The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-04
WoRrHINaroN. MINI. JULY 4, 1880
STATE S. S. CDNVEHTl0N.
State Sunday School codvsn!ioa Eeld in Gen.
,tral Park Street Y. z. Church, St.
-, Paul, June lS, - and %, 1889.


-. Paul, June ls, - and %, 1889.
written by MIS-. j. c. Thom.)
The State Sunday School Convention OF Min
neyota opened Tuesday evening June 18th. 1T
the Ceptrsl PxTk NJ. L. church, st. Paul. Pro.
J. l.. Nuyes, OF .Farri5ault, in. the. chair. Con-
vention opened ~ u pleasant song and prayer
service, ;0,er which Rev. ". w. Dawlcy deliv-
<laetRa short address Of we.come to the state as
ISOLATION and Wishing delegates, lie said as fell
low chri .tians We welcome you. Told anec-
dOte Of a little boy who waS afraid OF a large
Newfoundland dog, who met him and his fath-
or. ganlboling round tuem and wagxiux his tail
with delight. The child said. "Pspa, why docs
he Has his tail that way7' Tho father said. We,
cause heis Cad to see you. Very soon the dog
gave several loud bsrks. and tho little boy SAID.
.'Oh papa. he IS glad at this end ZOO. guess he
'hs f.eiing OF st. Paul christians. They are
glad all over He then said, not many months
ago there met III the ci;y,Ot ST. Paul, n body eli
THpIesentatlvcS II tho people met to make laws
Tor tne people. Perhaps you do not all know
that there ID AlaW on the stztute books saying
tnae all such Institutions AS prisons, Work
houses and jails sha{ be provided with bibies
lOr the inmates But that they wanted laws
keeping 1t outof onr schools: After they be-
como criminals, give them The BOOK that, had
itbten taught tho Children night have Kept
them from being criminals. TINS DOuy assem-
Cles III the interest OF the children. therefore
Us patriots we welcome you. he spoke words
vi especial welcume 10 those who came, not
from the schools ON large cities, but wnv
come from the country schools Ot the state who
havs come 70 uiscuss The best methods OF say
Ing the children Oh the pralrles Uf our state.
tie vas re piled to in behalf OF the State Sun
day school associat. ua and delegates present.
by >. l.. Noyes, ptesidcu, Of the state Sunday
ocho'l ;!ssociati'n. VINO thanked h:m ..llu
!h:cush hlm the CHRISTIAN people of ST. Paul
Kev. Rev. HoDt Mcnatg, OF minneapolis, tod. :
liver all address ON "Auaptat!on." Alr. t4c-
haig said Us he had delivered an address Oh
tnat subject only short time before in Mime:
apoiis and ut one time III st Paul, he hal a.kt
the state SECRETARY 10 allow hlm to change The
subject Irl1e:: Presiuent N"yes said he called
-'lcKas .llen gave an earnest talk He said .he
One lmpo:taut !ning was the teaching ol the
Word vi God. Jesus conquered by the Wore.
He said inndc!s hated the BOOK Of Deut. The
reason being that tls scripture Christ quoted to
IeIuke t.lc uev was ali from the Book ol Deut.
hat to teach the word We must love it. Ia:-
Ol Goa, HhO cared le>S their iiDie .na.l tlls
papers. lie said CilrlSt cams t. save the child
rcn, and to seek aud save those wIo had wan-
dereu from Kim. lie said Ille Word Of God
leads t. repentance. III we expect to lead child.
len to REPENT we mu,s be tiil~d with the Word
Ot God. teachers nut SLOW children that
" hat tney leach tiien ttey believe themselves.
They mus. i've wnal they t.ach. 1t WAS an cX-
ceilcnt address. The session closed with sing
Wednesday morning session opened with u
preparatory service, led by 1. Z. Horton. Ho
road from John 4,h, spoke a lew earnest word,
on the i'll IA tuat we mast be ,inCsrc in our w0r
Minn:apols, Wac gave an excellent talk OH
~. Mu ,c u, its pI:e :'. =, ana parposs in Sundsy
Tine t. music. !hink one-th;rd Of the time
snould DC devoted to il {; he said singing shoud
be Tor lh;ee tnltiss: lst, to attiact md. to
open 'ilc wa, Il or The word; sd 10 aid to the
Sit NJ ,lkA hvt tI.nt tNr1 it
hymn su,li never be selected on Sunday
morning. IT Should BE- selected as early as the
beginning OF the quarter. IL should b. thought
over and prayed over, One can no NJ rc teal
I lhe singing LII Il Sabbath school successfully
"lshout prayer, an the Ec p ot Almighty God
,ntn they eau teach tue .es,ons without j.. Let
yoAi nist hymn be attractive. Never us, sing
1 lng to get o'dcr. Hay. school Orderly nrsl.
Secoud IL ,nn line wi h lesson. tul the at
os 81 st!. tns sS a! ns i IT, sas s las;
tie lesson. LSc an The books at III command
t. select from. lie then called on different ones
IL the audience 10 read selected passages ui
acripture, showing what Cod SWIRL .ays 'b"ut
muse. That it brings to CHRIST, tina, iJ makes
g'd, that w 'l:1l>ter by singing, al teach by
schoos TO sing vas Inc iau,t If tea:h"r'. he
n:ilI te:tch:rs lake your buDl ami k-rp It'll il
you can't sing. Ms tax il, p. a:ior to
le:t lcrS III singing. They Then sauG NY Under-
1ul Words ut i.ovc.'
itlen utg;lu the opening of what WI; called
tho 'unil e oe,>i,n, co".iuciyd oy Or. I. r.
grsued. How? Why! 1t WAS an open discus
son led by Mr. Kennedy. who sad in answer to
the wny? lOrordc Ter and for INSTRUCT III. How!
Not by the superintendent alone, but by 4 board
Dy the cnurch for that purpose. Ind.
Graded ia departments bit under one head. 3d.
Cnreen,ingly. We must not change because
one c.lrlar waits to be with som. others after
the grading has been done. Another speaker
said 1t .enuLnce 1T Sunday School IS voluntary,
IL you grade your s:hoOl no. aS pupils wish Yea
wi grade out ut school fupiis would come for
love vi teacher sometimes more tnan Tor any
other reason, aud ii compelled to change would
not come: D. Z. holma, SAID love c..n hold the
boy III school. Another said use winsome ways.
l, small b " comes VINO wants to 20 in the
class with Ois brother let him so uAtil
acqHtintel. Use tact. a vote WAS taken to
tchools be graded aud decided that il was. Miss
q. y. Randall gave an e>celient paper on iIi-
mary Department One class Or 'i,iie! Sine
SAID We do not want just good method but tue
Desc. She thought Classes oi trn were large
enough. Ali primary cissSes should be- under
one head and shoalu D. with the main school
ono lady asked: Wh.t can We do where We
have small churches which only have one room:
u. y Stocking said rooms can be divided By
curtains. Make standards little higher than
seats, and drnw cur ta'ns from one another.
mary to tue main school, from the school TO the
cnurch.
j.. ". Greggs then moved that we take sea-
sion Of prayer for the delegates whoa:e at this
hour starting from New YORK for London to at
toud the Worlds Sunday School convention, and
that We send by telegram i greeting God
speed Twas so done.
The next subject in unique session was ''ot1i-
GERS. How many Aud ilow elecied?" Led by
IL; W. ,Pagc., 1t was decided that {; model
have a hsad secretary, as it it nj mus. Isl have have
records kept; aud IS mode! school is a giving
nchco and = reading school 1t must have !.
@ S!% "% escted SSsq ost being a'Syux in
favor OF the church in some way eitler by COM
m!ttees appointed for the purpose or as a whole
point was male by one Of Keeping an officer
The subject, sunday school Helps was Gis.
command, but nist and above all the Bible Let
m,0saing take ITS place. Use the Bible in school
Ihen followed short season OF prayer, 1ol-
lowed by singing anu adjournment.
Wednesday Afternoon: continuance Of the
unique session. A Lively discussion on contri-
buttons. Tor what purpose? How taken and
mode! scho u all child Ell should be taught to
give first to the church, that they might feel that
they are part OF tle church. and to all bonevO
rent ODJects. Teach them to give OF what is
their own. Of what costs them some sacrifice.
Recommended in schools where children were
poor, small amount be given each chlld and
= vegetable OF some kind given and more raised,
y. c: Holmes :oId of a little boy in Mobiles
in. them and giving the money for missions.
Next followed q talk on Sunday school prayer
meetings. bye: Z. Dyer, followed by others.
decided that it Is valuable help in bringing
the scholars to Christ. the one aim of the Sum
day school, was Sunday School prayer meet
ing. some being in favor Of holding it every
Sunday. others at stated terms not 80 often,
stlll others OF having 1t come rs often as once a
month. but not at any stated time. But all feel
ing that ii was important as it gives an oppor.
unity to the young to profess Christ. teaches
children to pray. J. G. Stocking gave an affect
Ing account OF a prayer by a child. Another
told OF a prayer by. a little child causing the
conversion Of the father.
Next subject was teachers meetings, and de-
cided that it was a great help to the best teach
Ing OF the lesson. 20 hold teachers cenfe: ence
meetings. Then followed = paper by S. H.
Dyor ON Normal classes in which he urged that
1t was very important that we have normal
classes for the better training Of our teachers.
After close of unique session the report of State
Central committee was given. The secretary
81 wing good report Of the work OF the past
year. The treasurer's report showed all bills
paid aud a small amount in the treasury:
tn. state Association for the coming year. He
said that they needel 43. 800 the coming year.
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