Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03
THE TOWN SUNDAY school,. Acc
ISOLATION

Holds Its second Meeting---Add,.-
DIR. PIeoubet, and Interesting D..
by Local sunday school Work.
A valuable Bit of Local History.
The second meeting of the town S,..,
school association, held Wednc,J,y ''.''y
ing in the Baptist church. wa, one ", ,,,l'
pecial helpfulness and value io Sr1
school workers. There was a gooJ'I
audience present, for whom AN Interest,"
program had been arranged.
The singing was conducted byJ + L.,
and i. w. Hawley, and a short son, 'i'u
vice opened the evening exercise. 7p,.,
Shaw, president of the association n- -.a'
ed at the meeting. After PRAYER b,. p' ''
f. J. Parry, three essays on the pror,,,
tion for teaching were read. The,esb61'i
much thought and care, and were rarI.,
with helpful suggestions and good sdr
They were prepared by Miss Susie Csrt[i
West BrattlebOro on primary work Vi''
Wart on the intermediate grade, and I p
Hall on work for adult classes a.
thoughts CLEANED from the many yah.p.
ones presented are these: Use all SOFT
aids-blackboards, objects, pictures, msr.
word pictures, parallels. Wise and D,,il.,
love is the foundation of all succa,.f-'
work. The secret of ability is the teacbir-
of the Holy Spirit. Certain essential. a.,
real personal piety profound in,era., IN
the Book, the work, and the pupil. NaI
DDS Of presenting the lesson sloud b.
varied. Mr.. Halls plan is to study s,,,
the Bible, second the helps, and tbirl n.
Bible till one is 50 filled with il tba,I.
] toll n ,1r
method of teaching included three tbfr,.
questions, illustrations and the use Of SSr-.
ture. Give time, patience and hard. balm.
| taking study to each lesson.
After the reading of the papers Rev y,
| Peloubet of Auburndale, Mass. was in,r,
| duced, and from his own standpoint sr3
his own experience as teacher. in a yarT
forcibe way and the simplest Of LANGUAGE
| brought suggestion, ENCOURAGEMENT AMI
| inspiration to those also engaged in n.
| great work.
To those who think themselves un6, ia,
| the work of teaching he brought the ,ta,a.
ment of Phillips Brooks, that "the l,r,-,
part OF the work in this world is done t7
the one and two talent people" The ltd.
man with a great gospel is more successful
than the great man with a little gospel
and there is no greater thing than the .0,.
pei we teach. As to preparation. mind
and heart must be filled to be- successful.
both spiritual and intellectual preparation
! are essential. 1t is often said that r,r.
non loaded just right, with ball and uowis.
the best that can be procured, can't De- Dis.
charged without the fire which shall oau,
the explosion. But, said the doctor The
reverse is as true: all the fire in earth and
heaven can't fire an unloa led cannon.
The personal character. life and ,li1.
ence of the teacher was spoken OF a. be
assistant teacher" and it is essential la.
in this assistant teacher the SUNDAY schOd
scholars shall find a guide and example.
Class organizations and class meetns
may be used to make the work more efeti.
tive, and were urged as a valuable ai
There should be a large use Of the Bible Il
teaching, and following of the same gel.
eral line in teaching as is taken up in the
lesson helps, as it is in those lines the prep
aratiOn of the pupils is made.
The value of teaching as an education to
the teacher can hardly be oyerestimaid.
Three-fourths of the real Bible study r
suits from the necessity of imparting The
truth 10 others. There is in it a cultulet0
be acquired in no other way. For tLi,rea.
son, in part. the speaker believed in having
small classes, thus bringing as many
possible on the teaching force Teacher
meetings he considered the most yallabt
aid in lesson preparation.
After the close of DR.. Peloubei helptL
talk, few ideas from which are presented
above, short time was given by him. 70
the answering of questions. The toPe
brought up in this way We're the rcla,illt
the pastor TO the Sunday school, the grad
ing of schools, boys clubs, teachers NET
ings, and supplemental lessons some q
which called out animated discussion.
On the whole, it was meeting pr01,-
able for everyone interested in >ulii!
school work, whether a teacher or not, and
ought to result in wiser and more effective
work in this most promising field for hrs
tian labor.
At the close of Dr. Peloubet's address
c. F. Thompson brought before the al.
dience facts in regard to the beginning: q
sunday school work in this country which
wear surprise to many, and gra,ihci,
ton to all. The credit of the starting q
Sunday school work in the United stats
is usually given to Mrs. Isabella Graham
Sho came TO this country from EnglaldA
'lSl4, but in reality it belongs to a Bratt~
boro young woman, Miss Hannah Wells
daughter of Rev. DIR. Wells Dr. WeE
and his family came from England il
1898, settling in Brattleboro. where The
Women's Retreat above West River nov
is, in 1894. After a time he was called
upon TO supply the pulpit of the CongTesa'
tional church at West Bratt!eb0ro then
the only church in town. He had AIgt.
family of children, and during the time o.
his preaching at the West village aa
daughter Hannah was re eiyed into hs
church. She at once began the instructor
of sunday school class ,ihis was ID
1904 or 1900, and after the conclusion o.
her fathers work in the West y.Lage
church in 1874, continued her teaching ID
this village in the old schoolhoUse on 'ls
common. So that when MIS- Isabella
Graham came TO Philadelphia IN l>l+ 70
begin Sunday school work there BTalir
boro already had a Sunday school OF some
eight or ten years standing This Is Sd
honor worth claiming. NJ. Ihomps,o-
has spent much time in verifying 'l'
statements which he made, and reels coll
hdent of their eXactncss,
HTHH School. MOTIFS