National Republican., 1881-11-03
suNpAY-scHooL INSTITUTE.
second Days sessIon-Interesting Al
acknowledgements for To-Day.

The second days session of the Sunday
School Institute at the Congregational Church yes.
torday was occupied with number Of interesting
addresses and talks. The afternoon session was
opened with devotional exercises conducted by
Rev. Mr.. Grlmkc. Mrs W. +. Crafts gave n normal
lecture on THE Conversion and Christian Culture
Of Little Children She said that she had written
to number Of fteachers ofinfant classes through
out the country asking what was tho primary OBJ
ject Of infant. class instruction. The unanimous
response had been that the object was First, to
bring the children to Christ and second, to culti-
vate them In oil Christian graces. The objection
to children becoming members Of the church
is ridiculous In her opinion, as soon as q child
was old enough to sin then 1t was old
enough to be n Christian. She gave a list Of the
questions asked of children upon their admission
to Surrey Chapel, London, as follows: DO you
love JesusY DO you depend solely upon him
try to give w. SHINING every day" DO you strive
day by day to live more like JesusT In her Opn-
ness of n child for church membership. In the
discussion, OF the subject OF bible Glasses ana
Teachers Meetings"
REV. DR.. MEREDITH
gave very interesting history Of his Bible class
and the methods he employed in teaching IL. This
class numbers between 1000 and $500, and meets
every Saturday afternoon in fremont Temple, Bos-
| ton. lie conducts IL in much the same manner
MS tho moderator offs delibcrative assembly aud
when member wishes to speak he addresses the
ehair He tries to get them to talk as much IS ISIS is
| to contend with was the class OF por.
sons known as cranks who have all sorts OF
notions and frequently interrupt him. His
method is to suppress such persons as promptly ns
| possible In teaching his class he takes for
| granted that they all believe in the Bible and
| evangelical religion, and allows no remarks i'll
opposition to either. Then there were certain
questions In religion such as the second advent Of
| Christ, which he did not allow to be discussed
lie said that four or five years ago that miserable
wretch
GUITEAU WAS A MEMBER OF his CLASS,
| but he did not remember that he disturbed the
| meeting by questions. lie did remember that he
used to remain al(er the lesson was over and bore
| him with questions lie had forgotten all about
| him until recently he had come across Guiteaus
book, which he had presented to him OH one occn-
sion. In tile evening ut halt-pust six Mrs. Crafts
gave In the lecture room illustrations of the les
sons for November nnd December to Il large num-
Der of primary teachers. This was very practl.
cal address, and one in which the teachers were
greatly interested, as was shown by the
many questions asked. At the same hour Rev.
Mr. Hurlbut held n supcrintcndents meeting in
the study, and discussed questions with them Ill
the form Of a conversation AT hnlf'past seven
Rev. DIR. Meredith taught the lesson for November
G-"The Day OF Atonemcnt." Rev. Mr.. Hurl6ut
then delivered n normal lecture Oh "Teaching the
Lesson. A question drawer followed, of grcnt in.
tercst conducted by Mr., llurlbut which brought
the exercises of the ming TO close AT ter.
Tho
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY
Is as follows: Three o'clock devotional exercises,
Rey.s. NJ. Harstock $40, normal lesson, The Life
of Christ" Rev. J. l.. Hurlbut; 4, address, " The
Social Influences of the School" Rev. j. IL. Hurl-
but Primary department Qn lecture-roOm)-S,
Illustrations Of lessons for present quarter con con,
lesson for November 6, Mis-. W. +. Crafts. Even
ing, 7:3O-Organ voluntary; 7;3O. devotional exer'
Gisss Rev, J. +; Rankin, D. D. $40, normal lesson
Important Of All" Rev, j. L. iiurl6ut.