Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-05
OUR SUNDAY SCHOOLS
INTERESTING ADDRESSES prronr
IYNCHBuRe CONVENTION.
POTTSS REMARKS.
lie interestingly Reviews the Union
work I'm This City--His Class nj -
paurS-Dr. Kerr Speaks ut the
Nfaht session.

rNNCHBURG, VA, February 4--tsoe-
c.Il The state Sunday-School Conven.
ton met this morning at O'Clock
President Thomas Potts presiding.
Dr pcil. Of Richmond. proceeded to
fake Up the Sunday-school lesson for
February 18th. which is the story Of the
arrest OF the apostles. from the afth
chapter OF Acts and shows, as DR. Peu
explained: AN attack on the Church
tom without" The Doctors remarks
were addressed more especially to Sun
lay-school teachers. and were a master
Iy exposition OF the subject. although
as Dee himself expressed Il. they were
only "fragmentary." on account of the
limited CINE az has disposition.
The next on the programme was q
ference, on county work" led nv
professor c. f. Vawter Of the Miller
-fru4l Labor School. Of Crozet. Pro-
SCISSOR Nawter spoke briefly on the sub
i.et starting by saying that there must
he Sunday-school organization in every
county, and that If this can be
established great work for good will
have been accomplished. ut is very
lu.h easier" said he ito maintain the
S y-sch0ol in the city than In the
country. but let us have a meeting Of
the school every Sunday: do not let Us
go iu winter quarters until we find our
enemy has gone into winter quarters"
ie closed by urging every one Of his
loar,rs 90 start out with the determine
ton TO have live organization in every
county.
PRESIDENT POTTS'S ADDRESS.
s conference on work in the cities"
was then led by President Thomas
Potts. who said i'm part as follows: "In
Richmond we have meeting of
au Protestant denominations every
saturday which has been source of
great blessing TO our people. and schools.
as 20 sends our teachers fully equipped
90 teach ON Sunday. / know of no great
or outrage than teachers not being pre-
pared to teach.
We have a glorious work in Richmond.
and one Of its beauties is you can't tell
the denominations present: we are
"a band OF brothers. There Is a class in
one church of old gray-headed men.
and in others we have advanced classes
of young women and young men. My
Eieatest pleasure is ny class at st.
faulS church, ana the happiest hour
ia the week is when / am teaching that
class. other pleasant hours are when /
ann preparing 10 teach that class. 1t IS
impossible for us laymen to intelligent
ly teach unless we have time 10 study
the lesson. and If we want TO be sue
cessfui Sunday-school teachers we have
got 10 work hard"
Mr. Potts closed his address by ask
ing the brethren present from different
cities TO tell Of the work. Responses
were made by c. y. Carter. OF Char
lottesville; Mrs. Wilbur f. Crafts. of
Brooklyn. and Messrs. John =. Petty
John. John A. Humphreys. c. V. VIM
free, T. NJ. Theadgiu. Dir. A. Coke Smith
and Rev. T. NJ. McCorkle, Of Lynchburg
OTHER SPEAKERS.
Rev. #. j. Wightmar. d. D., Of Lex
ington. spoke entertainlngly and in
structiyely on the subject "The Teach
or and His Work" and Professor Stone
a mastery address upon THE
Teachers Meeting"
The night session was devoted 10 al
dresses by Rev. Robert y. Kerr. Of Rich
mond. subject. High Places I'm the
Book Of Acts; Professor II. NJ. Hamfll.
subject. "The Spiritual Forces Of the
Sunday School," and talk on Palestine,
lv DR. Belts.