The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-07

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CromwelFs soldiers Bible'9, which.
could be carried in the pocket, does not
exist; whether someone has not made 1T
already, whereupon Mrs. S. G. Beach
said that Mrs. Jaynes's leaflets fill the
bill and President Horton endorsed her
statement.
Rev. M. J. Savage recommended Rev:
J. Page Hopps's ''Bible for Beginners"
the story of the Old Testament concisely
told in Bible words, with all the finest
sayings. AS to music in Sunday school.
Mr.. Savage's society hasisolved the prob
lem successfully by organizing a chill
dren's orchestra to lead the singing.
Revs. Sheafe and Manchester also
praised Mr.. Hopps's work, and President
Horton added ''We've been selling it
for several years"
Rev. G. n. Young offered certain
amendments to the bylaws, which regu-
larly lie on the table until next year.
The following officers were elected for
1929
President-Rev Edward A. Horton, Boston.
Vice Presdent-Kev Frederick B. Mott, Low
er Mills, Mr. Louis P. Hollander, Someryille.
Clerk-Mr. E. j. Lewis, Jr., Dorchester.
Treasurer-Mr. Richard C. Humphreys, Dor
Directors for Three Years-Mrs. Mary A. Liv-
ermore. MelrOse, Mass; Rev. G. G. Ames, BoS-
ton; Mr.. Vim. H. Baldwin, Boston, Rey. ).
Snyder lyS St Louis, Mo-; Rev. VIM. W. fenn'
Director for Two Years to fill vacancy-Rev.
B. R. Bulkeley, Concord, Mass.
Five other directors hold over to 1898,
and five more to 1894.
Rev. G. Reynolds viewed the Unitarian
Sunday School as a sower of seed. help
ing the children into social religion and
social worship, teaching from the Bible
the religious development of the race, in
creasing moral and spiritual intelligence
and applying our knowledge to daily life,
to ethics and good fellowship.
Rev. W. Ell. Ramsay spoke of the Sun
day School Society as a helper to the
Sunday Schools, promoting system, af-
fording centre and instrument of or.
ganized cooperation, giving us conscious
touch with one another, the weaker with
the stronger, in wholesome. vitalizing
sympathy, and also furnishing mental
rations-text-books unequalled for their
general excellence. The kindergarten
department at Leominster was mentioned
by him and subsequently by other speak
ers as a model
Mr.. ]. O. Norris, a Massachusetts,
teacher, read very thoughtful address
on the Sunday School Society as an aid to
citizenship by educating children out of
the ignorance, indifference and selfish
ness which are the worst menaces to our
free Institutions, teaching them to engage
in works of practical philanthropy and
quickening their better nature by the
stories of noble lives-setting against the
Vanderbilts and Hopkins-Searleses the
Whittiers, the Curtises and other bene-
factors of mankind.
Fiye-minute speeches by Mr.. W. 81.
Baldwin, Rev. Chas. B. Elder, Rev. Mr..
Whitney, Rev. e. J. Prescott and Mr.. Bak-
erof the Philadelphia Sunday School
Ufion closed the forenoon session.
In the Afternoon.
At the afternoon session Rev. A. Man
chester, from tina committee on creden-
tials, reported that 60 towns were repre-
sented by 131 delegates and 80 life MEM
bers.
The nominating committee for next
years candidates for officers was an
nonnced as follows: Revs. w. Ell. Lyon,
L. B. Macdonald and I. r. Slicer, Miss
Charming and Mrs. e. G. Jordan.
A fraternal greeting from the Univer-
salist convention, then in session in this
city, was brought by Rev. E. T. Pember
and Rev. e. E. Hale was commissioned
to bear back a like message-which he
did withspleasure and acceptance.
Rev. LsClark suggested the arrange
ment of Sunday School Institute, on
plan similar to public school Institutes.
Four fifteen minute addresses were
then made Rev. j. L. March spoke on
''The Main Object of the Sunday SCHOOL,
which, he takes it, should be to quicken
and educate the sentiment of admiration,
as being the most important element of
the religious iment-admiration of
everything that is beautiful, lovely and
Of good report.
Rev. G. II. Young's topic was ''Where
is the chief responsibilities" He dis
tributed it pretty fairly among teachers
and parents, not emitting, however, the
minister and the superintendent, but
laying large portion upon those who
stay out altogether.
Rev. F. B. Hornbrooke, with respect
to .sBible classes and teachers meet
ings," spoke of the need of actually
reading the Bible instead of merely the
orizing about it; of understanding the
historical conditions out of which arose
the particular book that we are studying,
and of trying to get at the writer's own
meaning instead of reading our own
views into it. Greater than the letter Of
the Bible is the Spirit which made that
letter possible. Study the Pauline and
prophetic books as most suggestive and
profitable.
Mr.. w. II. Baldwin made wide-awake
earnest and rapid speech on Improving
the spiritual condition of our Sunday
schools" alive with sense of mans es-
sential spirituality, and too frequent
and fertile in its many and practical sug-
gestions to be reported in brief. One of
its most salient thoughts was that the
great problems of life are to be put in
the light of the pure and cheerful Uni
tartan faith.
Rev. J. c. Jaynes of Newton, Mass,
was i'll and absent-the only break in the
programme.
Fraternal greetings and words of
cheer were received from the Sunday
School Union on the Pacific coast,
through President Murdock's letter.
Tender and feeling tributes were rem
rendered to the memory of the late
Samuel Longfellow by Revs. DR.. Mich
OILS, Grindall, Reynolds and DR.. Hale,
dwelling upon his purity of heart, gen.
tleness and modesty, combined with
strength and courage, his services as
hym writer and his love for and influ-