The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-02-12
wcisspOru Evang. Sunday school.

WeisspOrI Evang. Sunday School.
The Wessport Evangelical Sunday School,
which we had the pleasure of visiting last
Sunday, is probably the largest and best
conducted Sunday school in the county out |
side of the County seat.
After the interesting teachers meeting
held in the "sacred little prayer meeting
room" on the same floor with the school, at
1870 o'clock, the school was opened by the
newly elected superintendent, Mr.. John
Ditterline, who was elected to fill the vacan-
cy occasoned by the resignation of Mr.. Web
ster Weiss, who has been appropriately
styled THE Model Sunday School Supern-
tendent." The school sung the spirited song
entitled, New Happy Days" an earnest
and HEARTFELT prayer was offered by the
Superintendent, another hymn was sung,
the lesson leaves were distributed to those
Got having any, after which the lesson was
read'alternately 10y the male and female por-
tons OF the school, The Superintendent
then started to sing the spirited chorous,
"Oh, How | Love Jesus.
After singing several verses of a hymn
answering TO the above named chorus, the
collection was lifted in the various classes.
The class which we had the pleasure of
teaching, bv request of the regular teacher,
c. NJ. Roth, called the Albright Glass from
the handsome motto hanging up in the amen
corner where the class sits, and for which
they paid to the school seventy five dollars,
is composed of a number of young men some
of whom we were often accustomed to go to
school with when we were boy.
The Sunday school has adopted the envel-
ope system of lifting the collection by class
es, and the collection of the Albright Glass
amounted to two dollars and four cents
After the very enjoyable season of teach.
ing the class, in which we often sat as
scholar, another hymn was sung, and we
then spoke TO the school upon the subject
under study during the scsslon-the boy
hood of Jesus, and tried to impress the fact
upon the youthful mind that Jesus was a
real, live, active boy; wise, strong and at
tractive. After another hymn was sung
and prayer was offered by Mr.. Hatch :
the Secretary, John Miller, one of the zeal
Gus member whom we well remember to
have been worker in the vineyard in years
| gone by, read the report officers, G teach.
ers, lG; visitors, "a scholars, 1853; .otal
number present, lacking l of being 200 !;
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coming Sunday were then distr buted, an
nouncements were made, and the classes
dismissed in very orderly manner at the
sound of the bell. c NJ. Roth is Assistant
uperintendent; Alvin Koch, Librarian I;
W. II. Miner, Assistant Librarian and Trea-
surer. The infant department, meeting in
what we called "the bird cage" when we
attended the school as scholar is taught by
Mrs. S. K. Miller the pastors wife, and is
now attended by about forty-five or fifty
of Gods little birds who are picking up the
sweet crumbs of truth falling from the Mas
ters table. The Library composed of sever
al hundred well.selecied volumes is quite a
feature in the school so is the blackboard
and its attractive lesson illuminations. The
excellent organ in the school is played by q
young lady named Emma Whitehead.
After the school session the regular month.
ly Teachers Association met, and this fact
alone is evidence that the school is not a
one-man arrangement, in which the Super
intendent is sovereign ruler but is strictly
union in spirit and feeling and thoroughly
Evangelical in its operations. Where a
teachers meeting is not held at least once a
month our experience has taught us that the
school is either very small in number and
interest, or else something is wrong with the
Superintendent or leading officers nothing
will kill the good, Jealous teachers Interest
in the school soonerthan to drop the montL1
ly Association meeting. Much of thSfifC
aud present interest in the Weissporl schoo
is due to the efforts of Rev. Miller, the pas
tor of the church, and the past efforts OF Web
, ster Weiss,the former energetic Superinlend
ent-who grace the school with ther pres
ence.
e You will please excuse us for occupyn.
so much OF your valuable space, hut whil,
attending the school, the hood- gate of pas
c recollectuns came upon us so last that W,
s could hardly give you anything less il
praise of My FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL, tha;
> we have given you. OBSERVER.