Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-01-25
BARTON, VERMONT, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1892

port Center M. E. school, 18 and New
port Baptist, Is. There is loss in
ten schools. Forty schools report
662 church members, who are not
members of the schools. One super
intendent writes: 'Discouraged be-
cause so few chnrch members attend
S. S." Another: ''Twenty resident
church members of which only six
are members Of the S. 50 Many other
superintendent make the same COM
plants that church members absent
themselves from the schools.
Forty-two schools report their pas
tors as members of the S. S. Others
report pastors necessarily absent.
Twenty schools report additions to
the church from the S. S. Those hav-
ing the largest number are No. Crafts
bury Cong. school, 19; Derby M. E..
Is; Lowell, Cong. IL; Newport Bap-
tist, 13. The total from all the schools
was 130, some by letter.
Nine different kinds of quarterlies
and lesson leaves are used, and eight
teen different sorts of music books
provide for the singing. Only eight
schools report the use of blackboard,
thirty three schools report number Of
books in library. Seven schools hold
teachers meetings, some inter
mittingly; twenty five schools held
concerts; thirty-fve had temperance
lessons, and only two had written ex-
aminations. Forty-four schools re-
port $485 raised for benevolent pur
poses, the Newport Cong. school rails
ed $81 for benevolences. Fifty one
schools, raised $1176.s9 for S. S. ex-
penses. The report submitted con-
tanned much useful information, from
various superintendents, which space
forbids here.
Rev. Mr.. Bushee moved a vote of
thanks to the people of the village for
courtesies and hospitality shown. Rev.
Mr.. Dunlap suggested that only one
meeting of the association be held an
nually. Some favored the idea, while
most of the laymen and older mem
bers felt that the present plan was the
better one, two meetings year.
H. F. Ryther of Newport showed
very ingenious and convenient black
board which he used in his mission
school at Batesville, and gave the con-
vention brief blackboard lesson.
Another paper, among the very
best, was that of Rev. w. A. Bushee
of Derby on ''Daniel as Study" The
history, character and work of this
prophet was happily and interestingly
set forth.
Rev. R. J. Chrystie of Glover read
an admirable paper on "The Psalms
as Study" which was enjoyed both
in the style ofdelivery and the matter
it contained.
Rev. Mr.. Dunlap was called upon to
speak on the two subjects, Teaching
to Pray and Teaching to Give, both
assigned speakers being absent. He
spoke of prayer as the giving of the
heart of the child to the parent, as
begotten of love, and de-
sire on the part of the parent to be-
stow blessings on the child, and in the
child for something needed. To teach
the child to pray is to give him some
simple form of prayer; teach him to
ask God for the things that he wants
for comfort and blessing. Teachers
should pray with their pupils; they
should show by example their faith
Il, ~ l.
nabitually engage in prayer service.
In regard to Teaching to Give" the
speaker intimated that giving was as
as praying; giving is doing
good in ministering to the wants of
others. Christ taught His disciples to
give and to do good. The children
should be taught the Importance and
the power of giving. The subjects
we're taken up and further discussed
by Revs. Bushee and Phelps.
Rev. j. K. Fuller presented very
we'll written paper on the ''Gospel of
John," which he represented to have
been both abbreviated and weakened
by the enervating influence of the
grip.
Judge Austin etsummed up' the
work of the convention and spoke of
the excellency Of the papers read and
the addresses made. He thought the
convention a thing of great import
ance to the S. S. work and workers of
the county. F. w. Baldwin made an
chorister, and Mrs. H. T.
Seaver played the organ very accept
ably. On the whole it was felt that
the meetings had been very profitable