Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-30

tendance, as 1t was a mark of interest
which the scholars appreciated
AS an Illustration of the need Of organi-
cation, assigning each one to his work, he
told an amusing story of a woman who
wanted to do some charitable work and
finally concluded to visit a hospital. The
first patient did not seem to need anything
and the woman finally said: well, can't
/ wash your face?
''but there have been three or four ladies
here this morning and they each washed
my face. But you can do it again."
He then went on to emphasize the i'm
portance of following the scholars, and
great aid in this direction, he said, was
record book properly kept.
MIR. Wight ON Finances.
How to obtain Sunday school finances and
how to distribute them was the topic of
practical address by Mr.. John B. Wight.
He maintained that the church should sup
port the school and the money contributed
by the children ought not to be used for
school expenses. The school is a depart
ment of the church, not a barnacle. 1t is a
source of increase to the church, and for
this reason the support of the Sunday
school was profitable to the church. The
children are invited to attend the school
and ought not to be taxed for doing so. The
development of the Christian grace of CIV
ing was another important reason why the
funds given by the scholars should be used
for other purposes than the support of the
SChOOl. he urSeu tnat the money SnOulQ be
given to missions or some other object and
the children kept informed as to the dispo-
stion Of their contributions. He believed
that there were churches that were not
willing to support the school, but he hardly
believed that there were any churches that
could not He thought that the proper
amount for the support Of the school was
81 per scholar.
proportion of the scholars in his school that
gave money, Mr.. Wight said that In the
school he was formerly superintendent of
every scholar gave something, and the way
1t was done was by keeping the scholars
interested in some object.
Rev. DR.. Domer, the pastor of the English
Lutheran Church, said that every scholar
in the Sabbath school Of his church gave
something, and the average was 1-2 cents
each. He aid that they did not recognize
any difference in the money given in the
school and the church; 1t came from the
same source. The Sabbath school money
was used for general purposes, and also for
the needs of the school.
Mr.. Wight said that he had differed
pleasantly with DR.. Doner on this question
on previous occasiors,a and still differed from
him. He then went on to speak of the i'm
portance of having the child give it's own
money. instead of being the mere medium
between the school and the parent.
Mr.. Redin Woodward spoke of the In
crease in the collection in his school by
encouraging the children to give their own
money.
Mr.. Needham's Remarks.
The superintendent review was the
theme of an address by Mr.. c. w. Need
ham, He spoke of the review as coming
the last thing in the session of the school
before the singing as the clinchinS of the
nail He then spoke of the influence of
such a review in character building ami
said that this should be the object of the
superintendent. The spiritual lesson taught
should be solely brought out in the re-
view. Further, the speaker said, the re
He thought that they should have in 1t
some encouragement He urged tlat the
superintendents should convey in their part
ing words a message that would be help
full in the everyday life and stimulating
to a higher and nobler conception of life.