Trustee Minutes, July 18 1867

Title

Trustee Minutes, July 18 1867

Description

Transcribed Board of Trustees minutes from July 18, 1867. Discusses Davidson students and local women conducting Sabbath Schools.

Date

July 18, 1867

Text

Among the Students now in College, a large proportion are Candidates for the Gospel Ministry, and others are giving the subject serious consideration. Besides the regular attendance on the prescribed religious duties of the College, the Students of their own accord have maintained a daily evening meeting for prayer. The ’’Williams Society of Inquiry" has been revived and remodeled, and new interest manifested in its existences. Our young men, also, have labored with self-denying zeal in the Sabbath School. Their efforts on behalf of the colored population around the College, assisted by the Ladies of the Village, have been earnest and successful. A Sabbath School for their benefit has been held every Sunday afternoon, and is highly flourishing, and the good fruits are manifested in the number who have been taught to read the Word of God. The Board of Publication in Philadelphia on the application of the President of the College, generously made a prompt and liberal donation of a library to the Sunday School for the whites, and a varied assortment of the usual elementary books of instruction for both the Schools which have been of great service.

Publisher

Davidson College

Language

English

Source

Alma