Evening star., 1898-10-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS.


Of !! O'Clock arrived and recess was taken.
With Mr.. Mahan still controlling the iioor.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS,
| Joint Meeting Of Local and American
| Institntes.
The joint meeting OF the Sunday School
| institute of the Diocese Of Washington and
o. the American Church Sunday School In
! stitute, held in conjunction with the tri-
ennial convention of the Episcopal Church,
| began this morning at the Church of the
Ascension, corner of 18th street and Mas
! sachusetts avenue, at 9 O'Clock A number
| OF delegates from the diocese of Wash
| irgton were present, and while the number
| OF outside delegates was not large, those
present represented a wide area.
The meeting opened with the celebration
! OF corporate communion for Sunday school
ofncers and teachers. with Bishop Satter-
| lee the celebrant, assisted by the Rt.
| Rev. Mahlon n. Gilbert. DID, bishop CO.
| adjutor of Minnesota, and Rev. John H. e.
| hott, DID, pastor of Ascension Church
| Following this service Bishop Satterlee de-
| hvered an address of welcome to the dele
| gates. The reply on behalf of the dele
gates was made by Bishop Gilbert.
| The business meeting of the local organi-
| cation was held at 10 O'Clock, at which
| time the report of the secretary and treas
| uIer, Mr.. John o. johnson, was made. The
election of officers was then held, result
| ing as follows: President, Bishop Satterlee
| of the diocese of Washington; first vice
president. Rev. A. Harding, rector of ST
! Pauls; second vice president, John o.
Johnson of ST Andrews Church. College
| Park; secretary and treasurer, Rev. Louis
| G. Wood, minister in charge of Epiphany
Chapel 80 18th street southwest; execu-
| tive committee, Rev. r. P. Williams, rec
| tor of Trinity Church; Rev. c. H. Hayes,
| assistant rector of St Marks: Rev. A. L.
| Griffith, St. Johns, Chevy Chase; S. Hutch
nSon and A Y. Gray.
At 1870 o'clock the business meeting of
| the American Church Sunday School In
Sttute held in the affairs of which, OF
course, the local organization has say.
After the report Of the secretary and
treasurer, Rev. Herman l.. Duhring of
Philadelphia, the election of officers of this
general society was held. Rev. MIR. Duh
ring showed in his report that there are
today IN the Episcopal Church 6J0o Sunday
schools with 100000 pupils and 62,Oo0 Off
GERS and teachers. The Lenten offering of
these schools last year was $4,000, raised
in about six weeks time while it is est-
mated that the $500 schools contribute to
all purposes, diocesan and missionary. near
ly a quarter of million of dollars.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: President, Rt Rev. Mahlon n. Gill
bert, d. D., bishop coadjutor of Minnesota;
vice presidents, one from each diocese and
missionary jurisdiction; patrons, the right
reverends, the bishops of the American
Church Executive board, Mr. George c.
Thomas, chairman-Clergy: Rt. Rev. OH
w. Whitaker of Pennsylvania; Rt. Rev.
Geo Worthington. d. D.. OF Nebraska; Rev.
Reese f. Alsop, d. D.. Brooklyn. \. Y; Rev.
John Graham, Shamokin, Pa; Rev. VIM.
H. Graft, Philadelphia, Pa; Rev. A. S.
Lloyd. Norfolk, Va: Rev. Geo. w. Shinn.
ID, Newton, Mass; Rev. James s. Stone,
DID. Chicago. ILL.,; Rev. R. +. Swope, D. D.,
Wheeling. w Va: Rev. ]. X. Hammond,
Highlands, Del; Rev. L. G. Woods, Wash
ington, D. c. Laity: Mr.. Z. HI. Litchfield,
Minneapolis. Mimi; Mr.. f. Higgins. Balu-
more Md; Mr.. G. w. Mehaffey, Mt. Gretna,
Pa; Mr.. w. H. Roddis Milwaukee, Wis;
Mr.. George c. Thomas, Philadelphia. Pa;
Mr.. John E. Baird. Philadelphia Pa; Mr..
Thomas Potts, Richmond, Va; Mr.. VIM.
r. Butler, Mauch Chunk, Pa; Mr.. r. \.
Meade, Richmond. Va; Mr.. ]. o. Johnson,
Washington. d. c. Secretares-Rev. Her
man l.. Dunring, secretary and treasurer,
Philadelphia, Pa; Rev. w. c. Shaw, San
Francisco, Cal; Rev. Richard n. Thomas,
Philadelphia, Pa: Rev c. Z. HauDt, ST.
Paul, MINI.
Right Methods I'm Work.
AT II o'clock a discussion of the topic
Right Methods in Work. was taken up
Rev. T. B. Angell D. D., of Harrisburg,
Pa. opening with address, in which ne
importuned all Sunday school teachers to
first lay proper foundation for their woyk
and the rest would be easy. The teacher
has in his or her custody the character of
the child in course of formation Upon
them devolves the responsibility for the
proper spiritual training of the Young
whether they will be valiant soldiers or
base deserters in Christ's army, whether
good or bad citizens.
The speaker declared that the Sunday
school teacher should dwell with the chill
dren on the life of Christ. He ventured to
say that the average child of today win IN
catechised would show more thorough
knowledge of the life of Caprpa No
ton or of Thomas Jefferson and the lead
ers OF the civil war than of the life of
Christ. In Sunday school work we should
not stick at the outside things, said Dr.
Angel, what kind of service hymnal to
use, but must get at the spirit of the teach
ing to do the most good
Our church will yet find one of its great
successes in Sunday school work, in which
IL mas hitherto been somewhat lax.
Other Addrcsses.
DR.. Angel was followed by Mr.. c. Fl.
Hayes of the Pro-CathedraI of this city,
who spoke of the Sunday school methods in
vogue in his church. The work he said,
was divided and graded as in the Washing
tor public schools. The great secret of sue
cess with children is to be simple and clear,
gradually bringing them up to understand
all the teachings of Jesus Christ. The great
fault has been that the children's minds
have been overcrowded with matter of
which they can understand little or moth
ing.
Mrs. Ward of Chicago and Rev. Herman
l.. Duhring of Philadelphia also made short
volunteer addresses. Mr.. Duhrng declared
that Sunday schools were always Icing
conducted along the right lines when the
best intellect, the greatest efforts anu the
most money are expended the kinder
garten and primary departments.
D.. Larkin W. Glazebrook, a lay delegate
spoke next on the same subject. He recog-
nized the Importance of grading Sunday
school work in the same manner as the
educational work is divided in the public
schools.
Organization to me-" he declared, 'is
the most important thing in Sunday school
work. If do not have organization we
cannot succeed. That being the case we
should determine to have and should de-
mand that some exact method be placed be
fore for our work. The teacher too
should not be satisfied to know the children
for half an hour on Sunday. They should
know the children in their homes should
know their fathers and mothers, and If the
parents do not know how to train their chill
dren at home the Sunday school teachers
should teach the fathers and mothers
More work can be done outside the Sunday
SchnO1 in ha