The Portland daily press., 1894-10-05
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Meeting of the Cumberland County
Association.

schooIs-Address by william Reynolds
of Peori a, Ill.
The Cumberland County Sunday
School Association met in the Second
Parish church yesterday morning at 9. sc
O'Clock. There was fair attendance
A devotional service was led by Deacon
Osman Adams.
AT 10 o'clock Vice President Thomas
Varney of Windham called the Associa-
tion to order.
After reading the records this commit
tee on resolutions was appointed: Rev.
=. c. Brown of Freeport, Rev. A. N. Dairy
of Westbrook, Mrs. o. S. Themes of Cum
berland. The first address of the day
was by Rev. Leroy S.Bean of Portland,
on the question, .Are We Developing
a Sunday School Type?n Mr.. Bean ques-
toned whether we were developing a
Sunday School type in literature, aud if
SO what its character was; wheth er
such as to bring out the desired results,
He also asked what the Sunday school
types of teaching and teacher were,
whether strong and virile. or weak and
effeminate. Whether the control of
teaching and it's methods was such as to
develop type of manhood required in
American lite. Rev. Mr.. Cousins of Port
land and Rev. Mr.. Reynolds of Illinois
spoke Of the beneicent results already
attained in Sunday school work, and
Rev. Mr.. Ross of South Portland, thought
the question was not MS to benefcent re-
suits of the Sunday school, in which
all agreed, but whether it was doing the
best work possible. He thought more
manly type of Sunday school teaching
was needed. Deacon J.W. Stevenson of
Portland continued the discussion, as did
Rev. W. H. Clark of Mechanic Falls, and
Rev. 1. Luce of Portland.
At II a. m. the Association listened to
reports from the various county schools
The reports were mostly verbal, and Only
n small portion of the schools in the
county made reports. For the most part
the reports were fattering, showing a
good average attendance and fair inter
est.
There we're 80 schools reported, from
Windham, Westbrook, Deering, Free
port, PowDaI, Yarmouth, Cumberland,
Portland. Falmouth. Cape Elizabeth
and Scarboro. No reports were received
from the other towns, except six in
Bridgton, Gray, Casco, Raymond, Har-
rison and Harpswell.
In making the report from Congress
St. church, Rev. Mr.. Lindsay said that
he believed in the Sunday school work
being done in the morning of Sunday
rather than in the afternoon. The re-
suits vera shown in his own church.
There they have competent artist and
he illustrates the lesson on the black
board. This is an object lesson that
the children understand and appreciate.
Men get up and talk about the advan-
tages of temperance to children and it
makes little impression but let the artist
picture them ON the board and they
never forgot the lesson. He thought the
older people should take more interest.
He thought many men thought more
of horse trots- than religion.
This brought up Rev. D. B. Randall,
who had read in the papers that the
merchants of Commercial street were
going to give half holiday on account
Of the horse trot. He. thought if the
merchants and newspapers would give
as much space and interest to Sunday
schools as they did to fairs and horse
trots that constitute tho main attrac-
ton of fairs-it would be better for all
Then Deacon Adams of the Second
Parish rose and said that the
newspapers printed what the readers
them to print. If the church
people interested themselves to have the
papers print church news the papers did
as they wished. He thought the news
papers were very liberal to the churches
aud the Sunday schools. They took great
pains to report their doings.
Two other gentlemen spoke to the
same effect.
Rev. Mr.. Randall said he didn't ques-
lion the willingness of the papers to de-
vote space to church matters. He
'hooShp IL pAolC5SluS SuEIStldQS WOULD
be as earnest in their religious work as
N secular work greater results would
be attained.
Rev. Mr.. I. F. Millett, the Sunday
school field secretary, then made his
'eport. He said he had many calls he
could not answer. He urged town or
yanizations and then each town can
AXE care of the missionary work. There
ire only three town organizations in
Cumberland County, and there should
3e one Tor every town. and then at every
,onven ton the committee would come
Onward and report the state of the town
schools Then missionary and evangelical
work would not be needed and the Sun
lay school work would thrive. He made
his report for Cum berland county:
WHOLE Av.
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TOWNS. NO. ANCE.