Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-11-17
Hancock County S. S. Convention.

The Hancock Count, SUNDAY School Con
vrntlon met al BIuchill. Oct. - 1851.
Al 40 4 NJ. \ fan report VA, prepared by
the Secretary and sent to one Of the leading
state paper. and WaN promptly consigned To
the waste basket. \ request fuT a., retIrn
,1 the >,crc,ar, brought a silence which
Mas oppressive. Ai'er indefinite waiting the
Secretary feel, constrained 10 publish III
some more courteous quarter Il statement Of
the do.u-> Of the convention Al TINS late
dls 4 brief report Mil be- sufficient
Although the rain fell necessarily through
out The day. the friend, OF Sundas Schgo.s
II. the county were well represented. ke,rr-
ends f.. ), Fish, Of BROOKLYN, Rev. i. r.
White. Ellsworth. J. +. Eseleth. Eden.
with delegations from their own and from
other churches, we're present, together With
the three ministers resident IN Bluch.ll, and
the State Secretary of ). Schools, Rev. W.
H. CLARK Of So. NorrldgeS ock and Superin-
tendents from various schools. Rev. l. 6.
LYON, opened the topic, "ioW 10 conduct
Review" He emphasized the need Of study
my each lesson IN gong over II the first
time. and thought If this was done the lead
my points OF the lesson could be etfectlvel,
brought out IN the review Others sad
Get the lesson Yourself, set down the princi-
pal points after each lesson, and thus pre-
pare Tor a review all the time. Some schoi-
ar, neither answer nor even Try 10 think,
but sit stupid. Try and get all to thinking.
Don't Use lesson papers in the class.
The topic, Characteristics Of a Successful
SUNDAY School Superintendent. vas opened
by Rev Mr.. Johnston. By request Of the
! Convention an abstract of this addres, will
be published.
The topic. The ). S Library, was opened
! by Rev J. +. Eveleth, who spoke especially
yf the importance Of the library a. a means
I Of impartng religious instruction and thus
/ aiding in the object OF the school. Others
/ spoke of the usefulnes. of the library to
/ draw scholars; OF the aim Of each book
| being to lead the mind Of the reader to the
| Bible and to God condemning the ordinary
| Sunday School novel; advising committees
/ to buy few carefully selected books often
! rather than large lot of earelessly selected
| books at long intervals Of the importance
| of the teachers suggesting the best books IN
! the library to his scholars to read. The
| topic ..Should One Sunday each Quarter be
| given TO a Temperance Lesson Was opened
BIZ Rev T. +. White. He argued strongly
/ in favor of strict temperance, a. did all the
speakers WHO IbllpAEu bthir OAt AoubAtA u
| il was expedient to have one lesson each
| quarter on this subject. Some Of the speak
| ers thought this the greatest evil before the
| country or the world, aud that four lessons
| year would be none too many for our schools.
| The question box opened IN the afternoon
| and evening, brought out some of the most
| interesting discussions, and was one of the
most enjoyable features
| The whole of the exercises we're eryaded
I hy spirit Of harmony and desire for
practical improvement by gaining or giving
/ ideas, which made the occasion both pleas
/ ant and useful to the small audience, which
never numbered, morning, afternoon or
evening, over lbs, on account of the con-
tinuous rain.
Rev. j. F. Eveleth was elected Moderator;
| J. c. NJ Johnston of Bluehill, Secretary and
Treasurer. The vice-presidents of last year
were reelected for this. Executive Com
mittee, +. F. White, c. W. Huntington and
/ Rev. G. W. Hudson of Ellsworth. Ad-
journed TO meet at the call of the Executive
Committee.
The various addresses of the State Secre
tary on Teaching and on other topics, added
much to the interest and usefulness Of the
convention.
IL was agreed to recommend each school
in the county TO take up apenny collection