Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-02
tions of standard Sunday school library


books
These books are gratutously distributed
among the schools with which we are in
correspondence, forming additions to the
Libraries. and in some cases given out as
prizes for regularity of attendance etc
Our correspondents. express warm and
grateful appreciation of the usefulness OF
these books. Their reading has been at.
tended with conversion and in some of the
schoois they constitute libraries which are
ieadlng attractions and means of useful
ness"
Ihe Sunday School Teacher.
The theme of the address of Mr.. Marion
Lawrence of Toledo, Ohio was THE Sun
day School Teacher" He could. he said
conceive OF no position SO honorable as that
Of the Sunday school teacher. 1t is the
privilege of any one to be able to stand
in the Sunday school room and try to brine
souls to Christ. The Savior was 4 teacher
as well as preacher. The purpose of all
preaching is teaching, and the ultimate re.
suit salvation.
Mr.. Lawrence read number of selections
from the Bible to prove the position he haG
taken.
The more of the teaching of the word OF
God the teacher can put in his or her work
the more successful they will become.
Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe made a few
closing remarks. He said the convent on
instead of being about to end, had just be-
gun We may not he said, be able TO for
mulate much CT which We have heard from
teachers of large experience yet, after all
the memory of the ideals set by them will
abide with us and we will have a larger
love for Jesus Chris; and a greater conse-
Grafton to His cause
At yesterday afternoons session. which
began a o'clock, devotional exercises
We're conducted by Rev. p. A. Mcneil.
Reports of various kinds We're submitted
and suggestions for enlarged work made
by Mr.. Lawrence. The benediction was
pronounced by Rev. G. o. Isaac of the
Anacos,ia NJ f. Church.
The Primary Workers.
AT the meeting of the Primary Union
held yesterday afternoon, subsequent to the
close of The Stars report, a report was
submitted by Miss Elbertine Robertson,
primary field worker, as follows:
1T is little more than a year since l
commenced my work as primary iield
worker. No plan of work was given me
only the command go and work Hal a
state been assigned. the work would have
been to organize primary unions but as
the DistSict of Columbia is too small to
need more than one union, my efforts have
been 10 strengthen the primary union of
this city.
I'm visiting The schools Sunday morn
ings the teachers have been invited to at
tend this union. ard primary literature has
been paced in their hands. The a,iGre yses
or primary and juEiCr teachers have been
gathered. that we might, in this way come
in touch with every school.
Experienced teachers have ben not only
brought into the union. but by giving their
help in its work the primary union has
been strengthened. Seventy-five schools
have been visited, and seventeen lessons
taught in the different churches.
In the spring a primary convention was
held at Anacostia, in connection with the
District Sunday school convention, and
primary work was also presented at the
District conventions at Tenleytown and
Brightwood. After years experience in
the work the following needs present them
selves: Better ventilated rooms; trained
teachers; graded classes. and an increased
number of local primary conventions.