The New York herald., 1870-03-22
SsyDsY SCE0OL SOCIETIES..

Protestant Episcopal Sunday School AseOci.
ation-Inieresting Paper by the Rev. DIR.
Pottcr-Elcction of Officers.
An important and numerously attended meeting
OK the Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Associ.
alton was held last night in the Church OF the Trans
1guratton, Twenty-nlnth street and Fifth avenue.
Bishop Potter presided and opened the ex-
ercises with prayer. Preliminary to the cleo.
ton Of officers, the Rev. II. O. Potter,
D. D., OF Grace church, read paper on 'The
Relation OF the Rector to the Superintendent
the Teacher and the Scholar" in which he pointed
out In clear and forclbe language, the anomalies Of
the present Sunday school system. The time OF the
pastor was SO occupied by the special duties in his
church that his attendance at the sunday school be-
came merely nominal. To his children he was after
fashion stranger. His casual visits to the school
familiariZed him neither with the children, with their
practices nor with the system. Hence he blum
dered, or, II he did not ne manifested such
an ana nsoa OF much depve en ms nu,ars
weight The pastor, he held, should be
brought into much more frequent contact with
The chdrca Of his rock; Should in fact, largely as
sumo and be enabled by the nature OF MS duties 10 do
80, the practical office Of superintendent. dual
authority. ike that existing between husband and
wife in tic family, should exist in scnool between
the pastor and the superintendent. system should
be built up BY which teachers would be properly
trained and commissioned bX "aying on OF
hands, for the Important work they had to do. At
present the teaching OF any ordinary Sunday school
.
ever taught. He coveted for their Church the de-
lightful feeling which existed IN the rustic
Churches q oy the wsysde In any valley or mountain
priest. and quoted tne sJrik .ng remark OF an ex-
perienced Cath0,ic priest IN this country TO the ven
erahe Bishop Whipple-tha5 all efforts ut orgaDiza.
ton would prove powerless among the Epsco-
paalEis E M Iiey got hold OF the children. >
Potter, president; Rev. g. P. Quackenbos Ill. d.;
Rev. u. g. Kempe ana Rev. d. Il. WhttiocR, vice
presidents; Heury Motel, secretary; r. N. Oakley,
trau md Pa II Mn .hnn
An interesting discussion followed On the OF
prizes in Sunday schools, upon which opinion was
divided though all deprecated bribing children Tor
attendance, after which the proceedings terminated
by prayer. The next discussion wall be on "N hat
Are the Best Means OF Discipline in Sunday
New York Association Of Sunday school
Tenchers--Election Of Oncers.
The annual meeting OF the New York Association
OF Sunday School Teachers was held last evening at
the Fourth avenue Presbyterian church. After the
usual preliminary exercises and reading Of the
report the following gentlemen were elected onlcers
for the ensuing year:-E G. Wilder President; L. j.
Herrich, Vice President; L. v. N. Brakeman ssecre-
tary and James Boyd, Treasurer. An illustrative
Scripture lesson was conducted by Mrs. Mary Howe
smith, OF the State Normal School, Oswego.
who chose Tor her subject, "rhe Bread OF
Life" Mr.. L. d. Jones OF st. Louis
then followed with an address, entitled How
Can a Teacher Best Secure the Attention OF His
Classr' lie dwelt particularly on sympathy be-
tween the teacher and scholar being the great secret
OF success. set OF resolutions, offered by Mr.. J.
H. Burrows apd seconded by Mr. Ralph Wells, were
adopted, commemorative Of the death OF william w.
Cornell, who Tor many years was intimately identi-
fed with the SnD0ath school work; one who, by his
prtncey liberality greatly aided In the advance Of
the Redeemcrs cause, and who, by his Christian
courtesy and kindness, endeared himself to all who
love Jesus. The meeting also deeply sympathized
with the CITY Sunday School Society OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church IN losing sncn az efficient head,
and with the bercayed family. The proceedings
were terminated by a hymn, aud the meeting, con
sIstipg Of fully 100 people, dispersed.