, 1875-11-13

aslmu'sto. aabbatl.-sehoot teachers. Thoy want
ell liga entl.dslaan4 atnaug tho pupts, and to
lhia cnl It Whs neceBaary that tho teachers
should haso much pefbonal knowledge Of. aud
n!luonco nydr, t1lnlt pupils.
Tho Rnv. alr. Fnstcr Thought there wore too
many toachorH, OH an average. N tho Sunday.
ncno1l cat.eH. iio wAB ardoEtly In favor OF
fowcr teachnrn; Of mora enthubiaatn and lnote
knowledge Of tho wants aud aspttatlons OF Tho
pupils.
At this point tho Chair declined IA hear
further discussion. N tirs was Hp.
MI. n. G. HA1Anp,
Of tho Sandav.Schoo Teacher, Nhs then
s essc. :" 'sss W e. e. i's, sea T. s 81, rss
10 confined to two small qucstlons. "Wh, 7"
aud "Whas ?" First, why they r1,null have
npr1ua! clABBos. Uocauao tllcy wore conpnlle1
10 mako usc OF material tt,at camo to their
would hardly bo usod by my o. hot class OF In.
sttuctoss. There wan plontY Of goodwill and
pioiitY Of onthualaant hnt thaEo Was considerable
sss Of 'nssefs iii ia a. ss'y E'e' oss ss s
Tint they really could not fill up
tho timo aes npart for tho instruction OF their
cfasses. III fact, ttose toachsrs woro ofupty.
They Know very little, and wcrs, consequently,
only ab!o to convoy tu pupils knowledge amall IL
quantity aud poor iu quality. 70 bfiug tho mt
ter d0wn TO a fine point. tlero wha 1amentablo
want OF Hyhtonl Many Of tho teachery had good
MnIlh ncAE&Dt 0Qt lhSS hHl1 HDk &G16 III HCpiam+
plish much. simply fro'n tlis hano lack OF 1yeten.
The Ruaday-hchool tesaon aholtld always havo
zcaE. enthusiasm, and po[nt. It should he shot
directly at tts mark. The toaclling in tho Snu~
day-school ahoud Always be OF Ito kind that
n'ade points, Otherwise It munt rcmnln perfect
~ va.noeeb.
Under tho head Of Al Whnt7" ho thought ttero
waa III unnecessary amount OF foeg!ness rolA.
two to tic meaning Of normal, Which meant
getting at tho root, following aJBsem that
could be used with advantage: Toachora
| should got together, form classos, mud acquire a
more thorough. knowledge OF tho book. sud also
0f tue manner Of best conveying this knowledge
to tho pupils. Thoro wax no uso IN trying 10
little 40 h.s pups. ..-......-..
Mr. slllIor. Of Evanston, wished to say > word
In behalf Of tho teachors. Both tho addreRaes
charged teachcrs IN the Sunday schools With bo'
iuG ignorant OF their work, that tloy were on1pts
and llollow-headed. llo thought that. ln vtcN
Of tho succchB which hnd been attained,
tho charges against tho BnndaY.school tcacherB
| could not be sustained. tfc thought that. in.
stead Of finding faux, they ought to try aud Gu
| courage cacu other.
Mr. natsa thought 1t WAS no harm to have .
| littlo plain talk about tho rnsstor.
| Mr.. Barrett thought It mas no harm to reach
| ont after better aud higher way. lie corsid
cred that much In both addresses would be fount
lmpraoticabo. Sabbath-tcLool teachers, as Q
! rule. 'Sere devoted to thele duty, aud would bc
| delighted to iInd Rome mcans Of gainiug moro
| light.
| COMMfTTEEH.
| The discuaBlon having CONC to "a ond, afr
| Chssoid, ftom tho Nominating Committee. TO-
ported relative to eub.comnittecs as follows:
Committee Oh 1fanaeensnt-All the officers Of ths
County Association sud tho auaday Hchool Committee
Of the !. II. q. A.
iis.'onary con.rn1a<e-1. ". Do.n. II. @. epaGord
the Ney. H. NJ. Parkhusst, GeosRo ". 8harp tue Rev.
ir. Goodman, II. II. Cisso'd, ", .. jacobs.
EIecahEe Comn,fnee-presiicnt, A. 9. Lane: Bcctc
tasy, II. =. Vail: Treasurer, William Dickinson sats
Secretary, E. payaon Porter H. f. Jacobs, c. l.. Cur
| ricr, J. i. lobEs.
! F,annee Conm,tttt-Trcasnrer, William Dickinson
| H. q. Gpstford, John +. MiEsr, 8. johnson, l.. r
| MoorchouEc, u. +. JACohs, A. u. Laue.
| ILL. A. J. HELL.
! OF Oak Park, delivered a brief addreBa o,
"Teachers' Meetings." tn which ho recommend
cd that there be little spnech-1naking sud mucl
prayerfuinons to get from God knowledge ant
ytgor for their work. While they needed norma
schools, he beloved that, lii their wuok1Y prayer
meetings, they could dcs1ve gtoAt benefit aut
mitch spiritual knowledge.
| Tie general tenor Of tho speakers remark
rsas about tho aanaa as that of previous Bpesk
ers. being 1ather q rayiow Of former addresses.
Tho Convention, after singing = hymn, I'd
jousnoa uatA 7:30 o'clock.