The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-05-31
12B-ly. Il. & Co.

in the country far away from the sea.
They cannot understand it. The best
| illustrations are those that show most
clearly the truth we want to impress.
Our ideal illustrations always contain
the application" Mrs. Barnes sug-
gestions should receive the considera-
ton of primary teachers, as she is the
successful head of primary depart
ment composed of one hundred chill
dren, many of whom are sent from
the lowest homes in the tenement
districts of the city. This talk brought
the session to close and the audi
ence was dismissed with the benedic-
| ton.
THURSDAY EVENING SESSION.
The song service began at 7:I5,
but long before that time, the Metho.
dist Church, which had been chosen
for the evening meeting because of
its size, was comfortably filled and
still people coming from all directions.
Every seat was occupied, chairs were
brought in and standing room was
unavailable so that many were obliged
to return to their homes. Rev. Mr..
Reeser led in prayer and Mrs. Will
bur's class Of little girls gave drill in
Bible work. No one can put on pa
per the feelings aroused by the won
derful manner in which this class had
been trained To those who have
had the good fortune to hear them at
some previous time we can say that
they have taken up great deal of
new work and did it quite as we'll as
| before. To those who have never
heard them We can only say that they
have missed good thing.
The venerable Bishop Bowman, of
the Methodist Church, then gave a
short talk. He spoke in the most
interesting way of his visit to the
heather lands and the necessity of
taking the Word OF God over to the
poor creatures. He has spent some
time there and on returning, he
brought with him to the people of the
United States the thanks of those
who had been enlightened upon the
subject of Christ and His death and
resurrection. In speaking of the
Sunday School work, in which he al
ways took a lively interest, he said
that probably the first Sunday School
in Columbia County was started by
Mr.. Hart, Presbyterian elder, in the
school house in the Pines just below
Berwick in 1896. Mrs. Barnes then
occupied the time and put into prac-
tice the theory she had presented in
the afternoon by teaching class of
small children. She taught the lesson
of the "Woman of Samaria," and
used as the means Of illustration a
glass of water and few marks on the
board. Before she closed the lesson
she had persuaded each little one to
say "Glve me the water to drink"
She says that no one needs to be an
artist to illustrate for children be,
cause their imagination will picture
things very vividly even though they
have but a poor representation TO
begin with. Never say in putting a
mark down, "This is a man." but
rather "We will make believe this is
a man.
The address of the evening "The
True Mission of the Sunday School,
was delivered by Rev. Mr.. Conner,
of the Methodist Church, Bloomsbury.
He thinks the true mission of the
Sunday School is to prepare children
to do good and efficient work in the
church of Jesus Christ. The teacher
must realize that his work is for God ;
that his commission is from above.
If every teacher felt way down in his
heart that his opportunity was God
given we would have more consecrat
ed devoted workers. Teachers who
fail to realize the Importance of their
work and neglect it for slight causes
are doing themselves and pupils a
positive injury that can hardly be re-
paired. The evening session closed
with the benediction.
FRIDAY MORNING.
AT the close of the song service de.
votional exercises were conducted by
Rev Mr.. Stewart, OF Berwick. Mr.. H.
R. Bower, County Fieldsman, follow
ed with review of the work. He set
forth the advantage of having a fields
man and gave an encouraging report
of the work of the past year. The
nominating committee then presented
their report stating that they had
nominated the following officers for
the coming year, which report was
accepted and the officers elected by
acclamation: