Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-05-24

report Is IoiIOwS:-
President-Rev. H. G. Pardoe.
Vice President-O. H. McAlister.
Secretary-Dr. Thomas A. Elder.
Treasurer. G. Laird
Executive Committee Rev. D. NJ.
Blackwelder, Col. John Thompson, j. w.
Speedy. Rev. II. C. Shindel. John N.
Moore, d. D. Stone. James G. Doty.
The Association then sang
"All hail the power of Jesus name"
Reports were read from a number of
schools, when Oh motion the further read
ing Of reports was suspended aud the
discussion Of Duties of Teachers re-.
sumed.
Rev. Harry Stewart said-Every man
must be qualified before he can perform
any duty. Hence we will consider LIST,
Qualifications. end, Duties of Teachers.
/. QUALlFICATIONs.-l Vital piety.
A zeal that is unaaggiug--love SO strong
as to enable and compel them to do what,
ever the cause calls them to do. One
third of the teachers never know what it
is to love the Lord Jesus Christ. They
are the blind leading the blind. If
man knows not the way to the imperial
city, how can he direct others 2nd. 4
sufficient amount Of natural gJts and
education and common sense To illus
trate-A Sunday School teacher in the
course of the lesson met with the word
marvel" and asked his class what it
meant. Not receiving any response, he
explained that if your mother told you to
go for bucket of water. and you were
slow in obeying. and che said Marvel
of,"-that is what it meant. If such
ignorance is manifested in natural things,
how much greater must be the darkness
on spiritual things 3rd, Tact. One
shade of it is back bone, as referred to by
Bro. Shindle. coupled with that other
quality. spoken of by Bro. Blackwelder,
of knowing when to take hold and when
to let 60 Illustration When was
attending College at Cannonsburg l had
charge Of class in Sunday School,
They had not learned to read, so | con.
cluled to give them scripture narrative.
| told them the story Of Jonah-how he
disobeyed the Lord. embarked in ship.
was overtaken in storm, heaved over
board. swallowed BY whale, and so on.
While l was relating it noticed bright.
eyed little girl who listened very atten.
lively. and when flushed, appeared to
be anxious to speak. gave her an op-
portunity. She asked me. "Do you
know what the whale eaid to Jonah be.
fore it swallowed him :" "No; what did
it Say 7" "Come in here. out of the wet,
you rascal" Such incidents occur in the
Of every Sunday School
teacher. and il requires tact to turn them
to account and to draw spiritual lessons
therefrom
ii. DUTIES OF TEAcHERs.-1st. AT.
ter securing the class. understand what
kind Of characters they have. Teachers
may understand the scriptures, yet, if
they do not understand the characters
under their care, they can accomplish
nothing. End Study thoroughly their
lesson before coming into the Sabbath
School. 3rd Seek the blessing of God
upon their labors-earnest preparation in
the closet before going into the Sabbath
School.
Rev. Mathew Allison.-The great duty
Of the teacher is to convey the truths of
religion to the child 60 that it may be
and led to Jesus. To accom-.
plish this. great speculative knowledge is
not necessary-but practical, experiment
tai knowledge The teacher himself
must feel before he can make the child
Feel. 1t should be his aim to fiIl the
pind Of the child with divine truth, com.
nuaicated afectionstely, 30 as to bring
be heapt under ite influence Careless,
hal-heartAd teaching does more injury to
he cause than none at all. Secondly.
Let the teachers preserve order in the