National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-12
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE.
Meeting nj Calvary Church-The FIRST
DRy,. Proceedlun..

!
| The Sunday School Institute for the supertn.
| tendents and teachers OF sunday schools com
menced yesterday at $50 O'Clock, the first OF a
! three days session In this city, at the calvary
! Baptist church There were also in attendance
/ many OF the pastors and church members inter.
ested in Sabbath school work.
| Mr.. Warren Choate called the meeting TO order
| which was opened by singing the HYMN entitIeJ
| " Worthy the Lamb" after which nffeen minutes
were spent In devotional exercises,
! Rev. Alfred Taylor, OF New York, conducted
| the institute exercises and on being Introduced
said that IL was in no spirit OF Formally mai he
was glad to greet them lie had seen teachers
| 20 home from q meeting resignedly. where there
| had been hut a few present, belIeying Thai the
! Spirit Of the Lord was with them. bnt where
| there were so many present il showed that they
displayed a great Interest In their SABBATH
| schools and desired 10 become Acnnainted win
anything and everything that would proye in,
structive to themselves and promote the adj
yancement and excellence Of SUNDAY schools.
lie then smoke on the subject !" Tbe RoysI
Road 10 Religious Learning and said IL was
common 10 scold children, and wished that 1t was
not So Many good and plous people are in the
habit of scOldlnR chlldron frntn Their ynnth
There are many teachers, because child 4 SLOW
The oriGn Of he ekpresson can Se , 9 hsnl
TO Egypt three centuries before Christ. lie held
that the road 10 religious learning was one of
10y Sss sIS 20 pah MAJ eS them
to drive religious learning into children Nv tfe
rod; hut were they to exchange places with 4
children they would md u not very delight
Eings-Gp to Him who sits on the throne Of =
universe, and Il was a glorious thought TO he.
lleye that they would he beyond earthly kings.
llgious education, and incnloate moral IDEAS into
their youthful mlnda II matt a Qreai deal Of
ulnere , now tne Iuth WaS taken 70 the child
ali wnniL no,,ar Issg, Ia, In INK eIP'.l young .,
ntereSteI. and II instruction /. moi i,nnsr.eI
pindy and Iovingiv il wifi moi ,a.o ~, p ~
srhnsE ~ ahIe ~ disIIrs II no, ~, w. au ,ne
when gentleness and peasantness viii often
prove more r,i successful IN Winning love and gain:
GnlcEer way 10 1uenrh The 9fluinsiifX in a rhiiJ
tSan 10 reprsye n for its nat1rainess IL dannd
,aschsrs ~ In,ersst ,hei, cIsss ,t;n e nehen
ssieh No rh m Ts unless ,ney inter
sired IN inform their scbniars an ~ ", ,'ey hn-
nrenaTcd n instrnrt ,hem """ W. W S'"ooI
wdnd dh so s Sn%0 NV Mere maSe drdgery they
,Ight AMI then the schnoI. mi,hs nna ue-
iarge Numbers Of names an thsir III nP''' W Hee
IS. hXmn e1ti,iaL - 1h ''iS. a., luis w. ,,,,,,
than spgs a,,er which a. az. am so ulad was
was taken, aud on reassemhiinv 'ha missinnss
hymn WAS sung '"' "''''''"a''
toiInwIHS asEed, "no onr snn vn opshneu AM Ine
ieaTn enSngh RihIe yersss Y n, Sh,lnIen
the bows, after the lesson Ia eancIuisd sropp
sIIcIi~5, ,nins intn oach n,ha oonSIuuen, ifoln
Cents - '" Snail Give nresnnts ~ =. ooipatinE
~ nv class awh.t az ~ " p tne en l
Doriant oas0catons that teacher sSnm lHs' .I
so11e Iata ~ " IInSx shsii , E I'm M inat
intarastsds - ,,sb"nih ampt NueP SuI vniiuLen
nae tobaccoqn '"O''' '""""' -''"oo' 'eaoher
usny nthar ou,s,,,ns ~, the s,,,,. ,,., -
rrnnn,;nJa ~ In ,r " ne naie IIori were
XIV SIp Tayin% NV" "e'' eAP'A'he" an" answered
" I.hs ttsrnno, sos,io, thu, ,,o.,, ,,,,, H..
,innaI nSorniSn 'o's'o" 'heh e'osou WIN ueNO-
''"A
Evening Session.
The spacious auditorium Of the Calvary Ran |
list church was nlled TO Its capacity last evening
for enjoyment OF the exercises pTearranged |
Noticeable among the audience were the Rev |
prs. J. v. Parker, Tiffany and Rankin; Rev.
Messrs. II. W. Read, George Hall, c. &. MeadOFi
Messrs. Myrck, JONES'. Whlttlesey and other
prominent chufchmen; and MessTs. Haynes, Car
Ing, P0ler, Coburn, Patch and many Others emil
nent for their happy Influences upon the good Of
the community. After an address Of welcome
ny MI Stlckney, and short time given 10 devo-
uonal exercises, the
REy. ALFRED TAYLOR
delivered an address on the subject OF Sunday