The Portland daily press., 1889-08-08

General SWift's EIoquence once
More Heard by the Saco.
MRS. Mary Livermore Talks to the
Old Veterans.
A Pleasant Day for Very Pleasant
Exercises.
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FRYEBURG, August 7.-Yesterday after
noon, after the feast of good cheer and sub
stantial comfort, which marked the alumni
dinner, the remaining time was passed In
class reunions and in making short excur-
sions to places of interest in the vicinity.
Rev. F. Fl. Allen of Auburn, in the evening
gave his second lecture on the Cathedrals of
the World. After few more English views
we visited the cathedrals of France and the
sunny southern lands. These showed del
icacy of design and a wealth of ornamental
tion unknown in those Of the North. We
maryelled at the great devotion and patience
displayed by architect and artist. We
caught glimses of the beauties of st. Mark
and of the vastness of st. Peter. The old
clocks at Strasbourg, which through the
siege of shot and she'll, calmly marked the
hours, the whispering gallery, the affairs and
the paintings render the cathedrals in which
these objects are found of great Interest to
all tourists. At the close of this lecture
there was camp fire ON the river bank,
which was much enjoyed, especially by the
children. A vesper service, led by the cor
net and clarionette, was held by its light. A
beacon light was also seen on Mount Kear-
sarge.
Rev. w. F. Berry, In his morning hour,
gave instruction upon the Interpretation Of
the Bible. He said, none except the pure in
heart and life truly. interpretate or under
written in the oriental style of fgurative
circumlocution and not in the terse Anglo
Saxon style. 1t does not record everything
concerning any event which took place but
is complete record of the purpose for which
it was given. Still there are many things
about Christ, Heaven and thelrfutnre life
which we would all like to know. The dis
crepancies are only apparent and would dis
appear If our knowledge of nature and God
were more and more higher. We all seek
truth in our own way and read into scripture
words different meanings according to the
doctrinal and mental bias. We ought to
seek for Gods meaning and not our own.
Miss Lucy Wheelock in the children's
hour continued her instruction about the
hooks of the Bible, She then moulded in
sand map of the sea of Galtleo and told the
water and with the towns that are on its
shores She also told Of the productions of
the Holy Land.
Rev. j. M. Frsst in his lesson spoke of the
various hindrances that the Sunday school
teacher has to meet The external condi-
life are far too often against them. The lack
of proper classification and the ShOrtness of
the session lessen the hold of the teacher up
ON the scholar, but tact, talent and self-gov-
ernment can do much even under these cir
cumstanceS.
Miss Lucy Wheelock talked to the primary
teachers regarding the application of the
kindergarten principles to the Sunday
cchool. The natural way to teach the truths
of the Bible to little children is to take the
trees, houses, mountains and other natural
objects and from them draw lessons that will
tell them something about God. In every
lesson there is some word, which we can il
lustrate by little devices that can easily be
made by anyone. Everything in the world
can be qsea Ssianca as esn ba mads symbol m
present human life, in which, the trunk is
true life; the branches, kind thoughts; the
leaves, kind words; the blossoms, kind looks,
and the fruit, kind deeds. Then there are,
of course, the opposites of all these quail
ties-always appeal to the imagination of
your children, by having lessons with an
inner meaning, and when they have learned
what it is, then give them some little thing
to remind them of it, A little child can I'M
derstand all the incidents and truths Of the
this manner. All teachers can use these
methods without any expensive apparatus,
but by using any little device which their
fancy may suggest. Today is Grand Army
day and is this year as in the past to be
made most inspiring day for all who may be
present whether they are members of the
G. A. r. or not.
Before the meeting telegram and letter
were received from Gov. Burleigh's private
secretary, telling the reason of the absence
of the Governor from the meeting this after
noon, where he was to preside. The letter
is as follows:
IT, 4- AUGUSTA, August 6, 1889.
ReU. George ID. Lindsay, Conductor Maine Chdtt-
tduqsd Union, Frye6urg
Governor Burleighis indisposed and has been
confined to his house several days. 1 regret to
say it will be impossible for him to be with you
tomorrow. E. G. STEVENS,
Private Secretary