Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-29
Sunday School Institute.

The Sunday school institute of Pt
Huron district, NJ. u. church at
Brockway Centre Mt 10 o'clnrk II. M.
Oct q, 1883. The morning >rssi ~
was spent in Sunday School prayer
meeting led by the pastor, Rev. Ira
LcBnrron. Several of the brethren
offered earnest prayers and the pres
cnce of the Master made the hour
suspicious and promising. Adjourn
ed to meet at 2 o'clock =. IN. The
institute met pursuant to adjourn
ment, Rev W. II. Flint in the oh air,
who read the scriptures and prayer
was offered by Rev. j. G. Scott.
Rev. j. ii, King pastor of the nj. r.
church of Brockway Centre was IN
troduced and all visiting brethren
were invited to take part in the ex-
ercises. The regular program was
taken up and reports of the Sunday
schools of the district represented,
were made by superintendent or
pastors. Some of which elected
considerable discussion. Some of the
schools were represented as dying
out in autumn or early winter, while
the best and most prosperous schools
were kept up through the whole
year. 1t was thought by some that
by proper interest and effort all
schools might be pushed through the
winter and made perpetually alive.
Bros. Scott, Lincoln and LeBarror
were chosen committee On Sunday
schools.
The evening session commenced
at Z o'clock, the first half hour of
which was spent i'll prayer. Rev. w.
Fl. Flint then delivered an address
on Spirituality in the Sunday
school," taking up the different de.
partments of the work and dwelling
OH the necessity of spirituality in the
same. The address was followed by
short and timely speeches by Revs.
J. G. Scott, J. Ii. King and Ira Le-
Barron. It-was good session and
seemed to be well enjoyed by all
pTcscil.
Thursday morning, Oct. %, the
institute was called to order by the
chairman and prayer was offered by
Rev. j. G. Scott. An essay was then
read by Bro. Scott on "the relation
of the pastor to the Sunday school,
dwelling not only on the relation but
also the work of the pastor. The
subject was then thoroughly discuss
ed. The duty OF s. S. superinten.
dents was taken up and discussed
also the question of denominational
Sunday schools was duly considered
The afternoon session was largely
occupied by the ladies IN their de-
partment of the work. Mrs. Evans
presiding. An essay was read by Mrs
Rev. LeBarron "on the best methods
of securing the largest attendance
in our Sunday Schools" which was
followed by remarks by Mrs. Evans,
Mrs. Belts, Miss Lincoln and others,
The observations were instructive
and enjoyable. Appropriate and
timely resolutions were reported by
the committee and adopted by the
institute, discarding the use OF
cheap literature in ours. S. and urg'
ing the necessity of spirituality in
all our schools. The evening session
was devoted to prayer, singing and
an address by Rev. Ira LeBarron
"On Sunday school teaching and
teachers" The institute was grand
success and we voted to hold another
in Capac the third week IN April next
A vote of thanks for the kindness
and hospitality of the friends OF
Brockway Centre shown toward the
members of the institute was unan.
imously adopted and requested to
be published. IRA LEBARRoN, SEC.
Report of committee on thanks
We the members Of this Sunday
Sc hool Institute desire to express
our gratitude to the people and
friends of this vicinity for the kind
and hospitable manner in which they
have entertained us and also to the
pastor, Ira LeBarron, for providing
us such comfortable homes during
our stay at this institute, and we
earnestly hope that bye and bye
when our social and religious gath
erings on earth have come to close,
we all may meet in that fair cline
where parting never more shall come
w. III. FLINT, Com.