The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-11-09

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cd 70 10 shs opinion 81 too Convention
ia; bons bat ehafeh members shonld
b a!igvva % seash Sunday ssh0ol
no Bsutsr u he conrentaB sIprsss-
- = contrary oplaioa. That opinion
nuSi bssa boes forsss1 tom 3 wrong
ooaoepton q the eli.cts ior which
Sunday schools we're originally estAb-
akbe5 The object q them, vas 20, 10
Ct men and women sr tie ministry,
though iLe questions IN tho Sunday
school books indicate that 70 be Tie OBJ
iect Timothy from s child had known
the holy scriptgres He would Dot Il
that Age Dave understood What he real
StephsHs defense before the council
CONSISTED almosl wholly Of extracts from
tho history o. the Jews from the time
Abraham wAs called out d u OF the
Chaldeans, 70 the coming Of Christ
Such knowledge o. the scriptures can
Is well be attained BY the assistance Of
teacher who is not member Of the
church. As from one who is member.
Our iaws require one TO be Of good
moral character 10 obtain a certificate
TO teach common district school The
bible was formerly reading book in
district schools, aud much knowledge
was then acquired Of the scriptures =
Many no doubt bow remember the de.
light then manifested by the little boys
and girls when they saw The short verse
Jesus wept." was TO fall 10 their lot 10
read. They thought nothing of the
cause Of Jesus weeping. Having thus
acquired knowledge Of The holy scrip
lures, many have made wise improve
ment Of i in after years. The exercise
Of reading the bible was no more re.
ligious exercise than the reading Of
"Webster's third part" II teacher
who ia not a member Of church il
qualified TO bear scholar rocite less
on IN the bible in district school. can
be not do 30 in Sunday school Sing
ing at church or Sunday ought to be q
religious, devotional exercise. l. Watts
would exclude al such as "lid not know
their God" Very few Of the best teach.
ers Of music are members Of church,
and some are open infdels who lead in
singing ia our churches. Churches who
tolerate and approve Of such taking the
lead in singing think that part Of wor-
ship can be performed by proxy. To
be successful teachers in any branch Of
knowledge, one must possess, in add
ton to the faculty apt TO teach, good
knowledge Of what he undertakes to
teach The Recording Secretary OF the
convention gave an example Of his
method Of teaching a Sunday school
That is, in tue opinion OF the writer Of
this, the correct method, leaving out
the black board and emitting oil ques-
tons in relation 10 tho character Of
Enoch except what is revealed. The
blackboard is for the demonstration Of
problems in mathematics. In answer
10 the question What was done on the
fifth day 10 answer this on the black
board, the scholar must make pictures
Of fowls and fishes There never will
DO knowledge OF the scriptures acquir-
cd by the means Of Sunday schools till
the question books are banished from
the school Timothy, nor Stephen did
acquire their knowledge OF the scrip.
tures from question books. From the
reports Of the Superintendents, the i'm
preston, no doubt was in the minds Of
the Convention, that there had been n
great improvement in the knowledge
Of the scriptures. Those who know The
true condition Of the school, the prog
ress made bias beer in the direction o.
the shadow Of the Dial Of Aler. Can
the question books be laaished from
the school? Should an attempt Of that
kind be made, sc should find the ques-
ton book makers crying out "This
work has but small gains TO the crafts.
men--by it we have our wealth. Our
craft is in danger" A SPECTATOR