Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-14

resolutions. The morning session closed
with singing.
CLEVELAND, May 0.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: Afternoon ses-
sion of the first day was opened by singing
and prayer by Rev. Mr.. Porter. The chair
man announced some committees, when
the discussion OF the uniform lesson sys-
tenn was resumed.
Mr.. Atwell contended that there was no
lesson that could not be illustrated to in
FAINT classes-if they could not speak they
could hear and if they could not do that,
could see-gave his experience in lecturing
infant classes.
Mr.. Emory thought we ought not to call
this new system 1T was almost half CEN
tury old, used as far back as 1926. But was
not long however, till it was abandoned
and the people went back to the stufing
process and the country was flooded with
question books. He thought the time
would come when the sun would shine
around the globe on Sunday Schools using
the same lesson.
After singing the third question was
taken up, "Teachers meetings. How best
conducted and what are their advantages"
Rev. Mr.. McGriff had found it very
difficult to have teachers meetings, but
could not well conduct q school without
them. He had always been at loss to
know how best to conduct them.
Mr.. Rogers stated that he had the honor
of presiding over a school of two hundred
pupils, which he thought was good one,
yet they never had had a teachers meet
ing. He thought the assertion of Rev. Mr..
NIcGriff on this subject rather too broad.
Rev. Mr.. Petty said the school he rep
resented held teachers meeting regularly
had only missed one since last October.
Their plan was to appoint at one meeting
some teacher who should act as leader and
hear the lesson at next meeting.
Mr.. Rayl did not believe any one could
have good Sunday School without
teachers meeting. The meetings must
be strictly for the purpose of preparing for
the lesson-they must be bound up.
Emory urged on the superintendent
in the convention to keep up these meet
ings and if they failed to have them during
the week to try it on Sabbath.
Mr.. McGriffy asked when was the best
time to hold them Mr.. Rayl replied at
whatever time you could get the teachers
to attend. Some one suggested Monday
evening
Rev. Mr.. French thought two things ne
cessary for a teacher to know. First,
what to give, and second, how to give it.
He received the material at the Teachers
Meeting, as well as learned how to impart
1t. Gave his experience in organizing and
getting teachers to attend these meetings.
He met in parlors of his members and in
vited young ladies and gentlemen to bring
| their sweet hearts. He had no trouble.
This question was also discussed by
Messrs. Jory, Washburn and others,
The 4th question: "The Sunday School
as Missionary Agency. l. Reaching the
| destitute. .. Nursery for new churches.
8. Developing and aiding those that are
| feeble'n
Mr.. Emory opened the discussion with
some earnest appeals, telling of preacher
| who drove Sunday School from church,
and another man saying he would rather
have still-house in the country.
MIR. Cummins told of man this morn
ing in the city of Chattanooga not know
ing anything about this convention and
| thought Mr.. Emory had better visit that
place.
Mr.. Gaut thought Chattanooga could
take care of herself, and insisted that the
invitation to missionary to visit that city
was unkind, for there were some good
schools there. He thought the American
sunday School Union should found schools
IN destitute portions of the country, but
where denominations controlled them and
did their duty, that was sufficient.
Mr.. Emory wished to make defense of
Chattanooga. He had organized Union
Sunday School there, sent them library
and two churches grew out of it. One
Christian lady brought out twenty-three
other ladies who were now most energetic
in the cause.
Mr.. Washburn hoped Mr.. Emory would
go there-thOught it very encouraging to
know that there was a S. S. in Chatta-
nooga-tried to find out during his entire
administration but had never before sue
ceeded-thought that when a convention
met in both ends and the middle of East
Tennessee, and had never heard from
Chattanooga, it was not a hard thing to
say that missionary was needed. The
speaker was here corrected and remember
ed the man who attended from Chatta-
nooga at the Knoxville Convention and
made the Tobacco speech. Endorsed Mr..
Gaut's remarks in regard to the A. S. S. u.
Evening session closed by singing and
benedction.