The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
MEETS IN ANNUAL SESSION AT
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
s'GFaRCH.
EXCELLENT ADDRESSES MADE.


wake Comfy.
The Wake county Sunday School
Convention held in its annual meeting
in the First Presbyterian church yes
terday.
At 1920 o'clock the convention as
sembled, and Rev. Joseph Potts open
ed the convention with a prayer and
praise service and the reading of the
fourth chapter of Deuteronomy.
President c. p. Wharton called the
convention to order. The enrolment
of delegates showed the following
schools reporting; Christian-Auburn,
Morrisyille, Raleigh.
Methodist-ApeX, Cary, Sidney, Cen
trail Church, Raleigh; Edenton street
church, Raleigh.
Presbyterian First Presbyterian
church, Raleigh.
Baptist-Apex, Cary, Ephesus, Fay
etteville street church, Raleigh; Hlck-
ory Grove, Mt. Harmon, Rolesville,
Wake Forest. West Raleigh, Taberna-
Gle church, Raleigh.
Union-Garner Union Sunday
School Methodist Episcopal and Chris
tian.)
After the delegates had been enroll
ed, Mr.. n B. Broughton addressed the
convention ON The State of the Work
in Wake county"
This was followed by short address
es by Mr.. J. f. Langston, Rev. DR.. Il.
II. Whitaker and Mr.. B. w. Green.
4 general symposium on Methods
OF Teaching and Managing the
School" was then held, with short re-
ports by Mr.. w. j. Young, Mr. \. Il.
Broughton, Mr.. S. w. Brewed, MA. G.
Jones, Mr.. j. f. Langston, Rev. r. II.
Whitaker, Mr.. b. w. Green, Rev. ID. II.
Tuttle, Rev. DR.. J. w. Carter, Rev. j.
n. Cole and Rev. Joseph Potts.
The morning session was ended with
the benediction by DR.. Carter.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention met again at three
o'clock, and was opened with prayer
and a song service.
Mr.. w. J. Young conducted the song
service, and read the 104th Psalm, Rev.
r.. II. Whitaker offered prayer
DR.. Eugene Daniel then addressed
the convention on "The Bible, the
| Teachers Textbook"
| Rev. j. Y. Cole had just begun his
address on Spiritual Life Essential to
| Successful Teaching" when Professor
| II. NJ. Hamill, the noted Illinois Sun
| day school worker, arrived. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Cole, Mr.. Hamill who had
| been put down on the morning pro-
gramme for an address on Advanced
Methods of Sunday School Teaching"
was requested to speak to the meeting
Mr.. Hamill said:
1T is the daily life that emphasizes
the spiritual life and work of the Sun
| day schoolteacher. II is applying the
| beauty and truth of the gospel to daily
| life. We are all measured day by day,
| and we are measured, too, by the little
| children who pattern after us. / imow
| that / walk more circumspectly in my
| home because of the close scrutiny of
| my little niece. Let our lives exhale
| Christianity as a rose does it's fra
GRANGE. do notlove chrysanthemuns,
| they have no fragrance. / like the vIo-
| let and the rose that com bine fragrance
with beauty. = = / know one Sun
| day school teacher whose life is like
| one of those old sweet shrubs that |
used to gather on the hills of Ala
| bama-the more you crush it, the
| sweeter it is, / believe in deep spirit
ual life in the Sunday school teacher.
| II do not believe in unduly magnify
| ing methods, yet there is danger
that we may give no proper considera-
| ton to the methodical, and depend
wholly on the spiritual; and that is q
| grievous mistake. God nowhere prom
Uses inspiration to one who does not
seek it in legitimate ways.
II agree that spiritual life stands
/ first; but method stands second. 1t
does not take precedence, but it most
| certainly has it's legitimate place.
Spiritual things, as well as temporal
things God wants done in the right
way, by the right method. And the
Sunday school in its work and meth
dds must keep pace with the time.
Several important things now com
mand the attention Of advanced Sun
day school workers. First. is the fact
that greater care is bestowed upon the
constituency Of the Sunday school
And with the widening Of its constit-
uencv comes the end OF that great fall
lacy that the Sunday school is the
nursery Of the church. Last Sunda T
in a Baptist Sunday-school in Wash
ington, | saw 553 grown people study.
ing the Bible. They have there now
the finest 'Sunday-school house in the
world. The best definition of the great
institution we are discussing is this:
"The Sunday-school is the Christian
church engaged in teaching and learn
ing the Holy Scriptures.
1.-THE second thing that is engaging
their attention is the preparation and
training of teachers. This is done
mainly by putting the pastor-'fhe
Man of One Book'-in vital contact
with the young people who are tc
teach. The teachers pursue a regular
course of Bible study and are regu
larry graduated. it is a noble work
and a work that needs to be done
Mr.. Joseph III. Weathers, teacher OF
the primary class in the Baptist Tab
ernacle Sundayschool in this city, the
largest in the South, made an excellent
address ON Primary Class Work. liz
| io 4aaahar hf