Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-12

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from nature. The Bible, also, and his
tory and the common things of every
day life. An audience is always ready to
listen to stories, and he thought the Old
Testament one of the best sources to get
material for stories for little children as
well as older people. Always keep our
eyes open for illustrations, and think
of the great truths that these things
illustrate. There is such thing as
throwing the truth in the back ground
in attempting to illustrate, this should
be avoided. In regard to questioning,
we ought to question each scholar sepa-
rately and not the class collectively, in
doing this each scholar will be the bet
ter prepared to answer all the questions.
Tact should be used in asking the
questions, so as not to put the hardest
questions to the dullest scholar, but af-
ter having learned your class then ques-
tion according to ability to answer.
Bro. Austin said sermon that would
suit city congregation would not suit
congregation in the country, because
their tastes and mode of life differed.
While at the Centennial saw the story of
Jonah and the whale illustrated for the
| first time, and had believed it ever
since. Whether he had disbelieved it
before that, he did not state. Bro. M.
S. Chamberlin said he had believed the
story by simply reading it in the Bible
without seeing it illustrated. Bro. A.
B. Blake said that John B. Cough first
told to his children the stories he in
tended to tell to the public, and if his
children were interested his audiences
were sure to be. 1t made a great deal
of difference how story was told about
its being interesting. A short time was
then spent in social greetings, which
seemed to be enjoyed by all, and many
new acquaintances formed. The next
in order was the lesson for the following
Sunday, but as Bro. Wild to whom it
had been assigned, was not present,
no one volunteering it was omitted.
| Bro. Boardman on the book of Galatians
was substituted for it. He said that he
did not come forward simply to fill up
the time, but because he has something
to say. The Galatians were Frenchmen
who had wandered off in their marauding
excursions to Asia Minor, and finding
it better country than their own had
settled there He went on to give a
very interesting account of them and
showed how, after their conversion un-
der the preaching of Paul, the Jews
that lived among them tried to bring
them under the bondage of the law,
which led Paul to marvel that they
we're so soon removed from Him that
called them into the grace of Christ
unto another gospel, and to twice ez-
CLAIM that if any one preached any 9TH
er gospel than that he had preached,
"let him be accursed, >" going on to show
them the use of the law in bringing them
to Christ, and how we may profit by
Paul's writings to them, and how that
we should obey the law that we may
be taught the perfect law of liberty.
The convention opened in afternoon
by song service. The questions, not
having been answered in the forenoon,
were now taken up and briefly and per-
tinently answered by the brothers
and sisters to whom they had been as
signed. After which the following res
olution was offered by Bro. Bates ano
adopted by the convention. Resolved
"That this convention feels impelled tc
express its conviction that the interests
of our cause, demands that every one t.
whom any appointment for our meetings
may be given, shall regard himself as
under obligation to meet that appoint
ment punctualIy, either in person or BY
substitute"
A children's meeting was then hello
and very interesting, as we'll as pleasing
remarks were addressed to them by
Bros. Bates and A. B. Blake and siste
Hidden. Bro. Blake handled the baby
question remarkably we'll. and demon
strated the fact that he knew something
about them. All seemed to agree tina
it was the best children's meeting eve
held in connection with the convention
Bro. Boardman thought that there nigh
be some way devised to avoid having 81
many absentees, and offered the follow
ing resolution which was adopted
Resolved, "That the executive commit
tees nominate two brothers to be ap
pointed by the convention, one as prin
: cipal and the other as substitute, VIII
! shall prepare thoroughly one of the in
ternational lessons for sabbath occur
, ing little after the next meeting 0
, the convention, who shall teach tha
lesson to the convention as bible-class
and shall appeal to the convention 70
exemplary criticism upon the method Q
! teaching, and in conclusion shall sur
J up and apply the practical truths Sc
forth in the lesson" The executiv
, committee, agreeable to the foregoin