The Newtown bee., 1894-12-14
About Town
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.

A REPORT OF THE STATE SUNDAY sCHoo
 CONVENTION AT NEW LONDON, REA
 AT THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH o
 SUNDAY NIGHT BY MISS SUSIE sCUDDEI
 PRESENTED IN THE INTEREST OF I'll
 WIDE CIRCLE OF SUNDAY sCHoo
 WORKERS IN THE CHURCHES OF TH
 VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS.
 The convention of 1894 will long b
 remembered as one of the largest an
 most enthusiastic conventions ever held
 President Foote sounded the key-not high when he said in the opening services
 Il want to strike the keynote whicl shall be sounded throughout this conven tion, "A religious education for ever, child;' and the war cry is, The Bible fo every child and every child for Christ, and this indeed was the trend of every ad dress no matter what the theme assigned
 The first address of Thursday after noon was by Rev Dr Dixon of Brooklyn on ''The Importance and Value of tn, Sunday School in Relation to the Ad vancement of Christ's Kingdom" Ht spoke of our privilege to be "Workers to gether with God that working Christ. ianity is the only answer to infidelity What we need is life and work. WeScar never win souls for Christ by building fine churches and sitting down and send. ing out word to men to come in and be saved. We must go out and find them and compel them if need be to come in. Some.of the gems culIed from his address are these:
 The man who puts God first is omnipotent | Put God first even if you have to be cipher It takes more faith to believe modern | science than to swallow Jonah and the whale No man can refuse to be a Christian without doing violence to his reason.
 We cannot all agree on creed, but we can all work together to save men.
 The closing address of the afternoon was the report of the committee read by Secretary Hall. He outlined the aim of the work by quoting the resolution adopt ed by the first convention held in 1857, i've deem it the bounden duty and privilege of the churches of Christ in this state to guarantee Christian education. to every child within it's limits.''
 Since the last convention, l9 new schools have been organized, l5 of them by Mir Hall, who has attended and par ticipated in over POO conventions, made l67 visits, written over 6,000 letters and travelled 19,665 miles, all in the interest of the work. MT Hall as secretary and state missionary is the only officer who receives salary. c. B. Foote of New Haven, the president, not only gives his time, but pays all his own expenses and pledges large sum yearly to the work. In the evening MT Hall gave an illus trated lecture by means of the stereopti- con, ,on the work of the association, show ing many of the places where they had started new Sunday schools and telling in so many instances, the first view would be little old schoolhouse in which few faithful workers had gather ed handful of children from some neglected district, and the next view would be pretty chapel and the story would be growing interest, more room needed, souls brought to and trained for Christ.
 Often when the schoolhouse has not been available, they have opened schools in some unoccupied house. We were told of one place he visited where it seemed very discouraging. There was no place to hold school Mill finally a deserted house was found, but the people said 'sNo use in trying for that, the man who, owns it will never let it for Sun- y.school, "but cur missionary 'determin- ed to try so he went to see the man, he was not at home but might be found at some distance from the house at work. He was found on she top of a barn shing- ling. The missionary climbed up the ladder, told Fle man what he wanted, half expectI.g refusal, but with tears in his eyer he said, My wife died in that house and I should be glad to have it used for Sunday school" Needless to say one was organized and prospered.
 In many instances the good work began in home department, the people would become interested and the school would follow. This plan of home study is growing throughout the state and most encouraging results are being obtained 209 home departments are reported, with a membership between 5000 and 600O. From many of these little Sunday schools young men have gone out to the training school for Christian workers at Spring. field, Mass, or to the seminary and now are doing active Christian work as train ed laymen or ministers of the gospel.
 Wednesday morning, after an address on 'sThe Boys Brigade" the convention separated into meeting of superinten- dents and primary workers. Miss Wheeler of New Haven read very help. full paper on temperance work, showing how she would teach the effects oi alcohol to the little folks.
 Some of the thoughts gathered from the superintendents' meeting are these superintendent ought not to teach any particular class in the school. He ought to bs the chief teacher of the whole, be able necessary to take the charge of a class in ths absence of the teacher, and he ought iron time to time to go into the classes both to en courage and help the teacher and see wha, kind of work the teacher is doing.
 Temperance ought to be taught just a often in the school as it comes up in the les sons and not taught as g separate and specia lesson.
 I Primary classes ought not to meet wttl older classes for opening exercises if you car have separate room for them."
 Wednesday afternoon Rev Dr Stone oi Hartford showed us 'sSt Johns portrai of Christi" It was helpful and deeply spiritual. Some of the thoughts notes down are these:
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