, 1864-11-19
THE CITY.
CUR SABBATH SCHOQlS.
Cook County Convention-Second
Days Session.
Interesting DtxcusSaonAo on Questions OF
vital 1mportance-Relatio of tho
School To tho cChurct-Dutlcs
Qualifications Of Sabbath
School Tenchers,

Vital 1mportance-Relatio of the
School 10 the Chufch-DuucnR and
Qualifications OF Sabbath
School Teachers.
Yesterday lnosn{ng The Cook County Sabb3l
School Convention assembled pursuant to adjourn
ucut in The lecture room OF the Second rresbyt.
rian Church. the President, E. s. Wells, Esq, I
the chair. The devotional exercises, which occ,
pied the first half hour Of the session, wore cor
Quoted by Rev. u. l. Appett, one Of the Sabbat
reading few verses from tie .1lrst chapter Of Ii
Acts Of the Apostles. The improvement in til
weather c1crtcd favorable influence upon tho al
tendancc Of delegotes aud much interest was man
The 1rst subject for diseuseion-"W are th
wants Of Cur country Sabbath Schools, <and hoV
Mr. Post, in opening the theme. said that ID tht
Southern part Of the county, the srcat want whict
Is felt By friends Of sabbath Schools Is capable
sew several instances Which he cited: tlere Is every
disposition on tho part Of the children to attend
school. md on tic part Of the parents to send
them, but no school can be inaagn1ated, inasnuch
as there ie no PRAYING man in the ncighborhood
who Will undertake The task. He commended the
subject to the pEayerful consideration Of his
Mr. idppcrt said in the Northern part Of the
county there was almost an equal dcsftution- In
Lcydcn, Dcsplaines, and two other townships,
there is no Sunday school, simply because no suits.
dnc II @ y. osts p ~ , nennc s "an a
Themselves Even inside the city limits, ID the
northEesteFn part Of the cir, Known as uolstsin.
9ere se no ehufem or sehool nouse Matn1o ssdina
drcn can meet, and consequently they spend the
Sabbath In very ullproGtabfe manner.
, ,a, unt Sch - LILY nPp.csliea !
try, but he thought that because male Bupcrin-
H. cScrise ~ finre n monE cSses WS,e ~ Sa
cnme nndnr Tia nntIcc thc iad;cs mn sstaa Way
nol1r MANY ycry efficient SCHOOLS in tSe c,nntry
Mr M"sscv ~ ~ H1nn ss,cnd co-roh,-,+sa r. -,
arsa ~ tSc sst sn,,r hn snnoi ~ .ae re-
iniendcd had been Commenced mud I'm na ~ iar t,yo
Tea1s 1,v tWo fss,;iy Women t1''' ~ Aof '"o
IL Eos,cp sm GH ~ w" ~1 9sieud hc,,or.a .. Il,
hcrc sn;,sha annor,aont e,,I5 a., - N easss M
1sinaS ~ ,.nt ~ ,a couaa ~ hot Ne o.
sh15sS s9s j, hs aads p IL az q e christian
"S"e IL M - 1l.SnH ~ M ~ aae steai neeesslIy.
,naas meciG,s ~ e.r ns M"uhI M1a scr!es o.
country Wouia oe attended With great benefit. All
osaa ~ stf ceaia ne sis'ied hno an enort
H. Fostar st1 up .a G1t .a ,a enes]es
MoJ4es. ana tnG1gnt mat II II were carried out
@ISn ~ Eyon FL = ]9nla @ ens1e.
~ ,,,a.a =. to{. ol ake slcw, peneyed inst
9nn 9isuaG9 was not widely Known among Sabbath
Sot ti,a a,,5 Ma VEL n'sac.s. as many nave
9 qs IL dgIes nc to the
and and would undoubtedly do so. il the opportunity
hei,, J., H. aG h He alfca NC necessity OF
ne.n IN sse sansath @ scaooi which ts now being
G2aaueieo by nleW brethren IN the Reform School.
"nefe me teac9ere are greatly needed.
Ihe nc1t topic 81 discussion. "should our Sab
san Seaoo!s no, under any cirsumstanees be closed
u9Lns ue geaf, Was next declared in order.
Ar: Foster thought that the very fact Of the
sseeat snen,, o.,o. want, which exists fo5 Sabbath
senooi % exercises sS y reason Why they should
never be closed. It Is az much necessity for
Sabbath Schools To be continuously opcn. n il ia
for the churches to continue in cx3stcnre thronrh
the whole year. BE believed place could alw1ys
barn in summer O. private dwelling honse
the winter months. Mr. Foster urccd lis hearers
r. = lae9r throughout she year, and remember thai
preaching Of the Gospcl. II 1uicht not aiNavs he
quite convenient, but convenience must Ere place
TO dc great necessity. A. The want Is Continual
Rev. W. B. 1ruax, SUNDAY SClool Nfssiona-r
believed that whrrcveI common day ecbools az
continued throughout the yenr, it Vas pcrfectly
practicable to continue the Sabbath school. X
WRs no colder or muddcr on the Sabbath than If II
on every other day. md besides this, the chIldrcn
hive more time 10 read and study in he winter.
rfes instead OF being closed at such titne sbnnid
scatter their contents broadcast Nj. Truax be-
the abos o M Eep open al the
ful than in those which for several nnnfhs ~ ne
ycar allow thcir pupils to he neglected On The ssh.
acquired. s'N 'ne1 n'"S na'e
NJ Williams Of Westminster. considered n.
great ohstacisto keeping open The schools was tue
weeks Of the ycar-Wheu The day schoo1 bo,Idsrs
OF the pupils are in season-the Sabbath srhno,s
are 50 thinly attended that he believed LIVES more
The scholars will return With IN Increased annre.
citation Of the value or their Sabbath SCHOOL. He
spoke from experience, though he would like to
Mr. stonghton, OF Chicago, and Key. MI. uar.
6ns, Of Palatinc, differed from the last speaker,
They considered that it was unwise to either CLOSE
city Sabbath school In the summer, OF country
school in the winter.
Mr. Wells, OF Lyons, knew from experience that
5n the winter months. In thinly populated COUNTY
attend When this was practcable' he 1,eIIevaa . I.
was unwise to close the school. -
Rev W. n. Evarta Of Chicaro, in futroanono
tic next subject Of dscpsaionEs. Rcatinn ~ Pas
tore TO their Sabbath EchooIr-showed 1he " ciosa
relationship which exists between he Schoo1 nnd
the ChuEat. The School should },e fostert.d l,r
cts Of an af1ny arc 10 the main ho1r RIA EbH%rri
is The grand principle Standing on the ascrassiye
s to the weTld, while the School Is he advaneed
1ae miuister could moi snner}otcn hIs nwG arSnn
but b. should Witt it and taEe an interest in ~
proceedings. He approved Of IN occasional SCI.
mon 10 the childrcp. or recsrdinr them when The
school could be rathercd INTO The church VIII, the
congregation, IL such cases. with the main news
reserved for The Chfldrcn their narcnts and fr3cnTa
could see The magnitude Of the enterprise, M and
much good be producod. f@'-~' '>-4"
Rev Mr. Porter. Of Zine 1slanh he,,oroa ,,,, .t,o
zchool was the fundamental principjc-the fonnda.
he knew of, Sabbath schools wore formed and nrns
pcred by simple minded Cody women. Who car
Ticd on their cntcrprisc without any connert;nn
with the churches. Indeed, In many Instances the
shoo vns the mother Of the .church fnr -" in,or
est manifested by the children in reto;nna fr'ths
communicated Itself to tNe parents. and caused
them TO institute church. '~1
Rev. O. II. Tiffany, D. D., believed TINT a ,-reat
mistake would BE- made By considerins the
the church The ally OF he Sabbath -schnnI ;nstcsd
Of the school tie ally Of The church. The dufv nr
The pastor WIS to exercise pastoral supervision
eser te childrsn ns should Siai, the school every
spend few moments In addressing or preaching
70 the children. By this means the pastor becomes
known TO the children better than in any other
become power to the church. '1
with the remarks Of Drs- Evarts nni Tieany. The
church By assimilanc himsef viii the sehon1 ~
tue pastor "a enabled ly ginning the n{rctiuns al
the children to Win thoec Of The parents.
Mr. Williams was grateful to The clcrgymeu |
:xisling between the church and Sabbath echools.
Rev Mr. Nichols. willie L. recoeni1ed he IN. IN.
por1ruce Of the union could moi sec The nernss3ty
school AZ schools csfss and nrosnar ,t.na H t,,s1e
Is no church, 70 tl,cy cau pbyonslv snrreeS fn1s-
where he church rs IN cristenec inas-
The discussion was continual hy lev, M Trou-.
bridge. Rev. Glen Wood, Mcasrs. Wilder, Hoyt, |
skinner, ketnc aud other gentlemen. Who harnio. (
,iously argued the propriefT Of mean between |
Lc two e.lsen,ee-that while The school need moi !
'e responsible 10 the church in every particular.
snould noi stand independent or separate lrom it
importance. how m:sse most in.
rrestIe,". WAS next introduced.
1',e chuir regarded teachers meetings as one
IIpir knlf,rt}, srftnn1 cnrarnr;sc rHhnr I. ,,nro