Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-06-24
Sunday School Convention.


alton at the Cong. church, n. Crafts
bury, was called to order at 10 80,
a. m., Tuesday, June Is.
The opening devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. M. 2. Bell,
who also made the address of well
come to which Mr.. O. Ell. Aus
tin responded. At II 10 the discus
sion on the opening and closing ex-
ercises in the SIS. was opened by
r. G. Noodle of California, who was
followed bv Rev. j. G. Taylor of z.
Craftsbury and d. M. Camp of New
port. The points made in this talk
were that these exercises should not
be so lengthy as to interfere with the
lesson as the important part of the
S. S. services that the opening and
closing exercises should be made to
harmonic with the subject of the
lesson; that proper observance OF
this rule would give the variety which
is desirable in those exercises. To
this end the superintendent should
prepare beforehand a program or time
table for each Sabbath in a blank
book kept for the purpose. The
hymns selected should be appropriate
and familiar, and at the same time
be those that the children will be
glad to remember in after years-that
is, they should be standard hymns
set to good tunes. The place OF the
pastor in the S. S. is not that of
superintendent or a teacher if it is
possible to have others in those posi-
tions, but that the pastor should be
acquainted with the work of every
officer; that he should be welcome
visitor in every class ;that he may be-
come acquainted with every scholar
and with the work of every teacher !;
to this end 1t would sometimes be
we'll for him to be a silent listener in
the class. If he wishes to give any
instruction it should be to the whole
school in the summing up of the les
son, with the use of the blackboard
or otherwise. It would be well, how
ever, that the reviews of the lesson
should be sometimes by the superin-
tendent or by some other person.
At the close of the forenoon eXer-
cises the people were invited to meet
at the hall in the academy, where a
dinner was provided for all. The af-
ternoon services opened with SER
vice of song under the lead of Hon.
J. E. Chamberlin of Albany. The
| subject, EsThe S. SITS relation to
those without the church, was open
ed by Geo. III. Blake, who spoke of
the relation of the S. S. to members
church, its relation to the communl-
tv and its force in helping form the
/ DlOId1 SOdbuS vi GIC hOllNt' IN -
fiuence of the Sunday School was
considered to be powerful both upon
the church and the world, and, being
so. those interested in its work were
encouraged to labor the more earnest
ly and the more faithfully for the
better success of the school to which
they belonged. Mr.. A. A. Aseltint
followed with few timely remarks
and suggestions. Rev. j. {. Taylor
followed on the subject, ''Who ought
to be in the Sunday SCHOOL," He
stated that all children should be il
the school; that all members of the
church, and those who are accustom
ed to be in the church, should NEE
in the classes of the school. Mr. lay
lor spoke of the benefits of Sunda,
School instruction, and all his tho't
were wise and he discussed the sub
ject very intelligently.
The subject, "Teachers, their Sc
lection, etc., was taken up, and Rev
Geo. w. Kelley of Barton read a pa
per which wisely and very thorough
treated the subject in all its phases
The paper was received with muc
favor A vote was taken to have th
paper printed, and our readers wi
, doubtless have access to it in thes
, columns. Rev. G.. w. Morse follow
ed Mr.. Kelley, and though the sui
ject had been very elaborately dis
> cussed, he presented much good tho
= happily expressed. The subject an
the discussion were such as to kee
the attention of the congregation
= the end.
= s'Lesson Helps" was discussed b
= Rev. j. Mcdonald. The speakt
kept his hearers in the best of hume
)" by few hits and witticisms throw
" in among his arguments, and gave
timely talk on the subject. He b
= lieved in "helps," and felt that
was mistake in many classes
10 throw away the questions on I'll
:" helps and substitute something
their stead.
Evening: The first half hour w
= devoted to a service of praise, tt
singing being interspersed with t.
:, recitation of appropriate passages
- scripture. The devotional exercis
~ were conducted by Rev. Mr.. McDo
d aid. The address by Rev. Mr.. Phi
~ lips was really a sermon upon t
H. text: 81 must work the works
~ Him that sent me while it yet da
nc the night cometh when no man C
80 work" John tx Il. The text W
l" called the Sunday-school wOrke
motto for his work. The obligati
nc to work for Christ in the Sunda