The Delta independent., 1899-06-02
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
The Main Pps~e~AsWE~ 81 the HSeeh.
kiss NeettnI.

HSTCEk.se, (olo.. MAY -1---o'tNufuds
evening the convention opened With q
Sunday Seheol rally. Although the day
had ben cold and stormy good nun.
ber were in attendance. Tt . conv ntion
was presided over by Rev. Veeder. Revs.
Adams. Harpst. .Worthington and Veeder
gave brief talks on Sunday School work.
A good session was enjoyed and all felt
encouraged that the morning would be
very profitable to all in attendance.
Sunday morning at 6 o'clock a prayer
meeting well attended was held in the
church. and was season Of rejoicing to
those present.
At 1910 the work of the convention
proper opened with half hours song
service. The morning being pleasant
the Sunday School workers gathered at
the church on time and when the service
opened the house was crowded by peo-
pla from Paonia Crawford, Smiths
Fork, Rogers mesa. Delta and Hotchkiss
and vicinity.
The reporis from schools were:
The Hotchsiss Sunday School made
report through e. NJ. Getts. Number OF
classes, 8; officers and teachers. IL;
scholars. 1l2; average attend ince. 30;
collections for 1899. 1854; average per
month. 1891; collections for missions
.ince March /. e. 40. The interest in
the school is steadily on the increase.
and all feel encouraged over the work.
Mr.. Mighell reported the Rogers mesa
Sunday School Average attendance.
35 to so; classes. 4. The fnaLces are in
very good shape and the work done has
been good Rev. Worthington took the
occasion to say that Mrs. Fisher and
Miss Mamie Roberts have been the
means OF keeping the school alive and
always doing faithful work
The Mt. Olivet Sunday School. held in
Sanderson school house. was reported by
Duff Morrow. There are three classes..
average attendance. %. The school is
in good working order.
The Sunday:..School at Crawford was
organized IN the spring by Rev. Harps {.
They have six classes. attendance first
Sunday. 40; attendance last Sunday. 80;
finances in good shape. Literature from
Cranston 4 Curtis is used. The report
was made by Mrs. Stoner.
The Presbyterian Sunday School of
Delta was reported by one OF the dele
gates from there, Miss Hunt. The re
port was for the year ending May 10Th.
1897. Average number Of teachers. 8;
average number scholars. 5s; total col
Iec,ions. $50 %; paid for supplies. s4l.Io;
foreign missions. el0; hosue missions.
81 b.
Stewart mesa Sunday School reported
by Mr.. King. Number OF members, b:
classes, 3; average attends nee. %; total
collections for year. sa6sl; cost OF sup
plies, el4.36;' missions, a 30; literature
Of school good.
The Paonia school reported average
attendance 10 to so; take a young peo-
pies paper, and finances in good shape.
The convention then listened to very
able paper, Relation Of the Sunday
School to the Church" by Prof. Z. W.
Kelley. Many good points were brought
out. one OF them WAS that Sunday
School should he graded the same as 4
biyh scho j. and another that every SER
! mon should be 30 plain that eve pupil
in Sunday School could understand it.
A discussion followed by Rev. Adams.
who thought that all. young and old.
should attend Sunday School. and none
should shirk. Miss Mamie Rober fol
lowed in the same subject.
The Use OF the Bible in Class. y
very interesting paper. WAS read by Miss
Carrie Carter. and discusseh by Mr..
Micheli and Mrs. Fisher. 1t was brought
out that the bible was not used enough
! in class, and that the use OF the bible
holds the attention of the pupil..
The Importance of Child Study a
paper read by Mrs. Stoner. Of Crawford.
called forth good deal OF comment.
During the forenoon the Hotchkiss
male quartette favored the convention
With some excellent selections o. music.
At IL o'clock the session adjourned Tor
refreshments. Some OF those from away
we're entertained by friends in towr. and
others partook of u basket lunch.
The session in the afternoon was pre-
sided over by kev. Worthingion. and
opened with Q song service of half .n
hour. Every one seemed to think il
was especially for him.
An excellent paper. The Separation
of the Sexes in the Classes" was read
by a. J. HadIey. and discussed by W.
r. Duke and Duff Morrow. The opinion
seem to prevail that circumstances
should govern the case.