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The sessions of the third Round Lake Sunday-School Assembly, conducted by the Rev. J. S. Ostrander, of New York City, began on Tuesday evening, July 8th, 1879. A wide range of instruction, embracing biblical exegesis, Sunday-school methods, kindergarten and calisthenic exercises, geography of the Holy Land, Hebrew architecture and archæology, was studiously followed by large classes daily taught in different tents and buildings. A model of Herod's temple, the third one, about six feet square, covered with gold, and a model of the wilderness tabernacle, fifteen by thirty feet, were also interesting studies. There were lectures on religious and scientific subjects and several excellent sermons .? On the last day
1 Among the number of speakers were Captain Cyrus Sturdivant, Portland, Me .; Eccles Robinson, Pittsburgh, Pa .; Gen. Robert Love, Steubenville, Ohio; Miss Frances E. Willard, Chicago; Rev. S. T. Upham, D.D., Boston; Joseph E. King, D.D., Fort Edward; Rev. H. S. Rankin, D.D., Elmira; Frank Brady, Philadelphia; Rev. John W. Mears, D. D., Hamilton College; Col. Luther Caldwell, Elmira; Rev. S. McKean, Fort Edward; William Maxwell, Elmira; L. E. Griffith, Troy; George W. Sweet, Troy; George H. Stewart, Waterford; James Folsom, New Berlin; O. A. Brown, Gloversville; John C. Blair, Troy; H. W. Mundy, Brooklyn; Rev. II. C. Farrar, Troy.
2 The lectures were by the Revs. William Hayes Ward, D. D., New York City; A. F. Bailey, Dalton, Mass .; D. W. Gates, Glens' Falls; John P. Newman, D. D., New York City; H. C. Farrar, Gloversville; George Skene, Troy; J. E. King, D.D., Fort Edward; J. E. C. Sawyer, Albany; B. B. Loomis, Plattsburgh; Henry
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of the assembly, Friday, July 18th, thirty-five persons received diplomas and became members of the Round Lake Sunday School Alumni Association. The vocal music was under the direction of Prof. W. Warren Bentley, of New York.
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Darling, D.D., Albany; D. M. Reeves, D.D., Albany; M. D. Jump, Lansing- burgh; J. M. King, D.D., New York City; F. Widmer, Pittsfield, Mass.
On Sunday, July 13th, sermons were delivered by the Revs. E. Wentworth, D. D., Sandy Hill; Cushing,
Miss Jennie B. Merrill, professor of methods in New York College, had charge of the primary work, Miss Helena L. Davis, of New York City, kindergarten instructor; and Miss Clara B. Sargent, of New York City, calisthenics.
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The eighth Troy Conference camp-meeting, conducted by the Rev. S. McKean, D.D, Presiding Elder of the Cambridge District, began on Tuesday evening, July 22d, 1879. The Rev. R. H. Robinson, of Greenbush, preached that evening. Twenty-five other discourses were preached on the nine succeeding days of this inter- esting meeting. It closed with a sacramental service on Thursday evening, July 31st.
The Woman's National Temperance Union held its sessions on the grounds from Thursday evening, August 19th, to August 26th, 1879. The addresses of Mrs. Anne Whittenmeyer (who had charge of the meetings) and her co-workers daily attracted large numbers of people to Round Lake .?
The second Gospel Temperance meeting, conducted by Francis Murphy, began at Round Lake on Thursday afternoon, September 4th, and interestingly continued through the succeeding three days. Large audiences were daily present and many persons pledged themselves to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors. Besides the speeches of the eloquent advocate of temperance, those of his son and associates were enthusiastic and convincing.
The forty-sixth camp-meeting of the National Camp-Meeting Association for the promotion of holiness attracted to Round Lake
1 They were preached by the Revs. J. M. Edgerton, Bethlehem; L. N. Beaudry, Montreal, Canada; W. W. Foster, Charlton; J. W. Eaton, North Adams; E. Wentworth, D.D., Sandy Hill; D. Cronk, Whitehall; Henry Graham, Troy; B. I. Ives, Auburn; D. B. Mckenzie, West Sandlake; B. F. Sharpe, Greenwich; E. A, Braman, Brunswick; Charles Fletcher, New York City; S. McLoughlin, Amster- dam; S. H. Coleman, Gloversville; G. A. Barrett, Albany; D. W. Gates, Glens' Falls; Edwin George, Clifton Park; H. C. McBride, Newark, N. J .; S. W .. Clemens, Broadalbin; A. Ingalls, Granville; J. L. Atwell, Middleburgh; H. C. Farrar, Gloversville; J. E. King, D.D., Fort Edward; S. W. Edgerton, Fort Ann; George Skene, Troy
2 The speakers were Mrs. Anne Whittenmeyer, --; Mrs. Butler, -; Mrs. - Post, -, Pa .; Mrs. Johnson, Brooklyn; Mrs Courtney, -; Mrs. Wilkins, -, Vt ; Mrs. Letitia Youmans, Pictou, Canada; Mrs. Beecher, New York City; Mrs. Mary T. Burt, Mrs. - Hill, Newark, N. J ; Mrs. Denham. -; Mrs. Percival, Poughkeepsie; Mrs. - Gray, Albany; Miss Anna Park, Bennington, Vt .; Miss Julia Coleman, New York City; Mrs. Stowe, New York City; Miss M. E. Winslow, New York City.
3 Thomas E. Murphy, Eccles Robinson, Hon. Lewis E. Griffith, Troy; Joseph De Goyler, Troy; Justus Miller, Troy; Charles Wenzell; Hon. Brown, Galesburgh, Ill .; the Revs. W. H. Foster, jr., Fort Edward; II. D. Kimball, Albany; S. M. Williams, Cohoes; S. McKean, D.D., Fort Edward.
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in 1880 people from twenty-nine states of the Union. About a hun- dred of the members of the Young People's Camp-Meeting Asso- ciation of Ohio, in charge of Prof. R. E. Hudson, of Alliance, Ohio, with a quartette of excellent singers, attended the ten days' services. Nearly as large a body of visitors from the city of Phila- delphia, under the escort of J. D. Ware, editor of the Carriage Monthly, was also present. The Rev. Bishop R. S. Foster, of Boston, was of the number of distinguished ministers who preached.1 The Rev. John S. Inskip, of Philadelphia, editor of the Christian Standard, had charge of the meeting, which began on Saturday after- noon, June 12th, 1880, and ended on Monday morning, June 21st.
The purpose of making the Round Lake Sunday-School assem- blies as popular as those of Chautauqua was again disclosed in the selection of the instructors and in the subjects embraced in the course of study and in the series of lectures of the assembly of July, 1880. The highly-qualified and distinguished superintendent of Sunday-school work, the Rev. J. A. Worden, of Princeton, N. J., had charge of it. He was ably assisted by S. W. Clark, associate editor of The Sunday-School Times, the Rev. H. C. Farrar, the Rev. B. B. Loomis, the Rev. Frederick Widmer, and the Rev. B. S. Everett. The sessions of the assembly began on Tuesday evening, July 20th, and terminated on Thursday evening, July 29th. The number of people attending them exceeded five thousand on one day. The course of lectures was exceedingly interesting and instructive. 2
The masterly treatment of the subject, "The Trial and Convic- tion of Christ," by the Rev. Thomas Armitage, D.D., of the Fifth
1 Those who preached were the Revs. John S. Inskip, Philadelphia; G. D. Wat- son, New Albany, Ind .; John A. Wood, North Attleboro, Mass .; W. L. Gray, Port Richmond, Pa .; R. A. Caruthers, Philadelphia; J. N. Short, Stoneham, Mass .; C. Munger, Kent's Hill, Me .; J. B. Foote, Canastota, N. Y .; Bishop R. S. Foster, Boston, Mass .; Alexander McLean, Yonkers, N. Y .; Joshua Gill, South Framingham, Mass .; David Updegraff (Society of Friends), Mount Pleasant, Ohio; George Hughes, Trenton, N. J .; William McDonald, Brookline, Mass.
2 The lectures were by the following persons: Anthony Comstock, of New York City, secretary of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, " Evil Reading "; Rev. J. A. Worden, Princeton, N. J., "John Wesley "; Rev. George Macloskie, D.D., of Princeton College, "Skulls"; Rev. P. Stryker, D. D., Saratoga Springs, “ Travels in the Orient "; Rev. John P. Newman, D.D., New York City, " Religious Educa- tion the Safety of the Nation "; Rev. Arthur A. Waite, Sandy Hill, "Magic"; Rev. W. P. Breed, D.D., Philadelphia, " History of a Mirror"; Rev. Francis L. Patton, D.D., Chicago, "Doubt"; Rev. R. W. Clark, Albany, "Sunday-School Work in foreign lands"; Rev. Joseph E. King, D.D., Fort Edward, "Men and Manners."
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Baptist Church of New York City, elicited the highest commenda- tions. The first discourse embraced the consideration of the relig- ious trial of Christ before the Jewish Sanhedrim; the second, the civil trial of Christ before Pilate by the Roman law.
The crayon lessons of the Rev. Arthur A. Waite were admirable and impressive. The Sunday and other day sermons were excel- lent.1 On Thursday morning, July 29th, the Round Lake Alumni Association held its annual meeting. The following persons were elected officers for 1880-1: Rev. M. D. Jump, president; George B. Thompson, vice-president; S. Palmer, secretary; A. R. Moore, treas- urer. In the afternoon twenty-six graduates received diplomas.
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1 The sermons were by the following: Rev. Thomas Armitage, D.D., New York; Rev. J. F. Yates, Albany; Rev. Joseph E. King, D.D., Fort Edward; Rev. J. A. Worden, Princeton, N. J .; Rev. A. A. Hodge, D.D., LL.D., Princeton, N. J.
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The meeting of the Woman's National Christian Temperance Union, under the direction of Miss Frances E. Willard, of Chicago, was held on the grounds in August. The opening exercises on Wed- nesday evening, August 11th, were conducted by Mrs. Mary C. John- son, of Brooklyn. Mrs. Letitia Youmans, of Pictou, Canada, and other earnest advocates of temperance delivered addresses.1 The meeting closed on Sunday evening, August 15th.
The thirteenth Troy Conference camp-meeting, held at Round Lake from Wednesday evening, September Ist, 1880, to Friday morning, September 10th, was conducted by the Rev. T. A. Griffin, Presiding Elder of the Saratoga District. The presence of seventy- six Methodist and other denominational ministers on the grounds during the meeting was a gratifying indication of the wide interest taken in the services of the annual camp-meetings held at Round Lake. 2
The Round Lake Sunday School Assembly of 1881 was no less notable for thorough work and interesting lectures than the preced- ing assemblies. The zealous instructors were not only highly quali- fied as biblical scholars, but were admirably fitted to impart with terseness the knowledge of the subjects studied in the departments assigned them. The chief chairs of instruction were filled by the . Revs. H. C. Farrar, B. B. Loomis, George Skene, Frederick Widmer, and M. D. Jump. They were assisted by the Revs. Henry D. Kim- ball, W. H. Washburne, S. Mclaughlin, A. J. Ingalls, D. W. Gates, S. M. Williams and Prof. H. A. Wilson. Illustrated lessons on the blackboard were daily sketched by H. J. Rock, of Plattsburgh. Thirteen excellent lectures were embraced in the course. The Sun- day services included three noteworthy sermons.3 The opening
1 Among the number of women who made addresses were Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop, of Detroit: Mrs. Beecher, of Newark; Miss E. W. Greenwood, of Brooklyn; Mrs. C. C. Alford, New York; Mrs. F. G. Hibbard, of Clifton Springs; Mrs. M. F. Burt, of Brooklyn; Miss Esther Pugh, of New York; Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, of Philadelphia; Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, of Clinton, Iowa; Mrs. Mary R. Denham.
2 Sermons were preached by the following ministers: Revs. A. J. Ingalls, Gran- ville; H. C. Farrar, Gloversville; E. Wentworth, D.D., Sandy Hill; B. I. Ives, Auburn; Samuel McKean, D.D., Fort Edward; T. C. Potter, Mechanicville; Henry Graham, Troy; J. E. Russum, Adamsville; Joel W. Eaton, Lansingburgh; G. A. Barrett, Albany; S. Mclaughlin, North Adams, Mass.
3 The lectures were by the Rev. Samuel McKean, D.D., North Adams, Mass., " The Relation of Religious Truth to Mental Development "; Rev. Homer Eaton, D.D., Saratoga Springs, " California and the Yosemite"; Rev. George W. Brown, Fort Plain, "Boys"; Rev. Frederick Widmer, Lansingburgh, "Création "; Prof.
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services on Wednesday evening, July 6th, 1881, were conducted by the Rev. Frederick Widmer, Presiding Elder of the Troy District. On Saturday afternoon, July 9th, the Round Lake Branch of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle was organized. The ses- sions of this the fifth Round Lake Sunday-School Assembly ended on Tuesday afternoon, July 12th.
The National Camp-Meeting Association began the first services of its meeting at Round Lake in 1881 on Tuesday evening, July 12th. The initial sermon was delivered by the Rev. John S. Inskip on Wednesday morning. The subjects of the sermons of the dis- tinguished ministers who preached were connected with that of per- sonal holiness. The cogent arguments of these discourses and the peculiar treatment of them greatly animated the thought and feeling of the large audiences gathered daily and nightly in the auditorium. 1 The meeting closed on Thursday morning, July 21st.
The Rev. Frederick Widmer, Presiding Elder of the Troy District, conducted the fourteenth Troy Conference camp-meeting, which be- gan on Friday evening, July 22d, 1881, and closed on Monday, August Ist. This meeting was richly blessed, and many converts accepted Christ as their Saviour.2
J. B. Armstrong, Poultney, Vt., Scientific; Rev. B. Hawley, D.D., Saratoga Springs, " Man and his Social Ties"; Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer, Albany, "Savonarola "; Rev. Henry Graham, Troy, "Young Men "; Rev. Daniel Dorchester, D.D., Natick, Mass., "Religious Progress"; Rev. C. W. Bennett, D.D., Syracuse University, " Typical Cities of the New Testament"; Rev. J. M. Buckley, D.D., New York City, " The Science and Art of Questioning "; Rev. E. Wentworth, D. D., Sandy Hill, " The Chinese Language "; Rev. John Humpstone, Albany, "Chrysostom "; Rev. Merritt Hulburd, Burlington, Vt., "The Dynamics of the Sunday-School In- stitute."
The sermons preached were by the Rev. J. M. Buckley, D.D., editor of " Christ- ian Advocate"; Rev. Daniel Dorchester, D.D., Rev. C. W. Bennett, D.D.
1 The sermons were preached by the Revs. John S. Inskip, Philadelphia; W. L. Gray, Philadelphia; J. A. Wood, -; J. E. Searles, Bridgeport, Conn .; W. McDonald, Brookline, Mass .; I. Simmons, Brooklyn; B. W. Gorham, - -; R. A. Caruthers, Philadelphia; · Bray, -; C. S. Uzzell, Golden, Col .; D. J. Griffin, - Mass .; J. N. Short, Stoneham, Mass .; Morse, Putnam, Mass .; William Taylor, -, Cal.
2 The ministers who preached were the Revs. Frederick Widmer, Lansingburgh; C. Edwards, Whitehall; D. B. Mckenzie, Crescent; J. Bridgeford, Shushan; Damas Brough, Fonda; R. H. Robinson, Greenbush; G. W. Easton, Maltaville; E. Genge, Clifton Park; J. M. Edgerton, Waterford; George Skene, Troy; H. A. Starks, Fort Edward; J. L. Humphreys, India; L. S. Walker, Sandy Ilill; D. W. Gates, West Troy; S. McLaughlin, Glens' Falls; Samuel Mckean, D.D., North
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The Gospel Temperance meeting held on the grounds from Thursday evening, September 8th, 1881, to Sunday evening, Sep- tember 1Ith, was largely attended by persons who had abandoned the use of intoxicating liquors. About one hundred and fifty pledges of total abstinence were taken during the meeting.1
The services of the National Holiness Convention organized at Round Lake on Tuesday morning, July 4th, 1882, the Rev. J. S. Inskip, president, were attended by persons from all parts of the United States, and by some from Canada, England, India, and the West Indies. The sessions of the convention closed on Wednesday night, July 5th.2
The annual meetings of the National Camp-Meeting Association at Round Lake were always well, if not largely, attended, and few of the ministers who preached failed to edify their hearers and to impress upon their minds the importance of holiness, which was the subject generally discoursed upon in the three sermons daily heard in the auditorium. The meeting of 1882 began on Thursday morn- ing, July 6th, and ended on Thursday night, July 13th. Some of the ministers taking part in the services were from distant states in the South and West.
FROM THE SIXTH SUNDAY-SCHOOL ASSEMBLY TO THE FIRST SUMMER SCHOOL, 1882-1886.
The Board of Instruction of the sixth Round Lake Sunday-School Assembly, in July, 1882, was the same as that of the assembly of Adams; I. C. Fenton, West Troy; J. G. Fallon, Troy; Miss Elizabeth Delavan, - -; Revs. C. V. Grismer, Gansevoort; J. H. Robinson, Fort Ann; Joseph E. King, D D., Fort Edward.
1 The principal speakers were Mrs. Letitia Youmans, of Pictou, Canada; Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, of Clifton, Iowa; Col. Luther Caldwell, Elmira, and Hon. L. E. Griffith, Troy.
2 The principal speakers were the Revs. John S. Inskip, Philadelphia; William McDonald, Brookline, Mass .; William Taylor, San Francisco, Cal .; J. A. Watson, D. D., Philadelphia.
3 Discourses were delivered by the Revs. J. S. Inskip, Philadelphia; J. A. Wood, S. H. Henderson, Hastings, Neb .; William Jones, D.D., Lawrence, Kan .; George Prindle, - Iowa; J. A. Watson, D D., Philadelphia; C. Munger, Fayette, Me .; J. B. Foote. Jamesville, N. Y. ; - Haney, -; William McDonald,
-; J. N. Short, Cambridge, Mass .; A. J. Jarrall, -- , Georgia; R. T.
Kent. Griffin, Ga .; G. H. Pattello, -- , Ga .; J. E. Searles, New York; J. W. Brindell, Manchester, Iowa; A. McLean, Newburgh, N. Y .; E. M. Levy, D.D., Philadelphia ; William Taylor, -- , Cal.
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1881. The Rev. Frederick Widmer was general superintendent, the Rev George Skene instructor of the primary class, the Rev. H. C. Farrar of the normal, the Rev. B. B. Loomis of the post-gradu- ate, and the Rev. M. D. Jump conductor of the conferences. H. J. Rock illustrated the lessons on the blackboard. Nearly one hun- dred children attended the primary course of instruction ; seventy persons pursued studies in the normal department, and about forty
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in the post-graduate. Each of the instructors read carefully-pre- pared papers on the subjects studied by their classes. A series of admirable and instructive lectures was delivered by different clergymen and educated men in the auditorium. 1 The first services
1 The lectures were by the following persons : Rev. H. A. Starks, Fort Edward- "Culture"; Rev. Joel W. Eaton, D.D., Lansingburgh, " Russia and the Greek Church"; Rev. Elam Marsh, Argyle, "John the Baptist "; Rev. H. M. King, D.D., Albany, " Africa, past and present "; Rev. William H. Hughes, Schenectady, " Moral Dwarfs"; Mr. S. C. Hutchins, Albany, " The Newspaper and Civiliza- tion "; Prof. Edward H. Rice, Pittsfield, "David and his Scholars "; Attarian Effendi, Armenia, " The People of Turkey "; Rev. S. V. Leech, D.D., Albany, " The Perils of Genius"; Rev. G. S. Chadbourne, Cambridge, Mass., "Your Work "; Prof. C. V. D. Connell, Millport, N. Y., "The Interim "; Rev. J. W. Thompson, Greenbush, " Illusions and Mistakes "; Rev. Henry A. Cordo, D. D., Gloversville, " The Sunday-School Ideal "; Rev. William J. Heath, Cohoes, " Music and its Uses"; Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer, Albany, "Right Royal "; Rev.
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of prayer and praise were held on Wednesday evening, July 19th. The sessions of the assembly closed on Friday, July 28th. On the last day of the assembly the Rev. H. C. Farrar suggested the need of a building for the use of the alumni, and urged the erection of one on the grounds. Eleazer A. Peck, of Troy, to further the undertaking, generously gave two of his lots at Round Lake as a subscription.
An enjoyable event of the summer of 1882 was the presentation of the oratorio of " Joseph " on Thursday evening, August 10th, in the auditorium. About sixty singers, under the direction of Prof. C. G. Norris, of Troy, rendered the different parts of the sacred com- position.
The introductory services of the fifteenth Troy Conference camp- meeting at Round Lake, conducted by the Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer, Presiding Elder of the Albany District, on Tuesday evening, August 15th, 1882, were the devotional exercises of prayer and praise com- mon to the first meeting day. Daily thereafter three sermons were usually preached; the audiences numbering from five hundred to two thousand people.1 The meeting closed on Friday morning, August 25th, with a service of prayer and praise.
The Gospel Temperance meeting, conducted by the Rev. Samuel Mckean, D.D., of North Adams, Mass., assisted by the Rev. H. C. Farrar, of Troy, N. Y., began on Thursday afternoon, September 7th, 1882, and closed on the following Sunday evening. Rev. and
Henry Gordon, D.D., Coila, " Divine Revelation a necessity "; Attarian Effendi, "Life in Turkey "; Rev. Henry D. Kimball, New Bedford, Mass., " Henry of Navarre "; Prof. F. W. Stowell, Gloversville, " The Creative Week"; Rev. J. H. Griffith, D.D., Troy, "Power of Character."
Prof H. A. Williams, of Albany, gave a series of readings, and Prof. H. A. Wilson, of Saratoga Springs, lectured on the Holy Land at Palestine Park.
The sermons preached were by the Revs. George S. Chadbourne and S. V. Leech, D.D.
1 The following ministers preached sermons : Revs. C. W. Rowley, East Green- bush; W. J. Chapman, Sprout Brook; L. S. Walker, Castleton; W. J. Heath, Cohoes; F. Wilson, Hudson; B. K. Pierce, D.D., Boston; E. Wentworth, D.D., Sandy Hill; T. G. Thompson, D. D., Kinderhook; S V. Leech, D. D., Albany; G. W. Brown, Saratoga Springs; J. W. Thompson, Greenbush; J. E. C. Sawyer, Albany; D. W. Gates, Albany; R. H. Robinson, West Troy; E. Genge, Green Island; J. H. Robinson, Fort Ann; E. McChesney, Troy; G. A. Barrett, Balls- ston Spa; Samuel Mckean, D.D., North Adams, Mass .; William M. Bundage, Ames, N. Y .; Bostwick Hawley, D.D., Saratoga Springs; Alfred Eaton, Wilton; Merritt Hulburd Burlington, Vt .; J. H. Coleman, Albany; S. M. Williams, Valley Falls.
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Mrs. Clark Wilson, of Towanda, Pa., were the chief singers. A num- ber of excellent addresses on temperance was delivered by promi- nent clergymen and other advocates of total abstinence. 1
No meetings were held on the grounds during the year 1883. The association had become financially embarrassed by unremuner-
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"1[Rev. John P. Newman, New York, " Attitudes of temperance to the political issues of the day"; Rev. S. V. Leech, Albany, " The battle for prohibition in the Empire State "; Henry C. Bascom, Troy, "Relations of diet to drunkenness"; Rev. H. C. Farrar, Troy, poem; Rev. G. H. Corey, Tarrytown, address; Charles Wenzell, West Troy; Rev. D. W. Dayton, Amsterdam.
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ative improvements, and was for a time unable to adjust its affairs acceptably to its creditors. Fortunately, the efforts and contribu- tions of the officers, lot-owners, and friends of the association were the means of lessening its liabilities and of reducing its debt. A resolution was passed at the meeting of the trustees on February 2d, 1884, thanking the late bondholders for their generous concessions and the friends of the association who had wholly or in part surren- dered the bonds held by them or who had made subscriptions whereby the indebtedness of the association was reduced from $98,000 to $25,000.
The first of the three meetings held on the grounds in 1884, was the Round Lake Sunday-School Assembly, which began its sessions with a vesper service on Tuesday evening, July 15th. The Rev. H. C. Farrar was the instructor of the normal class, the Rev. B. B. Loomis of the post-graduate, and the Rev. George Skene of the primary. The kindergarten was in charge of Mrs. Helena D. Van Denburg. Elocution was taught by Miss Anna H. Lancashire, and painting and clay modeling by Miss Ida H. Pulis. Crayon lessons on the blackboard were given by H. J. Rock. Prof. A. E. Decker conducted the singing, and Miss Anna Loomis was organist. The course of instruction embraced many new subjects of study and dis- cussion, and the series of daily lectures was highly appreciated. 1
1 The subjects of the lectures were : "The importance of special work for young men," by Rev. T. G. Darling, Schenectady; " The necessity for the Young Men's Christian Association," by Rev. Charles W. Cushing, D.D., Rochester; " Tying and Tied," by Rev. Ellis S. Osborne, D.D., Kingston; "Charles H. Spurgeon," by Rev. Henry M. King, D.D., Albany; "One-third of a man," by Rev. E. D. Huntley, D.D., Washington, D. C .; "Should the education the American college gives be wholly religious ?" by Rev. Henry Darling, D. D., Hamilton College; " The church of the future as our educator," by Rev. C. N. Sims, D. D., LL.D., Chancel- lor of Syracuse University; " The air, its chemical properties and physical quali- ties," by Prof. William W. McGilton, Fort Edward; " The Bible among the sacred books," by Rev. Ensign McChesney, Ph.D., Troy; "A budget of blunders," by Rev. M. D. Jump, Burlington, Vt .; "Mexico," by Rev. William Butler, D.D, India; " North America evangelized-the evangelizer of the world," by Rev. C. P. Sheldon, D.D., Troy; "The missionary spirit of the Sunday-School," by James H. Kellogg, Troy; "Bible customs and manners," by Attarian Effendi, Armenia; " Bible astronomy," by R. C. Clark, Whitehall; " The book we study," by Rev. R. R. Meredith, D.D., Boston; "Paris." by Rev. James M. King, D.D., New York City; "Webster, Irving and Mrs. Browning as models for students," by Rev. S. V. Leech, D.D., Albany; " God in history," by Rev. E. P. Stevens, Hoosick Falls; " Money and morals," by Hon. H. G. Coggeshall, Waterville, N. Y.
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