Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-27
THE EVENING SESSION.
A NUMBER OF SPEECHES DELIVERED
AND ENJOYED.


sion work-Condoleuce for nm Afflicted
Brother. :
At the opening of the evening session,
where there were 5000 people, it was an
nounced that Rev. Samuel Houston, Of
Kingston, Ont, had been called home by q
telegram telling him of the drowning of his
son, lad of II years. The convention
prayed for him in his sorrow.
Two addresses set down for the afternoon
were then heard. Miss Lucy Wheelock, a
teacher in the primary schools of Boston,
read paper on her ideas of the best way to
teach children. Miss Mabel Hall, teacher
of the primary class in the Sunday school of
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Chicago, of which
B. F. Jacobs is superintendent, read paper on
the same subject. dwelling particularly on the
efficacy of visits by Sunday school teacher to
the homes of her pupils. She advised teachers
also to take their pupils to the teachers home;
now and then, and in every way to take personal
interest in the scholars. She said that she had
found that she got along better in her visits TO
the poor quarters by leaving her Bible at home.
Ii she carried 1t with her she often met with
cold welcome, especially from Catholic fami-
lies, who fear the book because they do not
know it
KEEPING IT IN SIGHT.
She frequently made good point by asking
family to search out Of some forgotten corner
their own neglected Bible, to enable her to
verify some partly forgotten text. In addition
to being heart and soul in her work, Miss Hall
is young and comely.
Mr.. Excell,' who is another Of the proteges Of
B. F. Jacobs, sang a solo, Are You Ready?"
He rendered the song magniicently, and the
audience applauded for an encore. Mr.. Excel
begged to be excused just then.
Prof. W. R. Harper, Connecticut, spoke on
systematic Bible study He advocated most
critical study of the sacred books, taken in con-
nection with the history OF the races, their Ian
guage, customs. modes of thought, etc. He
did not believe much in applying" Scripture
rather than learning its exact meaning: Shal-
low people, he said, were always applying texts
to suit their own ideas. He believed the chief
object of Bible study was to learn the meanings
of its writer's before the question of any doc-
body who reads the Bible ought TO read it, he
said, with some plan and not from hand to
mouth" He said he imagined few people
present could pass such an examination on any
book of Scripture as an average freshman
would be required to pass on Homer's Iliad.
Rev. DR.. A. F. Schaufier, of New York, was
enthusiastically applauded when he appeared
to speak on city mission work. He spoke
mainly of work among boys in city. His idea
was that success belonged not so much to him
who tried to cram things into his pupils minds,
was already there and wove it into q homo
geneous system
THE AIM OF ALL.
"The aim of all teaching in the Sunday
school is" he said, '.he conversion of the
scholar. Any society, whether of Christian
Endeavor, Kings Sons. Kings Daughters, or
whatever it may be, that stops short of the new
birth stops short of the Gibraltar of Christian
labor"
A resolution of coincidence for Rev Mr..
Houston, in the loss of his son, and another
for the wives and children of the Dunbar
miners, lost in the great disaster, were passed.
Rev. Dr. James, Morrow, of Philadelphia. of
fered the resolutions, and they were seconded
by DR.. Potts, of Toronto, Ont, who said he
hoped the convention would give the suffering
wives and children and parents of the en-
wen
their eh heads that the church is not
in sympathy with them and their
duty of the church and Sabbath school to seize
every opportunity to show them that the
church is really and truly interested in their
one, would be taken mp by the convention to-
morrow.
A delegate in the rear Of the room stated
that many delegates would leave tonight who
would like to contribute to the fund.- and DR..
Morrow was accordingly made treasurer to re-
ceive their contributions.
At 1870 the convention adjourned with prayer
The post office established at the Exposition
building during the Sunday School Convention
is doing a much larger business than expected.
and Yesterday Postmaster Mexican found it
necessary to give Miss Cora McCallin, who has
it in charge, an assistant The business of the
office is larger than than that of many post
Offices in some of the big boroughs.
To-day the convention will close. This morn
ing B. F. Jacobs will speak of the work in
foreign lands, and the remainder of the fore
noon session will be devoted to general bust
ness. Miss Willard will talk on temperance
this afternoon, and the interesting address of
the evening will be by Rev. DR.. ]. A. Warden;
of New Jersey.
1t is promised that this morning, during mis-
cellaneous business, s. E. Green will present
paper advocating striking from the Nicean
apostolic creed the phrase, Il believe in the
Holy Catholic Church."