Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.
Miss Cuddcback Discusses the Kinder
garten in Sunday School.

Miss Cuddcback Discusses the Kinder
garten in Sunday School.
The Grand Rapids Sunday School
union, which opened the session Sun
day morning at the Fountain Street
Baptist church and held an entertain
ing meeting IN the evening at the Sec
ond Street NJ. L. church, neld three IN
terestIng meetings yesterday at the
Park Congregational church. At 10
o'clock devotIona. exercises We're con-
Quoted by A. 5. Musselman. who is
president of the union. w. c. Pierce
Of the Illinois state Sunday school
union addressed the large number If
Sunday school teachers who We're pres.
ent upon methods of teaching. There
is a normal class of seventy-tye repre-
sentative teachers. and these Mr.. Pierce
addressed upon Sunday school work
and lines OF work. His remarks were
received with great interest.
The afternoon meeting opened at
$50 O'Clock with a fair attendance.
President Musselman announced the
hymns, "Oh, Trust in the Goodness of
God" and Praise the Lord" and led
IN the singing. The Rev. DIR. A. VI.
Gould read a essen from the Scriptures
and offered prayer.
Miss ElnOra Cuddeback, the teacher
of professional training at the Western
Michigan college, was introduced, and
spoke at great length upon the subject
OF kindergarten Sunday school work.
Of which the following is a compen-
dunn: envy subject is the developing
of the spiritual life of the little ones.
The vital principles which underhe all
klndergartcns are applicable to all
grades, from the infant classes 10 the
bible classes. Religious instruction
should bring the child into one with
God. This is the object of the kinder
Earten Sunday school instruction.
Froebel says the infant child is at har-
mony with God, bat 1t Is impossible to
tell when the harmony IS broken and
SIN begins. The child IS very early sus-
ceptible to instruction. Begin, tnen,
the religious instruction at tae very
earliest conscious intelligence. | have
received them in sunday school a. the
age OF two years aud very many at the
age Of three and four. OF course fifty
of these little ones cannot be put und or
the instruction of one teacher. They
must be divided into classes small
enough so that the teacher NAV almost
encrc,e them. Little chars should be
provided for them for IL Is OF great inn
portance 20 make them comfortable.
with carefully selected teachers they
early learn reverence. In our spiritual
teaching we must so teach that the
en- III must experience all that Is taught.
instruction has been carried on toe
long according to the Old Testament
command Thou shalt not Children
are too often told TO stop that without
telling them what 10 do. Direct =
child a. that he vii always find the
true relation between MS inner self and
as creator. It e cur duty as SUNDAY
school teachers 10 surround oar pup .
with an environment that VIE remain
WITH them all the week as well as dur.
lng the twenty minutes on sunday
Ire emotional nature OF the child must
be reached"
Mss Cuddebsck concluded with a
br ef resume Of books and magazines
20 be used as helps IN kIndergarten
wrS and related several frettly
" rdsd stories selected from different
sources. Perfect attention vas - q
and when sbe hsTf hnsaed Mr.. Nusss
man announced that The address nsd
been 40 perfect that e wouia - INV So
% mar II sith further exercises Of any
x'nd. The Rev. Dr. Bradley pro-
nouueed the benedteton and the meet
ing eiosea.
The evening SESSION began At 81
Win prs 20 service lasting one hour
After this questions we're asked and
answered by menaters o. tbs cougre-