The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-06

fig way on TIRE work OF Sunday school
teachers. his argument being IN favor OF 4
proper training for teachers; WY tSey
should be trained. what to@y should 70
taught. and where they should receive
their training.
THE SUNDAY school e Tot as thorough
- ne should like 20 have II. but u = far
IN adva nee Of what II has b@sn n the past
= far bette institution than the sunday
school of yesterday. II stands TO-DAY n
position ~ power. ot efheiencF. never
reached hv the Sunday school ia times
past The International lesson book has
developed IRE Sunday school IN a marvel
Gus way II sou would compare the sun
5ar school literature Of today with tina; Of
twenty-five years ago. You would wonefr
at the vast difference. But the Sunday
school needs 20 ~ better. We must So
before rs now ard high deals. Our ideals
dominate Us wneu the day comes that we
believe thar our work cannot improve. then
begins the decsdence. plead FOR the Sun
dav school Of tomorrow. and 10 this end
there should be more thorough and eff
Client training and equipment OF the sun
dsw school teacher The advanced move
uaent IN the public school makes an ad-
vance ln the Sunday school imperatively
necessary. The Sunday school and the
pulpit must keep pace with the movement
~ modern times. The sunday school
teaches bat ono book. there Is but one text
book. u IS q school FOR instruction IN the
word Of God. The Sunday school Is a de-
partment % the church OF Christ In which,
the word a Christ Is taught for the pur-
pose or bringing souls 20 Christ. II Is too
noble a work 10 be entered upon without
any preparation. The teacher needs 20 be
trained and he needs personal character
We teach more by what We are than 10y
What We say. You cannot live In woridli-
ness and teach Goodness; you cannot live
in frlvolity and teach seriousness. There
must be a reserve power Ia Sunday school
teaching The teacher should not tell all
he knows. and what he doesn't tell has as
much influence as what he does. Tie must
understand the scholar. their lives. their
duties. their pleasures. He must get into
touch with them. must go 10 where they
are II he wants TO win them. The teacher
should be always learning: learning by his
experience. profiting by his mistakes. ]
believe IN the Sunday school OF today, but
! believe a great deal more in the Sunday
school OF tomorrow"
At O'Clock an evangellstic service was
held in the tent. which was addressed by
Or. Cite. OF Portland.
Women's Missionary Meeting.
In the evening the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society held its anniversary meet
ing. and the tent was crowded with the
largest gathering yet brought out The
tent has a capacity OF perhaps $500 people.
and was crowded 10 its walls with minis
tiers and lsymen. The services were in
charge OF Mrs Sulliger, OF the society. and
the address was made by Mrs Isabel c.
Whitfield. general organizer OF the Pacific
coast. Mrs. Whitfield spoke for about
forty minutes. and during that time ex-
piained the object OF the society. told Of
the progress Of It's work. and incidentally
gave many affecting illustrations Of the
condition of the poor in the slurns of our
great cities. and the needs for the work
that the society is trying 10 do She held
the interest and aroused the sympathy OF
the large audience. and when she had I'm
isf1sd a good sized collection was taken up
= help on the work OF the society
The church has no truer members" she
said. none that are more loyal TO her in
terest than the women whose minds have
beer touched hy the love Of Christ. and
whose lives have been consecrated TO its
service. And every thoughtful person
ought TO realize that the more work such
women do. the better for the church. the
better for women. and the better for ALL
Men and women are alike in some respects
different in others. and these differences
are OF such a character that in some
things one cannot represent the other
There Is a distinct work and a Joint work
Tor both. There is a work for men that
women cannot do. and a work for women
that men cannot do. And never has woman
been so prepared as she is today to do her
work. The leaven OF Christianity has been
az work for centuries and nowhere more
effectively than with these women
Airs. Whitfield then told how the society
had gradually enlarged it's field. first work
ing among the colored women Of the South.
then among the Mormons Of Utah. tho
MeXicans Of Arizona and New Mexico the
Indians Of the North the Chinese Of san
Francisco. and now into the Sums of the
great cities.
When Mrs. Whitfield had finished Rev
T. y. Ford introduced Or. Hurlburt. assist
ant corresponding secretary Of the Sunday
School Union. who made short address
en- the work and needs Of his society.