, 1866-11-23
Chicago SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.
Discussion Of Practical Topics-Sundny
School Literature ms tttn1c
nnd Country Work-mct1a-
odR OF Instruction.
Closing Exercises.

Da9cuBoiou OF Practical Ioplca-SuA0nJ
School L2teraturc-1 nstttuac
and Country Work-mett-
DDS OF Instruction
Closing Exercises.
The Convention met, pursuant to adjoutnmont77
ubout haf.past nine, and spent a orfe1 period In
devotional exercises. conducted by Rev. ". B.
Yluax and others. after which tue programme a.
nscvionsly announced wss taken up In the follow
Ing order: .......--
SUNDAY SCHOOL 1ITEnA1unE
DR.. Blaekai! opennd the discussion, upon this
School literature. Ue have ! great Number ot
chtId ems papers. but many OF them do moi como
M to the standard Of an ordinary child's iate1l.
a @5ssY pss bsas sr ot Mhst ises
shnu1d be, In fact the standard Of all Sunday
School papers ts not as high as i oneht 70 be- 4
ought to eccupy: Another class Of literature is
The Sunday School bookr Many Of lhc*e q
few years ago ustd to be religious novels, anu they
Of touEs which make i child SO good .,ha. lie
could not lEsc were too common, bnt these are
being supplanscd: and different cia.s Of book. Is
vert much superior to thosc Of i've years rgo.
The demand for higher Era''c Il growing more
and rnore. but ihete is still room for improvement.
School lflcta,u,e could only bc obtained ',y pay
Ing for it as for othes kinda Of books.
Many Of ths Sunday 9 sehn9l .,o ho9ks ,s we
OF. childrrn's comprehension, rather than above
them. lie did not think ttat the character Of
Sunday School papers had improved IN tas last
fatcica OF some Of the stcr1es Of pIons children
had died ont, and child need not fec! Low thst
II he was good hc must d1c before be vas ten
Kind OF works to wsile. they require hard toll
md tdeas. ard paid talent and time must be en-
ployed to make them what they hould be. -,
n TfnS1%tk AfA fhHf q lin
cd by the North Star Mission was one OF Inc b:st
TIM, he bad ever sccn and he thought that It's snc-
cess was mainly nccause 1t was local in character
the school OF that Mission, but Is not intended for
otLcE schools And what has been done there
could be dope iR,s II ohtr sshoos Il psys hs
The school. He thonght 1t was not hest 10 haso
Libraries IN the school At all. IS tliey were fte-
cut ltrely and kept by the scholars.
DR.. Dlackall had lhoncht that such paper for
the city would be y2.uablc: but Ind fcaaed that
suafter1y for Distribution through tic city Would
Mr.. Skinner thought we were drifting OF into
10 ret back 70 the good old way Of giving CHI
dren instruction. and proyitlu. tnena with reading
matter That is valuable and beneficial,
SUNDAY SCHOOL MAPs.
An address on the construction and use Of Sun-
day sehuol maps, YVES then gIven by Robert Nor-
ris, LID. The frEt thing thai attracts the visitor
e he . III Is az veeabs
untasora6ly Impressed accprdins as they are we'll
displayed Or not There is nothing SO drc.ry to
Tho gu much has been done to supply schools
with books and papets, little has been doce in
the way Of maps. and this leaves want which
Soa r. ps e 10 Il ssfs pnd ID e e s aso saaa
though eo:,c are published in Ensland.
The speaker ooc1cd some pood suggestions on
sans @ hso a. saei.s *sa
uLle mode Of inslilling knowledge OF those sub
jeets into theie minds.
A discourse on this theme was next opened hY
Or. G. K. Blackall: lie believed that We ueeded
Institute work In Chicago very much: He thought
.srcssra in our Sunday School work very much
through this insuur1cntality. The institute WORK
Y t.a:nlng work, and It e5anines and considers
l.azn vary much By. comparing with others and
stndytng the method which they adopt, The in
lornd that they had been productive OF much
.ood. The teachers bavc oeen strengthened, in.
Dr. 3. +. Gilman, q Evanston, sala that be had
| been foT more tEau thirty years laborer In the
sunday SCHOOL causc. In most Of the States In
sistntsa had beeG established t1 instruct teachsss
| ean,e course should not be taken With Sunday
School I, actera Tie unitncss Of teachers l. Das
science u teachins they mefeiy know soinetbin: II M
! Of The fac:s Of Bible history. But this methoe
must tend 10 discipline their minds, and fit thcn
better to instruct = others. The system Of objrc
teach the child to study by analysis. He had nsct
this System, By means Of the nsfcrot cope, to i'm
press upon t5e Z, Ind Of The child the fact Of th
Rcv: III. Egeleston said that in order 10 prose
cafe the best methods OF teachfnp they must b
while they instruct 10 new methods theY mus mus
slwaFs strive after the best methods. They har
but one hour fn The whole week to instruct tn
ssd @nertsGt ,Ss = anH ths naost asss
jcci in Institutes should be not to t1ain The super
ittenacnt, hui the teachers. In their classes tn
work ;s {; 70 M he dgns The ncatss tae man get.
danger Of bringing the method to prominently Ii
yiew. and forgetting the ends. ;:
Mr Jacobs thon:lt the work shonld be divided
| the supeTtHtendenfs put Into one class aud til
teachers into anothcr. 4 teacher ought not to IT,
TO teach chi!o;en anything which be bad to put q
paper e tcll them; u he dia not understand )!
dreu he expected to remember IL!
ltev. DR.. Eogartb, Of Detroit gave sone intel
esting experiences III Normal School for II
STRUGGLING Ieache,s.
METHODS OF COUNTY, WORE.
The discussion on ibis subject waa opened b
N. i. Clifford, who said that IN comm enting til
Of ecoraig acquaintcd with Inc people and lean
in- their wants. They needed teachers also VII
could speak The German and Norwegian la1
IIiero are tif,y-seyen schao,s in tbc conn,,
thin y-,1xn ar xrhrh hnva hrcn rfs;tna Thev -,
to ana what the snpeEintend;nts and teachs,
| institutes. -
Child cl's meetings a1sn have been hcla,
| which The needs Of thc ciflfrcu l,aye bscn Al
ussrd ~ 4@
>!n many places Sunday Schools were kcps on7
now becn inssa 10 cantinne thcm ~ irana
tic Winter. They Eoned to viii efesv ~ schnni
foSny sn ns11 Mae dpn TO enconr
nj. jackson sad he Would consider himself I
representing tne southwest part OF the county
tSe & sonxsntaon, h he.Meen anat paft ana INC e
lucie u aimoat nca1nen country, nliea main
N'tn iofeleaels Wno c2hnpl speak English. !
feach lbcm teacher sptaIins German must
en.p!eyeu an I5.sn olslf1ct Also l,es hear htt
anu Mcs snonlo 9e lnnofca WIZ INC oest etot
M ase M es of HI, nc e y nrnon 1om o,
oueht 70 90 reached. Ine speaker descslb!
o'aet !oc8nues u Inc so1tnNestesn part 81 II
InaHi.y Mnelc n.noss entuG MoIal ana spitnu
aes''thn9n e1isn, mere ie3sang no pfeachtI
ee scns S 70 Ssi qSse e; assasos pa.ts Or he con
H. 1.t.3t npou aas ussn. , v 49, tAsGonputnea. One
| lne E.sassl necas WIZ tnem vas competent y
pesenaeER' .t' ana Hnotos5 E.eat nccd Has /
cnts IN Eet,in sne tp people ~ a many nass o. q
llsh eehoo'a. Ae has been Obliged to go three
toaf times 10 some places y get INC people Q
na sixs ~ Thr s m on s came. xa o II +
e1us9 :: even o;lc = n ptnehe1 Lea 10 % & 80. IL ~ won!d
destitute e sssoois 'st. Ttta
Mr lotc5 eaia ,, tAsa s shey maM 70 10 tneso Glac
fa.ona,. Mithon; waiting 10 near M from ths peop
!ain an answes, ahu 80 ans5 , naa oeuef Eo out