Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03

MENl2, may &
.,.,e sunday-school convention
~. ~ cumberland Presbyterian church
Y, synod of Texas adjourned last
"a meet next year at the time
w.. .,.cs of the meeting of the Pas
=, institute of the same chueh.
VI evening session was devoted TO
~ .,.,s,,on Of the discussion OF
raIstIye to the Sunday-school
VIZ n d. cockrili of Tehuacana
Ais n,ner on "1he Sunday-school
rs.a SSortributor TO the Enterprises OF
Aon,'rch" In addition to teaching
w shildren conservation of hearts
ias should be taught to literally sup
", ~ enterprises of the church. If
~ .aschers in the Sunday-schools
y. he earnest and devoted Chris
W. w ,aachers who did their whole
"a, ~ ws would not have to pay out
..snSs,ands of dollars annually to send
-sa,s ID our own people TO beg them
= s,,nnort our colleges and other
,,,cs enterprises. II the proper
.-,rlts were obtained from Sunday
..soo work every department of our
Asrcb would become enthused with
~, iIfa and q new order of things
~. -.ra result. all of which would be
,,nsscIal To the cause of the Master.
M naper was discussed by Reys.
a,nras Jones and Cooke, Mr.. Cooke
,ssnr issue with those who thought
Mst The Sunday.school should. as an
,n.tlutIon. contribute to enterprises.
M speaker held that II would be de-
,r.etlng from the church contrlbu-
,ops and rather putting the school
,hsad OF the church, and that without
,nalnlng any better results Rev.
eroyes thought that IT was IL good idea
j, teach the idea Of supporting all
Aurh enterprises in the minds of the
,uplls BY practical work. His eNpe-
nsnce along that line had been very
satisfactory.
Rw j. 4. Ward of Abilene made a
Characteristic talk anent Normal
Work, Its Importance and Methods"
Ne was not kindly disposed towards
methods" Too much time lost in
i.ylslng methods" Let the teacher
Understand his subject, have n well
ieanei idea as to what he would teach
nd let method" follow after. The
unmount idea should be to get the
ssst results and 1t occurred TO him
bat II could be best done by persist
at and earnest work with little re-
nrd to methods" Rev. Groves IA
yured method in teaching Il Sabbath
shoo The best results in our public
xhoos were obtained from teachers
Eho had been TO the normal" and he
Believed that normal work and meth
IDS would materially aid the work of
he sunday-school.
The secretary read n paper from
Nrs W. 3. Farr on Primary Work"
This was one of the most important
pplrs treated by the convention, and
ne concensus of opinion was that II
vas one of the best papers read
before the convention. The essential
publications OF Il teacher in primary
Eork was love of God and an
iFutude TO interest and captivate the
little ones. Have pleasantly arranged
nom not too large nor too small. Use
llustratlons and pictures whenever
fssible to make an object lesson, and
hrs early impress upon the young
Kinds something which viii not be
aslly eifaced, Teach the Lords pray
=, learn them to sing and to repeat
iefse prayers from the Bible. BE
wight and pleasant in your work.
Have blackboard in your room and
ae It. Have the children to assist you
= The work. Have one to take collec-
tcns, another to pass the papers, an
'nsr to distribute the reward cards,
IT,
Rev. ]. A. HornbeclS of Terrell spoke
y Graded Lessons for Sunday
heols" He was heartily In favor OF
Haaed schools. The public schools are
paaed, and he was convinced that
ls pest results could be obtained In
sahday-schools which were graded so
laal the child could be placed in what
SCI class 1t was best suited for. Rev.
n0Hofd favored gradl' the schools.
~ Graham OF Kemp suggested that
y needed method rather than grading.
We iall to get the child to think. we
sa,e JAILED in doing it any good. Nor
NY methods better indlscrlminate
naang 1t some times has an evil
Ise' 10 take one child from n higher
'Ms and put 1t In a lower one.
10 We Need State Superintendent
" how Shall lie BE Sustained?"
unanimously referred to the
considerable time was devoted to
l.ussins the advisability of contln-
~ tfe sunday-school con<ention.
~, ny result was that by unanimous con-
Ky ~. II was continued. as II is believed
=. much good can be accomplished
,.,s we church and to the world by its
'ne convention then took a recess.