Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-14
PLANS FOR LITTLE ONES.
Instructive Talks at the Sabbath School
Institute Pertinent Queries Plainly
Answered.

Instructive Talks at the Sabbath School
Institute - Pertinent Queries Plainly
| Answered.
The session of the Sabbath School Insti-
tute of the Allegheny Presbytery was re-
sumed at 2:30 yesterday afternoon with
Rev. A. NJ. Campbell in the chair.
Rev. B. 7. Vincent, D. D., continued his
interesting talk on ''What We Find in the
Bible" He began at the beginning, 1904
wears B. c., and traced on down to the first
innocence Of man, the fall, the food and the
deliverance, the confusion of tongues and
the dispersion of people, the covenant
with Abraham, the coming of Christ and
His beautiful teaching, His sacrifice, and
His final victory. In speaking of the peo-
pie OF Judah, DR.. Vincent scored the
churches of the present day very severely
for relying on fairs and entertainments for
money to support their churches.
He then answered many interesting
queries in regard to Sabbath school work.
SHOULD Devotional Exercises be Long?"
was the first, and he said they most certain
ly should be as short as possible The school
is place for study, and the church for de-
yotion. When he was boy he sat at the
table of a man who said grace always, and
he said it so long he was almost starved be-
fore the amen.
As to giving prizes for the committing of
verses to memory, helthough one may as
we'll offer man bun and cup of coffee
for doing thing that would be for his own
good. He answered the question of the
af foo mol hx-
a saying, "a house divided against itself
cannot stand" In conclusion he advised
that parents be interested, and circulating
libraries established if possible.
As Mrs. w. T. Crafts was absent, owing
to sickness, her paper on Practical Plans
in the Primary Class" was read by Rev.
W. f. Crafts. It defined the relation of the
primary class with the main school, and
"as the Sabbath school is the garden of the
church, so the primary classes are the plants
in the garden
The session the closed by the reading of a
paper by the Rev. j. W. Witherspoon on
''Christ's Method of Teaching Human
Hearts" He said Christ was the perfect
man and His methods were peculiar to
Himself He referred repeatedly to the
Scriptures, as showing the manner and
the methods.
At to-nlght's session Rev. W. f. Crafts
will read paper on the ''Outlook for the
Sabbath" The paper will be broad one,
and of general interest, and workingmen are
especially requested to attend. the reverend
gentleman is the author of the bill now be-
fore Congress in regard to Sabbath observ-
ance.
In the evening Prof John McNaugher
presided over well attended meeting in
the lecture room, Rev. B. T. Vincent giving
some valuable hints on the subject of quar-
terly reviewing. At 7:30 the main meeting
was opened by special prayer for the Sab
bath schools, which was followed by the
Rev. W. F. Crafts, who took his sick wife's
place, in an address on Spiritual Results
in the Primary Glass;" the Reverend dwell
ing forcibly on the failure of teachers and
parents to make sufficient allowance for the
intelligence of children. A collection to
detray the expenses of the institute was
then taken after a request by Mrs. j. j.
Porter, who stated that $500 was needed.
DR.. Crafts followed with an address on
Reading the Bible with Relish" which.
was pithy andpractical. The meeting then
adjourned until $50 this morning.