The morning times., 1896-11-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
Held THREE SESSIONS
Big Attendance Heard Address Full
of Interest.
ing Given by Borrowed
Glass and Instructor.

Three busy and interesting sessions of
the District Sonday-scbool Union We're
held yesterday, the attendance being large
at each. re-
The evening session of the convention
was called to order at 7:30 by Mr.. Bris-
tow, the president OF the union. The song
service, to which was given the first half
hour of the meeting, was led by the male
chorus under the direction of Mr.. Foster
and was Joined in by the audience in the
more familiar hymns.
The musical program of this convention
mas been carefully SELECTED and the choir
well trained, and the song services are
among the most ATTRACTIVE features Of the
sessions.
Rev. DIR. l.. B. Wilson, presiding elder of
the Washington district Of the Baltimore
Conference OF the NJ L. Church. offered the
prayer, closing the devotional services OF
the evening.
one OF the set addresses Of the session
wasthat of Rev +. Morris Fer gus on, whose
subject was to have been "Thc Boston
Convention" the description OF the work
of the last triennial convention in whose
hands is the management OF the interna-
tional association of which this union is
The local representative. 1t became cvi-
dent very soon after the speaker took the
platform that he was in great physical
and mental distress, and after a few
sentences he asked the audience to excuse
him frCm further cIfCrt and was assisted
from the rostrum. 1t could not he learned
last night whether the attack was OF a
serious nature.
MIR William Reynolds, the field supcrn-
tendent of the international association,
made an address upon the Importance OF
the work of the Organization which lie
represented. His speech was full Of prac-
tical suggestions of a helpful character
to Sunday oil teachers.
BeHediClion dismissing the audience was
delivered by Rev. Emerson bliss of this
city.
AT the afternoon session excellent Illus
trations ofthesystem Of object lesson teach
ing Were given by Miss Harlow, OF Bethany
Church, Philadelphia, and by the Rev. DR..
A +. SChauffler, OF New York
About rorty pupils from the primary de-
partment of the Calvary Baptist and the
Ifnst CongregationalC Church sunday-schools
We're loaned Miss Harlow to show the
practical workings of an object lesson The
subject taken was the way to life ever
lasting, as cxeinplifcd by the story OF
the visit of the Queen of Sheba To Solo
mon at Jerusalem" Miss Harlow was no
doubt given n surprise by the little people
who, by bythepromptanswe swersandthereadiue
with which they filled out the gaps she
made in her story, showed a thorough
familiarity with the lesson.
Miss Harlow illustrated the story OF the
visit OF the queen To Solomon in such way
Us to make all which led up to IL and
results quite plain, even to the youngest
Of iier hearers. Palestine was Illustrated
by a map in relief, showing the hills and
valleys, rivers and general Topography Of
the country.
DIR. Schauffler spoke of the Private
study of the lesson This ST ould always
be done Before class meeting day aud Gone
Systematically. The study Of the Bihie
he said, mi ust he thoroughly saturated with
prayer, tecausc IL we have not God with
us in this work we must fail
He also gave an inter sting talk On the
lesson for next Sunday In which the
teachers present took the place of the
children, in the case with Miss Harlow,
and filled in his story for him.
The session was presided over by Mr..
=. II. Bristow ana opened with prayer
service by the Rev. DIR. Muir Of the E-street
Baptist Church, who also at the request
OF President Bristow, made a short adj
dress on the Importance of the work be-
fore the convention.
Miss $. d. Baldwin, superintendent of the
home department Of .Sundhy-school work
Of the First Congregational Church, dis
cussed the work of that department very
interestingly. explaining the duties of the
scholar, the visitor aud the superintendent
Mr.. Randall of the MptroL olitan Prrsby-
terian Church also read an interesting
paper on the same subject.