting essay
on Home, its relation to the Sunday
school" The subject of house to house
visitation was taken up and quite
thoroughly discussed, a determination
being manifested that some work
should he done along this line during
the coming year. The evening session
was opened with praise service
under the leadership of Prof Haworth,
which was enthusiastic and inspiring
The committee on resolutions, X. M.
Wait of Almena, Miss Gertrude Enlow
of Covert and Miss Myrtle Hodge OF
South Haven, submitted resolutions
thanking Paw Paw people for their
hospitality, the speakers and essayists
for their work, Prof. Haworth and his
assistants for the music, the retiring
officers for their past services, the COM
mittee on reception for their efficient
work, and extending congratulations
and best wishes to the newly chosen
officers of the association. The resolu-
tons were adopted by rising vote of
the delegates, aside from Paw Paw.
The session was concluded by an able
| and instructive address on the subject
of christian Patriotism, Z" delivered by
Rev. +. II. Harvey of Paw Paw
The next meeting of the association
will be held at Lawrence some time in