Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-02
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION,
DISCUSSION BY CUMBERLAND
PREsBYTERIANs AT MEXlA.
ONE MINISTER WANTS A LARGE
FARM PURCHASED AND THE
RENTS TO BE USED IN EXTEND
ING THE WoRK-LETTER FROM
DIR. Observation-Disclosures.


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The second days session Of the sun
day school convention was beguH with
half an hours devotional exercise,
led by Rev. J. II. wonord of Mckinney.
The routine discussion OF topics was
then resumed.
The Thorough Preparation Of the
Lesson Indispensable" was opened by
Rev. $. c, Lockett OF Hutto, who took
the position that the first essential
preparation for the lesson was to have
the teacher to be consecratcd Chris
unn, after which came the mental or
literary qualification. 1t was ruin
GUS policy to have an unregcneratcd
man or woman to teach In the Sunday
school. II would be as reasonable to
put an unoonyerted man In the pull
pit, Tho central and main Idea was to
lead the little ones to Christ.
Kav. Spencer OF Tehuacana said that
teacher could not teach unless he
knew something to teach, and II sun
day school teacher should therefore
study his lesson from every phase. He
should know his pupils and to to know
what each one needed was very i'm
pDrtnuL. Let the teacher do his work
W % UNI AAl'll NNk 'AhA 10 uil llR rest.
Rev, j. u. W0nord and others fol-
lowed In tho discussion, Each urged
the importance OF thorough prcpaa-
ton. bltl spiritually and intullcCtu-
ally. Mr., WOftord thought that God
mad called men and women to teach In
the sunday school as certain as he
called ministers.
Rev. J NJ. Hnlscll discussed the
Use Of the Book IN the Sunday
AthDFl4 - NNhRR Sir NNa1Ns-
dying he had asked FOR some one to
read to him, and when asked from
what book replied that there was but
one Book, and that was the Bible, That
Book. said the speaker should be used
not only In the Sunday school, but
everywhere. II should be our daily
companion. and moro especially should
teachers Use II IN the Sunday schools.
INC use OF commentaries and lesson
helps 10 the exclusion OF the Bible was
deprssatei, Tho boat commentator
was tho Spirit
Rev. Spencer wanted the child 10
learn not only the lesson, but to be-
come thoroughly acquainted with the
iilblf' 1t was essentially necessary TO
have the Book in the schools.
Sunday school extension afforded
Rev Williams q subject for n fifteen
minutes talk. lie wanted the school
extended within the churches and thcn
tnle mp the by-ways and vncant places
nfterward There are not as many
Sunday school members as there arc
church members when there should he
'Gnny more. Cumberland Presbyte-
rams should take care Of their own
business, II II had been done in thu
past today the Texas synod would
have 100000 menT-TE instead Of 20 OO0
a systematic system Of extension yyna
advocated. He wanted church Sunday
schools. There was no such thing as
union sunday schools They were
be taught in the Sunday schools.
Rev II. w. Pearson made n sntr-
liual talk OF ten minutes. He said that
there was no such thir- as n Sundo,,
school II was the church M work.
ana therefore the church officers should
be more dillgent In maintaining Tho
WORK The financial part OF tho
CSuurcn ana school should he taken
rom the ministry and placed upon tho
ohlcers OF the church and then lei mo
ministers be devoted 10 their work az
nrcnohing the gospel He wanted 10
take the country for Christ ana wanteJ
the financial end supported bv a Inrec
farm, which should be bought NV m
churoh nnd put IN charge OF bushes,
~ i,e't mn me rents TO support the work
or sunday school extension.
Rev. Groves renlled that he bro-.
2 church once which succeeded nicot,.
una was growing In men,hers 40
tiNce nut as soon rs thcv rot n n,.t...
who put all the collection an M om
CAl members or the church that iho
onmrch soon became almost n fnilnrc
hldor Aston Of FarmerHvlDe oncra,
tho discussion Ms 10 tbo Az, "gensd
church officers towards tho sn,da,.
school ana maintained tbat M,
FhoN'f 7cTl0uslv work fhr the n,.s.'.'