The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-18
Sunday School Workers Begin Their
Sessions.
LAST NIGHTS PROGRAMME
GOOD CONGREGATION WITNESS
ES OPENING EXERCISES.
Editor Quay of the Church Messen-
ger Presides Over the Gathering
Addresses By Rev. Ellis Bishop
and DR.. w. NJ. Paden-Convention
viii Continue For Two Days.

The first meeting of the Salt Lake
county Sunday school convention was
held last evening in the First Presby-
! terrain church. A number of delegates
were in attendance from various
schools in the county and city, and an
interesting programme was carried out
Professor Robert Quay, editor of the
| Church Messenger, presided. The meet
| ing began with a short praise service
| conducted by Professor George III.
| Young. This was followed by a talk
| from the Rev. Ellis Bishop of st. Paul S
church, whose subject was: That
Boy"
Mr.. Bishop spoke of the necessity of
surrounding the boy with proper in
fuences and finding some way to sue
| cessfully govern him. He advised the
teachers to lead and not drive the boy,
and TO treat him as if he had some rea-
son and intelligence. He said that the
boy is cleverer than we think, and that
the best method was to appeal to the
boys reason, and try to win his love.
This method will succeed where all 9TH
ers fail. Even incorrigible boys will
obey a teacher whom they love.
The congregation then sang a song,
led by Professor Young, which was
followed by a duet by Miss Mamie Pes
.tana and II. d. Mcpherson.
Dr.. Paden Talks.
The Rev Dr. Paden delivered a very
interesting and instructive talk on THE
Relations and Responsibilities of Pas
tors to the Sunday School" DR.. Paden
said that he regarded the Sunday school
as the best field that a pastor has. The
pastor is a sort of presiding elder over
the Sunday school, and the teachers are
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a great share of the responsibility is
shifted from the pastor to the class
teachers, and the pastor reaches the
child when he has occasion to, through
the teacher.
He depIored the tendency of teachers
to drop a boy or girl as soon as he or
she had made a confession of faith and
had become a member of the church.
The teacher should continue to be the
class leader and friend of the young
people after they have become members
of the church. The pastors hands
should be free to look after the re-
ligious orphans who are in his dis
trict.
Nominating Committee Named.
At the close of DR. Paden's remarks,
Professor Quay announced the ap-
pointment of Professor Gilliland, Rev.
Ellis Bishop and Miss Emma Baker as
a committee of nominations to name
the officers of the association for the
ensuing year.
w. S. Giesy, Mrs. Arnold and Mrs. NJ.
Grant Majors were appointed to act as
a committee on resolutions.
The convention will hold an after
noon session today at 3 p. m, and ses-
sion tomorrow at p. m.
Mrs. c. G. Plummer and Mrs. Z. f.
Shepard constitute a committee on re-
ception for the convention
w. T. Edingfield and j. e. Jayne are
the committee on invitation and enter
tainment.
The present officers of the County
Sunday School association are: Robert
3. Quay. president; W. T. Eddingfield,
vice president: Mrs. w. 5. Giesy, secre-
tary; F. w. Hills, treasurer, and Mrs.
NJ. Grant Majors, chairman of the eX-
ecutive committee.