The Portland daily press., 1884-10-16
MAINE SABBATH SCHOOLS.
Proceedings Of the seCoud Days Session
OF the state Association.

.--~SNNSh SSAAA NAAiOli N bbeelOQ OI prayer ana
praise followed, after which the chairman an
nounced the following committees:
Credentials Rufus Deering, G. A. White, j. M.
Frost. - ~
nominations Rev. j. Dinsmore, Rev. A. s. Ladd.
A. K P. Jordan. " N'
Rts0luti0us-A j. Rackliffe Rev II p Small
ID. D., Rev. d. NJ Bashford, Phi. D.
The secretary read his report of the wears
work. The executive committee have held
Dat two meetings during the year. Action
was urged In reference to the organ of the as
sociation, 1.-THE Expositor." The work done
by the secretary is reported as follows: 26 new
schools organized with 129 teachers aud 9O2
scholars; 50 schools visited aud aided with
membership of 1857; families visited. 326: adj
dresses and sermons, 286.
The report on the Louisville international
> . convention was given by L. Nj. Webb,
h OF Portland. That convention was held
IN June last, and consisted of some seven
hundred delegates representing a cons ituencv
Of more than 10000. Some of the STATISTICS
oil the convention are as follows: The per
cent. OF Sunday school attendance to the popu-
alton is greatest in Connecticut, 20 10. lowest
IN New Mexico, IS; in our own State it il be-.
low Tue general average, Is 3 4. Al the next
convention our State ought to be represen ed
ny more than two delegates. One OF the i'm
por'ant duties of the convention ia the selec-
s'oh Va onV bbpitS vi me International n, II.
Lessons, aud how well this has been done ia
showD by the general favor with which these
lessons are received throughout the Christian
world.
Rev. b. p, Snow Of Biddeford read a naper
on the work of the "InternstionAl Committee. .
The speaker referred TO the great value of The
real prsciicAl work me BY the Intern atiopal
convention. II is period of organized as
soclat9d effort, and every successful worker
must avail himself OF its advantage. The
spec'ai WORK Oh the convention, through It's
committee, is TO spread a knowledge of SUNDAY
school work among the people and organize
working societies in the interest of Snpt av
schools, lie is great evaneeliziug society TO
reach the colored people of the South, the i'm.
MIGRANTS from abroad, and to meet the infdel
hosts in all the land.
Rev. ID. A. Wright read the report of the
Frankfort Sunday school, tribute Of praise to
faithful superintendent of forty years OF ser.
vice.
Rev. Smith Baker of Lowell, Mass. gaze an
address on 1.-THE Teachers Constellation. .
Conservation is an absorbing interest in anv
WORK. We are not to erect too high standard
81 conservation for the mass of people We
must remember that S. s. teaching includes all
that secular teaching includes and much more
so that the Sunday school TEACHER should be-
the most thoroughly equipped worker in the
world. Teaching includes a motive,-some-
thingi 20 teach, the mode and the teacher.
Christian teaching requires the conservation
Vi inc teacher 10 God. Lie must be willing to
teach any body anywhere, and any thing Pie,v
is not enough. The teacher mast consecrats
himself to he understanding and teaching of
the truth. PietY won't take the place of Iazi-
ness. The teacher must consecrate himself 10
MS class. his heart must be- given 10 eyerv
member memoef OF MS class. Heart must move heart.
Older scholars leave their Sunday schools be-
cause their teachers have no heart in the
WORK. we need pastors more than preachers
ana consecrated teachers rather than learned
ones Agan, we should consecrate our classes
to Christ. The classes belong to Christ not to
ne The address was replete with interest and
suggestive points.
Rev. A. s. LAID of Biddeford, followed in
remarks Consecrated teachers are the first
requirement. of the Sunday school, Much of
our sunday school work is superficial Teach
ers DO not realize the importance OF their
WORK. LII multtudes of children ever pet any
true idea oil religion, they must get it in the
SUNDAY school. The speaker gave several il.
lustratioDs OF conservation to their work on the
part OF teachers, aad the happy results follow
ing.
Mrs. S. W. Clarke of Jersey City, N T., fol-
lowed with an address on primary class work,
lst. What is a primary school? It is a collec-
ton OF little children to learn the besinnings
OF things. me day school teacher has thirty
hours week; the Sunday school teacher has
an hour or an hour and half. How shall We
do The work? Shall we have one class or saw
eral? The former way is we'll il Que can con-
'rol large number. But primsr, teachers
should be Il aimed. What are some of the hin
ORANGES; so much OF our work is lost, 80 much
andone through the week. Parenss are 40 in
different. Hoy can we help thie? eLack of
suitable appliances for the work is another
hindrance What kind of a room have We?
we need pleasant room and easy seats; we
must have blackboard. A lack of self.pren-
srAtIon Is another serious hindrance We
make SO many mistakes; we talk too Ioud. we
make too much noise; we talk too long: we
,eech too much; We talk over their head use
language they Can not understand: wa lat
the smart ones do all the answering: wa seek
to please rather than to save There is not va
rietV enough. We have no review plan. we
sometimes sing too much music and again too
little. Teachers often drop lesson Don't
let anything Interfere with the lesson Gather
ali the illustrations possible, and think about
the lesson and the method of presenting and
enforcing it. Don't shirk the work reoa,rtd
Tor thorough preparation for it is work that
will pay.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The session was opened with singing and
prayer. Rev. Mr.. Laid, in the chair, called
upon Rev. Dr. Weston of Auburn 10 make
hve minutes speech upon Sunday SC .oos The
Doctor referred TO the Importance of Sunday
schools and lameDted the indifference of the
people upon The matter. Parents ought to CO.
operate with the teachers, and see to the meth
DDS OF teaching aud that the lessons are
studied beforehand. Parents ought to pray.
especially on Sunday morning, for the teachers
and the success of their work.
The commit tee on nominations reported in
part, and their report was accepted.
Rev. w. f. Crafts of BROOKLYN. N. Y. fol-
lowed in an address on "rhe Relation of the
Old Testament to Spiritual Life of TODAY"
Before commencing the address the preside Mt
elect took the chair and Acknowledged the
honor conferred on him by the assoc alton
MIR. Crafts remarked that SO much has been
said against the Old Testament, as important
or necessary TO modern spiritual udy and lie,
that many good people are inclined to neglect
II. What Shall we say to this? Oar upper
verted moral sense might judge of the inspirs-
ton and value of the Old Testament. But
our reason and moral sense have become per-
verted. Tried by such test, very contra
dlctory conclusions woald be reached The
greatest aud purest minds that have ever lived
have found the Old Testament full of the
wisest and noblest precepts found in the world.
Only one-Christ-has ever been able to Judge
OF the inspiration of the Bible with an up per-
verted moral sense; aud what was His iudp-
ment of it? He approved it all, and constantly
read and quoted 1T He quoted its laws as OF
perpetual force. He reiterated Old Testament
threateniDgs of punishment He quoted the
lmprrcatory Palms as directed ag ainst the
enemies of the Messiah. He also quoted the
prophe cies as referring to Himself aud derived
the truth of immortality from the Old Tesla.
ment. He bound up some of His most i'm
portant teachings IN the stories Of the Old
Testament. He affirmed that Moses was the
author of the Pentateuch
Rev. q. 81. Pope OF Pennington, followed
and spoke of his conviction that Jesus is the
perpetual advocate of the authority of the Old
Testament. de gave his idea of the spiritual
lie. The principles of the Old Testament are
Illustrated and enlarged in the New T4sta-
ment. Give the Bible to the young as a store
house of practical truth and it will furnish a
safeguard in every condition of life. The pas
tor, tue Superintendent and teacher will fnd
in the Old Testament niue of inspiration and
announcement in their work. We ought to
hold up the Bible, the whole Bible, and press
it bome upon the minds AID hearts of men.
Miss LacIa e Klmb4li of Chicago, spoke Of
the Relation OF Sunday School TO Temper
ance." We need to have human law in bar
mony with divine law. She spoke of the
struggle in Ohio and Iowa for the constitutions
al prohibition. Iu Ohio the church was inter-
ested III the struggle. 81 in Iowa. ,me fl
teen states wish, through their State conven.
tions, that gu .Itsrly temperance lesson be
put ia the lesson series. Every Sunday school
should be Interested in temperance work. Rev.
Int