The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-18
sUNDAY scH00L WORKERS.
Interesting and Instructive Conference
 Morris Cove Yesterday.

Interesting and Instructive eoh'efehee"s Morris Cove Yesterday.
 A social conference Of Sunday school superintendents and assistants with their wives wns held at F. B. Streets cottage nt Morris Cove yesterday morn ing and afternoon. There were about
 forty ladies and gentlemen present ana il most interesting time wns reported
 both as regards social intercourse ana the new ideas concerning Sunday school work, which were brought forward.
 President C. B. Footc of the state or ganiZntion presided. The conference opened with Il devotional service. The service used was service illustrative or the opening exercises for Sunday school on Sunday, July 22, 1891, This service was conducted by Mir. ". r. Hall, the state secretary. After m organ volun- tary the hymn, 70, Dns of Rest and Glndness,n was sung by the assemblage. Prayer was then offered by Rev. D. J. ' lUIh bl lllt TsUft IlNN lNNflNphGiNEht''ht church. who wns the only minister pres ent. After the offering and announce ments Psalm l2l WIS read responsively by the superintendent, teachers and Rev. MT. Clark. The song "God Will Take Care of You' was then sung by a quintet composed of Mir. Joy of An sonia. Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Clark of East Haven, Miss Clara Nickerson and Miss Nellie Thompson.
 In the illustrative order the lesson study came next. but this was omitted at the meeting yesterday. At 11:10 a discussion of opening exercises in Sun day schools was held. It was introduced by MT. F. w. Pardee, superintendent of Davenport church, this city. This dis cussion was participated in by several of those present. In 1t the importance of having the opening exercises interesting and lively was brought. If the pupils are put in a pleasant state of mind by hearty singing, the responsive reading of some appropriate paper from some of the psalms, they are much better pre- pared for the study of the lesson as- signed were some of the arguments ad vanced.
 At noon an intermssion was taken for dinner. Long tables were spread on the lawn in front of MT. Streets cot tage. They were loaded with an abun- dance of provisions, and the dinner was greatly enjoyed by all, and the guests spent the time until the conference as- sembled at 2 o'clock in social inter- course. The afternoon session was open ed by the singing of hymns of praise, prayers and promises. The opening service lasted for twenty minutes. At 2:20 Mrs. c. F. Bishop of Guilford pre- scented paper on the subject, "The Su- perintendent's Wife" This was a most interesting and spicy production, and caused a great deal of merriment among those present She painted in the most realistic colors the trials and triumphs of the superintendent's wife at Christmas, Easter, Childrens day and at the annual piGnic-those most trying periods of the life of the super intendent's wife. She said also that a superintendent's wife could be a great deal of benefit to her husband in his Sunday school work, and that it was the duty of all to whom such lot fell to do all in their power for the further ance of the Sabbath school work.
 At 2:40 o'clock a, discussion on gSup- plemental Lessons' was introduced by C. s. Chapman ofsWaterbury. This was followed at 3:20 o'clock by discussion on Sunday School Music," which was introduced by Professor Waldo S. Pratt of Hartford. This closed the conference. Among those present were the fol- lowing. MT. and Mrs c. F. Bishop, of Guilford, Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Clark of East Haven, Deacon .J. H.. Morse, su- perintendent of the Morris Cove Sunday school, Superintendent Edward s. Swift and wife of the Trinity M. E. church Sunday school, Professor and Mrs. Frank K. Sanders, professor of Biblical literature in Yale university, who made a few remarks in one of the discussions; Superintendent and Mrs. Samuel w. Mo- EWen of the Summerfield M. E. church Sunday school, Superintendent and Mrs James D. Northrop of the Epworth M. F. church Sunday school, Superin- tendent and Mrs. James E. Killam of the Church of the Redeemer Sunday school, Superintendent and Mrs. Frank w. Pardee of the Davenport Congrega- tional church Sunday school, Mrs John. son of Fair Haven, MT. and Mrs. Bache- l Tor of Woodmont.
 The biennial state conference of Con. necticut Sunday School Workers will be | held in New London on November 13
 IA and 15.The arrangements are nearly
 completed. Among the speakers will bt
 Rev. H. T. McEwen of New York, ,Linu:
 Leavens, esq, assistant state secretar! of the Vermont Sunday School associa tion, George w. Pease of the trainin,
 School for Christian Workers of Spring
 field, Mass, and Rev. G. M. Stone, D D., of Hartford.