The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-30
IS. 5. and K. /. c. E. CONVENTION

The Snyder County $. S. and X
l.. c. E. Convention of the Unitec
Evangelical church was held at Me.
Clure, Pa, Sept. 2l-23, 1897.
The good people of Mcclure wcr,
so pleased with the convention las,
year that they pressed their invita-.
tion the second time. Prof. +. G.
Bowersox, A. NJ, Supt. of publ,
schools, was unanimously chosen Il,
chairman and his preliminary re-
marks opened the first session in 4
happy manner. Every delegate wa,
made to feel thrice welcome bv tn,
warm and earnest manner in which
the pastor, l.. Dice, delivered the adj
dress of welcome. Well chosen
words ofresponsc were then made by
Rev. j. ID. Shortcss of Patterson. A
good number of delegates were en-
rolled and Rev. l.. NJ. Dice, of Lib
erty, Tioga county, was made an ad-
visory member.
The deep sounding subject of"soul
winning" was made the chief topic of
the evening. The suggestions, meth
ods and thoughts that were thrown
out by the different members of the
convention were indeed very inter
esting and fruitful.
At the appointed hour the second
session opened with appropriate de-
votional services, after which Prof.
Bowersox presented, in fluent man
ner, the subject, show can we increase
the working force of the s. S. p"
Some pertinent remarks were made
by others. This topic created great
interest, and with some hesitation was
y abandoned TO give place to the
sAi6jsct Hhnw to Impress ~ sbirih.al
truths ON the infant mind, this was
presented byA. d. Gramley ofPenns
Creek. The Importance of this top
ic impressed itselfupon many. Allen
Sechrist made plain the duties of
parents to the S. $.
: A very pleasing feature of the 3rd
session was Il well prepared chill
drcn's service, conducted by Rev. A.
f. Gobble, Pres. of Central Pcnn'a.
College. "Thc Boys and Girls of
the Bible" was the subject of the
services. This was followed with an
open parliament on "what do | need
most aS s. S. teacher" which was
also ably conducted by the DR.. Rev.
Jacob LAWYER then spoke ON the
fruits of morality and immortality.
The following officers were then
President, W. +. Howell;
lst vice Pres, +. {. Bowcrsox
2nd " n. II. Dundorc;
3rd " Jacob krcamcr;
Secretary, Allen S. Scchrist;
Treasurer, c. o. Fcrdig.
A mastery and "truth-pointcd"
sermon on the subject ofTcmpcrancc
(llcb. =, l2) was delivered BY Rev.
j. ID. Shortcss in the evening.
Thursday morning the c. f. con-
vcntion opened with song services,
and scripture reading by Miss Belle
Freed. A well prepared paper on
the "Endeavor's life of prayer" was
read by Rev. l.. Dice; which was
followed by an animated discussion.
"The amusements of the day; How
do they effect the christian life ?"
was opened by A. ID. CRANKY. Some
very good things were said ON this
sub ect thercmarks which followed. |
The last topic, "How can the c. f.
1elp the pastor", was then introduce
ID by Rev. w. G. Hoch.
Paxtonville was unanimously Sc
ected as the next place for holding
If convention.
The following resolutions were
dopted:
Whereas, our late conference X.
:" G. +. convention held at York,
"a, was so eminently successful
md has adopted a number of resolu-
ions intended to promote the work
# the Lord.
Therefore resolved, that we re-
cho and emphasize the following re-
olutions of that convention for the
'eneft of our county union.
Whereas, many of our young