Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26

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The treasurer's report was read by one of
the secretaries of the convention, Treasurer
L. 81. Biglow being absent The balance
on hand at the last report was s., ,0S4 16, the
receipts have been S14, 80 SO and the ex-
penditures S14, 632 7S. Since the figures
were made up, several hundred dollars have
been paid to the treasury by delegates at
tending the convention, more than making
up the difference between the expenses and
the income. The report was referred to an
auditing committee, composed of L. w.
Hawley, Vermont; E. A. Huf, Michigan,
and William Kerr, Ontario.
TRAINING TEACHERS.
Rev. Mr.. Armstrong. of Massachusetts,,
spoke ten minutes about the school at
Springfield, Mass, where teachers for Sun
day school work are trained. The school is
not denomlnational, and aims to train men
for all kinds OF church work except that
which belongs specifically to pastors. The
leading men In the Sunday School Associa-
ton are connected, as trustees or lecturers,
with the school. The institution was fully
indorsed by Rev. DR.. Worden.
Rev. DR.. Warren Randolph, of Newport,
read a report for the Lesson Committee, of
which he is the Secretary. He said that he
could report satisfactory progress, and that
the committee would present complete re-
port at the time of its official death in 1893.
The committee is elected for seven years,
and the new committee, which begins with
the lessons for 1894, will be elected at this
meeting. The lessons must be prepared
more than a year ahead of time. The report
spoke of the loss which the committee had
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rett, of Cincinnati. During the time that
the present committee has held Office all Of
its stated meetings have been held with only
one exception.
COULD NOT KEEP Up.
At the time of the Worlds Convention
last year in London, q strong effort was
made from Europe to procure considera-
BILE modification of the plan OF the interna-
tional Sunday school lessons. The schools
of Europe found it difficult to keep up with
the system OF study used in America. The
French and Swiss were the chief objectors,
and there were some in England. II was
held that the seven years course was too
long. In France and Switzerland children
leave Sunday school at 13. They did not,
furthermore, like the semi-annual change
from the Old to the New Testament, and the
class of scholars who attend the Sunday
schools in Europe. This caused the
Sunday School Union of France to with
draw from the use Of the international
series, bat they promised to follow it as
closely as possible. The plan was fully
discussed at the London convention, and it
had been decided not to change it. There
were some objections that the lessons were
not sufficiently critical, but the series was
never intended to be theological seminary.
A TEMPERANCE SUNDAY.
The committee believed that the series
had wrought great good. 1t had, among
other things, created a new interest in the
Old Testament. 1t had been decided here
after to devote the 18th Sunday in each
quarter solely to the review, and to leave
the 18th Sunday for a temperance mission
airy lesson at the option of the Sunday
school.
George c. Stebbins and wife sang ''I Shall
be Satisfied" with such pleasing effect that
the audience insisted on an encore when
they sang, behold, What Manner of
Love-"
Addresses were made in support of the
work of the Lesson Committee. The first
was by Rev. DR.. A. E. Dunning, of Bos-
ton. He said that the heroes of modern
times were those whose minds were saturated
by the teachings of the Bible, and he in
stanced Gladstone and Stanley. He thought
that the most remarkable thing in American
life to-day was the increasing popularity of
the study Of the Bible. No foes could keen
it out of public education. Ten million
children were studying it in North
America.
PRAISE FOR SOCIALISM.
In the worlds history no other periodical
has had such circulation as the periodical
publications of the international Lesson
Committee. The increasing study of the
Bible, he said, promised the best results for
American citizenship. The Bible taught
men to believe in themselves as Independent
beings as far as kings and princes are con-
cerned. He praised socialism as a noble
effort, but believed that Socialists were too
apt to overlook the fact that Jesus was the
ideal man and the ideal Socialist. DR.. Dun.
ming said he believed the international
lessons were just about right.
A telegram was read from j. b. Gerald.
Superintendent of the Sunday school at the
Hall Street Baptist Mission, Montgomery.
Ala, congratulating the convention for
electing Major Harris its President.
CANADA IN SYMPATHY.
Rev. DR.. John Potts, of Toronto, another
member of the Lesson Committee, was in
troduced. He is large man, with strong
voice, and he made an earnest speech. He
said that Canada was thoroughly satisfied
with the International Lesson series. At
P. N. the Canadian delegates had held a
caucus and had authorized him to
say to the convention that, with one
heart, the Canadian delegates are in
sympathy with the work done bv
the convention and its international Lesson
committee. But for those lessons yery MANY
people would know little about the Bible.
He believed that few parents systematically
teach their children the Word of Cod
Canada has reached the Bible-studyipp and
Bible-loving age. The wealth of Christian
intellectually of to-day 10 laid upon the
Sunday school table through the inter
national series. There is, he said. something
magnetic and inspiring in the fact that 10.
600, 900 teachers and children are at the sarae
tine studying the same part of Scripture.
The lessons demonstrate the real unity of
the Church, without impairing the strength
OF denominational attachment, In Canada
the denominations are coming nearer and
nearer to one other.
WORKING UNDER TWO FLAGS.
"I am not sure" he said, 'that we shall
ever see organic union. am not sure that
il would be an unmixed blessing. This
convention is doing great work Tor you
and for us nationally. and tor
both of us internationally. We work under
two flags"