Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-06-27
THE CONVENTION.
Debate in Sunday School Con-
ference at Boston.
The Temperance Resolu tons Passed
at St. Louis Finally Adopted.
Convention Adiourns TO Allow Delegates 10
Join Excursion Down the Harbor.

Boston, June 26.-At the morning
meeting of the insternational Sunday
school convention in fremont Temple
| today, the report of the committee on
the nomination OF lesson committee
was presented by Rev. c. r. Black
hall of Philadelphia.
The list presented was elected 1t
was as follows: Rhode Island, War
rem Randolph. d. D.. Baptist; Illinois.
Il. ts' Jacobs, Baptist: New York, A.
+. Schaufiler, d. d., Presbyterian !;
Massachusetts. A. +. Dunning, d: D..
Congregational; Maryland, E. b. kep-
harl, d. D., Unitarian Brethren; Ten
nessse, John K. Pepper, Methodist; :;
Kentucky, Prof. John r. Slmpey, d.
D., Baptist; Missouri, Moshem. Rhodes.
ID. d., Lutheran; Province of Ontario,
John Potts. ID. d., Methodist; Penn
sylvania. j. S. Stahr, ID. D.. Reformed: :
Tennessee, Prof. J. L. D. Kinds. Pres
byterian; New York, b. Il. Tyler, D.
d., Christian Colorado, Bishop H. w.
Warren. ID. d., Methodist: Virginia,
Prof. w. W. Moore. d. D., Presbyter-
ian; Province of Quebec, Principal Z,
|. ReXford, Il. A., Protestant Episco-
pal.
With regard to the lesson commit
toe, the following Recommendations
We're offered and adopted:
First. That no change be made in the
number of members composing the com
mitfee, the present denominational and
numerical appointment being regarded as
the farest and best that can he made
Second That the lesson committee eject
their own officers as heretofore.
Third, That the temperance instructions
passed at st. Louis for the guidance. of
the lessons committee be reaftirIned. but
that the committee be not hampered or
embarrassed by any new instructions by
the convention.
Fourth. That in order to secure the
most full cooperation of all parties con-
cerned in the provision, arrangement and
production of the international lessons
each OF the denominational societies or
publishing houses that issue lessons helps
On the international series be privileged
20 send at their own cost ropresenta-
tive to confer with the lesson committee
al such times as may be mutually agreed
upon: such representatives to have
simply the right of conference and not of
Voting upon questions that may. be con-
sdered by the lesson committee.
The adoption of the third resolution.
as finally worded; was not without Il
very lively debate, participated in by
delegates from all parts OF the coun-
try. There We're some who believed
that the lesson committee should be
given anew the st. Louis instructions.
regarding the insertion of at least a
quarterly lesson inculcating the duty
of temperance. There We're others who
believed that, inaSmuch as the lesson
committee as chosen represents the
highest Intelligence and Christian
character in the country. and mas
much as their names We're selected by
the nominating committee. after earn
est prayers. it would be safe to leave
the selection of topics wholly with the
committee and trust to the guiding
hand of Divine Providence. There
were Others who urged earnestly that
while it would be wholly safe to trust
to Providence in general, it would be
far safer. in this particular matter, to
submit to the guiding hand of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union.
DIR. Randolph, the chairman of the
lesson committee, being called upon
for his views, remarked that the COM
mittee for the last three years had
found it difficult to insert each quar-
ter in the midst of the series of lessons
under consideration, a lesson covering
the specific subject of temperance. 1t
is the design of the committee, he said,
to consider every sin and vice in the |
order in which they may properly
come. He thought that the committee
would much prefer to remain wholly |
untrammelled.
Various amendments to and substi- |
tutes for the resolution as originally |
framed by the committee We're offered |
and debated, and the resolution as
given above was finally adopted by a |
narrow margin. 1t was moved that
the vote be made unanimous. but there /
We're some who still held out for their
convictions on the matter, and the
subject was dropped.
Corresponding members We're chos-
en-. the names being: Rev. ]. Monroe
Gibson, chairman; w. II. Greser. Rev
c. Fl. Kelly, Rev. S. Green, d. d.,
Charles Waters and Edward Towers.
all of London. England. Additional
resolutions We're offered by the COM
mttee on the executive committees
report, and adopted The convention
adjourned at Ills to enable the dele
gates to join the excursions down the
harbor and to Plymouth.