The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-06-03

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NORMAL IHsTirurx roR SUNDAY SCHOOL
TEAoHxRs-FounTH SEssion-IsTxRxsTiEo
fourth session Of the Normal Institute for
Sunday School Teachers, held last evening at
the MetropolitAa church, was fully equal TO
not only to tne teacheu e.saEed 10 the lauds
BILE work OF instruetinG children In the truths
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Ihe president tar. o. II. Stocking, iliro-
d9Ged a. the nr.t speaker Rey' }, n; freeman.
| explaining his views Of I" illustrative teach
ing.n He said II might be sskedl "what is
teaching pa reasonable question,but one not
some would saw It IL the uttsranee Of truth,
but that 10 not alii It 10 the uttcrance Of truth
adapted to the capacity Of the understand.
OF this important fact. Children have very
limited vocabulary, and for this reason we
psmsmpeTed a honey Illustration once noel given
by a preacher In commenting upon the words
"feed my lambs" ayes, my brethren" he
place the trough too high" And IL there Is a
OF the tssehi"ss Of Ge. SUI P'Rsi he a%isCis
Ingenuity with which he adapted his instruc-
lions to tho wants OF all classes Of society-the
merchant, the husbandman and the shepherd.
His teaehiasa were always full Of "likes."
by comparison with temporal things and com.
| mon place events.
S:siss no one Of %. best est
little onss'of Christ" verbal and visual
teaching wosid enabls the scholar to appre.
bend the idea NC teacher desired TO convey.
the mind Of a child the enormity OF sin, the
theological terms we so frequently use and un.
wGS G ,ssa aaS
But If you tell the child that sin Is like unto
besutIfsi aowers-ths2 Vices are to The gar:
den Of the soul, what weeds are to the nOral
garden, the child will learn to hate by the very
| comparisons 1t hears the teacher make, the
besetting sins of life. A picture to tho miod
OF the scholar that the liio OF a sinner may be
compared to the danger which threatens a
man gliding down swift stream In a boat
| that is every instant nearing 4 cataract, and
| by this means the child will readily Appre-
bend the importance Of turning to their Sa-
| viour for that heavenly aid which alone can
| rescue him from eternal death.
| In using narrative Instruction he advised
the teacher to choose not only SUBJECTS from
the sacred pages, but scenes familiar 10 the
minds OF children. Conserving the instruc-
ton which appeals to the mind through the
eye 10 forms and pictutss, be remarked that
their imngi nation was lovely and ideas were
akea in the mem9ry In sonnsc, lion Nth In
MS ias this lS
in the methods adopted for imparting instruc.
tion in Sunday schools. Children keenly Ap.
Engaged IN IL. good wcrL would
do well to remember this. and use the means
as best they could on every occasion. Have
means OF conveying the idea you wish to illus
tTAte.
The speaker gave a number of excellent ex.
Amples OF the utility OF both verbal and visual
methods. Iu conclusion he urged the teachers
TO emulate the virtues Q: Jesus, that their
lives might be reflex OF the beauty OF His
81 sred teachi1gsj to illustrate In word and
deed the very spirit OF His sacred heart, who
welcomed little children to His divine en-.
b-ace, and commended their humility as be-
coming the accepted OF God.
After hymn was sung, Mr.. u. ID. Stout, OF
New Brunswick, N. j., was introduced, and
sondueted the drll, exercise, with the use oil
, | hal aak. IN n tba nIna,t
programme was as admirable as II was instruct.
I've. He frat called upon the audience TO
specify some Of the sins OF The people Of
Washington. The audience did not at frat
readily reply. but starting with "avArice'
and bribery these suggested others, until
the blackboard was pretty well covered.
The words written were then erased, and
the application WAS this; We talk OF sins be.
Ing blotted out. The child asks what becomes
Of the sins. 1t y smystery he cannot under,
an answer he Il more puzzled than ever. Tha,
GoGa grace eifectually grasses them from the
I'M Atm n IN Sss rG's b esnP h
come OF the words written upon the black
board, and he will readily understand that II
heart than L is for one Of His creatures to bloi
out the work Of his own hands.
The next use OF the black board was In illus
The DecslosGs And the Lords Prayeri the frsi
book OF the nld and the first book Of the New
Tcstament-Genesis and st. Matthew the
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life Of Adam, and their counterpart In the life
Of Christi the curje in the last verse OF the
book OF Malachi and the benediction In the
last verse OF Revelation,
The discussion on the question, "How shall
we increase the life, activity and efficiency oil
our sunday sohoolsn was commenced.
I He said in the Sunday school there should be
one central thought, which might be expressed
IN the word unity This would suggest a thou
sand and one subjects for consideration. The
hJsi one to be developed was unity OF aim
sineleness OF puTDose in your laboTs Ia the
Sunday school with this would follow unit,
OF action and unity OF lessons to BIO taught
on each sunday. Unity OF training will also
contribute Its shares and lastly, unity Of spirit
the ailpervsdlng spirit OF love aetuating th'
DR.. d, S. Lamb said that three things were
Indispensable for the success of the Sunday
sehool-love, labor and luere. He referred ei
peolally to the subject Of labor, and the two
types OF laborers found In the Sunday schools
Rev J; NJ: freeman spoke Of the way I,
realize the importance OF II. BE sure there Il
want, and then ascertain the cause OF tn,
located in the basement OF the church, tn,
place damp, the air impure, and then every
thing was sure to go wTongi for such place
deficient In appsratusi perhaps the goyernmen
OF the school should be improved but mos
freguentiy the great delinquency was In spirit
this was too often the case, and thought du,
attention to Its increase would result in per
feeting the efficiency OF the Sunday school II
all Its parts.
Mr.. @. ID. Stout was most profoundly con
WINGED that the Sunday school work was the
great work Of the age-the right arm Of thu
church, the bulwaTk Of society, domestic ant
pollticali and the means for attaining tn
highest efficiency was by prayer-the blelAinl
Of the Holy Spirit and he hoped that TIL
teachers of the institute would realize the i'm
poFtAnoe OF oonsecrating themselves anew 4
the good work Of winning souls TO Christ ant
trust in God for the blessing OF the comforter
The doxology was sung, and the benedlotloI
pronounced by Rev. Il. Peyton Brown, con
Guiding the fourth session OF the institute.
The Nth session will be held this Afternoon
at $50 O'Clock, when the instruction OF the In
FAINT class will be spoken of by Rev. J, NJ. Free
man and Mr.. q, ID. Stout.
| The sixth session will be held this evening
at the usual hour.
CHOICE SUBURBAN PROPERTY AT AUCTION
The sale Of lots at Oak Lawn, head O
Twentieth and Boundary streets, win tax,
place this evening at O'Clock.