The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-11-22
SABBATH SCHOOL WORK.
THE MARYLAND SUNDAY SCHOOL
UNION MISSIONARY IN ELKTON.

| Rev. Eneas English, who i. the authorized
| State Missionary of the above organization
| whose main aim is the union Of all Sabbath
school workers, the illumination of all those
,lready engaged in this important field by
| all the gathering light of individual and
| UNCONVENTIONAL work, in order that it's
value, its resources ap6kits needs might be
| more fully appreciated and that each de-
| nomination do its work the better. 1t is the
| glory of the Sunday School Union that its
| aim is not the accumulation Of wealth
the triumph of a party or sect. but the
moral and religious elevation of all the
children in the State i'll bringing them under
the influence of the gospel, and the salvation
of their souls. That there has been wonder
| full progress achieved for the last so years i'll
| the new development Of Sabbath School
| aids, with y visn to understand and to
| teach, no one can deny, by the use Of tho
uniform lessons, Sunday school papers,
magazines, charts, histories, and finally by
the Observation-Disclosures design. All cal
| culated not only to teach tho heart through
| the eye as we'll as the ear, but also to sim
plity obscure things and impress them in
dehbly upon the yourg mind.
In confirmation Of this, Mr.. English held
| Il union meeting of all the white Sabbath
| schools in the NJ. L. Church, last Sabbath,
at 30 p. NJ. to which parents, teachers and
| children turned out, when he gave black
| board transfer design Sabbath school lesson.
| The title of his illustration and lesson was
The Divine Child, with picture of the
| city of Nazareth, the Wilderness between
it and the Temple at Jerusalem, having
| underneath the city three words-Home,
School, and Fork all drawn out and written
with different colors on canvas.
The exercises were opened by singing
lively gospel hymn by all the schools, after
which Mr.. Finley, Superintendent of the
| Presbyterian Sunday school, offered fer
vent and impressive prayer When Mr..
English selected Il portion of Gods Word,
bearing upon the Divine Child, commencing
at the 39th verse of the 3rd chapter Of Luke,
with responsive reading of the same; after
which he carefully questioned them on the
portion read, all of which the children en-
joyed and answered with great readiness.
As he came to the word Home lie wisely
pointed therefrom the duties, responsibility
and cooperation Of parents in training up
their children in the fear Of the Lord. Then
he passed on to the next word, School, from
which he deduced most practical hints and
suggestions regarding this kind of teaching
and knowledge to he the most powerful
How to attain and where to get it; and
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which he brought ont and explained in its
various aspects, in kind and extent. All of
which was listened to during the whole time
with rapt attention.
In the evening he held Il similar meeting
in the A. L. NJ. p. Colored Church, which
was densey crowded with young and old
He spoke to this large congregation from
the words By his knowledge shall my
righteous servant justify many" in which
he forcibly pointed out that the knowledge
spoken of in the text was not oral or ira
ditional, ecclesiastical, historical or secular,
but n Divine knowledge, the revelation
which God has made concerning His Son,
as recorded in the gospel, which is the
power of God into salvation to ersry enc
| that beleveth, the reception of which in the
heart is eternal life to Eno,c Him whom He
has sent, by which he has passed from death
into life, and through which we are heirs of
God and joint heirs with Christ all of
which young and old needed and was
| adopted to their condition aud age and
without which they could not be saved
The meeting was most enthusiastic, inter-
esting and withal very encouraging.
Mr.. English is of the opinion that the
Elktonians, in company with others, are
rather conservative in their ways.