Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-18

COnVcTltu Wuuc SCl1OI6IS.
Rev. Mr.. Mattocks, of St. Paul, said tn
chief thing was, get a good Superintendent
This was . grand secret Of success. 1t re
quires a peculiar mar. to 10 well, the same a
to bea great general. He must do his par
and stir up the others also. The speake
made a point by relating an instance where
member is fit for any other position in churc
but that of Superintendent. It was difficul
to find any one that combined all the qualif
cations necessary.
Rey. Mr.. Aver. of Chicago, thought that il
addition to . good Superintendent, if tn
school had a good Pastor, it was doubly bless
ed. He related that he had visited a schoo
once, where two-thirds were adults, dividet
into classes. The Bible was their study, ant
they grew up into "Christ, their Living Head
under this influence. If this is the effect OF
adults, how much more precisus is the seet
sown among the younger scholars!
A gentleman at Cincinnati once gathered
together from the street class of severa
neglected little girls. By care and persever
ance, they grew up to become converts to reli
gion, and all became in time teachers them
selves.
Mr.. Fletcher here reminded the debaters
that they were wandering from the subec,
again.
MIR. Curtis, of St. Anthony, said he had
had some success in securing cooperation in
the school. He went to work and became
interested. He went out, and requested neigh
bors and even strangers to come in and help,
and urged them, taking no excuse, to come in
and take hand. Some did, and they took
an interest too. The fire spread, and by and
by, they had large and fiourishing school,
Mr.. Whitney, of Anoka, wanted to know
how to kindle up a fame.
Mr.. Smith, of Anoka, thought the speakers
were wandering away again from the subject
from the subject. He gave his opinions on
the manner in which a minister should secure
cooperation, stir up an interest, and promote
the success of the Sabbath School under his
charge. y.
Rev. Z. d. Neill said that no minister could
have more important business than examining
into the welfare of his Sabbath School. Min
isters do not feel it Of enough moment. The
are observant, and if they see
the Pastor lax, they will become so themselves.
Impress the young converts with their duty
to become workers. No church can ever have
a true growth in Christian community that
does not depend on the Sabbath School, In
our western land we must expect accessions
to our churches from the young principally.
In our own City, fourishing congregation
had sprung out of Bible class.
Mr.. Barber, of Monticello had been con-
nected with Sabbath Schools for forty six
years. He had seen, he said, good schools
without any Pastors. But the secret of the
success was good teachers, and good super
Secure the children and you draw
he parents too. The topic speaks of cordial
not forced or compulsory SER
vice.
Rev. Mr.. Riheldaffer said that the members
should go home and make such speeches as
they do here, and they will infame their fellow
He could not denounce Chris
ian because he would not become Sabbath
School teachers, some had. Though, we
must make the schools an institution of the
,hurch. They are of two kinds, one belonging
o the church and the other mission school.
Ministers are sometimes pushed aside, and
lllowed to come, as if not there by right. He
should be an er-ctfcio Superintendent. The
,hurch should feel the work incumbent on
hem. He had sat when boy, in the same
lass with grey haired member Of Congress.
We all had our plans. But every one should
70 to work in his own way
Rev. Mr.. Fisk, of st. Paul, said that we
should consider that the Sabbath School is for
he conversion of the scholars. We should
hink that it can be done now, and labor for
hat. And why may it not be so? If this
vas the belief, the cause would progress. We
must get rid of our distrust of early CONVEX
sions, and make our teachers feel that their
abors will be fruitful now.
j. w. Selby, ESQ.,, of st. Paul, thought the
aides ought to work more, and that they gen.
,rally have good success.
H. NJ. Knox, Esq, said the way to kindle
general fire was to have Teachers Prayer
Meetings and thus unite all in one bond, and
fone had the fire in his soul, it could be COM
nunicated around the circle.
Rev. Mr.. Whitney spoke of the difficulty of
getting them together. They were all strang-
srs, and he often thought that they all needed
\ new conversion to met the Heterogeneous ele-
ments into one mass.
D. D. Merrill, Esq, said he agreed with
Mr.. Knox, that prayer was the great means
to be used, and thought we should put more
stress on this point prayer moves the arm
that moves the world" ...
Rev. Mr.. Eggleston thought there was more
praying needed, and that but little induce
ment was necessary to make a praying men,
Der go to work in the Sunday School.
The discussion on this head was then
brought to close, and the second topic was
taken up:
q What are the Requisite Qualifications of
Good Sunday School Teacher?
What are some of the Particulars in which Fail
IRE is most frequent?
How Secure the Best Qualified?
Rev. DIR. Stevenson said, that there were
six qualifications, for a good S. S. Teacher.
Deep faith in the Sabbath School as a means
saving souls. Bible knowledge. A love
Tor the child. Deep earnestness of heart
Pupctuality. Perseverance,.
Rev. Hughes said that one of the greatest
Incentives for faithful S. S. Teacher was
ove of Christ But he did not exclude 9TH
ers from participating in the work.
M. A. Hoyt, ESQ.,, presented his views