The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-14
The County Sunday School Annual
Convention.

Convention.
This was held this year at the Baptist
church In OwossO, Wednesday and Thursday
of last week. The attendance from the
county at large was very small. The hos
pitaity of the city was but little expended,
not becauses the houses were not open, but
because people did not come, as expected,
to enter them. The sessions, however,
afternoons and evenings. were fairly attend
ed, but at no time was there. full house.
This Is to be greatly regretted; as it Is rec
ognized by those In attendance that the
exercises from first to last were of higher
order than usual. The addresses OF most
striking force and value, without rejecting
on the others, were as follows: The Spirit
of INSTRUMENTATION i'm our Youth; Cause and
Suggested Remedies" by Rev. DIR. Como
yer, of Christ Church. of this city. The
address recognized. at the outset, the spirit
of independence of our Republican govern
ment and the spirit of will dominance OF
the age; but that which in boys and girls
gives faint and downward movement to this
spirit is the neglect of fathers to share with
mothers the care and responsibilities or child
training, while the mothers, Overburdened
by home work and friction, are unequal to
the burdens thus left upon them, and sec
ondly as a consequence of the liberty and
license that are given to boys and girls to be
on the streets i'm boyhOOd and girlhood years
after hours of darkness. The education
thus had is demoralizing, the result Is irrev-
erence for all forms of society, disrespect to
elderly people, formation of loose habits
that are ungentlemanly and unwOmanly in
many respects. Rev. Mr.. Beale, of Lansing,
gave as able an address as 1T has ever been
our privilege to hear, in its strength of mind
and sweep of movement of thought from
beginning to end. He said that what the
Sabbath School needed was manly quail
ties that meant strength. AS the Sabbath
School now is it Is sentimental and woman
ly. 1t lacked, therefore, those qualities that
kindle enthusiasm and respect for the mas
terful. The requirement is, therefore, for
men to be officers and teachers, that these
may represent the manly side of Christianity
to young men! He then carried his audi
encc with him in strong tide OF thought
along the movements of history, showing
cOnclusively that it is an upward movement.
Prof. Simmons gave a paper on IS. >.
Teachers and Normal Work." containing
many valuable suggestions. This was fol-
lowed by Specimen Lesson in Normal
Teaching" by A. L. Ferry, of OwOssO.
The subject was .'Principles of Instruction
and the lesson was given in detail OH the
blackboard as follows:
SEVEN LAWS OF TEACHING.
l. Adaptation.
1. TO age of scholars.
2. To intellectual conditions.
3. TO social surroundings.
4. 70 normal character
5. To spiritual conditions.
III. Cooperation.
1. Attention awakened and held.
2. Desire for knowledge aroused.
3. Search for truth directed.
4. Conscience Quickened.
Ill. Defniteness.
1. In statement of questions.
g. In statement of historical facts.
3. In dOctrinal teachings.
4. In practical duties.
~. System.
1. Start with known facts and proceed
step by step to the unknown.
9. Arrange material in order from SIM
pie to complex.
V. Illustration.
1. From world of sight.
9. From world of comparison.
5. From world of Imagination.
4. From world of incidents.
vi. Repetition.
I. BY review.
2. Constantly during the lesson.
3. Glass review after the lesson.
4. Superintendent review.
5. Monthly review.
6. Quarterly review.
Z. Annual review.
VII. Variety.
Rev. Mr.. Davies, pastor of the COngrcga-
tional church, gave an address on "Dr. Har
per's Inductive Method of Scripture Study,
and its Value to Teachers and Students"
lie gave the history and an explanation of
the Inductive Philosophy as method of
He showed how it has been
applied. since the day of Sir Francis Bacon.
1561-1621, the father of the system, to all
branches of scientific and philosophic inqui-
ry and how out of this application the won
derful progress of the last two hundred
years have been brought about in every
department of human thought and interest
and like results may now be expected from
the application of ii to the study of the
scriptures. Space will not permit of an
extended analysis of all the discussions
which proved to be exceedingly interesting.
1t Is certainly true that this was a success
full convention. The old officers were
reelected. The usual resolutions were
adopted, including one of appreciation of
Mr. Beale's address, he being from outside
of the county, and one of request that the
gates of the Worlds Fair be closed on the
oaDDatn. complaint was made, though Ill
a very gentle manner, that most of the
churches or Sabbath Schools of the county
had not responded to the personal card of
the treasurer of the convention, either with
word or money. The necessities of the
work will call for hundred dollars from
this county the coming year, seventy-ive of
which, by vote, was pledged to the state
work. 1t Is not too much of Christian
churches that they will work together in
this one way open to them to come together.
The time is past when they can walk apart
and be rivals of each other without the con-
domination of the world and of God. The
manifest duty of the times, in the Provi-
dence of God, Is to agree in as many things
as possible, and TO work together i'm love,
for this is the Masters teaching.
$40, 900 Estey Organs are now i'm use. IL
these organs were placed twice as close to-
gether as the telegraph poles, they would
roach from New Yorlx In Sap EropoiSoo