The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-15
AOOhh ullIhN OIs
Proceedings Of the Sunday
School Convention.
A Naughty Grass Widower
Elepas with his Brothers ,
Daughter.
But is 0Vertaken by the OFF,
Ger and must Face the
Music.
August Herkert is Surprised
by a Great many Friends.
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Horse Notes and other Meaty
News Paragraphs.

; The first session of the Rock Islam,
County Sunday School Convention, hell
last evening in the First NJ. E. church, wa
well attended and considerable interes
was manifested. 1t was called to orde
| by President McCord, devotional exercises
succeeding conducted by Rev. A r. Har
per, d. D., of P6rt Byron. Mr. E. W
Spencer had charge of the singing which
is guaranty that it was excellent in botf
quality and quantity. He believes tina
what is worth doing at all is worth doing
well, and he always contrives to instil into
his musical associates very much of his
own musical enthusiasm. Rev. Albert
Bushnell, of Geneseo, delivered an excel
lent address upon THE need of the times
and the duty of the Sabbath School. "
| The ARGUS would be glad to present very
| full synopsis of his effort were it practic-
| able. The first need, in the judgment of
! the speaker, was personal sympathy
with Jesus Christ" Without this active
| personal sympathy there could be but lit
tie, if any, satisfactory progress in the
| Christian life. Scholastic attachments
| could not be substituted. Loyalty to con-
science was the second need, and it was
elaborated in very interesting manner.
From this the speaker impressed very
important lesson upon the heart of each
nearer, illustrating it by showing the con-
fidential relations which should exist be
tween teacher and pupil In order to pro-
perly educate. the teacher should possess
the absolute confidence of his pupil. The
successful teacher should be loyal to con
science and sincerity in word and deed was
the chief stepping stone to such loyalty.
The other needs referred to at length were
respectively an enlarged understanding of
the wor of Christ and an increased devo-
ton to the church. As a whole the adj
dress was quite practical and was well re-
ceived. At its close a few minutes were
spent socially and the first session had
ended.
This mornings exercises opened with
the usual devotion meeting, impressively
led by Rev. T. r. Johnson, of Edgington
At $50 Prof. w. FL. Hatch opened the
discussion of the topic 1.-The Bible;
How to best study" Firstly,
Prof. Hatch spoke of the testimony of
many of the worlds truly great men to
the Importance of becoming familiar with
the Bible, the greatest of all works. These
men who were thoroughly imbued with its
importance as the best of teachers were
also impressed with its surprising ex-
cellence from a literary stand point
Secondly study it tepically, not merely
taking text here and there at random and
not depending on the lesson paper, using
everything else solely as helps to clearer
and generally be ter understanding of the |
sublime precepts of Gods word. Thirdly |
get all the help you can from the best |
sources: only, however, to supplement |
your study; not to take its place Fourthly, |
have your class always in view in studying; |
study the pupil and, teacher, study your
sells also; have faith in yourself as well as |
faith in childhood. Prof. Hatch's very in
structive and practical suggestions found
hearty response in the soul of each person |
mira BILE address, after which ReY. G. l.. |
Morgan introduced the subject Are our
schools producing the best results? If n OF
do they fail?" The end to be |
aimed at in Sabbath school work is to /
teach, and in teaching we should strive |
after reasonable, not ideal. results. !
Both the heart and the mind should |
be instructed In not few instances fail |
ures have been directly attributable to neg |
lect in instructing in Bible truths and in |
the neglect to provide good teachers" The
reverend gentleman's remarks were quite |
to the point At 11:15 a. M. Rev. S. s. |
Cryer discussed the topic of the hour How |
can we make our work more effective in |
and christian living. The way
to make our work effective is TO aoork. The |
failure to see results may be failure to |
make the effort. The work to be done is +
to get at the hearts of the scholars.
Teachers who are regular in their irreg-
ularity cannot accomplish results First