New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-18
UNIVERSALIST CONVENTION.
SESSION OF lsj2-srcoNp DAY.

The last. of the hymns for the occasion
was then sung By the children
God Of mercy hear our prayer
For the children thou hast given;
Let them all thy blessings share
Grace earth and bliss In heaven
In the morning ef their days
Nay lbes hearts be dra IN 10 thes;
Let them lesrn 10 lisp Thy praise
In their earliest infancy.
Wien We zee their passions rise
Sinful habits unsubdued,
Then TO thee we lift our eyes,
That their hearth may be renewed
For this mercy Lord, vec cry;
Bend thine ever gracious ear
While on tree our souls rely,
Eear cur prsyer-in mercy hear
Rev. r.. D. Cook, of Rhode Island,
then spoke to the third resolution The Sunday School,
enterprise SAID he Il not 10 be regarded doubtful
experiment; Il 10 an agency which has been thoroughly
tiled II has been weighed 10 the balance and notfound
wanting Il appeals to the future; If we would have
our Opinions endure through successive genersd0ns
mus. now act In behalf Of those opinions If among
terprisng denominations Of Christians, we would not
sacrifice claims 10 common prudence, we, too must
cherish this new fundamentally Of good-the Sunday
School Let US consider to Whist extent the Sunday
School depends for its reasonable success upon the In
rest taken In Ii By the parents and guardians oil our
children. In order that any school may develop !"
high mission in proper and beneficial manner-in or
der that may be properly organized and successfully
cOnduced-t must have the material TO operate upon
1t must have souls fashion into the likeness OF the
msster-it must have, moreover, that moral and reig'
ous force which 10 necessary 10 mold the minds and
characters Of those who may come within Ia charge
The first indispensable consideration for the success
of q Sunday School Ia the punctusl attendance
Ct the scholars. The very term "schoo" Implies The
presence Of children, and Of Sunday School, the pres
epce lof those who TO be wrought into great spirit
usl temple Of the living God The ariia may be quail
fed may be ready. may wait, and there 10 no mate
rial 10 work upon, he will walls 10 vain The spirit oil
genius may glow In the soul 10 all the spsndor oil is
ow intensity, may secretly embody it's sub me con-
cep,ions and burn for expression but If there be no
words for u!terance, no canvas to work upon, the
thoughts ard forms Of beauty must be restricted to the
soul that gave them birth aud be known 10 God alone
So if the Sunday Sch teacher have hsats 10 work
upOD Ia vain are o.. bis Qu incaOns for his important
trust Secondly ibe success Of SUNDAY Schools depond up
pOnctJs OF teachers and their cJnsIant
ibere,t their work believe that our late reports
chow that average attendance Of scholars 10 ony
from 40 20 20 per IT. Of the lumber actually belong
ing t. the How mucn Of shs Doostt -ndance 10
cbargesole the apathy 81 teachers aud heir absence
from n cir pOsts Tne scholar caDnos Do blamed Tor
a Of interest Ia the school, where the teacher 10
absent every third fourth Sunday; where no hnds
hing but this vacant char and the d"ai'hed class,
maze feels that the teacher prefers hs society OF
other hearts that free aud Spontaneous ougu'hng
Of hs young prt We ask teachers 70 look al tho con
sequences Of ths; aud parents should LOOK at itoo,
for they should not neg Ct the school nor be iodit'
feTett 10 H. The child may be regularly al ths school,
attentive End Interested IA his lessons. Yet there
comes a shadow him when be feels that tue
tee cher lacks Interest 10 him sud bis progress. Tnen
he boV bpCe al a "a
school Into society," and bis heart comes iIto contact
with pAtOn and vice, and be IL led Tar away from
the essenug Influences Of the sundsy School mis- bo2e.
become osrkeued, his aspirations are all eerhward. |
a. h. further, n the regular presence OF the children,
and the faithful dschaTge OF duty the pat oi she
teacher does no. depend upon the ineres taken In the
ms'tr by parents ana guardians themselseii II i In
oispentsby necessary the Of school That
psItnis oh luld feel thus and they have right -
loOk Ter higher results from school unless this 10
the case. DO we look for mellow grapes from
the reeions OF the icey polei Do We gamer fresh
roses fr' m the cold cheek OF death With much
propHety nav we look Jr important bensh al results
In SUNDAY School whore parents Indifferent %
TO Tho success OF It's heavenly mission Take The main.
spring from watch and ali tne fine machinery lies
Id and useless take the sails from the noble ship or
queneh the res Of the stea ner and thou sh the vessel
may yield 10 the impulfe OF the tie lie il ua-
cerisa and tends so no definite point while all the
poDderous machinery 10 of no svsn ~hat.oever WHAT
the ma'nsprirg Is TO the watch, what steam to tbs
engine, such Ia the interest Of parents and guard
ians 10 Sunday Schools We ask parents. then, TO
take an interest deep and adding 10 these lost
tutions, for tie lake Of the cndrsD for the cause
@! bumsLtty Tor the extension Of Christi ,nity %
encourage by their fors the efforts of teachers
Ia their important operations upon the minds of the
CHILDREN and thus they will fod their religious educa
ZION secured ard the pesce and prosperity the world
40 vanced O'ten the whole school auguishos for the
want Ct this Interest the part of parents Teachers
ny be setsscrihciog and labor foo while ~ithout
word in the rm Of 40 expression Of altitude he
part Of parents but finally, for the OF ls he 10
himself discouraged, and through hi the discourage.
neui eNenos u bis charge. You all recollrct the re-
marx Of the heroic lpe boy who was cnRpR almost
'ahsuted 10 rope during the loss of toe Atlantic on
AXE Ere) Oh, said be- In all the coof1ing faith Of
'hildhOod, II papa we're here he would hold me up"
Wren hsve seen the sunday School teacher disc
geo, WREN have seen child after child shrioking away
rom the contclousI esq OF this indifference, / have
rsyed for the pres of parents for H st1ers were
here they would hold thrm up and show intsrest
m the development Of their moral natures. Nov.
psr-Dtsfor there many Of you within the sound of
my voice-~hen you see the teacher bsgnuiug q get
discouraged, 20 to bin, In the splr, of gratitude,
and bio hun In the discharge of his duty In the
full confidence that he enjoys your wsrme, wishes and
your most esrnss. prayers and your Jealous efforts for
bis success
Rev. j. &. ADAMS, of Massachusetts,
y ss then Introduced, sad spoke In contribution
IF the subjeo. Of the previous speaker Said be-
wish | had the poU er to speak all that my heart
eels upon this subject With that | possessed some
'eart language that would reach all your hearts But
rest IS 10 the occasion, the time precious and must
sy what have to say very quickly. Tn, remarks
Which desire 10 make have special reference 10 homo
niuer ces, to the home st the house ii,ef The gene
al value Of Sunday Schools bss been well considered:
nut there are some things which they cannot do, as well
a many things that they They can take the youth
rom The street aud pace them under the ind lences of
GOD Instruction and lead the young mind 10 appreciate
some degree the value of Ch'tian institutions and Of
Tristan principles. They msy draw children to.
ether and SOW good In their minds whleb
nay produce fruit even 'ixsy hundred fold Tai.
hey may do But let us understand lhst there i, much
hs1hey eanro do that they are 10 any things limited
bat they cannot go outof their own sphere. You will
t9oleet that their operation Is necessarily brisf
MY hi,ytwo hours during whole wear. VIVA, I
itst work can be accomplished in 50 abort c
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