Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-11-27
Program of Christian Workers
Convention

ton assembled in the Methodist
church at Monterey, Oh Tue :
day, November 18th. at 10 o'clock,
and was in session two days.
After devotional service perma
nent organization was affected by
electing the following officers: DR..
II. H. Jones, president; L. Fl. Ste
phenson, yice-president; w. H.
Matheny. secretary; VIM. E. Will
son, assistant secretary, and J. C.
Matheny. treasurer.
Each feature mentioned in the
program, , hich a2peared in full in
our issue Of the 18th inst. was car
ried out. In some cases those as
signed parts were absent, but these
places in every case but one were
filled either by the appointment Of
substitute, by the absentee, or by
the committee during the conven-
ton, We here give the names f
the substitutes and the work they
performed: O. A. Bird Of Doe
Hill, took the place Of Rev. Samuel
Craybill in responding to J. NJ. Co.
laws address Of welcome. The ad-
dress on the subject, Work of
Church Officers, which was assign
ed to Rev. F. NJ. Totten, of Nc
Dowell, was passed by, owing to
the absence Of Rev. Totten on -ac-
count Of physical inability, Hon.
John 7. Byrd, Of Williamsville, was
not present to make his address on
Temporal Work of Church Off
GERS" he being engaged at the time
in assisting Rev. Price in a meet
ing in Pocahontas county, but he
furnished an able substitute in the
person Of J. S, McNulty, Of Nc
Dowell. Rev. G. H. Dobbs took
the place Of Rev. ]. M. Eavey in
conducting the devotional exercises
for the Wednesday morning SER
vice. L, H. Stephenson was una
voidably kept away from the Sec
ond days service, and the part as
signsd him, 1.-THE Ideal Superin-
tendent," was taken up by Rev. FL.
W, Lindamood "The Benefits of
Sunday-school Teachers Meetings"
assigned to Rev. Nj. A, Ashby, was
discussed by E. NJ, HanSel, Of NJ
Dowell. The important subject,
How to Hold Scholars IN the Sur
day-school," assigned to George D.
Dudley, Of Hightown, was present.
ed by Rey. e. W. Trawick. "Histo-
ry Of the Young Peoples Society
was presented by b. Hiner Hansel,
of Mcdowell, Rev. ]. Spencer
Smith, of Franklin, who was as
signed this subject, being absent
Hon. Charles ?. Jones was sick
and could not deliver his address
on What Should the Young Peo-1
pie Of the Church Read" and Chas.
S. McNulty and w. P. Campbell
took his place. Rey. Mr.. Woolf
made a talk on aggressive Church
Work" in place Of Rev. W. NJ.
Waters, Of Franklin, who could not
attend.
Open parliament, in which five
minnie talks were made OIL the
subjects that had come up during
the session, proved to be highly
interesting and beneficial feature
of the program.
A resolution, offered by r v. G.
W. Trawick, was unanimously
adopted with the request that the
Spectator indicator, Bath News.
Pocahontas Times and Pendleton
News allow it to appear in their
columns. The resolution is as fol-
lows:
"The Convention of Christian
Workers Of Highland county, as
sembled in Monterey, Va, Novem-
Der 18th, 1896, desire to place OH
record the following resolution:
THAT the Christian people Of
Highland county enter an earnest
protest against the dissertation of
the Sabbath day by the use Of our
public highways on that dav BY
parties engaged in moving live
stock to the market, in driving
wagons to and fro for the purpose
Of carrying merchandise, or in any
other form Of Sabbath breaking.
'That we instruct our public Of
fcials, whose duty it is to enforce
the Sabbath law, to take such steps
rs shall prevent further trespass
upon the moral sentiments Of our
people in this respect. That we as
sure them Of our hearty support
and cooperation in suppressing the
violation Of the law"
The following resolution, pre-
scented by Rev. G. H. Dobbs, was
unanimously adopted:
"At the close Of this convention
we wish to place on record our graf
itude,
First, to the pastors Of the
churches in Monterey for calling
this convention together, and our
great appreciation Of their efforts