Daily Republican., 1885-07-18
7 H|R D EDITION.
Cn ester Heights Camp.

CHESTER HEIGHTS, July 17.-Th,
second DAY of the Sunday.sChool Insti
tute, in session here, was one OF un
usual interest The attendance wal
small, owing 10 the intense heat, and
the visitors from outside did not num
Der more than thousand all day. The
young people on the ground, however
turned out well at the evening session.
There has been noticeable and gradual
increase iu the attendance from the
time of the first meeting.
The institute convened at 9 q. M,
and the first hour was occupied by the
conductor of the institute, Rev. James
Morrow, in Chalk Talks"
Rsv. j. P. Miller, of Conshohocken,
at 10 a. m. lectui ed on the " Interpre-
Lation of the Text Book" He said the
Scripture should be accepted in an OBJ
viOus sense. 1t was important to
know the scriptural meaning Of the
Bible. Find out the contents-that
which precedes and follows it. Com
pare scripture with scripture
and prove one chapter by
another. Take into circumstance the
writer's of the word, and always re.
spect that whish las been long estab-
lished.
Rev. Enech Stubbs resumed his sub.
ject of " Bible History and Geography"
His illustrations on this lesson were
altogether on the New Testament. He
made use of tha board and of the maps.
His lesson closed the morning session.
Rev. G. X. Morris. d. D., Of Taber.
nacle church, was no. present to q II b Is
place on the program in the afternoon,
but Mrs. Hubbard, of Philadelphia,
spoke on " Primary Work in the Sun.
day school"
Rev. j. E. Mccullough spoke on
" The Sunday school Library" One
of the most Important works of the
church and Sunday school," he said.
' was to supply its young people with
good literature. II good books are not
Supplied they will get hold OF trash. OF
course, there 10 o great deal of trash in
Sunday school libraries, but this is the
fault OF the teachers who select the
books. They create demand for this
kind Of literature, and publish it be-
cause 1t pays them to do so The
Methodist church has two large publish
ing houses making books especially fol
children, but they alone are not used in
Sunday school. The trouble is that
many of the purchasing committees
of Sunday schools are young people
who have no knowledge of literature
whatever. A book with good binding
and illustrations would probably be
taken in preference to better and plain
or books"
Rev. j. P. Miller, Of Conshohocker
Methodist Episcopal Church, addressed
the institute ON "Revivals In the Sun
day School" He advocated "early
conversion" and said many of the bes
men in the Methodist Church had beer
converted while children.
Rev. d. M. Griffith, of Media, reverted
to the Sunday school library. A bool
has power to please almost .bsyont
anything else. He did not believe il
the library being composed entirely O
religious or Methodist books Weldon
appreciate the power of the library tt
instruct. He thought Dickens works
would be valuable in any Sunday
school library.
DIR. Poulson, of Baltimore, spoke OF
the Sunday school. He said the Sun
day school was to teach the young tina
they have soul. He compared tn,
human body to u watch ; the heart wa
the handspring, and unless this wer
right the body would not be right.
Rev. Charles Hudson was In favor G
tine "early conversion " of children
He had no faith in the doctrine ths
Satan has charge of the first years {
children.
DR.. Cleveland told story Of a littl
girl who, when asked why she was not
Christian, said: Why, because | a,
Irish" He wished that excuse woul
excuse him from talking this hot da,
but he could not offer 1t. In regard
books he thought il the Methodist Pul
fishing House wished to be patroq
zed by its own people, it should publis
live books, and when com N ittees com
venting" Uncle Tom Cabin" and th
Wide, Wide World" be able to offe
books equally good.
IL Am the Child of King wa
sung as solo by DIR. Morrow, th
mem bers of the institute and the cho
joining in the ohorrs. This closed tn
exercises of the after noon session.
The closing session of the institut
was held this evening. DIR. Moro
gave the normal lesson on " Tabernac
Furniture, and illustrated his subjet
with costly models.
Rev. T. NJ, Griffi tn, of Media, mad
the closing lecture on Jerusalem /
the East
Tomorrow the great temperanc
meeting will be held here. DR.. bal
COCK, who will conduct the meeting
the day, arrived this evening.
There are more than score of minis
ters of the Philadelphia Conferenc
now on the grounds. DR.. Cleveland
of Philadelphia, and DR.. Pap'son, o