Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
BAPTIST SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
FIRST DAY.
MORNING SESSION.

The Northern Neck Baptist Sunday
School Convention met in its 4lst an
nual session with Gotham Park Bap-
tist church May 30th and 31st, 1908.
The body was called to order by the
clerk at 1890 o'clock. Devotional SER
vice was conducted by Joseph M.
Street. Prayer was offered by DIR.
j. M. Pitcher, of Petersburg, Superin-
tendent of the Sunday School and BIZ
BILE Board.
DR.. George H. Oliver was elected
moderator and R. Fuller Hunton was
chosen as clerk and treasurer. After
reading the Constitution the Commit.
tee of arrangements was announced
as follows: JohnL. Beale, A. C. Nor
thern and Frank Settle.
The pastor, Brother c. M. Connellee
extended an old fashioned hospitable
welcome to the Convention, which was
warmly responded to by DR.. w. F.
Dunaway.
Our brother, beloved Victor /. Mas
ters, of the Religious Herald, was well
coined to the privileges of the body.
The Committee on arrangements re-
ported the following order of service:
Theme No. 1 from IL to l2; at 12 SER
mon; meet at 2 p. m; theme No. 2
from 2:l5 to 8; and theme No. from 8
to d; adjourn at pleasure.
The 1st subject of the program
Should the weekly contributions of
the Sunday Schools be applied to their
own use or to missionary and other be-
nevolent objects?'-was represented in
essay by DR.. George H. Oliver. Brother
j. M. Street opened discussion, using
Prov. 22:6 and Matthew %: Is and 20
as a text for his address. Brethren
James H. Newbill and w. F. Duna-
way followed in brief, pointed remarks.
George d. Shirley read from the re-
port of Coan school interesting results
of the application of the weekly con-
tributions to benevolent and missionary
objects. This method of disposing of
the amounts thus contributed by this
school in one year resulted in more than
$50 to the various boards.
At the appointed hour Brother l.. B.
Kirby preached from John 12: 32-"And
/, if be lifted up from the earth will
draw all men unto me-"
Adjourned for dinner with benedic-
tion by DR.. Dunaway,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Pass me not. o gentle Savior was
sung. preliminary to calling the body to
order, which was done at 2:l5 O'Clock
by the moderator.
Committee on preparing and arrang-
ing program for next session an
nounced as follows: George w. Beale,
James H. Newbill and H. S. Driscol.
Brother George ID. Shirley read an
essay on theme No. 2-"Would it be
promotive of our Sunday School work
to change the character of the schools
generally conducted to meetings of the
church for. the study of the Bible?"
DR.. Pitcher followed in discussion of
the subject set forth in this admirable
essay, and Brother S. p. DeVault took
part in the same.
''ln what measure is the success of
the school dependent on the teacher?"
the next subjectin order, was discussed
by 7. l.. White, and was followed by
brethren II. S. Driscoll, Z. M. Ram
sey, W. F. Dunaway and L. B. Kirby.
Rev. Victor ]. Masters, through the
willing courtesy of the convention, occu-
pied the attention of the body for 20
minutes, presenting and pressing the
claims of the Religious Herald in a
mastery way. Convention was then
adjourned with benediction by James
II. Newbill.
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