The Portland daily press., 1873-11-14
sunday School Convention.
SECOND DAY.

| Lie CONVENTION Opeueu DIT - d. H., Will
social meeting, Rev. Mr. Seavey leading. AT
forwards the subject of yesterday, "The duty
| OF church and community to the SundaySchool
was resumed by Rev. E. A. Harlow, Rev. O
NJ Cousins and B. 3. Dyer. Capt. Mitchell Of
Yarmouth, was opposed to doing away with
one preaching service on the Sabbath. Rev. j.
| w johnson and Mr.. Barnes, were of the same
! opinion.
| Reu. Mr.. Whicher of Saccarappa, thought
that there is as much occasion for five sermons
on the Sabbath as two.
| The next topic for discussion was then taken
up, viz: Sunday School work, its importance
in advancing Christ's KINGDOM" 1t was open
ed by Chas. A. Lord, followed by f. A. Smith,
E. A. Harl W and Capt. Mitchell,
Adjourned till 2 p m.
The afternoon session CONNER ced at o.
clock. Capt. Mitchell in the chair A half
hour was given to the infant class exercises,
conducted by Rev. o. M. Cousins and Mrs. B.
Freeman
The next topic for discussion was announced
as "The spiritual influence needed in Sunday
School work; can it be fully secured without
associated teachers meetings?" Rev. d. B.
Randall opened the discussion at some length.
His remarks were followed by Prof. E. 2.
Thwing, B. B. Dyer and H. II. Kicker
A resolution was presented IN favor of a half
day each Sabbath for Sunday School and was
adopted.
Rev. A. Baker of Gardiner, treasurer of the
State Sunday School Convention. spoke of the
interest of the State work, and inundated
that what they most needed was '.grit" and
ssgreenbacks."
At u o'clock the convention met for their
closing exercises, Capt. Sturdivant in the chair.
The topic for the evening discussion was an
nounced as ''How can we retain our young men
in the Sabbath School" The discussion was
opened by Messrs B. B. Dyer, Wood, Baker,
Sanborn and Others
The best of spirit prevailed throughout the
discussions, and all left feeling that they had
received new impulse in the Sunday School
work.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: D. B. Kicker, Portland, Presi-
dent; Capt. D. G. Mitchell, Yarmouth, Vice
President; G. f. Henley, Cape Elizabeth, Sec
rotary; James Noyes, Portland, Treasurer; B.
G. Harding Gorham, s. R. Leavitt, Portland,
John Russell, Portland, Executive Committee
gsraela Again.
Mr.. EDITOR Professor Allen says; allud-
ing to my article. ''If teachers teach subtraction
as the correspondent of the PRESS indicates
they do wrong to the pupil"
The teachers say that Hagar's system is pre-
scribed and that they are obliged to teach it in
full, although they dislike it.
> Yol say the "Grievance arises in large
measure from the ambition of teachers aud
parents to force the advancement of the chill
dren."
Meanwhile the slaughter of the nnocents
still goes on. What can I, as a mother, do to
stop it?
Do YOU suppose that little difficulty in Judea
occurred through the carelessness of Herod, the
excessive zeal of the execntioners, or the ambi-
ton of the mothers?
A mother told me the other day, when dis
cussing this question, that when she was once
teacher and struggling with difficult course,
the committee asked her ''can you get through
wi h this?' "Oh! certainly she replied" there
are only thirteen out now, down with brain fe-
yer, and think l can carry it through"
Of course that was only the exaggeration of
clear-headed girl to show the absurdity of
sacrificing children to course. l shrewdly
suspect that the system saughters a few teach
ers, also, every year.
'Ishmael'' meets my ideas in his simple
method of explaining arithmetic.
If child asks WY two and two make four?
(Which he does not do) wish the teacher to il
lustrate it by saying eff you have two apples
and have two apples how many shall we both
have?" which the child will comprehend, and
not say, as can imagine Mr.. Hagar to reply,
Because two is compound number which
can be expressed by an arbitrary character (2),
therefore by extending the proposition and
writing two compound numbers, each express
ing two units united, we get another compound
number of double the value, or equal to four
units, which can also be expressed by an arbi-
Irary character (4)."
1t seems to me idle to attempt to force chill
dren to comprehend complex ideas by putting
them in simple words.
A MOTHER IN ISRAEL