The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-17

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of tho church, and provided with slit In the
cover, through which members of the conVen'
tIon are invited to drop into the box any per.
,inent ouestIons relating to Sunday-schools
which they NAV desire 10 have answered or
d,scussIon of which they may think will be oil
interest Just before the adjournment of each
morning session the questions are taken out OF
the box, propounded by the chairman, and
answered either BY some member whom he
calls upor,, or by some one In the convention
who NAV volunteer an answer. The questions
Yesterday were mostly brief and pertinent. and
the answers were equally short, appropriate
and direct The questions were asked and
answered as follows:
I. "Is it scriptrlral to teach that God does not
love naughty children?' Rev. Mr.. Chichester,
being called upon to reply, said that he
Thought II was not. He did not know Of any
massage of Scripture that laid down that pro-
nosition. and be thought 1t was better to teach
the converse. that God does love good chill
dren and thus urge The children to be good.
Q. SHOW much of the teachings In the Sun
dav-sebool Is counteracted by the unconscious
influence of parents and teachers ?" Rev.
DR. Meynardie replied, "a vast DEAL"
3. SIS it scrlptural 10 teach that children
are more easily made Christians than adults ?"
Mr.. Read replied that the Bible was full of
sneelal promises 10 children. "Those that
seek Me early shall find Me-" &C., and he
thought that there was more encouragement
| r. ,ook for the conversion OF children than Of
| adults.
4. SIS not Sunday-school instruction largely
productive OF seli-rlghteousness, where chill
drsn are taught to do good and be good rather
,han to repent OF their sins and turn to Jesus p
Rev. DR.. Wlghtman replied that this was Ger
talnly danger to be avoided, and The first
duty of the teacher toward the children was
to win their souls to Christ, leaving the ques-
lion of morals to occupy a secondary, but
still Important, place.
s. (which is the best mode of Bible teach
iny ?" Professor Carlisle said that this was
broad and comprehensive question, which
could not be answered In sentence, but the
teacher should always expound the Bible as
though he believed it himself, and with that
force and fervor which only his own belief IN
Its teachings could give.
| 6. "Shou!l O SaboaLh-school teacher, under
any circumstances, attend at dance" OBJ
jected to, and laid aside.
7. "3hould it not BIZ considered a pleasure
to teach the young the Importance of looking
to Christ and asking his blessing" ?" Rev. MIR.
Iepars said there could be no doubt but that
It should be considered not only a pleasure,
but an inestimable privilege.
8. .Are not sunday.school celebrations
beneficial to the school?' Mr.. Wallace, being
called upon to reply, said that, on account of
his comparatively brief experience as Sum
day.school superintendent, the reply might
more appropriately be made by some one else,
out, 30 far as his observation had extended,
he believed that Sunday school celebrations
had proved beneficial p the schools.
9. sis H. advisable. under any circumstances,
10 employ unconverled persons as teachers IN
the sunday-school ?" psY. Mr.. Rr"okatt TO-
| pIied that he had known many instances
where such persons had been teachers In the
,Suuday.school, and where the Influences to
which they were thus subjected had resulted
In their own conversion, and he, therefore.
thought 1t would be wrong TO make rigid
rule excluding them from the position OF
teachers.
10. .should not the preacher visit the SUI.
dayschool every Sunday for at least ten min.
utes?n Rev. Mr. Mood thought 1t was plainly
the duty of the preacher to do 30, and that 1t
he made proper disposition OF his time, he
could easily give The sulday.school more tnan
ten minutes of his time each Sunday.
II. ssHow often should teachers meetings
be held ?" Several delegates replied that they
should obviously be held once week, If the
sunday.school Is held every Sunday
.l2. s.Should not the training In the Sunday
school guard especially against intemperance,
and what's the most efft,Lual means Of &C.
complishlng this ?" Mr.. Johnson replied that
the most eff.clual means was to instil the
love of Christ into the hesrts of the children,
but the aid of Temperance organization, as
an auxiliary 10 the sund.y.school. might be
useful In this direction.
13, ais the giving of rewards conducive to
tbe.bpst interests OF the sunday-scbool, or
does 1t not create dissatisfaction among the
children p" Rev. Mr.. Aams thought that
there ought not to be spedac rewards, but at
etated periods uniform distribution of cards
or something oil the kind all the children.
Ia. uAre Christians bourd to advocate total
abstInence ?n Rev. Dr.. deynarde thought
that 10 this question the whole convention
would answer yes.
Is. (which Is the correct title, Sabbath
school, or ssunday-schoul Rev. DR.. snythe
replied that The term Sabbath was certainly
more scriptural thau the dher, but tue word
Sunday had become the most common, and
that either was correct
l6. "What discipline wuld you use with
scholars who persist in vDlatng the rules OF
the school sn Prof Carlse said that almost
the same question had cone up in the conven-
ton two years before In TIE shape "What shall
be done with hopeless upll'" and the an
swer of the convention hd been that there
| was no such case.
| II. "should the pledge of total abstinence
bs introduced into the Sulday-school ?" Rev.
Mr.. Mood thought that should. He had
blmself taken the pledgewhen a child, and
had never siuce tasted drop of wine or IL
ouor. he did not know 0e kind OF spirits
from aotber. and found, in this respect at
least, that ignorance VAS ollss' Kew. MT