Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Lecture by Miss l.. Il. f. kimball, and Nor
nal Lesson by j. l. Hurlbut, ID. ID.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
Lecture by Miss l.. T.. +. kimball, and Nor
nal Lesson by j. l. Hurlbut, ID. ID.
The exercises of the afternoon were
opened with II short service of song, con
Quoted by Myron ID. Fuller. Rev. c. H.
Sweat of Enosburgh Falls, was the first
speaker, his subject being, The Masters
Use of the Scriptures. And beginning at
Moses and all the prophets, he eXpounded
unto them in all the things concerning him-
self" Luke xiv 81. The use which the
Master made of the Scriptures was to cor
roborate, through them his own deeds and
miracles and missions. Christ was himself
the incarnation, the fulfillment of the
Scriptures, and he used them to prove
himself to be the Messiah. This leads me
to observe that we ought to study them
with teachable minds and hearts. 1t is n
false liberalty that questions the religious
or historical truths of the old dispersal
ton. Concede that there is one fault or
error in Gods word and you surrender
! the citadel of Christianity, and render the
| word of God defencelesS.
After "A short intermision of song, Miss
| Lucia f.. +. klmball of Chicago, ILL.,, spoke
on ''The Relation of the Sunday school to
.
singing Miss kimball said that if any
body had questions relating to the subject
about which she was to speak, she would
be pleased to answer them, if written and
brought to her on the platform. None
was asked, however, and as she rose to
speak she remarked that as there had been
nolquestion, she was happy to conclude
that Vermont Sunday-sChOols didn't have
any trouble on temperance questions. But
unless very unlike, and very much better
than Sunday schools anywhere else, she
. continued, such could not be Il fact. Even
religious institutions were not exempt
from the baletul influence of this stipend
Gus and lnSidiOuS evil.
The Sunday-school of today, is the
church of tomorrow: those OF the church
are but children of a larger growth, and
labor expended in this department OF aC-
tIvity. is sure to bear fruit in after years.
And not only does the Sunday school
become Il part OF the church, but it he
comes Il part of the great, busting
world OF business and care and trouble,
This, my friends, constitutes the import
ance of planting the seeds of temperance
in the minds of the young. There is moth
ing new about this theory; it is simply
practical application of the old adage
that ''as the twig is bent so is the tree in
clinedn Miss kimball proceeded to re
view some of the dreary effects of this
blghting curse, and to show how it re
! tarded, ten fold more than any Other
cause, missionary work in foreign lands
running one thousand souls where one is
reclaimed for the Masters use. The address
| throughout was forcibe and convincing
and the speaker concluded by urging al
interested in Sunday-SchoOl work to re
, newed and energetic effort in the line o
total abstinence.
r. Address of j. L. Hurlbut, ID. ID.
. Dr. Hurlbut's talk was Normal Les
. 4 J., "A
J. showing the manner of preparing the sun
day school lesson as taught at that famou
Sunday school resort. DR.. Hurlbut ha
a black board on the PLATFORM on which h
! illustrated the lesson, treating his audienc
=. as anormal class by asking them question
$ and receiving their responses in chorus.
Il The study of Il SundaySchOol lesson, h
V said, must include investigation in Jhre
o lines; /. Its Aim. =. Departure of tn
II Preparation. 3. Hints on the Preparation
l. In the first place the speaker cOnSldere
l. the aims of the teacher in his study of tn
v lesson. The first is to ascertain the meal
o ing of the word, the second, to satisfy tn
st needs OF the spiritual nature both OF mn
e self, and his class, and third. to supply tn
Ie needs of his class, With regard 10 the ID,
v parture of the Preparation there are seve
e. elements to be considered. First, there
| the time of the occurrence of which III
he lessons treats second, its place third til
II persons and their traits of character
10 fourth, the facts; fifth, its difficulties
lie sixth, its doctrines, and seventh, its dutie
" The teacher should also read the cola
j. teral passages of Scripture, explore IL
De lesson for spiritual thought, and adddre'
H. the lesson to the class.
ne Under the third head, "HintS on Pr
Of paratiOn,' there are also seven element
,k First, begin early; second, read the lie
10 son often; third, use all the help poss
~ bic; fourth, study Independently httI
rs talk with others; sixth, pray mucl
IT. seventh, do not attempt to use all IL
ol material gained by the foregoing pr
as CeSSes, at once.
b. DR.. IIurlbut then spent about five mi
al utes in the answering of questions on Il
lis topic under discussion, after which fC
he lowed brief talks upon the place of Il
&c sunday school in the Church. by Rev.
ch r. Frost of Montpelier and its Place
~ the World, by Rev. j, A. Pierce of We
d Randolph. The Sunday-schoops plac
said Rev. Mr.. Frost is entirely within Il
III church. | dislike to hear it called
he feeder" of the church, tor it is nut
to more appropriate to call it the nursery
se 1t deserves the warmest and best plat
a and the best care that the church can q
of il.
he Rev. Mr. Pierces main thought regar
gs ing the relation of the Sunday school
he the world was, that it was similar to tn
he expressed by Christ, when he said TO h
ur people "While We are in the world we Il
in not of the world" With singing the {
TX ercises concluded.
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M EVENING EXERCISES