Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-14
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 Haven Baptist Bible School
 .eld their thirteenth annual con-
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 >corated with cut flowers and greens. The , address of welcome was delivered by Rev. F. s. Evans, pastor of the church, and respond- ed toby s. H. Jennings, of Deep River. The report by the treasurer, E. H. Plant of Huntsville, showed balance on hand of $76.55. H. P. Hubbard, of this city, made his report as secretary. There are thirty l two Sabbath schools in this district, with | about 5, TOO members and an average attend | ance of {, 200 pupils. An address was made | by Rev. J. P. Crumley, of Deep River: Should Sabbath. school children attend preaching servieesa" Rev. A. P. Ryan of \ the Crescent Beach Baptist association fol- ! lowed, speaking of "Our Opportunity" A general discussion followed the remarks. The meeting then adjourned to Quinnipiac rink, where dinner was served by the ladies. The afternoon session opened at 2 o'clock. The opening address was by D. L. Smith of Waterbury, the subject being "The power of personality" Rev. pr. D. O. Potter. of New York, delivered an interesting address on ssThe successful teacher.n The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President, A. B. .Ryan of Middletown; vice presidents, Rev ], R. Wheeler of Meriden and D. L. Smith ofIWaterbury; secretary, H. P. Hubbard of New Haven :; treasurer, E. H. Plant of PlantsvilIe; execu- tive committee, Messrs. s. H. Jennings of Deep River, GilesPotfer of New Haven, W. G. Fennell of Middletown, Fred A. Betts of New Haven Revs. Mir. Ditmar of Shelton and J. v. G4ston of Meriden; finance committee, Messrs E. H. Plant, Giles Potter and D. L. Saith.
 The evening session opened at 7:45 o'clock. Prayer was offered by Rev. w. H. Butriek. The first address of the evening was by Rev. A. E. Reynolds, of Wallingford. His sub- ject was sfOur Aim" During his remarks he said: We are gathered tonight, most of us teachers in the Sunday schools or those whe will be teachers. The Sunday school, like all others, is composed of teachers and learn CTS, and our discussion to night will be to try and find out what we ought to do to best further the work of the Sunday school; what definite aim we ought to keep in view to accomplish the best results. The one single definite aim of our schools is to teach the word of God. The social work outside of the school properly belongs to the work, but the distinct swork, and our aim must be to teach the word of God. The time of the teacher and pupil is thrown away in merely answering prepared questions and discussing theological ques- tions. It is also with the smaller classes telling them stories only to interest them and keep them quiet during the hour of meeting. These are some of the difficulties and want to notice some of the ways to remedy them. The subject of Sunday school lesson should be like the text of preacher instead of the fragmentary questions often found in pre- pared lesson books. Many single utterances of the apostles would furnish subject for a lesson for class for @ whole Sunday. The aim of the Sunday school teacher is to pre- sent the word of God in the simplest man. ner and is the most direct way of training the children to lead Christian life. The weakness of the disciples of Christ to-day in their religious and moral condition is their ignorance of the word of God and if we make it our single aim to teach to them the word we will be best doing the work of our Saviour. Our one aim must be to teach the word of our nor theological questions but simply the Bible
 MT. Reynolds was followed by Rev. Dr. Potter of New York, who spoke on the sub- ject, "A Higher Place for the Sunday School" During his remarks he said: You cannot make people good by legislative enactment. The church must not expect any help from the government. It has been thrown on it's own resources and must shift for itself The secular education of to-day does not help the word of God any It is not the true eduea- tion. There are great many things in Romanism which are right. They do not think the training of the secular school true education so they establish the parochial schools to teach in connection with secular studies the study of religion. The only sal vation for the every day boy and girl is in the Sunday school It is there they hear the word of God for an hour each week and oftentimes the only place. want to make clear this: The Sunday school is a sort of beginning, but we want to have the work go on the whole of the week.
 The Christian Endeavor society-God bless theml What wonderful boom they have taken! But I want to say right here with that benediction "I don't like the idea of having anything in the church which is not the church" The Sunday school ought to do all the work we can to bring about the definite aim our brother has just spoken of. We have tie Y. M c. A. in all our larger towns. I don't want anybody in my church who belongs to it. Just SO soon as a young man belongs to the association he is lost to the church.
 He made further remarks in an emphatic character in the same vein. He compared the Y. NJ. O. A. to any social club where an entrance fee is paid and the use and patron age of the club secured.
 To bring the Sunday school on higher scale we have got to interest the children. We must go about it in a mild, gentle way Impress boys and girls with your love and the love of Christ.