The Newtown bee., 1894-08-24
Talk of the Town.
SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY AT PARLOR Ro

SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY AT PARLoR ROCK. |
 At the session of the Sunday school of the Congregational church, last Sunday, it was proposed to send two delegates to represent the school at the meeting at Parlor Rock on Tuesday, August 2l. The pleasant time of the year and the au- tractive features of the program imbued others with the idea of going and before
 long large party was organized. When
 Tuesday morning dawned fair and clear,
 with the air delightfully."- refreshed by the
 rain of Monday, the anticipations of a
 pleasant excursion grew only the bright
 CT. The party that made it's way from
 Newtown, nearly all going by the 11.27
 train, included the following: Rev o. w.
 Barker, William Fairchild, George c.
 Stahl, of Toledo,a O., Miss Susie Scud-
 der, Miss Fannie Scudder, Miss Lottie
 Rutfles, Mrs 1. B. Goodsell, Miss Grace
 Goodsell, o. K. Griffin, Miss Mamie Hub-
 Beers, Miss Julia Duncombe. Miss Fife
 Wolcott and Mrs Wolcott. As the peo-
 pie were scattered over the pleasant
 grounds at Parlor Rock, eating lunch at
 tables under the trees or enjoying row
 on the smooth waters of the pond near
 by, it appeared as if the number that had assembled was very small; gathered
 together later, however, under the pavil- ion for the exercises of the afternoon the audience was seen to be of fair size. The
 morning was given up to the various amusements which one can find at such
 an outing and the exercises proper be- gan at l.3O in the afternoon with q praise
 service, which was conducted by Rev Otis W. Barker, pastor of the Newtown Congregational church. c. B. Foote of North Haven, president of the Conpecti- cut Sunday school association. then con- ducted a conversation on "The Home Department of the Sunday school" A great variety of answers came from the audience in response to the query, Why don't people attend Sunday
 school?' In comparing the answers giv- en with those at similar meetings else
 where, it was found that the two lists
 nearly tallied, showing that the problems
 to be met are about the same in all places.
 Rev William P. Chipman of Essex, ,an ac- complished writer for the children, read
 thrilling story for the boys, telling how
 Tom Lawton on his homemade sled, by daring slide down the zigzag road on the mountain, saved the night express from. a fearful catastrophe, and how Tom was rewarded by the passengers. Rev D. N. Griffin of Hamden spoke on
 s'The importance of leading children to
 Christi pr T. l.. Cuyler, he said, the
 successful Brooklyn pastor, once made
 the statement that the years from five to l5 were the most important years. in any persons life, and this state
 ment comes as the result of extended ob- servation. A saloon-keeper has been | called winner of souls, but the souls are won into the service of Satan. The saloon-keeper is shrewd enough to begin | his work with the young. l believe in Christian childhood because the Bible l has so many explicit promises for the children. What a special interest Jesus had in childreni His coming into this | world has forever dignified childhood. Jesus must have come as little child to | understand all the wants of childhood. | 1 believe in Christian childhood because
 1t is an easy matter for children to give | their hearts to God. Launch boat out l into the middle of the river, where the | current is strong, and it is hard to guide the boat truly so it is hard to guide the | life when 1t has reached the middle of | the stream. How mary have looked l back over a misspent life and wished | they were young again We are told if we devoted all of our leisure to the ser vice of God, outside of the time we take | for eating, sleeping and providing for bodily wants, and lived to the full limit
 of 70 years. we should only have II years | to give to God. An old tree was very
 crooked and, on being asked the cause of l it's crooked appearance. farmer explain | ed that. years ago, flock of crows had | lit upon it; in like manner many lives
 have been made crooked through the black crows of habit. How early must
 children give their hearts to the Saviour | We cannot limit the age. My father was | converted when he was nine and used
 often to relate the joyful experience | Isaac Watts, the hymn-writer, was con-
 verted when seven years of age. Only
 see to it that children are we'll taken care of, and the question of when they shall
 come to Jesus will take care of itself.
 | Mrs J. M. Terhune, of Brooklyn, an
 experienced Primary teacher, closed the l meeting by an instructive address on
 "How Shall We Teach the Bible?''
 Among other things these thoughts were
 suggestive in the address: If Solomon l felt there was nothing new under the sun
 in his day, there can be very little that
 is new to-day.onlv a new way of putting
 old truths Every Sunday school teach
 CT must settle two questions, What to
 teach and why she teaches. What are
 we to teach? The answer is, the Bible, Gods own Book. As Martin Luther
 said. s'Fhere is but one book" This one
 book has been called ssthe mystery ot the ages" because of it's wonderful ada D.
 tion to all ages, times and classes. Tie
 Bible has an inside soul; it's jewels are
 deep in the earth and we must dig them
 out. Here is solemn test: we cannot
 know the Bible truths unless we discern
 them spiritually. Why are we to teach I Because it is divine command: "Go,
 preach my Gospel" Because the child
 ren need the teaching of this Book to
 nourish their spiritual life. Too many
 teachers give stories and think they are feeding souls. Teaching the Bible is
 simply carrying message. This mes. i sage must be given earnestly and clearly l Sometimes our work seems to fail, but 1 the failure may be only in the seeming
 We must have Paul's indefatigable spirit
 tiff by any means we may reach some.' And Gods work cannot fail. once read
 of an eagle that had long been confined
 in cage and the owner, about to etari
 on long journey, thought to free ths
 imprisoned bird. The door of the cage a was opened, but the bird did not stir \ the cage was act on high place, stil
 the bird moved mot at latt, the sun cana