The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-04-23
WITH THE SUNDAY scEooLs.
The Marion County Sunday School As
sociation Holds az Interesting aesting
at Anthony,

, The Marion county Sunday Schoc
Association met at Anthony, April J
and II, with large attendance pres
ent, and all enjoyed the CATHERINE, i,
fact, it was the best socially aua e6u
catiOnally that has ever mes in Tho
town. The good peo!l of thst ri4r
did all III their power 50 Ike ta
meeting "A success, AMI sueceeGei III
most adniranle manner. Il y. .. b,
Oates, If Oeala, was The Btbie uor1 a
institution On this occs--lau, auf
many were the praises for him ia I'll,
mastery way the subjects were deal
with.
The following officers were sle tao
for the ensuing gel I9aac Stevens
president; ". Fl. Bdsseli, of Graham
vile, vlce-president; II {. Groves, oi
Ocala, secretary and treasurer. The
executive committee is composed ol
]. A. Mellon, Miss Annie Sharp and
VIM. Bachelor, of Ocala, AmHrest
Bullen, of Grahamvile ana J. D.
Lyle, of Marshvile.
The report of secretary Groves,
which was an excellent one, was then
read and listened to with marked at
tention, and is as follows:
To Sunday School Workers Il Mqrion
County,
Your secretary has very meaere
report as far as statistics -. Jast
think for a moment how active our
Sunday school secretary or supcrin-
tendent must be, when in Marion
county, out of 80 Sunday schools on.y
q made reports to your secretary KS 70
number of scholars OF memb RS iu
this 24-we have 1857 scholars aal 40
officers aud teachers This shows q
careless attention to our Masters
work. We are all anxiou, to Guo
what proportion of tie rising ge0 r.
alton are attending Sunday school in
some part of our county. Neare q. z-
iOus to have Marion county reportet
as being county in which al bnf
young people are interested jn Billie
study. We should remember ttat
Bible scholars are those that can be
trusted, are honest in character, and
live fearful toward God. What q di-
ference this would be when coutrasted
with community where the wori1
and its pleasure are all that ediIy tHe
young people.
Sunday school workers, VIZ have %
large task before US and let us not BE-
found lacking in meeting the truss
left us,
Since our last annual meeting at
which your committee ordered "a house
to house visitation in order to show
those Of the world that Sunday ehool
workers are anxious TO have aE study
the Bible, The Book Of Literature
by inviting every one to attend sun
day school and also services at some
church, with this result: every district
followed the wish Of ihe state a~-1cia-
ton ard reports come from 10 ug dis
tricts like this: we fouHd only ooo
family in our neighbogbood that I'd nae
of its members did not attcnd some
Sunday school. Or like this; very oue
in our district is attending ~un'ay
school. The county seat was civiied
into four districts and in our district
the hunters visiting and Inviting r.
port that they did not find one child
but that it attended Sunday >cllol.
Now with this good report, should we
feel like reporting only from oic- bird
o. orr schools. Fellow-workers the
children are alive and ercaiug ia sun
day school work, but it seems the
leaders are negligent. Fathers aud
mothers, remember the Lord says to
US, Feed my Lambs.n Lot Marion
county be wide-awake in Sunday
school work.
After listening TO the report OF the
secretary, the committee on resoIL-
tions, composed of Miss Annie Sharp,
Miss Ida Christian and ir. E. :. Up-
ham, read the following resolutions:
Your committee on resolutions
would recommend tnat the hearty
thanks of this convention be given 10
the people of Anthony foi their kindly
christian courtesy and hospitality eX-
tended US in opening their homes for
our entertainment and we wish to *
press the hope that the delightful
christian intercourse enjoyed may be
of mutual benefit.
ReS0lced That this convention place
itself on record as thoroughly opposed
to the effort which is now being n ac
to repeal the present laws jn regard 10
Sabbath observance in oar county.
and that we are in favor of The en-
forcement Of all laws tending 10 'be
advancement of the cause of temper
ance and morality. That we are op-
posed to the influence OF tie seldom
and of the desecratiou of the ~ahbaih
in any form, whether in Sunday eN-
cursions, Sunday mails, Sunday NewS-
papers or in any other way which
robs our fellow-meu of the day Of re,t,
which God has given him.
Resotred That we regret tile laxity Of
so many superintendent and seere-
taries of the Sunday schools in Our
county as shown by the report of our
county seeratary, in failing 5o repcr,
the statistics of their school 50 ihe
county organization and we would
urge upon all Sunday school officers
the importance Of thorough organ
izatiOn and hope that in the coming
year they will help to make Marion
the Banner county Of our state.
Two years ago r. J. Warren, drug
gist at Pleasant Brook, n. Y, bought