The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-08-04
DlCKEY COUNTY
S. S. CONVENTION
Holds Interesting Two Days
Session in the Oakes Pres
byterian Church.
Many Fine Addresses Made
Rev. Jackson is Elected
President for Coming Year.

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The twenty-third annual Sunday
school convention of Dickey county
was held in the Presbyterian church
Tuesday and Wednesday and was a
marked success in every feature.
Possibly not so many delegates were
in attendance as would have been had
the convention been held in June as
was originally intended, and yet some
seven or eight schools of the county
were represented and eighteen dele
gates and state and county Sunday
school workers were entertained by
our people.
Rev. Walter A. Snow, state secre-
tary of the International Sunday School
Association. with his wife, who is the
intermediate superintendent, were cas-
lily the life of the convention and on
their first appearance among US readily
captivated the hearts and attention of
all who heard them. Mr.. C. H. Cot
tam of LaMoure, who represents the
Union Sunday School Association, and
Rev. S. B. Doty. and wife, Presbyter-
ian Sunday school missionaries for the
southern part of North Dakota, were
present and contributed generously to
the success of the convention.
The convention was opened Tuesday
evening by stirring appeal from Mr..
Snow on behalf of the young men in an
address entitled: "The Young Man
and his Religious Life" Mr.. Snow be-
lieves in the young man and is capable
of pleading for him with eloquence and
convincing power. Give the young man
fair opportunity to choose the right
and ordinarily he will accept it. We
were left with the question as to what
sort of an opportunity Oakes is putting
before her young men.
Mrs. Snow also addressed the open
ing meeting and so won her audience
that the announcement of q mothers
meeting to be conducted by her on the
next afternoon brought pleasant antici-
patton to the mothers, which anticipa-
ton was not at all disappointed when
the meeting was held but rather more
than fulfilled.
Mr.. Doty had charge of a children's g
meeting Wednesday and pleased all of
the little folks who gathered to hear
him by his evident love for them and
understanding of them. The Wednes-
day sessions for the most part were
given over to the business of the con-
yention and the discussion of ways and
means for the furtherance of the Sum
day school work throughout the county.
The Wednesday evening meeting was
presided over by the newly elected
president of the county association,
Rev. B. G. jackson. The former pas
tor of the. Presbyterian church. Rev.
R. T. Fulton, conducted song service
and pleased the congregation as he can
always do by singing two solos. Rev.
S. B. Doty spoke concerning the
"Rights of the Child" and Rev. A. j.
Whipkey gave most interesting ac-
count of his missionary labors in north
ern Alaska.
The committee on resolutions brought
in report at the close of the conven-
tion expressive of the gratitude on the
part of all visitors for the kindly hos
pitality accorded them by the Oakes
people. The report also contained SYM
pathetic mention concerning the death
Of w. A. Caldwell of Monango, the late
president of the county association.
The following officers were elected
by the convention for the ensuing year:
President. Rev. B. G. Jackson, Oakes;
vice-president, Geo. T. Ent, Glendale;
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Geo. Shul-
stad of Forbes.
Should any friends of the Sunday
school work care to subscribe to the
work in Dickey county they may do SO
through any of these officers, and such
contribution would be highly appreci.
ated.