The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-08-11
INSPIRING OCCASION.
WINSTON TOWNSHIP SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
Held at Centenary Church-Was
Largely Attended = Songs, Adj
dresses, Etc-Encouraging Re-
ports from the Officers.


The exercises were both interesting
and instructive. Mr.. E. A. Eber
presided. Rev. ]. F. McCuiston, pres
ident of the association, is away filling
his appointment at the Moravlan mis-.
sion above Mt. Airy.
The singing was good. Mr.. Peter
Brame was the leader. Miss Nellie
Starr presided at the organ and an
orchestra was present and took a
| prominent part in the selections rem
dered by the congregation.
, After singing hymns Nos. 93 and 154,
Rev. j. w. Frank invoked God s
| blessings upon the convention and the
Sabbath school work generally
The congregation then sang hymn
No. 81, after which Mr.. W. NJ. Hen
dren delivered beautiful address of
welcome. He spoke of the political
| conventions held for the material well
fare of our country, and the war con-
situations for righteous cause, add
| ing that none take the place of the
| Sabbath school, the object of which is
| the upbuilding of young people, He
| spoke of the influence, example and
| responsibilities of the teacher. He
| concluded with these words to the great
| congregation of Sunday school work
ers: ''All Hail. Welcome, and God 5
| Speedr'
A happy response was made by Mr..
| h. a. Ebert. Rev. j. f. McCuiston,
President, was on the program, but at
| the time 1t was arranged it was not
known that he would be away. Mr..
Ebert stated that the records of the
last convention were destroyed by
fire, hence the name of the vice-Presi-
dent was no. known. He stated that
all of the townships in the county, ex-
oil I,
held conventions. The county con-
ventiOn will be held next SATURDAY.
and he added that some of the county
schools can give the town schools
good examples in many respects AT
this juncture of Mr.. Ebert's speech
the electric lights went out and the
congregation was in darkness for a
few minutes. Lamps were soon
brought in and the congregation sang
two selections. 1t was learned this
morning that the cause of the dark
ness was on account of the fuse on the
adkin switchboard burning out. All
of the lights in the Twin-City were
out for about 20 minutes.
Mr.. Ebert appointed the following
committee to nominate officers for the
ensuing year: E. J. Davis, j. F.
Griffith, DR.. G. J. Watkins, B. J.
Pfohl and Rev. J. W. Frank.
A little girl Miss Pfaff, member of
Christ church Sunday school, sang a
solo to the delight of the congrega-
ton. This was followed by chorus,
rendered by the choir from the pri-
mary department of Elm Street Sun
day school, composed of II little
folks.
REV. MIR. FRY's ADDRESS.
Rev. J. A. B. Fry made an encour-
aging address. He said that in this
age the Sunday school is better pre-
pared to work for God and His church.
1t becomes necessary to form charac-
ter while the child is young and the
purpose of the Sabbath school is the
formation of character. He impressed
upon the teachers to teach the Bible
in its direct application to salvation
OF men-teach men, women and chill
dren to love and serve the living God
and to put enthusiasm in their work
Sixteen little girls from the First
and Second Presbyterian schools sang
chorus. 1t was creditably rem
dered.
SECRETARY REPORT.
Secretary r. B. Crawford read his
ANIMAL report. 1t showed that there
are 10 Sunday Schools in the town
ship. He gave the following statistics
from each school:
..
officers and teachers, 40; average at
tendance, 367.
Calvary Scholars, PIG:
officers and teachers, p: average at
tendance, 140.
Home Scholars. 29O:
officers and teachers, 80: average at
tendance, 220.
First Baptist-Scholars 366: officers
and teachers, 33; average attendance,
228.
North Winston Baptist-Scholars
l2O: officers and teachers, 10: average
attendance, 50.
North Winston Presbyterian
Scholars, 9S; officers and teachers, IL;
average attendance, IS.
East Salem Scholars,
100; officers and teachers, 9: average
attendance, Is.
Salem Mission, Baptist Scholars,
100; officers and teachers, ID; average
attendance, SO.
teachers, 7; average attendance 81.
Elm Street Moravian-Scholar 24O:
officers and teachers, 25; average at
tendance, 100.
First Scholars, 1913:
officers and teachers, 26, average at
tendance, It's.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 60; officers and
teachers, 10; average attendance, SO.
Broad Street Baptist-S Scholars,
Ia; officers and teachers,s 90; average
attend ance, 100.
Burkhead Scholars, 12O:
officers and teachers, Is; average at
tendance, 1OO
West Winston Scholars,
Y; officers and teachers, s; average
attendance, so.
Methodist observation-disclosures 60:
officers and teachers, 10; average at
tendance, 40.
Grace Scholars, IS; Off
GERS and teachers, 10; average attend
ance, 65.
There was no report from Christ
Moravian church.
The total number of scholars in the
township is 1884; officers, 1876: aver
age attendance, 2,087; volumes in
libraries, 5,795; money raised by the
schools during the year, 81, 127.9S.
Treasurer w. j. Conrad's report
showed receipts to have been $16.O1
and disbursements $3.50: balance in
hand, S8.41.
Following these reports was
chorus by Broad Street and Salem
Mission Baptist and quartette by
Calvary Moravian.
Rev. w. A. Lutz made a practical
address. He said that from the school
| census and the reports from the Sun
day Schools it was shown that there
about 900 children in the Twin-City
who do not attend any Sabbath
! School. He thought we might learn
a lesson from the spider, which
| furnishes the material to make a web
| out of its own body and builds them
/ in neglected corners. eve ought to
spin a web of love around other per-
sons" said Mr.. Lutz.