The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-07
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION
OF SABBATH-SCHOOL

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| Monroe counties, met in convention al
the Reformed Dutch church of Bushkill,
on Wednesday, January 23d, at o'clock
p. M.
he convention being opened with devo.
tional exercise, the Rev. c. E. Van Allen
was elected President, A. G. Hull, Sec.
retary, and G. w. Peters, Assistant Sec
retary. After some remarks by Revs.
NJ essrs. Lifts, Garrstson and Van Allen,
the meeting adjourned until 7 o'clock
P. M
E0ening Session, opened by Rev. Mr..
Garretson with an address, urging parents
to become more interested in Sabbath
Schools, and appealing to teachers to be-
come awake to the great responsibility of
the noble work. After which the Rev.
Mr.. McWilliams made some practical re-
marks, showing the duty of parents and
teachers to sustain the Superintendent in
his efforts to make the school more eff
cient.
On motion, the convention adjourned
to Thursday, at 10 o'clock A. NJ
Thursday Morning .Session-Convention
opened with devotional exercise, conduc-
ted by Rev. Mr.. Garretson..
On motion, committee of three,
composed of VIM. F. Peters, Rev. A Nc
Williams, and A. g. Hull, was appointed
to prepare business for the convention,
who reported the following questions for
discussion =
1st. How can teachers become more
efficient?
End. Is it practicable to keep our coun-
try schools open through the winter?
3rd. Object lessons, = black board ex-
ercises, &c?
4th. What can be done to increase the
Sabbath school interest in our counties?
FIRST, BY making existing schools
more efficient:
SECOND, BY extending and organizing
Sabbath-schools where there are none.
5th. Question Drawer?
9th. Evening Address to Sabbath
school scholars!
The committee recommended that the
time be limited to thirty minutes for dis
cussing each question, and five minutes
to each speaker.
The first question =" How can our
teachers become more eficient?" : was
then taken up and discussed by several
members present, who recommended more
thorough preparation of the lesson, more
earnest prayer, the teachers adapting
! themselves to the different scholars by
cultivating a pleasant and friendly feel
| ing toward the members of their class,
aud becoming acquainted with each indi-
vidual by visiting them at their homes, &c.
The second question =" Is it practical
bic to keep our country schools upon thro'
the winterw - was next taken up and
elected several string remarks, all
agreeing that the custom of closing our
country schools during the winter is not
only useless habit, but very wrong, =
the speakers differing somewhat as to up
on whom the greatest responsibility in
keeping open the school devolved, but
agreeing that parents, teachers, and Off
GERS, are all severally responsible for the
continuance of the school. In winter,
we have our best secular schools, why
should we not have the best Sabbath
schools then?
The object of the Sabbath schools, is the
conversion of the scholars; then, why
close it during the winter, which is most
! blest as the season of revivals?
The experience Of all the members pres
ent was that it was not the fault of the
scholars that the schools close, but that
the fault is with teachers, officers, and
parents. Some Of the members gave, as
their experience, that they formerly
thought the schools could not be kept
open, but on fair trial they have found
no difficulty in continuing them.
On motion, adjourned TO 2o'clock P. NJ.
afternoon Session = The convention
opened by devotional exercises: conducted
by the President.
The third question" Object lessons
| blackboard exercises, &C! Was theu
taken up.
Wm. t. Peters gave few illustrations
showing what use can be made of it,
1st. BY natural objects.
End. Texts, cards, maps, charts, &c.
3rd. Pictures, drawings, &c.
4th. Words, painting, parallels, &c.
| 5th. The black. board
Tasus tbo o,raat Noprr TrACurp usod
object when His enemies tried to ensnare
Him on the subject of tribute. He called
for an object = A penny = whose image
does it bear? Caesars. Then render un-
to Caesar the things which are Caesars,
and unto JOB the things which are GoD's.
When the question arose among His
disciples, who should be greatest In the
L:-lA.. ~ uaaznn He tnnk for lis OBJ