Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08

Captain Peter Il. Ayars Elected President
of Association Next Convention to ia
Held in LeweS.
The Delaware Sta,e Sunday school Asso-
citation. in session Mt ttIpc" NJ. u. Church,
yesterday weak elected the following officers !;
President, Peter b. .AyaIs; slee-presldssnt
for New Cnstle county. ! l%f II. .. Goldey
of Wilmington; vice-gr si;ipnt for Kent
county. Dr. L. ". Cooper cl Camden. Del. {;
vice. president for sussex county, j. Il. Gil
christ of Milford Del. recording secretary,
DIR. Frank W. Lang oi MtlminFton; treas
urer, Frank Sheppard of Wilmington; CHAIR
man of executive cNinmlttse, G. II. Can't
well members OF executive COMMITTEES for
the unexpired term of the hpv. w. ). Philips
of Kent county. remHvei Tonl the State,
John L. Holland OF Milford. The Key. I.
F. Briggs was elected president but resigned
because Of press of otner duties. The retlr-
ing president will henceiorth be q member
ex-officio Of the executive committee. The
same president :nnnut hold office as such for
more than three years.
At the afternoon sessiou, the Rev. Forrest
Il. Dagger ID. D., OF Philadelphia spoke on
the topic 'in Touch with the Word. Mrs;
l.. 4. Brockscn discussed the State normal
work. There are ut present seven working
classes and IN scholars enrolled. Besides
this there are ~ or ~ individual schools. 1t
is proposed to build up this branch of work.
At the close of hlrs. Brocksnn's RENAL ks
Miss Martha c. Ferguson OF Blaekbird was
called to the altar. where DIR. Dagger, III q
| few impressive remarks, presented her with
"A diploma, she being the first scnoiaf 10
| graduate.
| II was decided that the representation at
| the next State convention consist ot all
| State and county association cihcers with
one delegate from each school.
| In favoring the State committee recon-
mendation endorsing the summer school AZ
l Aul,t IlOg E1
that n similar school be started in this State.
Another Recommendation of the State
committee that the delegation TO the lnterna-
| tional Convention be instructed to nomi.
nate the Hon. Walter o. Hotfeeker oi
/ Smyrna as the Delaware member of the In,
ternational Executive Committee for the
next three years. also was favored.
The Rev. &. r.. Blackall D. D., editor o.
periodicals, American Baptist Publication
Society of Philadelphia, spoke on the Inter
national Convention.
The association accepted the invitation o.
Walter S. Sparklin of Lewes to hold tht
| next convention there.
The pledge offering was taken up,and thu
Revs. T. K. Van Dyke and j. II. Bryai
named as secretaries. AT the afternoon ses
sion General Secretary Lang announced
that $500 would be necessary to run the asso
citation the coming year. He desired tina
S4G0 be raised at this convention. The con
tributions for afternoon and night amounted
to $162.08.
The Rev. John Shape, pastor of Delawar
Avenue Baptist Church, started u round o
applause at Thursdays session of tn
State Sunday School Association. He e wa
speaking of 'The Sunday y-school and TEN
perance," and remarked that church choir
which sit close to the pulpit on Sundays an
sing at drunken dances in the week shou
not only be turned out but should b
drummed out. The audience approved tn
| sentiment.
The finance committee reported that $40
was needed for the work mapped out.
collection was taken and Ss2.12 was realized
The Delaware State Sunday schoo
Association closed its annual conven
tion in Grace Methodist Episoopa
Church Thursday afternoon. Prof. II
S. Goldey presided. The Rev. Forres
L. Dagger, D. D.. of Philadelphia mad
an address on 1.-The Touch of Applioa
tion' On motion of the Rev. G. I
Wyatt, vote of thanks was extende
to DIR. Dagger.
; The report of the credential com
mittee showed that 232 delegates, 4
superintendents and Z out-of-tow
visitors were present. One hundre
and forty -one delegates we're preser
i from New Castle county, AZ from ker
/ county and "A from Sussex county
Indian River hundred was the onl
} hundred in Sussex county not repre-
) sented
| The report of the finance committe
! showed the amount received from be
) collections and cash pledge offerings
be S272. 16.
l The Rev. Alexander Henry of Phil'
3 delphia made the closing address, h
. subject being 1.-The Ever Widenin
/ Sunday school Work." He held thi
9 the Sunday school is a great agency |
: the matter of civilization and religion
S After prayer by Prof. Goldey d
= Murray pronounced the benedictioi
o and the convention adjourned.