From Rick B
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
"The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, September 28, 1895, page 12
[Some Sunday School news as reported by Noah Shupert.]
An important joint meeting of the county and Portage township executive committees
will be held at the Y. M. C. A. rooms Friday evening, Sept. 27, at 8 o'clock. All who
know themselves to be members of either of the above committees will please attend without
further notice.
The following is the report of the house to house canvass in the city of Mishawaka:
Number of canvassers................... 80
Number of homes visited................ 844
Total number enrolled..................3,500
Number of denominations represented.... 11
Number of church members...............1,953
Total number who attend Sunday School.. 907
Homes found without Bibles............. 145
Mr. W. T. Bassett, chairman of the decorating committee, with the assistance of the
young people of the First Baptist church will see that the audience room is tastily
decorated in a manner worthy of the great convention to be held there Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week; but in order that our friends outside of the city may also
contribute something along this line the chairman desires that each township should send
or bring in early Tuesday morning something in the way of a bunch of wild flower, golden
rod, or evergreen wreath or rope that may be used to make the decorating more complete.
Any delegates or friends who attend the Sunday school convention and wish to bring
lunch with them will find the cosy ladies' parlor in the basement of the Baptist
church at their disposal. There are plenty of chairs, tables and pure sparkling drinking
water fresh from the artesan wells of the city which exceed all others in the world for
native Hoosiers of St. Joe county. So if you prefer bring your baskets well filled with
good things and there enjoy them at the noon hour.
Having been asked by a number of delegates to the coming county Sunday school
convention Oct. 1 and 2, what the duties of the delegates will be and what will be
expected of them I wish to say it is expected that they will attend every session that is
possible for them to note the proceedings and report the same to their respective schools,
and vote on every question that comes before them either yea or no, and express their
views in the discussion of any questions before them, and be ready to work on any
committee to which they may be appointed by the chairman, and above all fill yourselves
"brim full" of enthusiasm and carry the fire back with you in your reports on
the following Sunday succeeding the convention. And to this end I would suggest that you
come with pencil and tablet prepared to take notes of the entire proceedings as if you
were the secretary of the convention. The success of the convention rests largely in the
hands of individual delegates. Will you !
do your entire duty?
NOAH SHUPERT.