New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-15
SUNDAY-SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.
CLOSE OF THE SESSION OF THE sUNDAY-scHooL
TEACHERS AssoCIATIoN-DR. TYING. JR., ON CAT

CLOSE OF THE SESSION OF THE sUNDAY-sCHooL
TEACHERS AssoCIATIoN-DR. TYING. JR.. ON CAT
ECHIsMs
RuFFALO. N. Y, June 14.-TO-day was the
last of the Convention Of the Sunday Teachers
Association. The Nominating Committee presented
their report on nominations for the ensuing year A
dresses were delivered by the Rev. Messrs ii. M rAr
sons OF Boston and j. Clement French OF New'erSey.
Memorial services in honor Of the late r. r. Bliss were
held Albany N Y. was selected the place for hold
ING the next convention on the first Tuesday In June,
1878 Messrs c. c. Shelly of Brooklyn, f. d. Danforth
of Enira aud E. f. Sill of Buffalo. were appointed uee
gates to the NewJersey State Convention, ana D. Cor
win of Brooklyn delegate TO the International Coh'e
yention at Atlanta, Ga, April H. 1878, Win power 10
select their own associates. Edward Bristol at present
missionary In the association, will be ordained toor-
row evening
At the session yesterday the Rev. Dr. Stephen H.
Tying ir of New-York City, delivered an eloquent adj
dress on Catechisms Creeds. and Christ" He said
The catechsm should be full OF Christ ana iul OF
personal savior These terms should nc
from the of the caiechsm to develop Tue pu,cis
of the Gospel The catsehisn as 1t no" wiz rew M
the first fornular instruction ;or mature minis, men cai
succeeded in 1886 by another caechisn by Johh oai,
vim These catechisms were ior nosG n.e S.tecSism
from Romanism In 1868 me heldeineIE "a ,,i
was made Il is used now oy I9s cr e Enss
Church. aud IN 1910 the Westminster Ca,eensin Mas
made BIT there Is not enc oI
doc M, moot over The neads OF the taest child Trey
had nothing to do with sunday-schools. Ihey were
made prior to the existence OF SgndayShoois NO one
Knows how to teach does not know how to question
the into the child, aud then que IL our oi 'ne
child First Christ; then the Creed; then the cate
chism The best u scatter sunday Us W
keep them on the smoked beef of a cateelsn. 1.
The theology Of the American Sudayschooi Is
Chriso-C cntrc IL centcrs in Christ III you want 10
know what the theology the next generation VIII be,
20 down to your Sunday schools. This grows IRON our
union IN tlis work. the Christian workers mere
work from this Tie Christian statement OF the
al
Christ" The teachers OF the Sunday-school ARE heaft
instructed rather than he instructed our theology III
The Stay school must be suc that the children can
crapplc with IT, We believe that grace descends
with blood The PRAYER OF every parent Is ON, mat
IsLmael nav be brought irto The fold. The same great
attraction OF In. holds for the child - IL holds of
us When the child has submitted TO Christ then Is tho
time for the crccds and caiccaisEs. -
Those truths that center III Christ as person ana bs
official relations 20 "a Savior are what we mus
teach The first to teach IS the assembled christ
teach the children To expect Jesus 10 expect Bio coming
to them on the earth. The ~ the Gi9ohs tfnln OF
the Resurrection then the suffering at GIgotha; theh
tine Termination. Last OF all Betnehen, the great nYs
tery Of Christ manifest in the flesh. Christ ncarnatc Is
the last comprehend.