St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Under Warm Discussion by the Con
vention Of Helpers.
EXERCISES Of YESTERDAY.
School Topics Talked 0f---Prof. North
rop's Address---Committees
Laid Out.

tested in the state Sunday school con-
yentiOn, and yesterdays session at the
Central Park NJ. E. church was attended
by over 200 delegates from all over the
state. A varied programme had been
prepared, and 9 O'Clock I. c. Horton,
secretary of st. Paul Y. NJ. c. A.
opened with preparatory service. in
which the work of the convention and
the blessings to be gained therefr0Hl
were touched upon. G. NJ. Stocking, of
Minneapolis, followed with helpful
talk on the place and purpose of
music in the Sunday school. He argued
that at least one-thiru OF the service
should be devoted to music. and defined
its purpose under the following heads:
First. an attraction to the schools; sec
ond, to open the way for the word of
God; third, to aid in the word already
taught. Thereafter came what was
termed ''a unique session. which was
conducted by Dir. Z. e. Lee, of st. Paul:
The design was, to construct model
school, the administration OF which
formed subject for discussion. Such
matters as ''Sunpay School Helps"
.:Officers' Duties,'' ''Individual Rec
ords,'' Teachers Meetings." were
being Miss G. o. Randall, Il. w. Page,
Rev. Ii. Kennedy, J. W. Griggs Jr., j.
I C. Bell, S. Fl. Dyer. d. e. Eggleston
and G. E. Dyer. Three hours were
occupied in the discussion, which
continued over to the afternoon
session. and was thoroughly appreciated
Ivy all present. A report was read by
Nj. b.. Gritchett from the state central
committee, setting forth that there are
to-day 1881 Sunday school workers in
this state. and Ii, 43S scholars, an III
crease of ILLS upon the number last
year, Some routine work completed
was the selection of the following COM
mittees:
Credentials-C. L. Dempster, Lake
City: DR.. Butler, st. Paul; Bro. Sim
nous. Albert Lea; f. l.. Smith. Euclid;
Rev. NJ. Wilson, Olivia.
Resolutions A. j. Williams,
Window; Rev. 2. d. De Schweinletz,
Northtield; S. R. Ferguson, L,tchiield;
Rev. G. K. Merrill, minneapolis: Rev
W. T. Miller, Fillmore.
d. G. Hill. Red Wing; DR.. Larabee,
Winona; d. II. Mason, Alexandria; r.
M. Morton, Faribault; e. K. Goodnow,
Hutchinson, were appointed commit
tee on the place of meeting for next
years convention. A collection was
also made for the ensuing years work.
President Noyes said $500 was re-
quired. There was raised and prom
ised So, 600, and it is anticipated that the
remaining $500 required will he forth
coming to-day. Ramsey County Sun
day School association promised $500.
+ President Cyrus Northrop, of the state
university, attracted large audience at
the evenings session, the church being
F filled to Overlooking. DR.. Northrop's
subject was 1.-THE Preparation of the
Teacher" and at the outset he declared
that under the present arrangement of
lessons there was great danger that
Sunday school instruction would be
''scrappy; J" the fault was entirely that
of the teachers. THE teacher" he re-
marked, Tin his preparation. should be
prepared to connect the lesson of the
day with what comes before and what
T follows after. SO that the study of the
Bible may he the study OF the Bible
as a whole second, the teacher should be
the teacher and not make the COM
mentary the teacher in his place; and
lastly. the teacher should go to his class
not only with the knowledge Of what
the word means, but with the spiritual
1 lesson that God wants those boys and
girls to get out of that truth, SO simpli-
fed, SO formulated and SO arranged that
he can give it to those children in
manner that will impress itself on their
soul and enable them. to hold it in their
. memory"
Rev. Wallace q. Butriek, of st. Paul,
closed the days session with an address
on child conversion. The convention
will con clude to-day.