All In Ypsilanti

One of the pleaaantest, most enthusiastic, and profitable gatherings ever held in Ypsilanti, has just adjourned, and those who missed tbis first meeting of the Washtenaw county Sunday School association have lost much that was interesting, entertaining, and instructivo. As was announoed, Tuesday evening, by the president, Prof. W. S. Perry, of Ann Arbor, the purpose of thia organization is to gather authentic information concerning membership, metbods of work and resulta of earnest work in every Sunday school in the county ; to ascertain how many children are outside of Sunday school teachings and influence, and to devise and considr the best poasible means of reaching these children. Rev. McLean, of the Episcopal church, gtated that there was an enormous percentage of the children and youth in the county entirely without religious training, either at home or in school, and that as the original purpose of the Sunday school work had been to gather in and teach these waifa, it was now fitting and most needful that enthusiastic men and women take up the work with its original meanine and purpose, hunt ud these uncared for ones, and work. At the morning sesslon yesterday there were forty-six delegates, representing dif ferent denotninations from Ann Arbor, Augusta, Milán, Saline, Salem, Stony Creek, York, Worden and Webster. The election of offioers resulted as follows: President, E. O. Warner, Ypsilanti ; vice president, W, J. Canfield, Ypsilanti ; secretary, K. Kittredge, Ann Arbor ; treasurer, W. S. Perry, A.nn Arbor. Delegates to the Bünual convention of the state as oociation, to be held in Saginaw next December, were chosen as follows ; Andrew Campbell, Mrs. Hopkins, W. J. Oanfield, Ypsilanti ; L. Palmer, Dexter ; Mrs. Pear, Salem; E. Ohilds, Augusta. The constitution was aocepted as presented by M. W. Reyno'.da, state statistical secretary, ot Oírosso. Th3 provides among other things that all pastors, Sunday school superintentients, teachers and other officers, atso adult members of Sunday schools shall be held as members of thU county association ; that there sball be branches of the association in every town, district and precinct ; that the officers of each and all of these divisions shall regularly risit all the schools in their charge, reporting to the president all work being done and all that is ceeded to be ■done. It was voted to hold the next annual meeting one year from the present month, and to hold also a semi-annual meeting some time in the summer. Mr. Reynolds stated that of the 13,208 children of' school age in the county, it was estimated that fully 9,000 were yet without religious influence of scarcely any kind ; demonstrating clearly the need of systematio couaty work. The afternoon session was made very interesting by talks and papers by a number of Sunday school workers. At both 6essions the question box was found to hold many pertinent questions which were satisfactorily digcnssed and an9wered by different experienced workers. Last evening's session was filled by addresses by Prof. Barbour, of the Normal, D. A. Waterman, of Detroit, Dr. MoCorkle and Andrew Campbell of Ypsilanti. Forty-three dollars were pledged by representatives of different Sunday schools toward the $100 that the couuty is pledged to raise for the work. The next meeting will be duly arranged for by the executive committee, and it is confidently expected that the work so fully planned will be prosecuted to the utmost tliroughout the whsle county.