Evening journal., 1892-05-12
PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL WORKERS.
Meeting OF the Southern s.s Association
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Meeting OF the Southern IS Association
of the New Castle Presbstery.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN. May II The seventh
Annual Convention OF the Southern Sab
bath School Association Of the Presbytery
Of New Castle was held In The Presby
terian Church Of this town on Tuesday
afternoon. The meeting was called to
order at o'clock by the president, Rev.
S. w Reigsrt of Salisbury.
Robert G. White. Esq warmly well
coined the visitors In his usually happy
manner and the president appropriately
responded The minutes OF the last
meeting OF the convention held in Sails
bury in June last were read by Colonel
Everett Hickman, aud we're approved.
The folloWing Sabbath schools are rep
resented;
Berlin, Liberty Town school OF Berlin.
Blaokwater, Bridgeville, Cool Spring,
Frankford, Georgetown. Jewes, Eliza
beth, Md Ocean View, Old Rehoboth,
Md. Palmetto. Pi6ts's Creek. Princess
Anne. Rehoboth, Del. Salisbury. Md
Snow Hill, Stockton and Whaley, Nd
Miss Franklin Of Berlin read a thought
ful, we'll written essay, The Spiritual
Power Of the Sunday School Teacher
The writer Of the same. Miss Minnie
Franklin, owing to an acsident. was not
present
The meeting was addressed by Rev. D..
Bruce Fitzgerald Of Berlin. His subject
was 1.-THE Sunday School and the
Teacher, or the Qualifications for Success
ful Teaching in the Sunday School" He
advocated the use OF plain, simple Lam
guage that could be easily comprehended
by the most childish mind and illustrated
his point by the story OF the learned
travellers directions 10 the ignorant
stable boy. to 'release the quRdruped
from the vehicle and remove him to the
stableryp etc. The reverend gentleman
spoke for half an hour. and his remarks
were original, witty and entertaining
An able discussion Of the subject
followed by the president, Revs Stone.
cipher, Grise, Davis and others.
The evening session began at s O'Clock
by "a Song service by the Lewes choir
with Joseph Stephens as leader. Mrs
Roman Tammany presided at the organ.
Rev. }. +. Stonecipher talked In an in
teresting manner about the True Ain
OF the Sunday School " Other remarks
on the same subject we're made by th'
president aud Charles Baird Of VII
mingtop. This was Z, lowed by the tenol
solo, There Is a Green Hill Far Away,
by Joseph Stevens Of Lewes.
The following committee on resolu
tious Was appointed. E L. Wales, MIS-
Merrill and Miss Jennie Collins.
After collection was taken aud th,
singing Of the the hymn Rescue th
Perishing," the mteiing was adjourne,
a. rfr..r. ne q - Il
The morning session was opened at ,
o'clock Colonel Everett Hickman rea,
the constitution and Il was ap
5 proved and adopted. Charles Bairl
( Of Wilmington opened discus
/ sion by reading paper OF
1 the Sunday school and pastor. he sal,
: unless the pastor went regularly to Sun
- day school he did very little good
a Just once In a great while, and the
. scold the children for lack OF order
q The other delegates who too
d part in the discussion Wei
Revs Stonecipher Walker, Davis, th
pre- esldent and Mr. WALES,
(, The choir being absent the afternoo
session was called TO order by the SIM
l. ing Of the hymn, "StandUp for Jesus r.
present Off we're unanim u'ly n
!. elected. The secretary. Miss Jenn
= Bowen was authorizs ID to choose an as
= sistlnt secretary from her town, Bell
= Rev. Charles Walker OF Berlin WI
n | appointed a member OF the oxecuti'
= committee in place Of Rev. Alv
q Blackwell Of Bridgeville. The TOW
a selected for the next meetir
= OF the convention was Berli
in May, 1898 Rev Henry i. Bunste
read carefully prepared, well-writt
essay on the subject Of the Sund
= School aud the Christian EndeavC
Miss Clara Mendinhall OF Wilmingt
~ talked about primary teaching s
- llkened the childish immature mind Ia
N little vine, that should be trained lit
/ by little, bit every day.