St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-06
Anniversary Exercises of the S. S.
Union and Tract Society Of
the M. e. Church.
Eloquent Sermon by DR., c. w. Miller,
of Philadelphia, at the First
NJ. e. Church.
A Large Meeting in the Opera House Adj
dressed by Various Noted
Speakers.

the jackson Street N. E. church, the ami
versary sermon of the Sunday School union
by DR.. c. w. Miller, of Philadelphia, at the
First NJ. E. church, and a sermon in Eng
lish on Human Effort in the Sal
walton of Menu in the English Ian
guage BY DR.. I. NJ. Freeman, of New
York, at the FIRST German NJ. E. church, in
the forenoon.
ct the Grand Opera house at 3 O'Clock in
the afternoon was the anniversary OF the
Tract society, the Opera house having been
opened for that purpose free of charge by
Commodore Davidson, which exercises were
opened by Rev. DR.. Cranston, of New York,
by prayer. n
ABSTRACT OF TRACT socIETY's REPORT.
The Tract society was organized by the
general conference in 1852, and
chartered by the New. York legis-
laturc in 1854, and again in 1874.
During period of thirty years the society
proper has contributed for all purposes over
$500, 600 and issued over 100000, 900 pages
of tracts in the English, German. French
Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Danish Ian
guages for distribution in America, while for
such tracts in foreign fields it has expended
S65. 600 since 1854. Since 1869 this society
has expended nearly $50, 600 for tracts and
newspapers for the southern work, prtnei-
pally among the freed men. During 1883
at the expense of the Tract society and Sun
day School union, 1874 Sunday schools
were supplied with the paper Good Tidings"
in which schools every southern state
was represented. The whole number of
GOOD Tidings' circulated in 1888 was l.,
O57, 600, and 1852 Methodist churches were
supplied with tracts during this time,
REV. DIR. MILLER
of Philadelphia was introduced and made
very interesting address on education. To
attain great and enduring results We must
educate. Ideas rule the world and educa-
ton kindles the discretionary plans which
spead in a cleansing or destroying fire.
There are three great educators, the family,
the state and the church, the provinces of
each of which were ably handled, but the
most important factor in perfect education
was the church. 1t was MT perfect educa-
ton to teach child physically and intel
lectually, but he should also be taught NOR
ally and spiritually. In the education of a
1
child all his nature must be grasped, and if
his God-like powers are neglected to the
teaching of other things exclusively, he
grows up with no God-like powers developed
to govern those of his lower nature, and he
becomes a wrong doer. He is like an en-
CINE with no engineer to direct his life and
| guide him to the glory of manhood and per-
feet being.
The importance of the agency of the church
as a teacher of the young, was dwelt upon
at length, and the grandest educational work
of the church in this direction, was the Sun
day school of this century The mistake was
being made to-day that the true uses of edu-
cation were for practical affairs alone, which
don't give much to the higher life of man
0r woman, to the neglect of the culture of
the moral powers, which are the reigning
powers, which leaves the Christian church in
the keeping of the only ri ght method of the
education of the children of the present
time.
There is no complete human education
but with the Bible (the educator of the heart)
and tits not safe to impart TO child all the
polish of earth and give it no taste for
heaven. Through the teaching Of the Bible
seed is sown in the mind of the child which
will be brought into fruit by the fires of the
holy spirit. 1t is the work of God himself
and from this teaching Christ shaped,
heaven-crowned character takes root, and in
an atmosphere of the Bible and nourished
by its teachings the religious elevation of
the child is only to be attained and this char
acter brought into blossom.
The speaker then reviewed the tendencies
of the public instruction of the day to secu-
Iarism and the dangerous tendencies thereof
! TO our national life. The Queen America is
in its cradle, and the question is, who shall
rock herl From fifty millions of people in
its first century it will go forward to one
thousand millions at the close Of its second.
Shall Rome rock this cradle with its tradi-
tional religion, the finger marks of whose
rule can be seen in South America and Mex
: icol Shall sccularism rock the cradle of this
queen, with its ruined India, China, Egypt
and Greece, in decay from such
government, and TO whom Rome owed
its downfall as a republic. -secularsm.
: bv which ancient liberty was throttled in the
hands OF the educated few. MOI America
must have religion and the cradle Of the
} queen must be rocked by evangelical Protes-
tantship and by its every sect and institu-
ton.
Where there is a belief Of righteous
Judge over all nations these are better ruled
. and governed. When man accepts Christ
, he is better neighbor and better citizen.
The Bible is the best platform for both per
sonal and political life, and as a teacher II
5 will sustain the church and the future OF
this great republic for its perpetuily, advance
r ment and upbuildng.
Columbus planted the banner of Christ
' and the cross upon the shores of this cOrti
, nent and it must be Chrst's country. The
Sunday school OF this century must be
5 dominant factor to sustain and build up tn,
structure Of our liberties and foster itself a!
{ 4 redecming and constructive agent TO thii
! nation thus preserved to freedom.
REV. DIR. VINCENT,
Of New York, was then introduced as tn,
Sunday school bishop Of the NJ. Z. ehurcI
/, aud was welcomed with much applause. H
said he was thoroughly Sunday school man
vet there are other stars than this whic
shine in the galaxy of Christian education
aud that should he put in its most fttin
$ place among them. or these. as mode
4 among immensities. he would name. th
n Christian house and family, out OF which tn
It Sabbath school derives its material to wor
5 upon. Among the degeneracies Of America
& life be entered his indignant protest again:
a boarding houses; so generally taking Ii
e place of sacred hours with their cuitiva
IS ton of the tastes, the arts, reHniH
e influences and parlOr and kitchen instruS
Is tions. What does boy know Of 9 father i
d heaven who has no knowledge OF father {
e homei In a good home there is center {