Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-06-08
IRvINGToN, VIRGINIA. FRIDAY JUNE 5. 1906
BAPTIST SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION

| The Northern Neck Baptist Sunda,
School Convention held its 80 annua
session with Nomini Baptist church
Westmoreland county, May 26th anc
21th, 1906. The convention was callec
to order by the moderator promptly al
1880 O'Clock Saturday morning.
devotional exercises were conducted
by +. w. Claybrook, the portion OF
Scripture read being 122nd Psalm.
Prayer was offered by Brother ]. M.
Street. After reading the constitution
the convention was organized by elect
ing A. S. Rice moderator and r. Fuller
Hunton clerk and treasurer. COMMITTEES
on Order of Business was announced as
follows: I. M. L. Reamy, John l..
Beaie and j. M. Street. The chair also
named Geo. w. Beale, T. Benton Hill
and DR.. Geo. H. Oliver on arranging
program and order of business for next
session. The motion submitted by DIR.
q. ii. Oliver to institute a question box
was carried. Committee on arranging
order of business for present session re-
ported as follows: First subject to oc-
cupy the time from IL to II; annual
sermon at II; adjourn for dinner: recon
vene at 2:l5; subject No. 2, 2:30 to $3.50:
subject No. A, 3:30to 4:30; adjournment.
The Relation of Good Teachers to the
Success of Sunday Schools" was pre-
sented by DR.. Oliver in a well pointed
Essay This was the first subject, and
was discussed by John l.. .Beale, A. D..
Reynolds and j. n. Street. The annual
sermon was preached by Brother T. c..
Whtehurst from the general Epistle of
Jude, Sd verse-"It was needful for me
to write unto you and exhort you, that
ye should earnestly contend for the
faith which was once delivered to the
saints" Adjourned with singing Doxo-
logy, and benediction.
AFTERNOON sEssIoN-FIRsT DAY.
Convention reassembled at 2:15 and
was led in prayer by Brother A. d.
Reynolds. Upon motion of F. w. Clay
brook at IL o'clock Sunday the modera-
tor was requested to present suitable
resolutions commemorative of the life
and work of our departed Brother Judge
K. H. Beale. 1.-The Work and Fruit of
the Holy Spirit in the Sunday School, -
theme No. 2, was discussed in essay by
otho Rock and was further discussed
by Brother 7. M. L. Reamy and Frank
Barnard; congregation then Joined in
singing Come Holy Spirit Heavenly
Dove" Committee on arrangements
reported further and finally as follows:
PROGRAMME.
Sunday morning meet 10; 10 to 1880
devotional services; 1890 to IL :15 theme
No. 3; 1l:l5to IL, theme No. 5; IL O'Clock.
the memorial services already referred
to; 2:l5 afternoon, theme No. 6; 3 to q,
miscellaneous business. Theme No. q.
What good ends may we reasonably
hope to be accomplished by the annual
meeting of this convention other than
those which bear directly on our Sum
day School Work" was discussed by F.
w. Claybrook and T. L. White, both
indulging in touching remarks which
We're highly appreciated by the conven-
tion. The subject was further discussed
by Brethren A. d. Reynolds, G. H..
Oliver, Sandy Hayden and Geo. W..
Beale. At close of the discussion the
choir sang, "Blest Be the Tie that
Binds" Bro. T. Benton Hill made a
plea for an offering from the conven-
tion for the building fund of the State
Mission Board. From 4:3O to several
questions from the question box were
propounded and the same were PROMPTLY
answered by different members of the
convention. Adjourned with benedic-
tion.
SECOND DAY SUNDAY.
Convention met and was called to
order by the moderator at 10 o'clock
and was led in prayer by Brother G. W..
Beale. Ought our members to attend
and encourage their children to attend
the Sunday schools in their own churches
rather than others which happen to be
more conveniently situated, and if so
why Discussion was opened by A. S.
Rice in essay and was followedby Bros.
I. Benton Hill, DIR. G. H. Oliver, Frank
Barnard and F. w. Claybrook. Theme
No. 5, Are there signs of progress
and improvement in the general Sunday
school work, and if so what are they?''
represented in essay by T. L. White
and further discussed by r. Fuller
Hunton. A collection was then taken
for the Sunday School and Bible Board
amounting to $13.44. The moderator
then read preamble and resolutions as
follows and the same was adopted:
Whereas, God, in His Allwise Provi-
dence, has seen fit to remove from our
midst since the last meeting of this
convention, Judge r. II. Beale, our
brother and fellow laborer in the Sun
day school work, a man active in all
things that pertained to the-upbuilding
and establishing of Sunday schools; ac-
tive and ardent in the support of his
church and denomination and its various
organizations for goodj of noble charac-
ter and Christian worth; a man of charity,
often extending a helping hand to the
needy OF his neighborhood; one who loved
his native State and the county and
community in which he lived, and who
won for himself distinction in Civil life.
a man who at all times and under ali
circumstances advocated the right as
he saw it without fear or favor. and
whose life has been blessing to his com
munity, to his State, his people. his
church and to Christianity; therefore
be it
Resolved, 1st, That the Northern
Neck Sunday school Convention. in
meeting assembled at Nomini Baptist
church, feels most keenlv the GREAT loss