The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-15

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This afternoon and tonight the SUM
day School workers OF the counties OF
Ohio, Hancock, Brooke, Marshall and
Tyler will hold convention In this city.
This Is, the first OF a number OF district
conventions to be held throughout West
Virginia. under the direction OF Prof.
II. II. Hamill, field worker OF the In
ternatloaal Sunday School executive
committee.
The afternoon session will open at 2
o'clock In the new English Lutheran
church, on Sixteenth street, and at
night another session Is scheduled,which
will be held in the Second Presbvter-
ian church, on Twentieth street, South
Side. At the afternoon session the
workers attending will be instructed IN
the best methods OF work In the Sunday
School. AT the evening. session there
will be q song service, devotional exer-
cises and an address by Prof. Hamlll.
II Is anticipated that from $50 TO 200
teachers, superintendent and older
scholars will attend to-day's gathering.
The objects OF the meetings are as
follows:
l. To discover our workers.
.. To consolidate our forces.
B. TO plan for county organizations.
1. TO prepare for our state conven-
ton.
In the call for the meeting, issued by
Chairman Humble OF the West Virgin
It State Sunday School Association, 1t
Is stated:
II you are interested In the intec-de-
nominational Sunday school work CT
your state or county come 10 the work.
ers' meeting In your district with on
open. hopeful. willing heart. The inter-
national Sunday school executive com
mlttee gives us the sklllful services of
Prof. Hamill for these nine days. IL
these present opportunities are appre-
clatcd and approved, our underestimate
ted Mountain State will speedily take
her proper place III the Sunday school
world. Let us. the Sunday school work.
ers OF our state. be hnls as jealous and
faithful to the important interests OF
our commonwealth committed 10 us by
our Master. as other workers are In
their lines. and we shall steadily ap-
proach our goal. a good Sunday school
open every Sunday In the year. within
the reach OF every child In the state.
and every child In a Sunday school, Mr..
C. D. MeigS, state secretary. OF Indiana,
and W. Y. Crafts, OF Washington, D.
c., one of the most eminent primary
workers in America, will be al our state
convention at CiarksburS. April 1922.
Following to-day's gathering here, the
following similar meetings will be held:
At FaIrmont. March 16-Afternoon
and evening, for workers in Marion,
Monongalia, Preston and Taylor coun-
tics.
At Elliins. March 17-Afternoon and
evening, for workers in Grant. Tucker,
Barbour. Randolph and Pendleton
counties.
Al Buckhannon. March 19-Afternoon
and evening, for workers in UpShur.
Lewis. Webster, BraXton and Gilmer
counties. AT this point Prof. Hamill will
spend Sunday.
At untington-Eycnlng of March 81.
forenoon of March %, for. workers in
Cabel. Mason, Lincoln, Wayne, Logan,
MlnGo. Wyoming and Mcdowell coun-
Ties.
At misunderstanding of March 90. and
forenoon OF March %. for workers In
Summers, Mercer. Monroe. G-eenbrier.
Fayette and Raleigh counties.
At MISUNDERSTANDING March 23,and
forenoon OF March q, for workers In
Kanawha. Putnam, Clay, Nicholas,
Fayette and Boone counties.