The record-union., 1897-04-01
WORK OF SABBATH SCHOOLS.
County Convention Held in This City
Yesterday.
Several Interesting Discourses Were
DeIiyered-Annual Election
of Officers.

The annual convention Of the sac
ramento County Sunday Asso-
citation was held at the First Baptist
Church on Ninth street, between l. ana
NJ yesterday afternoon and evening,
and while the attendance was not large,
the greatest interest was manifested in
the proceedings.
Rev. H. Morton. President of the State
Association, was present, and ADDED
his quota to the numerous good things
said in relation to the organization or
Sunday schools, but the ministers and
teachers present evinced the greatest
interest in the illustrated lecture by
Professor H. NJ. Hamill of Illinois, In
ternational Field Worker
The association convened at 1:3O
o'clock and praise service was led by
G. F. Ekins, after which l.. L. Hat
field was introduced. He spoke briefly
on the subject How to Hold the Boys
In Sunday-sohool.' He submitted that
he had never known an instance where
parents attended Sunday school that
their children did not also attend. The
precepts and examples given by the
parents were guides which children ever
followed. Unless q boys early train
ing had been carefully perfected, his
interest in Sunday-school work was liza
BILE to diminish when his mind enlarged
and he began to think for himself.
Inducements would be offered to him
to attend theaters, or ball games or
picnics.
Mr.. Hatfield contended that it was
folly for parents to compel their chill
dren to attend Sunday-school While
they amused themselves elsewhere.
Compulsory attendance merely created
q bitterness in the heart of the child,
and unless it's interests could be
claimed and retained, the influence of
the schools would be disregarded and
finally lost Precept and example was
everything, but precept without ex-
ample was useless. 1t was waste of
time for a father to tell a child that it
was ungentlemanly to drink liquor,
and that to use tobacco was a vile hab-
it, and then turn around and do both.
If the teacher used George Washing
ton as an illustration to spur on a
pupil and Informed him of things done
by George at an early age, the pupil
would more than likely retaliate by
saying that Washington was President
before he arrived at the age of the
tutor.
In conclusion Mr. Hatfield stated that
as a rule if fathers would attend Sun
day-school their sons would not only
also attend, but would take pride in SO
doing.
The discussion of Mr.. HatfeldS sub
ject assumed a rather wide range, and
was taken part in by many of those
present who were interested in Sab
bath-school work.
Mrs 3. H Covell read an interesting
paper on The Teachers Preparation. q"
her principal contention being that the
best preparation a teacher could have
was to be an earnest Christian and an
indefatiga BILE worker 1t was not neces-
sary, she submitted, that the teacher
be drawn from the highest ranks of
social life, so long as she or he was well
grounded in the principle of Christian
religion, and able to impart that knoWl-
edge.
The discussion was of a spirited ma
ture, and several points We're touched
upon in relation to the preparation Of
teachers which were we'll received.
How to Make a Sunday-school
Grow" was the subject of a paper
read by Mrs. L. H. Snider. The sue
cess of the school. she submitted, de-
pended 3on small and seemingly un-