Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-21

Ing announcement tnA a Soaday
SsooOl l5slitote would be held xs the
fird b.ptiss Charso, bezinoing Sun
dts. January II b, Id not of itself
arouse much general interest ia ta,s
coo ~ aniIy. a. II vas c Considered ioc ii
10 en- tractsF and den ,mIn.tlonal IN IT'S
metnods, shiie even ths B .ptist church
se-ned 70 'nsld-r it some sat hke
chiid's play.
when once tie people had hesrd
mr. waoe!ers magnetic words and
traced bis theories to systematic drill,
veei tae facvs or Scripture b I'd ap-
pe1red before them in the living cyn-
nec'ions charsct-rIz ng all his work.
iua-tratec By a few dashine line $ In b q
chalk talk or drafted IN symeolis char
acters upJn paper and c.avas, the mat
Ter appe4rvd In . Dev Arb and assu ned
fea Importance. Win q vivid ima2i-
natiou oroo ght under complete controi
oy thorough and syste 10 alto training.
De ~ axes the facts of Bible bis ory, +,
9eoQrapny or morals stand b fore sbe
popil like moontsIns on plain. and
fofces she attention of every listener
oy his ne . and star lIug com sin ,tions.
nis pictsfial landm trks of history, eis
~ mobile presentation OF lhoa9st and
nis penetrating Applications Of the ell
mactIc truth ~ tue heart As he makes
all the liDes of many colored truth ct n
ssr IN the cross or dIverse from is as q
center.
HIS history of Sunday schools swept
past The usual kegiu ming OF Sunday
school histories 10 the Last century and
81 pped g. listen TO the religious teach
ioks of Abraham to all those In his
house aJOU years before CarIst, pause d
between Ebol and GeriRim vhere the
thousands of Israel rscited the bless.
logs and corsipSs Of Jchovan's law and
listened to the great normal readIoRs of
Ezfa aud bis aids woen the Returned
ex'ies eagerly souRhs t. know the law
OF their fathers, rendered well nigh ex
t'Hes by seventy years captivity in
land OF idolstry. His combinations of
toe rudess lines IN hIs cnaik talk sug
sested . thousand tboaehts before
slun beriaa unoousciousiy between the
lines Of divine truth, while the growing
ngores we're sure to rivet the attention
Of ell present from the rapid Changes
and unvxpected developmsnt Of the fis-
ures and the thoog6t.
Tne nsure Of ofoss vas clothed With
q new power as It covered " wiped out
= damaging record, ~ At grew from -
group Of words as by magic or circun.
scrio central idea OF salvation by
It's outline.
Men who had always excused them.
selves from the use Of Q back board
vent homs resolved 20 try tbs Sropur-
ties Of meitsd sheil to produce or, stal-
liz I'd thought, 0nvinoed that 10 ertistic
ia a tSstg f<.o k...is
representation Of Ideas before scholars
mind.
Bot Mr.. Wheeler is yet NO scravler,
th ,ugo Ills isusss are often parposeiy
rude to encourage the timid in tbeir
efforts. HIS reviews Of fou. different
q Iarters' lessons showed real artist
.urking bchind the dashiaa lines OF
symbol. T~elve mountains rising IN
groups one above another Represented
picture Of a quarters 10 son,
each with its OHM sotio shsaght hang iu
miaistote on tne mountain side until
the ctnv,s, covered with mountain
peaks and azure ski Q, became a picture
gallery vito its Rroups and drowning
thought gathering the gallery inte q
Rilded gem sparkling upon the bighesi
peak as the crytaiiIzsd epitems Of the
whole.
Again panorama is formed from a
greup OF less d pietares, and with the
,east conceivable u machinery the ciss, is
treated to chronological series OF
thoug its Impress upon the vivid per
ceptioa of tue children by the beautiful
eolors and the whisper songs. Or again
= window curt AIN blackboard Is drawn
dows oy s.sps, each interval revealing
she ksynogos Of tne successive lessons
10 . snanaer to hx upon sne memory.
fne great events OF the b ble we're the
subjsct OF his Tuesday evening talk.
sh a on his finRers' ends as MOUNTAINS
aud IN the valleys between the fingers
and even on toe knackie joints aud
wrists there we're statIoued events Whicn
to ssne will always b. preseat. Thus
the creation Of man, the d 'od, tue birth
Of Abraham, the oaildlng of the reDple
aud the coming Of Ihuist are fivs moua
tain peaks Of thought loo years apart,
bet veen which theru Ito the valleys
marked with Jared. Shsm. Mbses and
Ezra On the knuckIes We h>vs Enoa,
Euoch, Jos-ps, Hex ,kiah and NJ .lAehi.
with u palm 'verina ths tnirty three
years Of Cnrist's life, and the wrist
representing the 100 years of IS. Johe,
yOa can supply tho arm Ut 1900 years to
che present tims and carry chronology
10 tour hand.
Mr.. Wheeler 10 an oatgrowth OF the
"a mpdern sunday school idea largely
~rooght Gus by tue International Exec-
utivo Committse ON Sunday scho.l
sork, insaxurated by the t'hicaeo sun
" Scuooi Teacher in 1866. vrsusut
out by sush men 40 J. X. viucent, of
Chautsuqua f,me, b. +. jacobs, she
indomitasie sunday school worker,
duriburt, and many others BY wnom
toe present International leeeons have
beea arranged. which arc used by
o0O 600 children IN = doz 50 countries,
and have FevJlntionix d thougnt and
methods IN Bible study.
k-pres sntina the Territory of Dakota
at Louisville IN ths intcfnstisuai Con
vention OF 1885, Mr.. Wheeler resigned
his position wasu be aocepted the pssi-
ton of Sunday SCHOOL Msssionary for
the American Baptist Publication
society on the Northwest Coast. The
International Committee, at its sessisn
IN Chautauqus Asssably, app ,intod
nim Secretary of the International Cen.
vestioa Of the Tenth District, includisG
Oregon. Washington. Idaho. MoatanS
and British Coiumbis. He 10 noW
arranging series Of intern ssieoal DR-
trict Couventions from Minoeapoits 30
vIesoFia 10 forty d>ys, TO be held in
Jaiv or August. 1885. ooudcctsd by b.
z. Jacobs a.d three or four others Of
the leading latsrnatioasl Sunday
school workers, and proposes 10 make
Seattle one Of the stoppins places.
Ooe Of she oondisions OF this visit BY
eastern workers 10 that State or Terri
tsrisl oraanix xtious be .dcosed over the
north coast, ssd eyanty orRan,s 'tions
srs necessary TO tbs tsorooGh EN- sssosy
af the vorh. 10 accordance Sith this
thousht the Nlnissers Accusation Of
Seattle have appointed Q committee 70
req st next Monday. and mass D. 3.
sonven tien will probably be called at an
early date IN King County.
Nrs- Wheeler is also valuable help
meet to her husoaud's vofk. having re-
ceived her earliest training from Ars.
W, r. CraftA. ske Prssidrat OF toe
National PnmRv 3. 3. reaeher's
Ua,on and the aeknoviedeed Leader of
the country In priniarv work. Au
Wbeeler 10 appointsd d and eommsss'onsd d
ey the National Primary Teacher As
sociasiou - toe General S-sretafy and
Missionary for the NoSsh Pacific Coast.
and a. such desires 10 fos0 Primary
Caiops 10 each eisy. Mr.. ssd Me-.
= heelef propose 10 bold tsstifutss at