The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09
GARFIELD TOWNSHIP
Annual Meeting Of the Sunday
School.


school convention was held at Elm
Grove and was largely attended. Rev.
o. T. Reade, Of Beacon, led in the de-
votional services, which was followed
by a welcome address by Jno. Ten
nant, of Elm Grove school. After
this The convention entered upon the
work of the program with great zest.
Mrs. Kent talked on the benefits or
conventions, and Mr.. Clark Terrell
gave a talk on "The Importance of
Sunday School Teaching" The re,
marks upon these subjects were very
lively and interesting.
This with the appointments of com.
mittees took up the morning session.
Elm Grove had made preparations
and had quite a spread Of things sub
stantial and tasty that were very
pleasing to the convention, served on
the desks in the school house.
The afternoon session opened at
1870 o'clock.
Song, led by Mr.. Prime.
Devotional services conducted by
Mr.. Terrell, after which a collection
was taken.
The following officers were elected
Presidential. III. Morrison
Vice-President--A Fl. Tandy.
Secretary-Alfred Rhea.
Treasurer. J. Jones.
Department Secretaries
Home Departmental Miss Anna Ed.
wards.
Normal Departmental Mrs. DeshialI.
House to- House Miss Nellie Ber-
dine.
On motion two delegates, A. II.
Tandy and Alfred Rhea, were elected
to attend the state convention at Ce-
dar.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported these resolutions, which were
adopted by a rising vote:
Resolved, That with the large OPP
portunities that come to us, to know
of the things of Christ, of a personas
salvation, we do not forget the re-
sponsibility it brings to us to send
and pledge cur activity as township
organization in the spread of mis-
sionary knowledge and our active sup,
port as Sunday school workers of the
home and foreign mission work.
Whereas, The sanctity Of the Sab
batn is being endangered by the in
coming Of agnostic and infidel habits
whereby the peace and quietness en-
Joined by the Holy Scriptures are be
ing violated, be it
Resolved, That we deplore the ten
dency towards secularization of the
Sabbath day, and urge our workers u
present the highest possible standard
of conformity to the Scriptural in
| junction, Remember the Sabbath
day to keep 1t holy"
| Whereas, The various publishing
houses present large opportunity
for selection of Sunday school litera
ture of different degree of value. anC
with those helps it frequently lends
to cause our workers to neglect theil
Bible as true means of teaching
be it
| Resolved, First, That we urge tn'
use by all UNCONVENTIONAL Sunda.
schools of the helps provided by thei
own publishing houses;
Second, That while the various
helps are of great value in the prep
,aration Of the lesson, we believe tn,
best results are to be obtained by tn,
use Of the Bible itself in the clas
4 rooms.
Whereas, In the Sunday school tn
young people Of the church find on
of the most available fields of Chris
tian activity, be it
| Resolved, That we urge the employ
ment of the young people waereve
practicable in the various depart
ments of Sunday school work
i Whereas, The Sabbath school
the church Of tho future,
| Resolved. That we urge that il
teachers should be fully equipped b
systematic Bible study, and endors
the pushing of tho different depar
ments of Sabbath school work.
i Whereas, The cause of temperate
requires constant presentation befor
! the youth in order that our peopl