Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-18
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What lis A Model sunday school
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What lis A Model sunday school |
 What The Conference Thought.
 GRANBY, Dec. 17.--A Sunday school con ference Was held yesterday iu the First Con- cregational church of this place, the session from to p. m. The day was pleasant and the audience correspondingly large. The West Granby parish, the Rev. Easen pas tor, was well represented. The clergymen present were the Revs. Roberts of West Hartford, Strong of East Granby, Eagen of West Granby, Nashss of Copper Hill and Cleaveland MT. Roberts moderated the meeting in virtue of his being at the head of the Hartford county Sunday school commit tee. He is @ good singer and a skilled piano player. He exhibits Christian spirit and
 makes one of the best of conference leaders.
 He'keeps everything under good control, say
 ing from first to last the right thing in tiiIe
 right place.
 The first topic was ''The Model Sunday
 to set it forth in conversational way, writ ing down the constituents of such school on
 blackboard It was claimed that the mod el Sunday school in the country is a church
 service. and 30 Connected with the church
 that the church chooses all the officers of the
 school and defrays all it's expenses. The
 church in the use of board, so-called, makes
 choice of its library, choosing no book till
 recommended on the ground of intrinsic re-
 ligious merit. The superintendent is at
 great pains to interest tho school in the use
 of variety by way of opening the school, by
 way of daily review and of occasional Sun
 day school concerts. The superintendent
 comedies that the pastor is ex-ef1efo super
 intendent, both working together in the ut
 most harmony. S'0fefings to the Lord'' are made every Sunday as part of the worship of the hour. All notices are given out be- fore the lesson. Books taken and distributed either before or after the lesson. The same with the papers. The lessson is read responsively. One minister claim ed that the model school has male and female superintendent; also male and fe- male assistant superintendent; each act ing according to the want of given occa- sion. Mir. Hail suggested that pains are taken in the model Sunday school to have | the scriptures memorized; that it was claimed by some that the school should be | taught in departments under one specially ! competent teacher in each department, all \ engaging in the opening devotional exercises | LOS0GQer, then r6SOEG1DH UG ulaf6FOHG TOOLQS | for study and recitation and coming \ together again for closing devotional exer- cises. But, on the whole, the classes in the | model school number for the most part from | three to six pupils, the adult classes being | larger. Each teacher feels that his class is | his to teach as long as he wishes to teach it. | Superintendents are chosen from time to | time, the vice-superintendent succeeding the | principal The model Sunday school | was a most interesting topic. The Gran | by church school after using for | several years t'The Scholars Quarter ly,' formerly Dr. Trumbull's, proposes to use the Peloubet series of quarterlies l during 1885. The order of exercises in them is excellent and can be followed with interest I and profit. A prayer and praise service, 1 short, was conducted by Rev. MT. Roberts; twice he led in prayer in the of the first stanza of hymn, joiped in by the great con gregation in subdued tone. All hearts were tenderly affected thereby.
 The Rev. MT. Nash, of Copper Hill, pro nouncsd most inspiring discourse on the question, "How can the Sunday school teacher exert the greatest influence for good2' It written and could but be profftably read by all Sunday school teachers in this State. The Rev. MT. Roberts spoke to the children who do not attend the Sun day school" Probably not less than forty persons between four and sixteen in Granby do not attend any Sunday school. It should be added that MT. Hall claims that the model Sunday school has teachers meeting every week conducted by the pastor.