Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-04

everything with it; 4th, not to employ
aimless Illustrations; 9Th, not to use ex-
travagant Celebrations; 9th, not to use 1t
for personifications las in drawing pictures
of SATAN; 7th, not to make of the black
board blackboard exhibition. No one
solIowad the conductor in remarks on the
topic, and then was sung,
"Must Jesus bear the Cross alone ~
The next topic on the programme for
consideration was SUNDAY School Helps"
Mr.. Ostrander said the first help in the
work of the teacher is the Bible; second,
a Concordance. And then he mentioned
some other works which greatly aided
Sabbath School teachers, among which
were the following: "The Child Heart"
"What is a Child ?" 1.-THE Art of Secur-
ing Attention" "The Use of Illustration"
"How to Question Child" At the close
of the presentation of this subject, there
was sung,
"My days are gliding swiftly by
The next exercises consisted OF written
answers to the following question "W hat
are the things most needed in the Sabbath
School to attract, convert and educate the
masses ?" Mr.. Ostrander asked OF every
member of the Institute written answer
to the three questions separately These
were read and classified by the Secretary,
for the sake of presenting the summary
to the meeting when called for by the con-
ductor. The next exercise consisted In
calling the children forward to form an
"Infant class" The conductor then spoke
of the characteristics of infants, saying that
they needed variety, and at the stroke
of the bell on the table, he had them all
fold and unfold their arms together, rise
together, and sit down, all at the same
moments, he took them through Bible
lesson, using the black board to secure
their attention, and fasten instruction in
the memory, by using the two senses OF
hearing and seeing at the same time. MT.
Ostrander next arranged the adults of the
| Institute into a large Bible class, and
questioned them on a Bible lesson, The
! Denial of Peter" using Luke's account
of Peter denying his Lord. Upon the
board was written B. d., and altar an ex-
animation of the passage Peter was wit
messed let, AS the Bold Disciple; ID, as
the Base Disciple; 3rd, Ms the BafHed
Disciple.
| The conductor then spoke to the meet
| ing of the facts pertaining to the Chris
tian Scriptures, noticing the coincidence
of the different writers of the Bible, their
harmony he spoke of the wonderful pre-
servation of the Scripture, and their ac-
ouracy, stating that the original text OF
Shakespeare was undoubtedly much
changed, while the Scriptures, though
much older and passing through ages be-
fore printing was invented; had been
preserved pure and unadulterated
Announcements were made for th'
evening, and the verse sung,
"Together let us sweetly live"
when the benediction was pronounced by
the Conductor the Rev Mr.. Ostrander.
THURSDAY EVENING.
The evenings services were commenced
| by singing,
| THE true Messiah now appears"
Reading of the Scriptures and prayer
! ~ D.. TT II A~~hito11 "s+~- lit ---.
sung,
"Guide me, o thou Great Jehovah"
The conductor, the Rev. Mr.. Ostrander
then exhibited to the audience the robe
of the high priest among the Jews,
nearly a. they can be initiated from tn
description we have of them in the Olt
Testament. He came before the audlenc
arrayed i'll these priestly garments, ant
gave minute biblical decriptien of eacl
of them and explained their symbolic i'm
port. He exhibited also model OF tn
tabernacle in the wilderness, on the seal
of one inch to the cubit. 1t is easier
construcr II model of the tabernacle thar
of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem
, but Mr.. Ostrander has shown much pa
thence and skill, as we'll as knowledge o
,. the Scriptures, in making his model 0
the tabernacle. He interested the meet
ing by giving detailed description o
the parts of the tabernacle and the sym
bolism of each.
The meeting was closed by singing tn
doxology,-
Praise God fl ON whom all blessings fow."
FRIDAY MORNING.
D The services of the day were begu
g with meeting for prayer, in which man
l. of the brethren participated.
f The conductor then introduced the frs
e topic for discussion, Order of Sabbat
3 School exercises" Mr.. Douglas, of Brattle
8 boro, led the discussion. Mr.. Ostrande
r followed Bro. Douglass, giving his ez
g perience with an outline of Sabbat
e School exercises for Sabbath, recon
f mending also that the order be sometime
!, varied. The institute then took up tn
g next subject, preparation of the lessor
: by the teachers" The conductor opene
and concluded the discussion of thi
topic, giving valuable instruction gathere
from his own experience; stating, also
, some important questions, as helps il
getting at the idea in givin passage G
Scripture. The subject "Teaching illus
t trated" was then considered. The au
T. dience were invited to consider them
n selves as one class, when Bible lessor
J, was read, and teaching in this name
4 was practically illustrated, the black
8 board being used to assist in the exercise
The next topic was then taken up, ''Hoy
can the whole church be intrusted il
a adult Bible classes ?" Rev. Mr.. Bailey @
Middlebury, Rev. Mr.. Edgerton, Rev
Mr.. Smith, Bro. Douglass and Bro John
son of Vergennes, spoke on this subjec
After the brethren had addressed the In
stitute on this topic, the conductor re
I viewed the remarks and closed the di,
: cussion. The question drawer" was tn
next matter attended to. The conduoto
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