St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-15
INITIAL INSTITUTE.
The Hennepin Sunday School As
ISOLATION Meets at Dyer's HafA


The initial meeting of the Hennepin CouAtyi
Sunday School association took places at
Dyers hall yesterday afternoon, and was
well attended by those interested in thes
work. The exercises opened with singing,i
which was followed by prayer. j. E. Bell!
then gave short address. stating the naturel
Of the work and introducing Henry Plant, of
Gze Plymouth Congregational church, Who
then spoke upon tho subject OF ''Howltoi
Divide the Lesson The speaker dwelt5
first upon the faults of attempting 3tos
teach without plan and the necessity OF.
connecting each lesson with the previous
one. Following this. he spoke at some length
upon the various pursuits of life being, a. 1t
were, topically divided. and showed how
practical was its use in the teaching OF les's
son. He compared the division and subse-
quent concentration of the thoughts to the
separation of ray of light by prism. and
the collection TO the burning glass which
brings all the rays TO focus. After showing
how much easier the subject was to deal
with when properly divided he urged that
the great central truth which was contained
in the lesson he brought forcibly home to
the class.
John II. Elliott, secretary of the Y. NJ. c.
A., was the next on the programme, but
he was unexpectedly called away and
c. M. Stocking, of the state central 5. So
committee, followed with discourse upont
the manner of using lesson helps. This sub
ject he divided into three heads: Where to
use help; When to use help. and what con-
stiLuIes help. He. showed how people weres
apt TO rely on lesson help too much, and
urged the teachers not to follow the help too
closely, but to be original. "A good thing"
he said, may become hindrance if wrong
fully used" and illustrated by saying that it
would show lack of wisdom TO apply the
brakes to q wagon while ascending hill and
to neglect them when descending. In clos
ing, he advised all to make a most thorough
study of the lesson at home, and to rely as
little as possible upon lesson helps.
Rev. r. N. MeKaig being unable to attend,
j. ID. Blake volunteered to give his views
upon the topic How to Illustrate the Les
SON." He opened by saying that i'll teaching
a class the matter of illustration played a
most important part. "These Illustrations,
he said, ''should be of those things which
are most familiar, and which are most APP
plicable to the lesson" He went on to say
that the illustrations should have the follow
ing qualities-aptness, clearness. accuracy
and simplicity-and illustrated by showing
how he would use the map, map of Paies-
tine being hung upon the front wall for that
purpose, His lecture itself was full of Illus
trations, and was interesting and to the
point
He was followed by the Rev. H. C. Mabie,
pasture of the Central Baptist church, who
was to speak on the manner OF reading les
son properly to attain the best results. HIS
opinion was that to obtain the best results
one must study the lesson minutely word by
word, and phrase by phrase. He proce eded
at some length 10 practically illustrate by
taking lesson, and having the teacher re &C
it aloud and name. tho important points N
detail, and then sum the whole up at the
end.
The institute was adjourned at O'Clock
until next Saturday when those addresses,
which were omitted to-day, will be delivered.
All decided that these institutes were most
profitable and if there is sufficient encourage
ment they will be continued.