Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-04-10

Huntington Preparing to Give Work.
ers Welcome-Interesti Program
has Been Prepared Morgant0wn
will be Represented Meeting This
Month.
The twentieth annual Sunday school
convention Of the state is to be held
at Huntington on the 22nd, 23rd and
oath insts. The Sunday schools of
Huntington are making extenive ar
rangements for the affair, and it is ex-
pected that it will be the biggest con-
vention given in the twenty years
that the delegates from the various
Sunday schools have been holding
their annual meetings. At Mounds
vile the convention was held last year
and it proved to be most profitable
meeting. Attending the convention
will be delegates from the various
Sunday schools in this city. The
theme Of the convention is "Work"
and each delegate that attends is ex
pected to do his share.
Tuesday evening at 1880 o'clock the
meeting will open with the address by
Rev. Newton Donaldson, on the sub
ject Of "Helping Christ's Work by
Devotions.n There will also be an
address of welcome by the Rev. B. B.
Evans and response by the secretary
Of the organization, George r. Brown.
President r. A. Armstrong will speak
on the subject iThe Sunday school as
a Power in the World" At the We'd
nesday morning meeting the various
departments will make their reports.
At the afternoon session there will be
round table meeting, and the subject
discussed will be Sunday school man
agement. "The Field Work" is the
subject on which the general secre
tary, W. G., Shafer, will speak. Pri-
mary conference will begin at the close
of the afternoon session ia the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church and lunch
con will be served. All primary and
junior workers are requested to be
present. The most important part Of
the evening program is a song service
which will be conducted by Rev. John
Mccarthy.
The Thursday morning session will
begin at O'Clock with '.An hour for
Heart Searching" conducted by Rev.
Il. r. Bigger, pastor of the Third
Presbyterian church Wheeling. His
subject will be What Lack l Yet?e
There will also be an election of Of
flcers for the insuing term 11G the
committees will report.
Subjects which | discuss will be
1.-THE PASTOR" 'sThe Superintend-
ent," "The Teacher and "The
Scholar" Thursday afternoon at l:30
there will be a conference Of the new
ly elected officers. One Of the most
important addresses of the afternoon
will be the one delivered by Mrs. M.
w. Buck, of Wheeling who is stated
superintendent of the primary and
junior work. Improvements in Pri-
mary Methods" will be her theme
The closing service held Thursday
evening will be of special interest.
There will be service Of song con-
Quoted by Rev John Mccarthy, the
musical conductor. 1t will end with
addresses by the president and others
on the subject of the "Last
Thought
Each Sunday school in the state is
entitled to one delegate and each
county is entitled to five extra repre-
sentatives. All those attending will
be entertained free of charge by the
Sunday school people of the city pro-
viding that all those who are to at
tend will send their names to DR.. j.
d. Myres, at Huntington, before the
10Th of the month. Three of the
most important persons who will be
present and who will lend their assis-
lance are Miss A. B. Hamlin, Of
Pittsburg; Marion Lawrence of the
international committee, and Rev. J.
Allison Platts, one ofthe most dis
tinguished Sunday school workers Of
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