The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-05
All Day Sessions Mt the First Bap-
stist .Ghureh,-ResOlutio at the
Evening Session.

and instructive given 1T was only taken
part in by something Hike thirty Of the
original number. A-.s.ssi-g.. .4..4.4. 4
This third annual meeting. Of the In
'stitute- was the most enthusiastic held.
The. afternoon osessioneopenedsM with. the
congregational singing Of primary
sohgs OF praise, followed by devotfinal
exercises. retrospect was esthe, topic
given Mrs. L. j. Lee and Mrs. Dana
Todd, the presidents of the st. Paul
and - Minneapolis unionss.4,i, Mrs. DLee
said the union had seemed to have been
blessed this year That it had made
more ors1ess progress. srHhere wasss
greater degree of interest shown,
though not In the increase of member
ship, ,wAich, had not been, narked. Tfashe
union has lost during the year some Of
its best workers. hut has gained many
faithful fanda helpful ones ITO takesfthe
places OF those removed. The i'm
portance Of the work was coming to
0be frecog nized .hys the members and athe
normal work had been especially help
full and Instructive One advance step
the union had taken during the year
was that Of the mOthers meetings, sew
eral Of which had been held and, while
the members feel they have not &C
.complshed all along this line possible,
they still feel good has been accom-
epifshed and ,ans1exceflent start made.
Delegates Were sent to the convention
last summer and the constitution has
been >ehahged'eto allow of the union
coming into the state.-work. .,-.-i.;>s., /
Mrs. Todd's paper was read by Mrs.
w. II. BogaTts 1t told Of the work Of
the union In. Minneapolis, the. plan of
work being unassuming but very salts
factory. The union has the beginning
Ola library which promises to besone
Of its important features some day.
Mrs.. H.. Randall the. president of.
the institute, read pretty selection
from the Scripture and. Mrs. w ].
Evans, of st. Louis, former member
Of the institute, gave "a spirited song;
drill. atreating vher grown up hearers az
children, tandEdins albright, .fattractive
way teaching themGa new song. The
business meeting followed. .-a@s-
The report of the secretary was given
by Miss: p. Page and approved The
treasurer's report was also accepted.
The report of the nominating COM
mittee was followed by the election of
all of the former officers with the ex-
ception OF Mrs. w. J. Evans, who, as
before stated, has. left the institute.
She was replaced by Mrs. A. Hoyt.. Of
Minneapolis. Mrs. H. H. Brewster. Of
the Macalester,, Presbyterian church..
was elected as a second secretary to
represent the St Paul union, as 1T was
thought best to have a secretary from
each Sunday school union. The present
officers stand. Mrs. j. III. Randall, st.
Paul, president; Mrs. L. j. Lee, st.
Paul, and Mrs. Dana Todd, Minne-.
apolis, vice presidents; Miss Ella Page.
Minneapolis, and MRS. H. III. Brewster.
St Paul, secretaries; Mrs. A. Hoyt.
M1nneap Oils, treasurer. "A committee
was appointed en- resolutions to report
at the evening session. 80
Mrs DE-. 5Coiyille gave an illustrated
talk on How to Choose Songs for
Children, She said one should Judge
the children in this work by their
ability to sing; that those VIII" had
no especial car for music should he
taught the great art Of how to listen..''
Great care should be taken1in the selec-
ton of songs, and children should
always, be given the best music. Her
many of 1.-The favorite Songs 0ifi' nthea
popular Sunday school song books be-
ing condemned, while others were as
heartily, approved, and the reason
given clearly and intelligently.
q Mrs, Jean Hobart, of the Minneapo-
lis union, spoke "How to Help Little
: Children to- Feel Their Need eof Beins
Present Jesus as the ChffdFen's
Sayior?n and Mrs. L. P. Hougt gave "a
pretty motion song. Mrs. T. S. Tonp-
.kips, Of u the. Dayton. Avenue church.
spoke on "Our Model, Jesus the Great
Teacher" and 'gFhe Gift ofs=TeBeHing
the Gift of the Holy Spirit was Mrs.
r. g. Smiths topic. Mrs. j. M. Nc
yGuiggan spoke on 1.-The Value of God s.
Word in the Life of Christi and said
that children grasp Scripture thought
much more readily than one thinks.
She advocated the careful selections
of Scripture readings and warned the
teachers not to wound the tender little
hearts of their=listeners by too much
dwelling on the story of the suffering
of Christ. ..s.4.-t
Mrs. Robert Pratt, Of the Fourth
Baptist church Minneapolis, gave an
attractive little series. Of illustrations
as to the appliances which may be
used in Sunday school, using among
other novel things little wax candles
to illustrate unself1shness, etc. -
Miss Nellie Hopes illustration of the
:teaehingaof new songs, sight reading
and concert work among the children
was interesting and ofs-value tov,the
teachers present. Her band Of chill
dren show. good training, singing in
perfect tune and time 51.,. ss11s@.
Miss M. Turnbulhgave short paper
on the ausee ofsrkindergarten work, in
the primary Sunday school, She said
that Sunday schoo lfteachers must keep
I'D with the times rand study the best
methods. Goodf singing is an absolute
necessity IL the school cannot afford
kindergarten chairs for use in the
schools then thG parents might. be ask
ed for individual chairs, and black
board - is Of "A infinite value She
said that if childEen were too young
TO appreciate the primary or kinder
garten lessonsithen they had best be
kept at home TEL they are older. She
did not believe i'm placing the sub
primary children alone, as much good
comes from association. The after
noon session closed with basket lunch
i'm the parlors Of the church.
The evening session. opened at
o'clock with a primary song service"
conducted by Mrs. L. p. HOugh. De-
yotional exercises followed, and after
q solo by Mrs. D. F. Colvilfe, Mrs. w.
J. Evans, now of st. Louis, No,
described the Ideal Primary Depart
ment," announced -hens programme OF
the work for the ensuing quarter and
concluded by teaching the, Sunday
school work for the coming Sabbath.
Hugh Cork briefly discusseds the re-
lation OF the primary and intermediate
departments Of the Sunday school to
the main school,. and .dwelt--upon the