The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-12
St. Johns River S. S. Convention.


On Saturday, September 6, the dele
gates gathered in goodly numbers al
Pencil and were literally received witt
: open arms by the gooG people Of thai
t beautiful section The weather vas
shoWery and so many people were
AFRAID to venture out, but the attend.
= ance was all that could be desircl
5 nearly all the time, specially Sunday
when the building was crow ded t.
overlooking.
: At $50 President L. L. Palmer call
ed the convention to order, and aftel
the usual prelimnaries an address o.
welcome was delivered by Snpenn.
tendent Wilkerson. In a few well
chosen and gracious words he babe the
delegates hearty welcome. Presi-
dent Palmer responded, stating that
each session of the convention was
becoming more and more interesting.
At 1l:0G o'clock Rev. P. @. Cason
pastor Of the First Baptist Church IF
Palatka, delivered the convention ser
mon. lie chose for his theme the in
cident Of Phillip and the Eunuch. 1t
was a splendid exposition of the
scripture and was specially helpful 10
those who heard it in many ways.
Immediately after lunch the e!ec-
ton Of officers was taken up. Unde.'
IA new plan just put in operation the
president also has to perform the du-
ties of missionary in the Association
boundaries. A committee was ap-
pointed to select a suitable man for
the combined duties and reported tine
%ame of Rev. c. ID. Parkerson, and he
was unanimously elected. 1t wouIl
seem that the selection of Rev. Par
kcrson was peculiarly felictous as he
row only has half his time employed
! pastoral duties, hence will have an
abundance of time for the missionary
work.
The other officers chosen were: l.
W. Black, vice-president, Gordon Ba-
ker, Secretary, and E. E. Geiger,
treasurer.
The items of the program were thon
taken up, and the Sunday School N =
sOnary was discussed as to his field,
by Hon. W. E. Baker, and as TO his
work by II. C. Bennett.
The Pressing Call for Laborers--
Superintendent and Teachers" was
very ably presented by B. L. jarrett,
Supt. OF the Palatka Sunday School.
Mr.. Harry C.. Bennett, Asst. State
Supt., then presented the subject Of
Teacher Training for the special Wort,
in hand, bringing children into 1he
kingdom of God. 1t was a very in
structive address.
At the evning session Bro. Bennett
gave another instructive address OF
the same line, and also preached &
most excellent sermon, choosing the
incident of Gideon's attack upon the
enemy as his subject. This was fol.
lowed by talk by L. L. Palmer in
which he gave some personal remin-
lscenSes and also made an appeal for
the children
Sunday morning was bright and
beautiful and the crowd was large
Bro. Bennett gave the last of his
talks on teacher training, and this
was followed by an exposition of the
5. s. lesson for the day by L. l..
Palmer. President Parkerson then
delivered the Missionary sermon in
which he set forth in very forceful
manner and language the necessity Of
Ccnsecrated effort along the line of
missionary work in ali Departments
Of the church.
Collection was then taken and the |
secretary reported some S1700 as the |
result Of the financial and of the pro-
gram.
During the session L. L. Palmer.
chairman of the Library Books Corr.
mittee made the following report: |
have solicited books from the North
certain newspaper channels,
and have been able to supply the fol-
lowing S. S. with libraries Of about
so books each: Boslwick, Bethany.
Paran (2) Sardis, Rodmar, Mt. live,
and also a box of Bibles to Hastings.
| still have on hand sun.e Bibles ard
! estaments which | will send to any
S. S. applying for them A box Of
books was shipped to Mt. Olive and
lost in transportation. The R. R. Co.
paid me $15.0n INDEFINITE. rf this
sum | have paid out $295 Eor freight,
and still have on hand S12.O5.
The report was received, the COM
mittee discharged, and the sum named
was ordered to be placed in the hands
OF the treasurer as a general library
fund
During the sessions Hon. W. E. Ba-
ier presented the following resolution
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we, the messengers
md members of the St. Johns Rivcr
sunday School Convention, offer on,
,ncere and heartfelt thanks to ou"
-etlrlng President, Brother l.. l..
'almer, for his indomitable persaver
nee, cody department, and irrepres-
'bIe zeal in his efforts to advance the
sunday School interests and the causa
If Christ in our midst.
Each day there was just a bounti-
III and splendid lunch spread by the
rood ladies'. 1t was certainly Joy to
'e there and partake of the cheerful
nd cheering hospitality. The rasolu-
ION of thanks for entertainment was
most heartily responded to.
The next session of the Convention !
will be held with the HoIlister s. s.
n the first Saturday and Sunday in ,,
December.
May as sweet a spirit of love and
fellowship pervade all the sessions of I
he Convention as was manifest |
throughout all the sessions at Pc. i
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