Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-23
4 CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Appointed to Have Charge Of the Sun
day School Census
OF Wheeling, Which Will Proba bly,
Be- Taken During the Month Of
April-A Fair Attendance at the
Meeting Held Last Night Plans
Discussed for Conducting the
Work in a Thorough and Syste-
matte Manner.

A meeting of Sunday school officers
and teachers was held last night in
the lecture room of the Fourth Street
M. +. church, for the purpose of taxi
ing steps toward securing a Sabbath
school census OF Wheeling. There was
fair attendance, although MANY
churches, and several denominations.
were not represented No person was
present from any of the German
churches, which it is also the desire of
the projectors to enlist in tie move
ment.
A The meeting was called to order by
a. J. Clarke, Esq. and the Rev. r. r.
Bigger was chosen to preside. He
stated that the object of the meeting
was to provide for a canvass of the
city III the interest of Sunday school
work. The meeting was then opened
with prayer by the Rev. Samuel
Schwarm. pastor of the English Luth-
eran Church.
Mr.. Clarke took the floor and stated
that no plan had been formulated as to
the method of procedure, or as to
whether it was advisable to form an
organization. He thought the meeting
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Sunday school census of the city. Mr..
+. II. Williams was chosen to act as
secretary.
Rev. DR.. j. L. Sooy moved that the
meeting organize for a canvas of the
city for the purpose of ascertaining the
Sunday school relation of the families
Representatives were present from the
Third Presbyterian, Wesley NJ. E.,
First Baptist, Macedonia Baptist Ebe-
nezer Baptist, Hearne Tabernacle, First
Christian Fourth Street NJ E., St
Luke's p. E., United Presbyterian, St
Matthew's P. f., Zane Street NJ. E.,
First Presbyterian, Thomson M. E.
and English Lutheran Churches.
DR.. Gooy thought the best way to
proceed would be to appoint a central
committee with power to divide the
city into districts, and appoint can
vassers for each. This plan he thought
much better than to divide the work
among the Sabbath schools, giving each
school a separate district. The latter
plan might defeat the object of the
canvass, which is to be purely unde-
nominational. He read a blank of the
kind which it is proposed to use in
the canvass, containing questions con-
veying all the information which it is
proposed to secure. One question ask
ed of non-attendants will be as to de-
nominational preference. DR.. Sooy
said it was proposed to hand to rep
resentatives of each denomination
these who indicate a preference for
that church. The denomination may
then make a secondary canvass. He
referred to the necessity for judicious
choice of canvassers.
A motion was adopted providing for
the appointment of central commit
tee to consist of one person from each
denomination. A brief recess was
taken to enable conferences of repre-
senatives Of the different denomina-
tions. They reported the following
names for members of the committee;
Methodist-A J. Clarke.
Protestant Episcopal-Dr G. A.
Aschmann.
United Presbytarian-S H. Kasley.
Hearne Tabernacle-Dr Petrie.
English Lutheran. NJ Bruhn.
First Clrstian-G. A. Korner.
Raptist-Ed. Snyder.
Macedonia Baptist-F. w. Wright.
The central committee was empower
ed to supply representatives Of all the
denominations not represented at last
nights meeting.
DR.. Schwarm announced that he had
orders for excursion rates to the State
Sunday school convention in Clarks-
burg next month
Or. Sooy stated that he had gone
over a map of the city with the City
Surveyor ard had divided the city into
twenty-seven districts. He thought at
least two canvassers should be APP
pointed for each district. Mr.. Clarke
called attention to the Importance of
the work about to be undertaken and
expressed the opinion that the canvass
should be commenced as soon as prac-
ticable after the -frst of April. He
could rely largely upon such organ
izations as the Kings Daughters, the
FDworth League and the Young Peo-
ple's Society Of Christian Endeavor
The work should be done speedily. 1t
should not require more than two or
three days. but it will be necessary 10
select the proper persons.
Afte, a further discussion q piahs
the meeting adjourned.
A QUALIFICATION
John Rentsher, 47o Market street,
had corns, but after five applications