The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-06-14

IhelOrted TO- tue OARBON ADVOCATED
ALTOONA, Pa, June Z. - The Fifteenth
Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania
State Sabbath School Association was held
in the Second Presbyterian church, Of this
city, this week, opening on Tuesday after
noon and closing on Thursday evening
The attendance throughout was large, and
the sessions were of unusual interest to all
Sunday school workers. 1t is estimated that
about 300 delegates were present, from ver-
Gus parts Of the State !; but did not recog
nize any from your county. At the eve
ming session, the church, though a large
one, was too small to accommodate all who
applied for admission
TUESDAY RVTERNooH-
The convention was called 10 order BY the |
chairman, John h. Whitney, of Bryn Maur, |
at 8 o'clock. After devotional exercises, he |.
introduced Rev. Rich'd Newton, D. D., 'HFhe |
Chldrcn's Friend," Of Philadelphia, who |
addressed his remarks principally to the
children, this being chldrcn's meeting.
lie took as the subject Of his discourse the
words found in Prov. xi : 10, ''ro him that
soweth in righteousness shall be sure re-
ward" Getting the children to answer and
repeat the speaker defined "soweth righte
business to II man doing good and ire
ward" as meaning getting good" thus he
had for his subject Doing good is the best
way OF getting good"
The address was listened to most attentive
ly by all present His illustrations were
simple and easily understood. One of his
illustrations WAS the story of the woman who
gave to the prophet Elijah 1.-The last meal and
oil she possessed and by so dong always had
aever failing supply afterward. Another
was by wheat being" thrown away" by the
sower which he gathers again at harvest, it
| having been increased many fold. At the
close of his address, to have the subject i'm
pressed more fully upon the minds of the
children, ,he had them again to repeat it.
After singing "Lord dismiss us with thy
blessing" The benedictiOn was pronounc-
ed by DR.. Newton.
TUESDAY EVENING.
After singing and prayer, Rev. R. B. Ham
lin, of this city, delivered an address ofgreet-
ing and welcome, which was responded TO
bv the President, Rev. J. r. Whitney.
The principal address of the evening was
by Rev. P. S. Henson, of Philadelphia, on
"The possibilities of the future" He says
1--WE need higher grade of teachers. Too
often Superintendents lay their hands on
any one. Teachers must be apt to teach.
Not all are called for this work some are
like the candidate for the ministry, who or
being asked if he had been called to the
work, SAID he "knew of no one that had call
ed him except his father!' He took the
ground that teachers ought to be converted,
so that their life would be that of christian
during the week as well as on Sunday, and
not like the little boy who described the
shape of the earth. The school master had
told the class that the earth was round like
, his snuff box; but the boy observed him
having square one on Sunday, and so at
the examination he repliad that the earth
was round all week and square on Sunday
We do not need such teachers, we need
men trained for the work." One of the
possibilities Of the future" he thinks will
: be, "fewer teachers" and these will be edu.
Gated for their work as any other profession
al man is educated for his work, the teachers
he thinks will be salaried ST. that they car
90 among the children and devote thcii
whole time to the work. The DR.. is an able
and entertaining speaker and his remarks
received close attention.
After singing hymn, the bcnediction wa
pronounced and the meeting adjourned.
= WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The exercises commenced with song ser
vice and recitations of scripture verses, will
running comments, conducted by j. Howard
Seal, of the Young Mems Christian Associa
. ton of Philadelphia.
f The report of Ed. s. Wagner, Secretary
y who being absent was read by j.. d. Vail
q chairman of the Executive Committee. aftc
h which several committees We're appointed.
9 "All hail the power of JesHs," was sung
followed by an address on " How to increas,
the efficiency of our state and county organ
> izations," by Rev. J. NJ. Remensnyder, ~
Lewstown.
r Reports from the different counties wer
r. then heard.
c AFTERNOON SESSION.
Il General business was now brought bcfor
n the convention and discussed. The Secre
Il tary was instructed to send letter to al
: schools, recommending a religious, patriot
observance of the 4th of July. 1t was ais
agreed upon that delegates be appointed t
the London Centenary by the Executiv
!. Committee, and that the next meeting pal
V take Of the Centenary character, and tha
:ys the Committee make it prominent ieatur
upon the next programme.
After singing Heavenly Father, bles
ot me now," j. Howard Seal delivered an in
+ teresting lecture on Illustrative Teaching.
EVENING SESSION.
W The Second Presbyterian church seal
II about 1900 persons, but before half past Il
the seats and standing room was occupied
at and many were turned away not being abb
40 to gain admittance about 1000 persons wei
,s inside. The large crowd had assembled {
ts hear the Rev. John Hall, of New York. III
pulpit platform was adorned by two beaut
ful flower stands most handsomely and tai
.e fully arranged. The first speaker of til
20 evening was Rev. George. p. Hayes, D. D
CT President of Washington and Jefferson Co
~ lege on Teachers Encouragements,"
=, The report of the Finance Committee WI
"a read and adopted.
,e A telegram was now handed the presiden
lI' which proved to be a message of greetir
- = from the State Baptist Association. Messal
oe was Gallations vi. 10 to which the Seer
. tary responded with John iii. 2.
20 After singing "Only an armor bearer
u DIR. Hall was introduced, and as he can
,u forward on the platform he was greeted |
w rounds Of applause. His subject was I'll
W Word-what 1t is and how to study it," Il
just told us what the "word" was, and the
ny went on to disprove some arguments, p
ld forth by writers against the "word." at
ed not book Of sciences and ologies." VIII
rs teacher could teach il, if it treated of a
5e- these things? And for what age should
an have been adopted The truth is, the bait
lls has been fought and won in the high place
gu 1t is only in the low, behind-the-age place
j. in obscure valleys, where they do not kno
'e- what is going on in other parts of the fiel
1t that they talk of science conflicting with Il
Bible. The greatest scientists are among h
is devoutest christians" He then spoke OF h
ice "study" of the word and thought the o
,od Testament should under no consideration
III forgotten. "No man understands tie Ne
lp- Testament until he knows the old Test
ment; How else can he understand the II
is brews. There is no better way to undermi
mt religion than by shelving the old TestameI
est for it will end in taking Christ out of t
m. new" He spoke of the social circle
cir Bible study. "Study that you may teac
mt and you will grow in ability" The |
ITe thought Bibles should be published IN larg
-ic- print and more attention should be given
,or the reference columns. He hvors the |
ble ternational Lessons" for they take us also
nm the Old Testament"
ose The addresses this evening, were listen
,ck to with the closest attention and cannot f
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