Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-06-07

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IF. Allen.-I would ask the Presi-
cent what he calls that,-teaching the
heart, or the intellect?
The President.-I would ask the gen.
tleman which he thinks it is
Ans.-The intellect. and that only.
The President..-Is that the sense of
the Association
John Z. Coyle.-We must reach the
heart through the intellect-can do it in
no other way so well. r--g
Mrs. Sarah Brown, Patterson feel
that the position Of teacher in the infant
class is very important one. We must
be careful what and how we teach
Children are trusting and contiding re
ceive all as truth. 1 told my class the
story of Samson, as carefully and fully
as possible. On the next Sabbath one
of the little girls heard the pastor relate
the same, but in different way and
when she came home she told her mother
that the pastor had made great
mistake. They are quick to receive
truth. or error-slow to let go.
The Committee on Resolutions re-
ported as follows:
Rssolred That the Sabbath school
work cannot be over estimated and that
parents, pastors. superintendents, and
teachers should redouble their interest
and efforts in this sacred cause
Resolred. That pure religious litera-
ture is essential to the success of the
Sabbath school work; and it is to be re-
gretted that so much spurious literature,
which wastes the time, vitiates the taste,
impairs the intellect, and takes the place
of better things in the minds and hearts
of youth, has found its way into many of
our libraries
ResoIcec. That inasmuch as, "Out of
the mouths of babes and sucklings God
has perfected praise" we consider Sabbath
school music OF great importance; it
should be selected with care, and earnest
ly cultivated.
Resoiced. That all Sabbath school
workers should encourage, in every pos
sible way, the great cause of Temper
ance and early impress the evil of i'm
temperance upon the minds of their
scholars
Resoiyed. That the Association return
its sincere thanks to the Lutheran congre-
CATION of Mtiiintown for the use of their
church to the citizens of the two bor-
oughs for their hospitality and kindness !;
to the choir of the Lutheran church for
their excellent music; to the officers of
the Association for their, eficiency-espe-
cially to the Secretary for his efforts in
the preservation of the organization !;
and to the editors of our county papers
for publishing notices, etc.
Report received and adopted.
Moved that the Mrs Rev. Pardoe adj
dress the children's meeting tonight.
Question Boz.
What benefit have you derived from
the Convention Ans.-1. Pleasure
Love for Jesus. 2 l was pleased to
hear lady give in her experience. 3
am more fully convinced than ever be-
fore that the S. S. work in Juniata is a
uery great porL;, and will demand great
efforts. 4. Have been encouraged to
labor more earnestly for the salvation
of nv class. 5. Have been encouraged
to persevere in the good way. 6. The
fruit of our labor for the coming year
will best answer the question. 7. | have
received great deal of instruction. and
l hope, by the grace of God, to practice
it for the good of those placed under my
care. s. | have been aroused to renewed
action in the cause. 8. l have received
some good, and learned some new modes
of teaching my class. 10. Hospitality
of the citizens acquaintance Of the
work, and of the workers encourage
ment to persevere in the vineyard work
IL. A deeper interest has been awakened
within US. Hoping that We, as teachers
may 90 to our fields of labor with a more
earnest zeal in this great work. II. Re-
newed energy to work in the Master
cause, viz, the Sabbath school. IS. My
duty has been we'll shown, and mos
sincerely hope by the grace Of God, Il
practice more than ever what has beer
preached IA. Impressed with sense
of gratitude to God for the privilege of
working in his vineyard.
Uniform Lessons.
]. P Coyle.-It has been said thai
without uniform lessons nothing can bt
accomplished. l do not believe this
much may be learned. But l believe
them to be very important; as, thereby
conference upon the lesson may be had
Some lesson series should be adopted BY
every school. Then, if the school has 1
good superintendent, the lesson may bt
made very interesting by illustration OF
blackboard, by drawing, etc.
T. A. Robison.-The most importan
thing is to have competent teachers.
do not care whether you have uniform
series, or not, if you have teachers with
out brains and piety. A man canno
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