Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
Report of County S. S. Convention

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1 took supper with Geo. Mcclure and
mother. Drove to Sharon, county pres
/ ident not there, small crowd, good devo-
tional season, more came. Bro. Frank
| Ward addressed good audience or the
| Sunday School as an evangelical power.
Tt was fine talk. Got to stopping
place before the rain, which lasted bet
| ter part of night. Back to convention
Monday morning. Started late with
small crowd, but more came later. Pres.
White presided. Bro. Brown, pastor OF |
the Christian church, gave fine address
of welcome; response by Bro. Ward.
ness advise, secular as well as spiritual.
Great theme, profit and loss. Business
men require temperance and honesty;
don't want tobacco users. Good dis
cussion. Cradle roll reviewed by Mrs.
| White and others: some progress, room
for more.
| Got places of entertainment for dele
gates but had to go after them; CON-
on entertainment nowhere in sight.
After dinner Bro. Moore talked for Us
until the train arrived. Train an hour
Engle got here. Talked about teacher
training, teachers meetings, reading
circle, workers library, special classes
in teacher training.
Got supper; back again at 7:45. Had
fine song service; showed training.
Bro. Wilson of Attica addressed the
meeting on temperance; said SO many
good things we can't attempt to tell it.
You ought to have been here.
Got good nights rest. Met commit
tees at $50. Business took up the fore
noon. Engle left on the Has train.
4 Bros. Fisher, MATHS and Fulton ad-
dressed the convention 10 the afternoon.
Bro. Fisher gave the history OF the Sun
day school, Bro. P D. Mats and others
} told how to win ard hold the young
showed the best way to teach the next
Sunday school by turning the conven-
ton in a big class and teaching the les
son.
Good convention all through. Fifteen
schools represented; II reported. The
officers elected for the coming year are
: as follows:
Rev. Frank c. Ward, President
Jesse Shamberger, Sec'y and Treas.
, Rev. Chas. Fisher, Normal
Miss Ada Herr, Primary
DR.. F. S. -Atwell, Temperance
Mrs. ". D. Mackey, Home
r j. 81. Shamberger, Visitation
The following resolutions were offered
ny TIC CNAuu1lttOC3 "A W Oto"h oh0 -.
U. Mexican, and accepted by the con.
vention:
SIN view of the pleasant aud welcome
reception received by the people of this
convention on the part of the people of
Sharon and its vicinity, this committee
offers the following resolutions:
"Resolyed: That we express our
gratefulness to the people Of the Chris
5 tian church for the use of their building
for this meeting.
"Resolved: That we express our
+ gratefulness by vote of thanks to the
y people of the different der ominations
: who have 80 kindly helped us in our mu.
sic and singing.
"Resolved That we extend oul
!. thanks to our state secretary for his able
address and instruction given to the
e Sunday school workers and teachers oil
Barber Co.
'sResolved: That we extend ou1
). thanks and appreciation to eur county
president and secretary for the faithful
g and persevering efforts rendered the past
year in the Sunday school work.
"Resolved: That we extend vote oil
thanks to the various speakers for the
able manner in which they have address
: ed and counseled this convention.
i "Resolved: That We extend our CRATE
fulness by thanking the people of Shar
: on for the generous manner in which VIZ
have been entertained during this con
vention.'
{ reported by Jesse Shamberger, Co
,. Sec'y.)