Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-30
THE PLAuNyILLE ASSEMBLY,.

THE PLAINvILLE ASSEMBLY.
The Storm on the Camp Ground-The
Woodbury. Tent Blown Down-The
Morning Exercises Omitted-AIer-
noon Services Held in the Hartford
Tent-Several Interesting Addresses
A Tall Chestnut Blown Down |
The Program for To-Day, Stem |
Peranoe Day.,
PLAINvILLE CAMP MEETING GROUNDS.
Aug. 29.-The storm struck the grounds |
about O'Clock this morning with great
fury, the wind blowing gale and the rain
coming down in torrents. The Woodbury.
tent was blown down at almost the fret
gust of wind, and number of the unused
frames later sucoumbsd to the winds.
Most of the campers were occupied dur
ing the morning in st-king down their
tents and making them secure against the
wind, which blew perfect gale nearly all
day.
In consequence the morning services
were omitted, with the exception of the
Bible study, which WIS led by Rev. B. NJ.
Adams. The subject was "Peaee."
At 2 o'clock In the afternoon the first
meeting was held at the stand, Rev. Joseph
Irons of North church, Hartford, formerly
of New Haven, presiding, in place of Mr..
W. H. Hall of West Hartford. secretary of
the Connecticut Sunday school association,
who is attending the national Sunday
school convention in st. Louis, Mo.
To days meetings were under the aus
pices of the Connecticut Sunday school
association, and Rev. Mr.. Irons, who pre-
eided in Mr.. Halls place Is member of
| the executive committee of the association.
| The praise service which followed was led
| by Mr.. Hickox of Unionville, and WAS an
interesting meeting. Mr.. @. B. Foote of
North Haven, the president OF the Con-
| necticut Sunday school association then
| led Eyes and No Service" which was
very interesting and aroused considerable
discussion.
Mr.. J. r. Williams of Bristol then made
an address on "The Responsibility of the
Sunday School Superintendent" He said
in part: :,
work beforehand and have the confidence
of his teachers and scholars, and receive
the cooperation of all the church in the
work.
"The attendance at Sunday school could
| bs greatly aided by careful visitation
among the absentees and intoxicating a
spirit of fraternal sociability."
Next followed an address by Rev. G.. L..
Clark of Pennington He described the
disappearance of the old form of rever-
ence for religion, but thought it had been
substituted by broader reverence for
the deep-rooted principles of religion. He
thought the day was gone when nsmby-
PANTY boy was desired In preference to
the rogueish, froliesome lad, who If
u l. l. t. &c.
God.
| He believed the teacher should have con-
fdence in his ability to teach, his call to
the Office, and realization that the work
in which he was engaged was worthy the
effort spent.
An excellent spirit and thought pervaded
the entire meeting.
| Onlya part of the meeting was held out
of doors, as it was found that the wind
blew go the speakers could not be heard,
although the sun shone brightly.
They soon adjourned to the Hartford
tent, where all the rest of the meetings
| were held.
At 4 O'Clock DR.. Thorpe of Hartford
spent another literary hour with quite an
increased number of people over yester-
day. He continued the reading of "The
| Courtship of Miles Standish" The young
| peoples meeting was held at $50 O'Clock
and the praise service at 1880. At TAI
| Rev. Joseph Irons of Hartford made 6
, very interesting address on "Whst do the
Times Demand in Methods of Sunday
School Worka" He spoke In part as fol
lows:
1.-THE original idea of the Sunday schoo
was the housing and teaching of the chill
dren on Sunday, thus keeping them of
| the streets and affording them some chsnc,
to learn. So far as the teaching and edu
cational branch of the work is concerned
. it has been supplsnted by the public
schools. Thus the principal purpose o
) | the Sunday school work of to day Is to in
culcate spiritual truth into the mind o
| the child.
"Biblical knowledge of understanding IL
biblical history and biography are taught
I | 20 that the child may require biblioa
knowledge as the public schools give then
= secular knowledge. But the principal dut.
= of the Sunday echool is to impress upol
. | the child the effect of moral and immora
q | actions. For instance child cannot II
hsbitually without having the whole 6br
of it's nature destroyed.
81 Advances are needed to carry on thi
= work. We are required to lay the founda
q | ton for the future material development
of Christian character.
81 believe the future will demand peopl
q specially trained (for instance as supsrin
tendent) for the work of Sunday schoc
a | character, just as much as the pew dc
h | mands specially trained men for the pul
pit. We need, therefore, great choice G
q material. And it can only be obtained b
a thorough preparatory work and train
n ing A strong intensifying of splritualt
a ia also demanded"
DIR. Thorpe of the First church, Hartford
addressed the meeting on "The Place c
l. Helps in Bible Study" He said in par
"This ia very important subject. Their
u may be two principal dangers mentioned
II too much help and too little help. In th
study of the Sunday school lesson 1t is bes
K to be sure and first master the Bible tex
y Then get the lesson story by heart. W
o should make the lesson story the cente
:, and principal object of study. Lastly "
IL should strive to gain an intelligent under
y standing of the lesson, and use the lesso
g helps as supplements of the knowledge"
a DR.. Thorpe's address closed the exercise
of the day which were all interesting an
% much enjoyed despite the wind.
1t A tall chestnut tree on New Haven av'
# nue. was blown down early this morning
10 It fell between two tents and consequent
e nothing was injured.
VI Wednesday Is Temperance Day." an
d the order of exercises is as follows:
II Temperance Day.
n WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 80, REV. J. H JANE.
Ia PRESIDING.
n Gam, morning bell; a. NJ, mernin
n prayers; am, Bible study, by Rev. B.
J. Adams; 10 am, opening exercises 10:l
d a. M, address-"The Physiological Side {
the Drink Question" G. A. Dormsn, NJ. D
d illustrated by paintings; II a. m. address
y Scientific Temperance Instruction in th
Il Public Schools" Mrs. q. B. Forbes, pres
n dent of the state W. G. T. u, Hartford
n 11:30 M. address-"The Enforcement {
q Law" M. s. P. Thrasher. New Haven, set
l. rotary State Law and Order League.
q 1:15 p. M, children's meeting, Chsl
/. Talk by Mr.. Edward Carswell and othe
g addresses; Up. M, devotinnal exercises
l. 2:15 p. M, address, 1.-The Church and tn
9 Drink Question" Rev. Thomas Clayton
It Berlin; 2:45 p. M, address, energy
g Faith and Time as factors in the Drin
r Problem" Mr.. Edward Carswell, 9TH
John B. Cough of Canada" p. m, litel
d airy hour; $50 p. M, Young Peoples meet
q ing; p. M, address, "The Duty of tn
1 State to 1nebriates," T. D. Crothers, N. D.
u Hartford; 1920 p. m, address. "Somethin
t to Do" Rev. o. ]. Range, Guilford, G. W
o G. T., Good Templars.
1t is expected that this will be the lsrges
meeting of the assembly.
Tomorrow will be Young Peoples ds
aud delegation of twenty-five from tn