The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-06-19
Among Them the Most Noted Workers
Engaged in Sunday School Work
Also Some of the Most Eminent
Divines of the Christian
Church i'm This State.

their declaratlOn-whlch appears IN TIT
handwriting of Elder Van Camp.
In a short time the church haC
doubled its membership and commenced
to take rank as one of the great relig
' ious organizations of the state and a
present its members number about 400
The edifce on South street, where thu
D meeting was held, is a handsome bricl
building and is large enough to seat al
immense number of persons, but it:
capacity was not large enough to accom-
] o1ate the crowds which assembled al
! each meeting. Every available seat in
the church was filled and the standing
, room also taken up. Chairs and benches
were oon placed in every isle and every
thing for the comfort of the visiting
guests was done by the church mem
bers.
A large choir had been organized for
the occasion and extra music prepared.
The choir vas composed of some of the
best singers of this city and many noted
singers who had come from other cities
to take part in the meeting. The sing
ing was excellent and added greatly to
the success of the meeting.
Seldom does Lexington have the priv
elege of entertaining so distinguished an
assemblage as this and u citizens
showed their appreciation of this fact.
A committee had been formed for the
purpose of securing homes for the dele
gates and they found no difficulty in
securing them Accommodations. Our hos
pitable citizens threw open the doors Of
their homes and welcomed the visitors
to the city. Everything was done that
would add to the pleasure of the guests
and the meeting was one of the pleas
ATTEST ever held, as well as one of the
most successful.
The officers of the convention were:
f. v. Loos. Liberty, president; E. j..
hampton, Louisiana, vice-president; j..
J.. Evans, Lebanon, secretary; r. l..
| Wilson, Miami, assistant secretary; G..
l.. Bush, Windsor, clerk; j. N. Daily
Sedalia. auditor; Palmer Clarkson, st.
Louis. r. r. secretary.
The first meeting was held Monday
evening and was opened with singing.
After the song service, which vas much
enjoyed, Elder C. G. Hill, of Mont
gomery City, then offered up a prayer
and delivered the greeting. Elder Fred
v. Loos, pastor of the Liberty Christian
church and president of the convention,
then delivered an address to the dele
gates. Elder Loos is n of the ablest
preachers in the state and his address
was greatly enjoyed. He is an eloquent
speaker and his well chosen words could
be distinctly heard by everyone in the
building. He was followed by A. o.
Rial, Of Camden Point, whose address
was an excellent nj The sad death of
Mrs. j. p. Hall was announced at this
meeting and the speaker paid a tribute
of respect to her memory. The dele
gates were then assigned their homes
for the time the convention would hold
and the meeting adjourned until the
next morning.
Tuesday morning the crowd of dele
gates, that had arrived during the first
day of the meeting, was increased by
about two hundred more who had been
unable to attend the day before. Every
train brought in additional members
and they were at once conveyed to the
church and from there escorted to the
house where they were to be enter
tanned. Elder Goode and members of
the reception committee did all in their
power to make the visitors stay in our
city pleasant and they were entirely
successful in their efforts.
The morning meeting was opened
with prayer by Mr.. Claude Hill, of
Wellsville. Elder Simpson Ely then
delivered an address. His subject was
1.-THE Truth" and he spoke with great
es-rnestness. He was followed by Elder
G. NJ. Goode, who delivered a welcom-
ing address to the visitors. His address
was an appropriate one and assured the I
delegates of their welcome to our city. ,
The report of the evangeilsts was ,
then made. Their report was quite an :
one aud showed that they I
mad covered well the field Of work as !
signed to them. Their report showed 9
hat, while the church was pushing ,
ahead and doing q great amount of work
some places, there were other lOcali- !
les that were sadly in need Of the bene- 9
icial influence exerted by a church. q
some places, well able to support a @
and offering a rich field for its :
work, have no house of worship. The !
members of this committe were, Messrs. q
4. F. Davis, John Giddens, F. r. t
,tutzman and d. B. Warren. o
President Loos then introduced Elder d
l. NJ. Atkinson, of Wabash, Ind. The q
of his address was, a "a Tender n
and abounded in deep l
bought and study. Elder g. G. Hill, of :
montgomery City, who had opened the s
with prayer on the preceding s.
now made an interesting talk on II
The Bible School in Conversion" His p
rgument in favor of the bible class was q
strong one and he proved that a good q
art of those saved were converted by u
be influence thrown around them by y
be bible classes when they were still v
Dung. He was followed by Elder j. j. n
of WarFensburg. who delivered a 2
n able talk on ''Bible School IN Up |;
uilding." His subject was a suitable =
ne to follow the talk made by Elder CT
ill on 1.-THE Bible School in CONVEX IN
on" and was well received. 10
The following committees were then cl
nnounced by the president; g,
NominatiOns-A. b. Phillips, y. @. q
avis, Miss Mollie Hughes, j. A. Cor a.
On and Davis Errett. 81
Time and Place.. Il. Ogle, C. A. al
w. w. Prewitt, y. G. Tyrrell S ~
i'd Clyde Darsie. ar
Report on Presidents Address-W. IN
[. Richardson, j. S. Meyers, Il. +. Hill, WI
Obn Jameson and NJ. Mcdonald. :,
Order of Business-W. F. Richard ri
IN. f. B. Redd and B. F. Hill II
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