, 1877-07-22
4 Heathen Heretio Turns Up-~De-
yotion in the Confederate
Army.
Regulation Regarding Catholic
Picnics---A Batch Of Doc
tors Of Divinity.
The Church in General---Relfg-
ious Services to Be
Hehd To-day.
I,AKl3 BLUFF.


7hs,e was a yery 60 I'd attendance at the Lake
p,nff camr4grounds yesterday, the fine weather
.tt1,ctinr many pereo MS from Chicago, Racine,
~ other cities around. The services Of the
snnd.f-Scbool Assembly were commenced at
8, M. when what is known Us tho t'childrcn's
honrn was held. The Rev. Simeon Gilbert.
eattor Of the Adra,ee, then spoke on ssLesson
svstems ii the;Sunday school" and the normal
.i,xs was addressed on >Bib1e History" by Mr..
], S. O5trander. . .
Atthc regular meeting at Ii O'Clock, Mr.. II.
q Hazard, of the, National Sunday School
4fn,e,, lectured on .e Bible Methods OF Teach
inc ,, He selected timber Of illustrative sub
iects, the first being the story Of Joshuas deal
nor u;th The Israelite,- They were stif-necked
and concrited, pulled up with pride and vain
eIory. They we're pro I'D Of their descent from
fbraham, and that the. ? were the chosen people
Of God. 4 sharp lesson Was needed to
teach them that God uled the world, and that
Teachers should make .sc Of this lesson By i'm
rressfrg upop the chil. lren that God was the
fountain Of all power and blessing. and that
their lives should be con secrateo to His service
Iney must also be show that the way Of right
the people Of the Lord before the Promised
Land could be reached.
The ne1t illustration was found In the ninth
chapter oi Judges, where is told how Gideon,
although he had been Oh osen to DO SO great
ToTk for the glory Of God, Jet refused to accept
the rulership. In answer to the repeated de-
mands Of the people that be should judge the
land Gideon told them the fable Of how
the trees went forth t., choose them
ali refused, but at Ia st the bramble
anccpfcd, Teachers should p oint out that the
bra1nble ruled great deal to<s much in modern
life also. The more tntel1ig cnt and cultured
having abandoned the govern msnt to great
extent, It had in many instane cs ta1lcn into the
hands Of the politicians OF q 10 order who were
perfectly willing to accept the offices. The re-
suit was degrading to all. and the rule OF the
ha1nbie proved to be despotic. in the worst de-
Other LESSONS were taken from. the parable Of
the poor mans eve lamb, told By Nathan to
Dayid; the story Of the woman taken in adul-
1ery, and other Well-known po rtlons OF Scrip
ture. In conclusion Mr.. Hazard impressed
for q thorough study Of the les sons every day.
They should not allow their scholars to remain
quite SO ignorant as the one who quoted,
s.H a man compel. thee to go. -whh
him snass ms sss e. b xbeh The sented forth
ssWhere are now the three oluc childrcnl'
N}tnout constant study the l:ssons would be
thrown away almost entirely. I'D II was well to
follow tho instructions as ]: ID down In the
series In every case the teac her should take
carc to explain to the children. the meaning of
obscure words or passages, an should encour-
apc them to ask questions IN regard to points
with which they were untamI lar.
The afternoon lecture Ws BY Mr. frank
Beard. OF New York. Mr.. Beard is q facile
artist, and his operations with Iayon aud
charcoal were highly relished- BY the meeting,
the children being specially interested he took
for his subject the Sunday-school, and drew
t.. His typical church trustee, who thinks that
Sx,ndar-schoo1s are not managed half SO