The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-16
The State Sunday School Convention.

OwOssO has entertained another con-
vention and is glad she had the oppor-
tunity to do so. The work of taking
care of the delegates has in fact been
an unusually pleasant one during the
convention which closed its sessions
yesterday. And the convention has
been a success. If the words of the
officers who have been in attendance on
the sessions of the same, officers who
have attended the state Conventions for
years without missing single one. are
to be taken as meaning anything at all.
the convention has been one of the very
most successful If not the most success
full of any in the history of the State
organization. The pleasure therefore
is mutual, and officers and delegates
to the state convention, and Owosso
citizens generally, have good reason to
remember the fortieth annual State con-
vention Of the Michigan State Sunday
School Association with feelings of
pleasure and gratitude.
The Owosso convention has been re.
marked upon by many Of the officers
and others who addressed it as being
one of the most earnest and attentive
conventions which they ever attended.
The different audiences sat with eyes
fastened upon the speakers and watched
them intently to the end of their
addresses. All seemed to be in earnest
and to be looking for just the informa
ton which the speakers were giving
them. 1t has been suggested that the
threatening wintry weather of the first
two days of the convention had some.
thing to do with the general character
of the same inasmuch as those who were
not especially interested in Sunday
school work and might have come
simply to make the occasion an outing
were absent Whatever effect that
might have had on it's character how
ever it is certainly true that no con-
vention ever held in the State has made
a better impression on the officers of
the association and it's speakers for
earnestness and intense, interested
attention to all that was going on than
did the convention which has just clos.
ed its sessions.
The convention moreover showed its
earnestness in a still more tangible
form. The executive committee asked
the convention this year for an increase
of one-third more monev for the work
of the coming year than any previous
convention had ever raised and the con.
vention raised it easily. In point of
numbers, too, the convention was all
that could have been desired and con-
sentative estimates place the number
of delegates who were provided with
places of entertainment by Owosso
people at over seven hundred. The
local attendance was also good, so that
the sessions were all attended by large
audiences almost from the very begin
ming. The convention was success
also so far as the program was con-
cerned. The program represents the
work of whole year which accounts in
a large measure for the fact that from
the first number to the last there was
scarcely break in it as published.
The officers of the State association
have certainly demonstrated that they
performed their work in a most
thorough manner by the way in which
their program alone was carried out.
The entertainment of the State Sun.
day school convention seemed no small
undertaking for Owosso, but if the
words of the visitors mean anything,
she did the work well. From all
Quarters came words from delegates
telling of their delight and pleasure at
the way in which they had been re-
ceived by the reception committee, by
the people in the homes to which they
were assigned, and even for the treat
nient which they had received at the
different places where the ladies of the
various churches served dinners and
suppers. The entertainment of the
convention has been pleasure during
each of the days while it has been in
session here and Owosso feels well re
p lid for her work. The good derived
from associating for three days with
such men as Marion Lawrence, AlfreC
Day, Z. X. Warren, Z. K Mohr, George
Parsons, G.. II. Quincy, Judge Davi.
and many others. and such women a.
Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner cannot bt
over estimated. To the visitors who
have been in the city, Owosso has the
kindest and most grateful feelings. Sh'
hopes that all have carried way will
them the pleasant memories which
many have said they would and tina
some day she may have the pleasure o
entertaining all or part of them again
| The convention has, done the city
lasting good and Owosso is glad tina
she had the opportunity to entertain 1t
The pension OF Peter buff, Durand, ha
been Increased to $12 per month.