Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-28

MEETING AT CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN
CntKCu MONDAY EVENING.

MEETING AT CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN
CHtNCu MONDAY EVENING.
The frs Of scrrs Of ni, slngs ul the
! sunday S-huui Tcachci,' Normal Msii
sllic, Working under ibc au-pitc- of the
| New Castle PrG,hytcrY, Was held Monday
! rycuiH" zoo the au iituTiun ct Central
| Presbyterian Church. The mr.,ii Wa
1 well attended, being .our tNo hu bred
/ delegates present from am rent parts of
| the country, within the limits of lhc New
Castle Prcsbyicry. = ycral ministers
were present from dNNu the safe and
other places.
The principal Objects Of organizing and
conducting tn- Normal Institute are tor
| the plrposc Of lending II further aid to the
wuri of Sunday schools generally; to-
awaken deeper interest in the mind, of
| the various church congregations in be
! hair of this work, that These moral and
useful places of learning may he incrcl, ed
IN plumbers, members and usefulness.
The following are the officers OF the
| Institute Conductor, j. Bennett Tyler,
ESD, General Superintendent Of the Sun
day School Department of the Presbl terrain
Church; Secretary, j. Y. Foulk, Of Mil
! ford Committee of Arrangements, Rev.
l.. MARKS Rev. 5. II. MckONn, ieV. j. =.
| Cuukcy. Rev. \. J. Snyder, Rev. &. ".
Smyth Samuel Floyd, Thomas McCorklc,
r. r. Taylor. A. l.. Muir, Charles Baird.
The following is the programme Of the
exercises last evening, aud as the want of
space Will not allow us to parIicuIarize in
regard To the addresses, We can hut say
they were each ably delivered, and of %
most impressive character
Opening Religious EXercst s., devotional /;
subject, tod Bless our Institute; address
q 4 /. H..
'Ohject of the sabbath School Institute"
j. b. Tyler, Esq. "What is sabbath
School Success, and how may II be Sc
cured - Rev. j. p. COnkey Singing ;
"The Relation of the Pastor and the
Church to the sabbath School" Rev. Gay
lord l.. More; Temperance Work in the
Sabbath school, Rev. +. l.. Bong.
After singing, the benedcliun was pro-
nOuncrd, when the Institute adjourned ill
~: O'Clock this morning
sEcoNp sEssIoN-GOOD ATTENDANCE.
The Institute held its second session
| Tuesday morning al 80 O'Clock.
There was q very good attendance, and a
great dcnl Of interest was manifested in
the proceedings.
The proceedings opened with discussion
of the subject OF "reachers ana Scholars"
followed by singing, and AN essay on the
Order Of Exercises in sabbath school,
by Rev j. II. Johns Rev. J. CrOwell,
ID. then read an essay ON the Elements
of the Teachers Power" and the session
oscd with the of an essay "What helps
are most needed, and how to use them"
by J. Bennett Tyler, Esq.
In the afternoon. 1T two O'Clock, the
third session was held. The opening cx-
ercises were on the subject of "Consecra-
ton, and the Model Superintendent
Described" by J. B. Tyler, Esq. Rev. 9.
r schofrld made some remarks on
''Spiritualizng the Sabbath School" and
Rev. l.. Marks on "What q Sunday School
Address should be-"
A kind of an experience meeting was
then held, a number Of those present
stating their views on the question "New
Castle Prshytcry as a Field for Sunday
School tfur,," after which the audience
was divided into CLASSES, and reports made
on the methods Of teaching.
j. b. Tyler, E.q., made some remarks
on the " Plain Uses Of the Blackboard and
Note Book"
In the evening a meeting was held Ut
~ O'Clock for the childien,al which there
was good attendance and addresses were
made by j. Il mctt Tyler, ESP. Rev. +
l.. boing and others.
The sessions have been very interesting
and those in altenda.re were very well
pleased.
ACCIDENTAL man named Patrick Shea,
employed in one Of the powder yaids Of
the Messrs du Punt, iell down ON We'd
nesday and received very painful injury.