Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1893 — SOLDIERS OF CHRIST. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOLDIERS OF CHRIST.

GATHERING OF SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORKERS AT ST. LOUIS. Delegates Attend from All Parts of the World—Two Million Sunday Schools Represented—Distinguished Men IVho Took Part—Will Sleet in Boston. Army of the Lord. The seventh International Sundayschool Convention of the United States and the British provinces in America

opened its fourdays’ session in the Grand Music Hall of the Exposition Building at St. Louis, with upward of 1,000 delegates present, representing 130,107 Sundayschools, with 1,372,teachers and an ' enrolled attendance of 10,870,104 scholars. The second

World’s Sunday - school Convention which followed this four days’ ‘session, represented 2,000,000 Sundav-schools and 18,000,000 scholars. The beautiful hall was decorated tastefully for the occasion. The stage had been extended over the orchestra pit for the additional accommodation of the speakers and distinguished guests of the convention. A large globe thirty feet in diameter, over the stage, was indicative of the universality of the Sundayschool work. The number of delegates from each of the States and Territories was equal to four times the representation of both houses of Congress, or four delegates for each 160,000 of the population, with a corresponding number from the provinces and territories of Canada and Newfoundland. The num-

ber from foreign lands was not limited, but membership is restricted to such as bear credentials from national and international Sunday-school organizations. Mr. Edward Towers, of London, marshaled the foreign delegates, and the Rev. B. F. Jacobs, of Chicago, had charge of America’s representatives. The most distinguished men in the world’s Sabbath work participated in this gathering. Our own country had a distinguished list of participants from every Stato. New York’s delegates were headed by Dr. W. A. Duncan, of Syracuse; Pennsylvania sent J. R. Caldwell, of New Hamburg. The Rev. G. W. Smith, of Denver; William H. Hall, of Connecticut: Timothy Nicholson, of Indiana; the Hon. T. B. Sweet, of Topeka; the Rev. George R. Bird, of Nevada, and the Rev. J. H. Babbitt, of Vermont, are a few of the other wellknown Sunday-school workers. The subjects of international lessons, organization in the church, Christian literature and home influence were among those discussed. Representatives from Paris spoke in the interest of the McAll mission. Signor Charanti represented Italy, with numerous colleagues. Egypt and Palestine, Japan, China and Asia were also represented. Tho resolutions as adopted indorse training schools for teachers, favor the homo department plan of bible instruction, urge more extended use of the bible as a text-book in Sunday schools, plead for wider co-operation of denominations, denounce the liquor traffic and plead for its abolition, and release

the committee from all restrictions upon its work except that the action of the Pittsburg convention of 1890 upon temperance shall remain in force. Boston was chosen as the place of meeting of the convention in 1896. By voluntary contribution $5,000 was raised toward the indebtedness on the model Sunday-school building at the World’s Fair.

PRESIDENT MILLER.

ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION BUILDING.

BISHOP VINCENT.

REV. DR. MASTERS