Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-17
Forenoon.

Forenoon.
der after which fifteen miDute devotiona
service was conducted by Rev. b e. Went.
worth of Dexter, presiding elder of the Ban
gor district. 1t was shor, but most profit
able service. AT . Is the business of the
Convention was taken up and the following
committees appointed
CREDENTIALS Ira G, Hersey of Houl
ton ; Rev. Daniel Greene, Cumberland Rev
&. W +. Hill OF Lisbon Falls
RESOLUTIONS Rev c. + Allen, ID ID
Realtield: Rev Geo. b Iilsley. Bangor
Rev. +, H. Stacy, Auburn.
NoMINArIoNs Rev. J. NJ. Frost, Port
land; w. l.. Daggett, Strong; A. +. Cox
Portland
At 30 conference of the entire Conven-
ton was held and an able Introductory ad
dress delivered by Rev. J NJ Frost of Port
land, who spoke upon the all impor,an,
theme, When is the lesson well Taught? Z
The valuable suggestions made were ther
discussed and for a short space of time the
questions few thick and fast and kept Rev
Mr. Frost and Rev Smith Baker busly en-
elected many pithy, pointed and eminently
practical matters relative to the proper con
duction Of many of the branches of the Sun
day school.
With the cessation of the steady fire oil
questions and answers Pres. Cousins intro
duced Rev. F. n Peloubet, ID. ID, of Bos
ton, Mass. Mr.. Pelouhet is one of the
most earnest and thoughtful workers present
at the Convention and his remarks on
"Ilow can business men and busy womer
prepare their Sunday school lessons were
pointed and interesting, and were related
from the practical standnNint of busy mar
who has found time u 4 voto to thorough
study of Gods wo-, lie -p9i briefly a,
follows:
"a man might aS sell f. 81 gun without
loading it as for p :, hool t,a nnr to attemp
to teach without 'tg wing = lesson. How
is it possible best 10 10 hi In the frs
place read !: 1,. az tho ,inning of tn,
week Rea !, over aul 3er in all tbs
different v'r.o.s, ard r.. not only little
sections brt p whole piig before and aftel
this main sec'ioa. IT, n. xt thing is tha
for busy p 1plt 1t iss vse thing for peo
pie to use par, ot tn rndsy-school ! 3
| son as sra-t %. yonr deviional set, C.@ =
1t is becaGs. you car teach ies-on Ur }
when you haze f1l'ht YOURS 1t thr se ne
lesson. Especially il fam prayers t il
the bes' thing to uly the Srn'lsy scloo
lesson. The mex IA Z To 10 1T IN sin
nIng of the we, u form. Jl kind of
plan n yet the fran york OF t.e lesson If
! your owa mind. ih re il dqHI III sivine
too mech TIM To tliis but thnk the-- il
one who ems IN kiv,nz 700 much tim t.
this phcn there are thai err lii no i'll
enough II Nor arc g. to teach GO. tn
circums'a lces of ge graphy etc clear II
mind Then in III next place tie iahn
saving clause IS from thi, fact When yot
have a living subject in your soul the re ar,
| gathered about it things which under other
circumstances you would lose. There il
where the saving clause comes, where tht
/ business man car save time g" II is this tha
e1ucates You IL gives great advantage /,
every book you real. You viii fId soma
thing which comes upon your lesson Tn'
| next thing u DO is to use every help an6
suggestion that you can find from othe
| ueople, and should begin 10 10 this at tn
| c1mmenceme Mt Of the week We haven
! tho basis Of right thinking with resiiai
something We are helped to think our
selves by the thinking of other people
/ Every wise man reads his books, his com
mentaries and his helps and othe
people and then compares them will
his own thoughts. Make better use o
Sunday than ever Our business is to b
waked up and stirred up by other people
Another great help that saves the teacher
time is to never do anything Yourself ths
you can get your scholars to do for you
You may have TO look it over but make ther
do it first Start this scholar and ths
scholar to study up something
particular and you will lind ths
process one Of very great advantage
Make your boys and girls do their own s1dj
ing and yon will teach them how to stud,
OF course the spiritual power 10 the real po
er in teaching. IL is the man behind the SCI
mon. The man Who has the spirit to wof
will be a successful Sunday school teache
When a man is dead in earnest he viii tax
the best instruments he can find and u'
them in earnest. The teaching Of the Bib
/ is one of the greatest privileges of man.
Is q gift of Col and s such pleasure tn
you will all be at superintendent to zi'
, You a class 40 that you can build up souls
God. Wherever in the human soul there
drauins in and going out of spiritual POI
er there most Of all is where the soul gro'
rich with God
~ thr tip7- VI ttli- fsilfFrs Sift w e
n Crafts suceessful SUNDAY sch Sol worker
New York. delivered most able address
the Relation Of the primary departments
the main school" Mrs. Crafts spoke e
s.ntially a. follows
"A wise Sunday school superintendent
> careful Of the traits and characters of {
members Of his primary Sunday schoo! ella,
II be is wise he will see that bis prima
class is the place of right habits. If he
, thus careful he may hope that his sehc
3. may be filled with those who are the perfe
trees Of God. do not think il possible
i. start little children in the same departme
: with the other scholars. A separate room
n almost absolutely necessary. We must ca
troll the eyes Of the little ones. /, IL not
much rhat they hear a. bat they ace Il
disracts them. If you have no room aIva
look forward to the receiving Of it. and VIC
carefully to that end. We must have sel
,s rateness fret. In our primary classes to-
r should be regular and pune;
attendance of the scholars, notvi