The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-08
CnnntY Sunday sohoo1s.

The twenty first annual convention of
the Burlington County Sunday School
Association was held in the First Baptist
Church, of Moorestown, on Thursday.
The convention, with Rev. w. H. Heis
Ter presiding, was opened by an enthusiasts
tic prayer and song service, conducted by
the Rev. W. p Finney, after which the
Rev. James Moore welcomed the dele
gates and visitors.
Rev j. W. Marshall, D. D., pastor of
the Broadway M. E. Church, Camden,
was introduced, and addressed the con
vention, taking as his topic, "Our Text
Book" During his remarks he said:
''Our text book, the Bible, is the book of
books. The Bible is of fine poetic
nature. Is there any poetry to compare
with the first chapter of Genesis No;
say The Bible is the source of poetry,
and from the Bible originated all sciences.
But the Bible is more than these things to
us; it is the supreme book, because it
alone provides for the moral and spiritual
needs of man.
1T deals with the conscience and the
immortality of man. The law of the
Lord is perfect, converting the soul.
"The Bible in its supremacy reaches
down to the lowest depths of humanity;
the vilest of the vile can by its influence
be raised into sphere of purity, Chris
tian love and usefulness; by it the worst
forms of degradation may be used to the
glory of God
1.-THE Bible gives true portrait of the
human heart Voltaire, while trying to
versify these words from the Bible, Gre
ate in me clean heart, o, God and re-
new right spirit within me, caught a
sight of his nature, which, for the time,
caused him to tremble at the sight, so he
could neither move nor give utterance to
his tongue, and had he at that moment
acted on his impulses he might have been
converted.
1.-THE Bible, with its simple truths, has
touched the hearts and minds of polished
men of the world; the Bible and the cross
of the Lord Jesus Christ mean the re-
demption of 15O, 900, 900 Africans sooner OF
later.
1.-THE speaker contrasted the different
modes used by the two great African ex
plorers Stanley and Livingstone sub
jugating the people of Africa; Stanley
used as his means force, and still he hac
not the success of Livingstone, and OF
inquiry as to where Livingstones power
lay, he received the answer, Ia the prin
ciples of the New Testament
ga person thoroughly practiced in The
principle and truths of our text book il
prepared to stand against temptation, ant
the fiery darts of the evil one can have NJ
effect on any such person. The Bibl
gives strength to the weak wisdom to tn,
ignorant, sight to the blind in sin anC
peace to the troubled soul"
The township secretaries reported sue
cess prevailing in nearly all the Sunda..
, schools. The enrollments are much large
! and the finances taken as whole, ar
encouragingly good. Revivals of religio
have swept over most schools, and b
! their influence the churches of the count
have been greatly blessed.
, The Conference on Temperance wa
! conducted by Mrs. E. NJ Thacher, Pre-
ident Burlington County W. G. T. |
! Mrs Thacher advocated at length tt
cause of Total Abstinence, after whiC
, she brought to the view of the conve