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The several
Sunday Schools in Melrose
Township met in convention at Plymouth Church,
September 7, 1883. The following programs were adopted and carried
out.
Song, by Union
School, from Potters Hall.
Prayer, by
Elder Thomas Bailiff.
Song, by Ohio
School.
Topic--Why we
meet in convention by A.G. Cowden.
Song, by Union
School.
The book we
study and why we study it, discussed by Rev. F. M. Buckner
and Rev. George W. Fisher.
Song, by
Ohio School.
Recess.
Topic--The duty
of parents to their children and to the Sabbath School, discussed by
C. H. Griffith and Rev. Bailiff.
Song by Union
School
Topic, Who
should be interest in the Sunday School work, discussed by Mrs.
Jane Guire.
Song.
Reports of
schools in the township and business.
All the Sunday
schools in the township made reports and all were represented, some
schools were not organized sufficiently to take part in the singing.
Topic, The
wants Melrose Township or how to make the Sunday School a success,
discussed by Rev. N. Evans.
Song, by Union
School.
The
contribution to Sunday School fund, $2.29.
The convention
was a success and has had a tendency to renew the enthusiasm of
those schools that were losing grounds and inclined to be
discouraged.
Elder Fisher
deserves great credit for his earnestness in the Sunday School Work.
C. H.
Griffith, F. M. Buckner and W. H. Buckner were
selected by the convention as a committee to assist the vice
president, in his work in building up the Sabbath school cause in
the township.
A.G. Cowden,
Vice President
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