The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-07-14
COUNTY SUNDAY
School CONVENTION.
INTERESTING ANNUAL GATHER
ING HELD AT BLAINE
RECENTLY.

( After weeks of preparation on the
part Of the Sunday school workers Of
the county Saturday morning. June
Path. dawned with a clOudsd sky and
many other Indications " rain. Pre-
vi0usly IL had been decided that sev-
I eral automobiles should make the jour
/ ney 70 the town Of Blaine 20 the Law
lrence County Sunday school Conyen-
tiOn. each one carrying a fun quota Of
delegates. But Of that number only
/ two went. One car was driven by Mr.
IGus Snyder and carried the following
I persons: ". S. Burns, A. o. Carter, ".
~. Vaughan and Willie Vaughan; the
other party was composed Of Mrs. Geo.
Atkinson. Miss Althea SIlyers. Mr..
Haskell Lee. Sir. c. y. Wellnan and
another. whose name do not know.
| At O'Clock We started on that 25
I mile automobile trip. defeated yet un-
daunted. A. we climbed the hills and
Esped along through the valleys the
] conversation ranged everywhere from
lrelIgion 10 politics ard now and then
Ian 0utburst II laughter announced that
one more rough place had been cross
ed. But u maEe the journey more
I pleasant 1Dld S1I- poured through a
rent in the clouds a flood q golden
sunshine. which brought an eIclama
SION Of JOY from the travellers. After
afDlt two and one half hours We began
u coast down the Hood hill ard saw
Nesting At It, foot the little town Of
Bialne and then realized that h% had
lreached our destiny
At 10 o'clock the convention began
.With a moderately good coaEregatiOn,
Ian Of which were men. a very rare
occurrence, Immediately after calling
ithe convention 10 order the county
president. II. s. Burns. read the Zsrd
psalm upon which Rev Gross Of the
II. z. Church Of Blaine prayed. The
music for the morning session was fur
i nished by the choir from CordelL The
welcome address was delivered by @.
W KOuns Of Blaine. In a very appro-
pirate manner he bade US welcome in
10 the homes Of the people Of Blaine.
He said also "a convention always
brings an inspiration 70 me- and tits
our hope that everyone who attended
the convention had the same eXper-
ience To this welcome Hon A. o.
Garter. OF Louisa, responded in a man
sner that did himself honor and justice,
the general secretary Of the Kentucky
Sunday School Association, could be
present al this convention. but il was
impossible and the field worker brought
the message in his stead One part Of
; which was that Lawrence county has
had only two Presidents in the Is years
lof It's history and they were both law
lyers and each named Burns Another
was that only six have served in the
capacity of secretary and u this NUM-
beE three have been Targhans- Also
That Lawrence was the first banner
county in the mountains and that to-
lday Lawrence has more schools than
lany other county in Eastern Kentucky
The next speaker on the program was
Mr.. c. r HOIbrooE, whose subject was
seeing Visions AIr. H0lbrO6k quot
I'd many examples from The Bible and
lchen told Us II the Visions that Fanny
crosby. though blind. had seen and
Hin 3 fitting manner read 70 the con-
ivenfign one of The beautifuI hvmns
that Fanny Crosby had composed while
lin that state 0f blindness The con-
vention was then ,adiourned until the
afternoon
1 after a diner that would satisfy a
king. the conveutisn again convened
ksrsr the devotional service the report
~ the county secretary was read and
laceeUted The president appointed the
| lfoIi1yvirz committees on n1minatiOns-
| ". J. Vaughan. 6. ". KOUns ami > H.
I Burton. ON resslg.iors: a W osr
born. c. r. Osborn and Miss Peari
walter. Rev Fl c. Bitner 81 Webb
vile. ReV. Cross and " J. Vaughan
spoke along lines u Sunday school
w0rk and the convention was adjourn
ed fd7 supper
/ The music Tor The evening serTice
| was furnished by The local choir w
u. Vaughan then spoke on The sun
day school and the kingdom move
lment- in which be said that the Pur-
uose ~ the Sunday school IS 10 make
/ the Bible better known book. bet
ter loved book. and a better obeyei
tbook--
I After a refreshing sleep in the gen
erous homes of Blaine we began the
last session OF the convention The sky
was c!ea-. the sun irearned forth with
Ian its radiance. and IN general the
weather was idea land as a result the
audience that in first session was COM
posed unly Of men was fairiy Wei IL
lvtded. II anything a majority Of the
women. at least $50 present
The first thing on the program was
tine Sunday school lesson taught by
one 9f the best SUNDAY school teach
ers IA the county, C. r Holbrook. The
luomslating committee reported As fol-
lows. For Presiient. NJ = Burns
Vice President. \. o. CArter; Secre-
itar,. W. H. vaushan; Asst Secretary.
A. wv. osborne. Aud the department
of,icers were nominated as follows
Miss Jennie Bromley. J NJ. Cain, G. Il.
weiinan. Prof +. II kennison. Mrs
q. W. Atkinson, c. g, burton NJ q.
Rerrv. and Mrs n. L. Vinson. The
committee on resolutions reported q
list ~ six resolutions one of which was
vRes6lved Srd that We extend our ap-
preciation and thanks TO the editors 81
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