Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-20

SlN Semble there. Two
tfIN& thousand Sunda a.
@ school workers. sent
up as official delegates, with perhaps as
many more visitors. will fill the beautiful
new fremont Temple auditorium and its
auxiliary rooms for four busy days of
speechmaking. reports, discussions and
plans for advancement in Sunday school
work and Bible study.
Reports will be received at the convention
from the various state Sunday school unions
and few of the unions will make better
showing than that of the District of CO.
lumbia. There are in this city 149 white
evangelical schools in the union. represent
ing about $4,000 scholars. and it is thought
that this is a greater percentage thar that
Of any other city of the country. The fol-
lowing delegates will represent Washing
ton at the convention: =. II. Bristow. chair
man: j. F: Johnson. secretary; DR.. d. p.
Hickling. w. F.. Crafts. L. d. Alden. ]. b.
Sleman. ST.. Campbell II. Darlington, Frank
Hamilton. Miss Leila r. Nowlin, Miss Cath
erina J. Laws. Mr.. J. A. Scott and Mr.. W.
W. MILAN, besides Two or three ladies rep
resenting the primary union. The delegates
Will leave in a body on Monday. Mr.. Bris-
tow is to read paper at the Friday after
room session in fremont Temple on The
Adult Department" and Mr. Frank Hamil-
meetings in one of the churches.
There are about 12,000,OOO Sunday scnooi
people in the United States and Canada.
OF these all but small proportion follow
the international lesson SYSTEM studying
each Sunday the passage selected by the
International lesson committee. The ma
jority of Sunday school people neverthe-
less have but faint idea of the labor in
volved in choosing the lessons of the
elaborate organization, without which such
a committee could not be created in
structed or the people kept loyal to its find
ings. OF that organization, covering sixty
states, territories and provinces, the Bos-
ton convention is to be the mouthpiece, and
the interna fiOnal lessons are only one of its
many lines of activity.
Yesterday and today the present lesson
committee met to complete their list of
lessons for 1S!'S and to make out the
list for 1899, which completes the six
years cycle for which they are responsible
OF these three Bishop Vincent. the chair
man; DR.. Randolph, the secretary, and Mr.
B. F. Jacobs have been in continuous ser
vice since the constitution of the commit
tee at the indianapolis convention in 1872.
Its understood that several of the present
committee will decline reappointment, and
the selection of others to fill their places is
one of the most delicate duties before the
convention. Each denomination is anxious
to secure what it deems its fair share of in
huence in the counsels of the commttee
and the lesson publishers. representing mil
mons OF capital. are anxious that the
lection shall be so made as not to interfere
with the present popularity of the system.
NO one seems willing to hazard guess as
to the outcome.
. Assembling of the Conference.
Tomorrow afternoon the members of the
international executive committee will as
semble for prayer and conference under
the lead of the veteran chairman. b. F.
Jacobs of Chicago. Mr.. Jacobs has been
practically at the head of Sunday school
work in America for the last thirty years.
In connection with J. H. Vincent and H.
Clay TrumbuIl, he was one of the secreta-
ries of the national convention of 1859, held
at Philadelphia. Ten years later, in the
convention at Newark, he was prominent
as an advocate of the uniform lesson idea,
|. which he is credited with carrying through
the convention of 1872. Besides his work
on the lesson committee he has been chair
man of the executive committee since 1884,
and in 1889, at London, was elected presi
dent of the worlds Sunday school conven-
don. The executive committee will remain
in session during all of Monday. completing
It's report and recommendations to the con-
vention.
Tuesday morning the convention will
open with a devotional hour, led by Evan
gelist D. L. Moody. Mr.. Moody will con-
duct most Of the devotional exercises of
the convention. and will deliver address
each day at the noon session, which is to
be held between the regular sessions for
the people of Boston and the visitors.
Chairman Jacobs will call the convention
to order and introduce tho president. Lewis
Miller of Akron, Ohio, who is also preSi-
dent of the Chautauqua assembly. The
pastor of fremont Temple. Rev. George Z.
Loriu.er. d. D., will deliver the address of
welcome which will be responded 10 by
Ex-Governor w. j. Northen of Georgia.
The committee on nominations will then
be appointed, consisting of one represen-
tative from each state and provincial dele
cation, with committee to consider the
executive committees report and
committee on resolutions. AS the NOM
mating committee, besides presenting the
names of the permanent officers of the
convention and the chairman of the exec
utive committee. will also probably be in
trusted with the task of selecting the new
lesson committee, its appointment will be
a matter of great interest.
While the convention is thus getting
down to business the field workers of the
various states and provinces will hold 4
meeting for organization, in Lorimer Hall,
ard the International Primary Union, rep
resenting the primary Sunday school
Chapman Hall. both under the hospitable
roof Of fremont Temple These and other
groups of workers will also hold lunch con-
ferences daily in the same building.
Selection of President.
On Tuesday afternoon the nominating
committee will report it's selection of the
president, and he is expected to make an
address. Then the field secretaries of the
convention will tell what they have be IN
doing. William Reynolds, the general field
secretary, whose face is familiar in Sun
day school conventions all over the con-
tinent. will give survey Of the whole
field and tell what he has DIRE to help the
Sunday school people in their work Of or
ganization and Sunday school extension.
Prof. H. NJ. Hamill of Jacksonville, Ill,
who has bean conducting a successful cam
paign in the southern states, will report
that section. The northwestern states, in
GLIDING Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Da-
kotas will be described by Hugh Cork,
who has done some fine field work in that
section tie past year. The session will
close with the report of Rev. L. B. Max
Well of Savannah. the new secretary, for
organizing the negro Sunday schools Of the
south into separate state and county con-
ventions. Since his appointment last Oc-
tober Mr.. Maxwell has made encouraging
progress in this important work for his
own race. At the same time in Lorimer
Hall another session will be held. presided
over by Marion Lawrance, the field secre-
tary Of Ohio. at which the secretaries Of
twelve or thirteen states will give brief
reports Of Sunday school work in their re-
<pective localities.
On Tuesday evening the report of the ex-
ecutive committee will be read by Chair
man Jacobs in fremont Temple and by