Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-03-05
SUNDAY SHCOOL ASSOCIATION.

School Association met in the Free
Baptist church at West Derby, Tues
day and Wednesday, Feb. 20 81, 1894
The meeting was called to order by
the president, Rev. r. L. Olds of New
port. At $50, Tuesday morning, in
the absence of Rev. L. Harlow, the
praise and prayer service was con-
Quoted by Rev. A. L. Cooper of New
port. AT 10 o'clock, the Topic, "De-
fects in Present S. S. Methods''-1st,
ssTheir Nature" was taken up by D.
NJ. Camp. He spoke Of how easy it
was for us to find fault with Sunday
School methods, and then asked the
question, sWhat- is the object of the
Sabbath Schools 1st Study Of the
Word, I'd, Salvation os Souls through
the Word, Sd, Enlargement OF the
Church The bible is the book We are
to study. Who are to study it? All
members of families of church mem
bers. All whom we can bring in from
the congregation, and children of fam
lilies non church goers. The first defect
he mentioned was non attendance.
A large number Of our church mem
bers are not connected with our Sun
day Schools; attendance is irregular,
there is lack of interest; there is a
want of preparation of the lesson;
aids are studied more than the Bible;
teaching is often general, rather than
specific and practical; doctrinal teach
ing is too often ignored. The other
parts of this topic-''Their Cause" and
''Their Remedy" were assigned to
Orem Newcomb and Rev. J. J. Munro,
but neither of them being present, the
topic was ably discussed by several
of the brethren present. 'The Ideal
S. S. Teaching" was ably presented
by Rev. n. w. Wilder OF Derby. In
order to have ideal teaching, there
must be ideal conditions in the school.
Order and h armony must exist in the
class. Ideal teaching should be prac-
tical as well as personal. "The Ideal
Teacher" presented by Rev. A. j.
Cameron Of Albany; he said the first
thing that a teacher needs is a little
common sense, and the more Of it the
better; must get the attention of class;
must love their souls, and be dead in
earnest to save their souls; must be
alive; we have too many dead teach
ers; the ideal teacher must be ac-
quainted with Gods word and be bap-
tized with the Holy Ghost for the
work.
Mrs. E. E. Ware OF Coventry open
ed the topic, Temperance Teaching
in the SIS ,"by reading few extracts
from an address given by Miss Kim
ball, Pres. of the National w. G. T. y.
Society, also from an address by Mrs.
Kellogg, Pres. of the State W. G. T. U.
Society on this line. Mrs. Ware re-
ferred to the Importance of teaching
temperance to the young and thought
that it ought to be taught in the Sun
day School; would have S. S. scholars
taught what the Bible says in regard
TO temperance; would not only teach
Them the evil effects of alcoholic Ii
Iuors, but also the evil effect of to-
1acco. Referred to the Sunday School
that would even countenance the use
of wine. This topic was further dis
,usssd by Mrs. Hopkinson, Rev.
Noodle and others.
Tuesday afternoon, an experience |
was led by Rev. o. G. Baker,
IN which many took part. Rev. j. r.
franklin, pastor of the church, in
very pleasant way, cordially welcom
I'd the members of the convention to
The church, the home and the hospi
'ality of the people of the village. |
Rev. r. L. Odds, president Of the con-
Tention, responded in behalf of the |
convention in words that were de-
signed to cheer and encourage every
Sunday School worker.
Geo. FL. Blake Of Barton took up
he topic, "Methods of Enlarging the
Sunday School," Not more than 25 or
10 per cent of those who attend church
Ire in our Sunday Schools, and quite
| large per cent do not attend either
church of Sunday School, so the field
s d large one. Who is to do this
work? First, I would say that the pas
or ought to be leader in this work;
ought to preach a sermon, perhaps
'nce quarter, or at least once or
twice year to his people on this sub
ect and make the church feel that
he Sunday School is of some import
lnce, and as he goes into the homes
If his people, invite them to come to
he Sunday School. The superintend-
INT can do a great deal to help build
Up and enlarge the Sunday School by
going among the people and inviting
hem to the Sunday School. Often