The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-22

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a N he cleatly tlsgWed that The Pestof = |
<1o@ncto Guperintrn de6t q the Sabbath
g1lool and sisat ilie sfue sttje Of eu-
ptrintendenf feeIs xe19 lspch llEe ~
naaio Of dip Inc second ofneer and
Inst Inc risht kind a Pastor never
.Iords Il over his Superintendent though
he has special ere over HIN, y help him
III sycry possible w I'D tlf1s that
each 4 NE othex's ministeE.
IN 5Ie Sffef1ooa s66aI61 ~ S66g -
zion 'could ~ - .senaet and \ ms DEL
eided u,at il the evening ~ Overflow
i6SeiinS should - held Ia theF United |
HrSthron Chufch N0tWtthsfandink this
arrangement, The audience ID Tho mai.. 4
nseetIne was still % large that MANY had
70 stand during the session. At this
meeting the tsosol Song an. Scripture
6ervicer conducted ~ Pvof. Bum and
President Gilmore was remarkably af-
feeling narration 81 the story Of the
Prodigal Son.
Rev. J. W Clinton, Of Marnhalltown,
was intv oduced with the topic e Pay a.
yop Co." He said this was an easy topic
easily understood plain Anglo Saxon
words. He said there was one word IN II
that be liked particularly, and that was
the word Go" BE liked anything that
has go" in II. After telling . funny an
EecdQte on the Bapttsts and another on
the Methodists, he remarked that there
wss another word which he liked very
well, and that was Pay After some
more jokes about former Conventions ct
Blatrstown. Brooklyn, ETC., he Gale ON
the audience Pay ~ You Go" and
II : short time the sum OF 81 50 was
raised.
| After this means OF grace, MI. n. @.
Hazard, of Chicago, was announced. He
alluded TO certain time when he had to,
speak tn Chicago on the subject Of by
naTnics OF Sunday Schools" he said that
this time he should speak OF do never
miss" in teaching. He thought that the
grand object Of all this Sunday School
teaching is to take these children captivss
and bring then to the foot OF the Cross.-
He would not like to trust his child to 9
teacher who did not himelf know the way
to Christ. BE thought . teacher needs
Tact. Some persons were Of such .
frigid character that when they sit down
before class they will freeze up every
thing before them. Another class Of
teachers are possessed Of 20 much dignity
that when one Of them appears before the
class every one feels as II o ton Of religion
had dropped down upon them and would
certainly crush them all He illustrated
the power of tact, and made everyone see
| that teacher, to be successful, must
have tact in attracting attention, in teach
ing facts, in enforcing truth, etc. He
showed that forced attention amonnts IN
nothinr-that we must have the tact to
secure the child's voluntary attention 81
Then the teacher must be enthusiastic
cal about the lesson. He must teach in
simple sceech. There are songs in manv
Of our books which our children do not
underatand 4 dear little rirl once was
thinking 81 = sentence n one Of our dear
eat hvmns and finally with 4 puzzlcd ,ook
e.id s.Mother NH n 4 4 -co,,nsecr.,.
q .croas-eved bear,. His next point vas
that : teacher must understand vhathe q
| q teach One wav to do this Il nv con.
timed fresb studv nv making nae ~ q,
the helns thew can get. But above all
thinps search the Bible and nroye scrin-
ture b. scripture. He said that the most
faulty method OF teaching was that Of
occurring and the best style of teaching
that Of asking questions. He said the in.
terroration point was shaped exactly like
the human ear.
The overflow meeting was Also we'll
attended.
sATuRDAY--17TH.
The Sunrise Prayer Meeting was again
quite well attended, showing the great
interest these delegates feel in their work.
The service was conducted by Mr.. D.
Gray, of Western College.
The 8:45. A. N Prayer Service was con-
Quoted by Mr.. =, W. Allen, Of Marshall
town. After very edifying session, the
topic How can we engage more Lay
men IN Active Christian WORK, was dis
cussed by Rev. u. Hurd, OF MARSHALL
town. He emphasized the word VIZ
How can WE DO this. We Pastors and
Lay workers-wo must feed them-a half
starved man VIII not work. They must be
Taught. a sense OF personal responsible
y must 20 rolled upon them. he spoke
OF the great need Of conservation TO the
work-then II win De success.
On Studying ana using the Bible"
Eoitor N. =. Hazard made many telling
pelnts' among WINCH are me following !:
~. oeiecs 2 good bioie. a teacher
should nave me Dest-a 1uil and reliable
references hinie' WIN maps ana topical
Text book- re spoke o. the hagster ~
Ole ana several other editlonss but more
particulariy recommended the American
tract Societys Ieacners hlole. as per.
maps the most suitable ana ne'piul hand