The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-10
sabbath school state Association.
ANNUAL MEETING.


which our reporters manuscript was re-
ceived on Wednesday night, to defer the
publication of several reports and abstracts
which arc now given.
REPORT OF \. NJ. Butler, SECRETARY.
The largest school in the State is the
Baptist Sabbath School at Brattleboro,
numbering 800 scholars. The next largest
is the Baptist school at Burlington, num-
bering 500 scholars. There are 574 schools
in the State, numbering sc, 435 scholars, of
which number $4,000 are children. The
whole number of children in the State is
S9,092. OF the entire population of the
State but II 40 per cent are found in the
Sunday school, The secretary urged great
er effort to enlarge the number attending
our schools, and of going out into the
country and holding Sabbath schools in the
school houses. The united Christian effort
of all denominations was needed, not pull
ing separately. This will result in more
conversions and show greater results In
Essex there was q town Sabbath school or
ganiZation, the only one in Vermont, meet
ing once month, in which great interest
was felt, the young people attending large
ly, and many who do not attend denomina-
tional schools The town of Cornwall,
Addison county, had more scholars in the
Sunday school than any other town in the
state, in proportion to its.population, being
SO per cent of the population. Other towns
had from 40 to so per cent, while many
had a much smaller percentage.
After singing there was taken recess of
ten minutes.
The next topic was illustrative Teach
ing"
A. NJ. Butler the secretary, made an
appeal in favor of teaching by object less
ons, and illustrated his remarks by rcfcrr-
ing to the example of Christ himself in
conveying his important lessons by the use
of objects. He made beautiful alluson
to the flowers surrounding the pulpit, and
said they were like what all denominations
should be, in harmony with each other.
They are bound together here so
should we all be bound together by the
love of Jesus, and should be held together
by that love. The fragrance of the flowers
teaches Christians lesson their fragrance
is different, SO Christians have different
duties. There habits are different, some
creeping high up with spreading vines to-
ward the sun, some bending lowly near the
earth, so Christians work, some in an hum
Bile, lowly manner, and some in higher
spheres of influence and usefulness. The
boquet of flowers symbolizes us as an AS
ISOLATION of Sabbath School Workers,
bound together and shedding the holy fra.
GRANGE of the Gospel.
He then took up the use of the black
board and spoke of it in favorable terms as
an auxiliary in Sabbath school work. He
exhibited and explained blackboard exer
else.
Rev. Mr.. Cobb of Springfield, Rev. AL
Cooper of st. Johnsbury, Rev. c. G. Tor
rey, of Charlotte and the Rev. Mr.. Holme.
discussed the blackboard, favoring its ust
to certain extent.
The secretary then read letter from f
G. Chaplin, President of the Iowa Stat,
Association regretting that lie could not b,
present. Iowa sends greeting with 4,2Ot
schools and 49, 900 scholars.
The secretary was directed to RESPOND
fratcrnally to the letter
ABSTRACT OF REV. O. C.. ToRREYs ADDRESS
Rev. c. c. Torrey spoke substantially a
follows:
He said we ought to study the geogra
ply of the Bible, and to learn more of tn,
places where the important and marvclou
transactions occurred that are there record
ed. We all know with what eagernes
during the Franco-German war the rougl
hewn maps of the seat of war, published
by the papers, were sought after that w
might the more thoroughly understand tn
stirring events then transpiring. How es
sentially important then that we shoul,
study photography Of the Bible in orde
to fully understand and correctly appreci
ate the events revealed in Bible history
How peculiar the emotions of him who !
permitted to sit down on Calvary, or il
Gethsemanc, where the last fervent praye
of the Savior was uttered 1t is possibl
for us all to become familiar with thes
scenes depicted in the Bible. We ought +
be familiar with the topography of tn
Holy Land. We should have knowledg
of the history of the Bible and contempt
raneous secular history. We should rea
the Scriptures with reference to its chron
ology, in order to correctly understand II
The golden land of California was for man
long years known only and visited as tn
land of hides, while the Boston Spectator
in hides were daily walking over riches
mines of gold, unknown.