New-York tribune., 1883-03-13
DISCUSSING SUNDAYScHoOL METHODS
MEETINGS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN INsTITUTE-AD-
DRESSES BY DIR. HALL AND MR.. HUTTON.

MEETINGS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN INsTTUTE-AD-
DRESSES BY DIR. HALL AND MR. HUTTON.
The Presbyterian Sunday-school Institute began its
session with preliminary meeting on Sunday even
ING A. the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church, az
FOurth-ave. and Twenty -second-st There was a
LARGE attendance and int he absence OF the Rev. Dr.
Erskine ~ White. the Rev Dr. Crosby presided.
The Rev. DR.. James A. Worden said that many
plans had been proposed for the advancement or
Sunday hOOls work. but back OF them All must DC
earncstness to animate it. 1he secular school WIZ
not do as a model for the Sunday school. The sun
y-schoOl teacher stamps his scholars not simply
what he says but his spirituality, tnat Is strength
ened by his earnestne5s Ralph wells urged the
cultivation of sense OF the Importance OF mission
work on young minds. IL the influence he ssld,
that had attended the growth OF all the most sue
cessfu churches Of York.
DIR. John Hall called attention to the value tnat
resulted from the mingling OF teachers with their
associates; the thoughts that were called forth
were caught by the younger men anu were IN.
centives TO better work. He emphasized the fact
that his was Presbyterian Sunday-school insti-
TUE. The organizations OF the church. he SAID. we're
not much given to advertising, but their torces
worked like those of nature-in silence. lie wanted
men and women attached to some concrete object.
They we're not likely to stick to the abstract. The
nebulosity OF the clouds nothing IN their mlnds
The broad church not In their way. There was
n generation gro wing no were To become preachers,
and they must train them, and make them ot the
stuff OF which eyangolstic churches are made.
There too many of u class OF gypses nlltlng
sinessly from church to church. Let young
men, he said. be sectarlan, narrow ard Dlg0ted Inc
men and women of the most distinct opinions OF
church ferns to-day were the broadest and most
catholic In their views. -,
The second session of the institute was held
yesterday afternoon. There was large
attendance. The Rev. DIR. Crosby was
expected to speak on Bible Study" but was
unable TO attend the meeting. The Rev. Mancius
H. Hutton of the Second Reformed Church Of New
Brunswick N. j.. spoke twenty minutes on the sub
ect "Al the Church in the Sunday School: It's I'M
portance and Method" saying among other things
1.-The work of the SundaY-school and that OF the
Church are identical. Both have the same purpose.
All the Church should be in tire Sunday-schOol"
The Rev DIR. Charles A. Briggs spoke In the even
ing on "The Scriptures as Means of Grace" the
Rev Dr. A. d. Vail on The Missing LINK IN our
Sunday-schOOl Work :" and the lev: DR.. Marvin X.
Vincent on The Principles OF Teaching Applied TO
the Sunday-school" Dr.. Vincent said in part (:
Power In teaching is invariably bound mp with
character IN the teacher. The man who knows most
is not necessarily the best teacher young man IS
not mere receptacle for facts. HIS Is a
life TO be informed. The teacher ana
truth should be as The power OF Christianity IS
the power of a person aud not OF system A
teacher must have clear intellect ual cOgnitlon OF
that which he Is to teach. What man cannot
tell intelligontly to Others he does not thoroughly
know. The greatest teacher IS the Simplest. IN
teaching attention is to be fastened Oh the most
important aspects of the truth. Truth has body
and 1t has clothes; your first concern Is with the
body, not with the drapery."