The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-10

NEWARK, Nov. 1o.--1he Sixth Annual
lConvention of the New Castle County
Sunday School Association wac voted
by the l5l delegates rs being o grand
success. The address SO ably deliver
ed by Mrs. Win. @. Mahaffy was dis
lcussed by several OF the delegate s. In
lcluding MIR. Joseph Pyle. who moved
that 1000 copies f,e printed aid dis
ltributed among the Sunday schools d
1.-THE county.
Mrs. Mahaffy said In part that wordi
are go easy 10 some pe6pleia attempt
ling religious instruction, but ne
where do words amount to SO litti,
compared with other things as In TIN
sabbath school. 1t is supposed tina
100 per cent. OF the teachers In our Sat
bath schools are Christians. men ans
women eonsecrated to their work
with an earnest desire to do bette
work, and willing to learn themselves
land knowledge III the one treasur,
that le increased, not diminished, b,
givinR.
The man born with talent fol
teaching needs to cultivate the talent
by patient study and practice. III you
know not how TO impart knowledge
learn how; II you have no tact get
IL. ...
Love Is, In teaching. what sunshine
land showers are in vegetation. Tx
adapt ourselves to our scholars We
must love them. Jesus did not stand
of at distance from the loathBomt
and filthy leper. There is very i'm
portant truth to be borne in MIND
land that IL that the difficulties ol
IN oral" teaching exceed In every way
the difficulties of INTEL ectual teach
ting. We must fit ourselves to bt
character builders.
The Sabbath School teacher. who 4
lhlled, first of all with love for Christ
aud then with love for the scholars
can not help but meet with success
10 adapt ourselves for the RESPONSE
lbiilty OF Sabbath School teaching 1t be
hooves us to be brave, true. faithful
Freely ye have received, freely give.
II money, give 1t. II love, give 1t. II
Ionly, one talent, give that.
True success depends upon pains
taking, preparation and faithful anc
the faithful use OF means within oul
reach. To these God is pledged 70 add
His blessing.
Rev. j. Y. Dobbins. d. D., delivered
IAN eloquent address on winning
Souls, y In which he said there is pas.
sage in the closing lecture OF Phillips
Brook Yale lectures on preaching.
which, altered little, might appropri-
Iately enough express his own convlc-
ltion that the value of the soul must
always be uppermost In all our
thoughts and plans for Sunday school
work.
Whether 1t may be the lament of a
prophet over the Gins OF the people.
the cry OF q guilty and wretched sin.
ner to the Almighty for pardon, the
shrek of despair from a ruined life or
the song OF praise for forgiveness; the
lexultant hope of eternal blessedness
i'm world OF peace; the unfolding OF
Understandable glories In the home of
God and his saints; the clarion shout
OF triumph over the grave and death
which intervene between the traveller
and his resting place; the serene con
seriousness OF supernatural power
borne in upon the nature by which
EVIL is resisted and the life Ia pre-
served to purity, whatever 1t may be
the phrase of the subject of redemp-
ltion found in any place treated by the
scriptures we discover the back.
lground of the particular truth always
to he the greatness OF the human
soul, which rises al d continues to
rise before the mind of the reader un.
III it towers far above oil other truth,
and you find 1t necessary to believe
that from 1t all truth Its proportion
of meaning and value. What do we
say this afternoon? Do we love the
human soul?
Rev. DIR. Martindale delivered an
eloquent address burning with true
on THE benefits of De-
Cooperation in Sunday
school Work." Dir. Martindale's i'd
dress made deep impression on the
and several Joined in a
OF the subject.
Rev. Mr.. MoElres. OF Elkton. In tn @
absence of Ii. G, Brow ne, Esq. ad-
dressed the convention on How TO
interest the community at large in the
work of the Sunday School," The adj
1resses delivered by Mrs. Alrich and
Miss Lacklen were eloquent discour5esI
and they were discussed with great
vim and favor.
Tho singing was really excellent.
but what else could 1t be as II was lead
by Prof. Sweeney. The following are
the officers for the year;
President, W. X. Crosby; vice. presi-
dents. edward Reynolds, G. NJ. Leitch; ,
secretary. w. II. Taylor; treasurer,
Rev. N. III. Browne; executive commit
tee. Charles Baird. O. III. Cantwell. A.
q. Cox. VIM. j. Miller, 4. Ii. Ii. Mes.
singer, Jr.. Mrs. WIN. II. Curry, Miss
Hattie Newlin; musical director, Prof.
John K. sweeney.