The Portland daily press., 1896-05-11

movement, when Is AKIN 10 tnab Of 6hf
Sunday school, and which, as everything
else. he can so picturesquely present..
| DIR. John Potts the eloquent clergyman
| from Toronto will be another leading
| light of the convention. His mastery Of
! the English tongue and the felicity of his
method of expressing his ideas, together
| with the earnest sincerity OF them always
makes him a welaome guest in any pulpit
and on any platform.
There Ia committee of 80 which has
| full charge of arranging for the conven.
tion which is made up of leading clergy
men and laymen. This COMMITTEES is
divided into five committees the chair.
man of which, with the committee of 8O
form an executive committee of 8, whi,b
are TO manage all the varied and intricate
details necessary to make On successful
conyention. This committee of nine is
made up as follows: Chairman, George
W. Coleman; treasurer. G. r. Magee;
secretary, Ii. S. Oonant; W. N. Hart d.
a. Gilman, n, \, Lothrop A. j.
Crockett, b. z. Shumway and Rev. E.
N. Peloubets
There will be two sessions of the con-
yention held each day in fremont
Tomple and Park Street church. Mr..
Moody has charge of the opening service,
ana aurlng the convention be will spea k
at the Park Street church every noon for
20 minutes and will be followed by some
Leading Sunday school worker.
a committee especially appointed will
have charge of movement to make the
Friday night prayer meeting in evelF
Church in Boston and the suburbs, and,
as far as possible over the entire state. o
special service which shall bear upon the
convention and its work, and on tho
S Sul1s z previous, june 81, to endeavor to
have all the pastors of the state preach n
sermon or deliver an address which shall
contain the story Of the growth, origin,
anu plans for Sunday school work in the
future.
The statistical secretary reported at st.
Louis three years ago that the net gain
ID sunday school membership from 1890
70 lo93 was a trife over million; the
total membership at that tune being
iatlon OF the United States But accord
'ng 80 his figures, this leaves tho enor-
nous total Of II, 900, 0O0 children who do
not attend Sunday school, Int this
white harvest field, SO encouraging at
least in its POSSIBILITIES, it was intended
at st. Louis to ges Inspiration to go, and,
at Boston this year, to take a new census.
gather now facts, fresh hopes and large
encouragement.
needs this inspiration. There are in the
Evangelical sunday schools over 700, COO
scholars and teachers, but this vast num-
Der does not represent that which ought
10 be in these schools. 1t is safe to say
that in the six New England states there
are as many more children whose natural
aHiiation is with the evangelical Sunday
school but who do not attend for various
reasons. To create an interest in these
will be the ultimate outcome OF the con
vention. 1t il nterdenomiational in its
scope and purposes, deairing only TO
arouse Baptists to UGH point of enthn.
siasm that they will endeavoF to get all
Baptist children into their Sunday
schools; the Presby ter.ans, all Presbyte-
lian children; the Methodists all
Methodist children, etc.
The international lessons committee
will have their headquarters at Hotel
Brunswick. The members of this very
important committee are; Rev. John H.
Warren Randolph, B. b., Newport, RI. |;
Rev. John Hall, ID. D., Nav York city;
Hon. S. II. Blake, Q. O., Toronto, Can. !;
B. F. jacobs, Chicago, Ill; Rev. Moses
=. Hoge, D. D., Richmond, Va; Rev.
v. u. g. Cunningham, D. p, Nashville,
TSnn KoV J. 4 sa% nps g. F. Louis
D., Gettysburg. Pa: Rev. John Potts,
y. D., Toronto, Can; Rev. J. s.
Stair, D D., Lancaster, Pa; Row. A. 2.
Dunning, D. D., Boston, Mass. Rev. u.
Berger, D.D., Dayton, Ohio, Prot. J. !.
ID. Kinds, Ph. D., Lebanon, Tenn. Rev.
B. 3. Tyler, D. D, New York city.
The last International convention was
held in St. Lonis, Mo-, whose people re-.
nomination, endeavored to make it the
great success that it was. The minutest
details had been attended to long before
the convention met so that everything
moved more smoothly than ii otherwise
would have done. 1t is expected that
Boston SO famous for lis splendid enter
tainment Of conventions and gatherings
her sister city in far off Missouri And
doubly SO as this is the first national
Sunday school convention ever held in
New England. Not only Boston there
fore, but all New Engand is the host OF
the coming convention and New England
never yet failed to welcome with warm
hand and genial smile, to set a good
table and to provide the best possible for
the stranger within her gates.
Tic New England members Of the In
ternational Executive committee are
william II. Hall West Hartford, Conn;
Prof, George ". Bingham, Derry, Fl.
n; Albert W. Butler, Roekland, Maine;
William y. Hartshorn. Boston, Mass. |;
Rev J. Il. Babhitt West Brattleboro,
VI. ana A. b. McGrlll1S, Providence,
r. j. This strong, able and influential
body of New Englanders ought, with the
cooperation of every interested worker
in tho Sunday school. to make the last
tho best International Convention over
held.
One of the meetings which will have
great interest, is that for Primary Work
ers, which will occupy soma half day
during the sessions OF the Convention.
The leaders in the branch. are Mrs NJ,
q. Kennedy, president OF the Philadel-
phia Primary Teachers Union; Miss
Bertha f. Vella, state secretary of the
Massachusetts Sunday School Assooia-
ton, and Mrs. J. S. Ostrander, presi-
dent of the Brooklyn Primary Teachers
Union, N. Y.
DR.. Rainsford, rector of ST. Georges
Episcopal Church, New York, recently
suggested in Boston, that religious train
ing must be increased in the Kinder
garteu, thus emphasizing the Importance
OF beginning early in tho religious train
Ing of the young. and also the lack Of this
ID our American life. The Primary
Teachers Conference is, therefore, most
important At ST. Louis, the Second
Pres terrain Church. where it was hold,