The Portland daily press., 1898-03-15

ton of the child's nature, and above all,
the power Of the Holy Spirit in the teach
er. There must be this in dwelling Of the
spirit for without it, there can be no
teacher sent from God. Mr.. Archibald
read several verses from john" to en-
force is view of the subject. This reading
was followed by prayer and singing, after
which came the conference, as to the diff
culties to be overcome. The method for
novel one, and proved most effectual.
Slips of paper were passed to each person
as she passed in, and on these was writ
ten the question or the difficulty, which
had come to her in her work.
Among the questions was this
one: "Ought thore to be more than five
boys in classp"
From this grew the discussion that 1t
depended on the age, or characterize the
boys. and tho age, or ability of the teach
err Mr.. Archibald advocated very strong
ly the young teachers for the primary
Glasses and also advocated as strongly the
graded system of classes for efficient Sun
day school work. The reason that there
are not more teachers in the Sunday
schools was also discussed, the general
feeling seemed to be that young people
felt themselves to be incompetent. This
difficulty should be obviated by normal
classes, and conferences among teachers.
for Mr.. Archibald felt that teachers
always gained more from their pupils,
than the pupils from the teachers. The
meeting closed with singing and Mrs.
Fred Brunell was the accompanies for the
afternoon. ~
Another interesting conference of the
Sunday school Teachers association was
held last evening, and Mr.. Archibald
subject for the devotional part of the
meeting was the cleansing power of the
Holy Spirit. m
The session was opened by the singing
of several hymns, followed by prayer
from Mr.. Douglas.
The speaker made an interesting point
in illustrating the power of the Spirit, as
to the forms in which it was represented
N the Bible. it came to Christ in the
form of dove-the emblem of purity
To the Disciples at the feast of the Penti-
cost, as fre-the cleansing power-The two
other times it came to Cornelius, the
GENTLE, and to the Samaritan, proving,
that it came to all races, Jews, Gentiles
and Samaritans. Mr.. Archibald spoke
with great fervor and earnestness, i'm
pressing upon his hearers the necessity Of
having this od-given spirit dwelling In
them.
The Speaker referred to the questions
which had been sent to him, at the after
noon meeting, stating that most of them
| seemed to be in regard to the best method
of holding the attention of the pupils
The secret of holding their attention
seemed to the speaker the power of makp
ing them think. From this Mr.. Archie
bald gave little talk upon the force Of
our own example as teachers, and illus
trating certain laws of teaching, brought
out in very interesting way, the
method of adaptation. This scientific law
of teaching, working from the known to
the unknown. Mr.. Archibald has evil
IDENTIFY the greatest ability as teacher.
and his talk was full of suggestions, full
of little stories of his experience as a
teacher, showing how much tact and
sympathy it Is necessary to have in to
train children rightly.
The service closed with singing, Mr..
Ayres pronounced the blessing.
The programme for tomorrow after
noon will be-: Three O'Clock, praise
Bible reading, prayer; $50. the TART OF
teaching continued. Evening, 730
praise, Bible reading, prayer. How shall
we teach, train and punish our children,
Parents are especially invited.