The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-29
A MISSIONARY SERMON
REV. LIGHTFo0T's TALK ON
AID FOR SHUT ms"
Or, BLACKkLL ON A METHOD, or STUDY
Ten Minutes Talks on how 10 luc,e Sc The Eff
cheney If ths tie Sunday School. Mr..
J. H. Wealhers at Blackboard.
Music and Addresses,

Last evening, after a song service Of
half an hour, Rev. w. NJ. Vines, OF eAshe-
vile. read the sixth chapter Of ISAIAH,
and DIR. G. T.. Taylor President of Wake
Forest College, offered prayer. Mr..
Vines then preached the Chantauqua
sermon from the text found in the eighth
verse of the sixth chapter Of Isaiah:
also | heard the voice of the Lord
saying. whom shall send, and who viii
go for us? Then said l. here am / send
me-
Theme: "Isaiah's preparation for ser
vice"
It was quite fine effort. Mr.. Vines
is A yonng-looking nan, and ahounds IN
Illustration in speaking. lsaiah's vision,
he said. was f6urfold. It was: /. \ VI
sion Of God in his majesty and power
and love- >. 4 vision of the prophets
self. 3. 4 vision Of difficulties and fail
ures f. a vision of final success.
IA committee Of twelve citizens Of Shell
by, with Major g. f. Dixon as chair
man. was appointed to wait upon the
.isiness men of the place and see II
concerted movement could be organized
TO close the business houses of the place
from 10 to u a. M, and from to
y. m.
The Chautauqua opened this morning
at 9:3O with half-hour Of worship led
by Rev. i. II. Jordan.
At 10 a. M. Rev. +, NJ. Tightfoot, Of
WaynesviIle. y. q, addressed tho assem-
blk On the .IIofne Department of the
Sunday School. This is a department
for the .'slutsins' those who cant come
to Sunday School because Of Ill health or
home duties Literature is regularly
distributed. collections taken ard les
sons taught-aIl at the home IF the in
dividual 'shut-in" Successful fome de-
partments are run in connection with
the Tabernacle Sunday School and the
First Baptist Sunday School in Raleigh,
and at seyerai other posnfs Throughout
the State. The movement is rapidly
growing and viii. no doubt, soon make
its appearance everywhere.
Mr.. FL A. Wolfsbhn sang as solo Il
Know
1t 1870 DIR. c. r. Blaekall gave
Normal Hour on ~ Method Of Study
illustrated by the lesson OF July 30th.
The progressive steps that he pointed out
We're as follows: / Read the text care
fully, very carefully. ?. Compare the
context and the correlated passages. 3
Mark down fully the points in the lesson.
4. Condense. B. Study. Use helps,
etc G. Apply the lesson, first, to the
teachers own life. them to the lives Of
the pupils. To say this and no more
is to give one about as good an idea Of
what DR. Blackall said as one would
get of beautiful person by looking at
skeleton. The man that said that he
is a whole ChautauQua IN himself didn't
miss the truth very far
Rev. II. Lacy Hoge. Of Concord, nd
dressed the Chautauqua on THE Holy
Spirit in Our Work z
A duet, Not /, But Christ was
beautifully and touchingly rendered By
Miss Rose Rroughton and Mrs. Joe Ii.
Weathers. Of Raleigh
President Broughton offered prayer.
Rev. Jno. +. White pronounced the bene-
diction. and the assembly adjourned un-
til the afternoon.
AT 2:30 p. m, a conference Of Primal
ry Teachers was held at the Baptist
church, presided over by Mr.. Joe H
Weathers. of RaIeigh.
At 3:4J the Chautauqua reassembled
for conference on Sunday School work
in"hN VI ~ tf1 AfAtttAAN tdiAH .S 1D11ONSs
/. How Can We Increase the Attend
ance? by Prof. J. +. Kesler, OF the Bap-
fist Female University.
.. How Shall we Hold the Attention?
BY Prof W. J. Ferrall of WadesbGro.
3. How to Secure Lessen Study? by
Rev. Hight G. Moore, Of NcwbeIn.
4. How to Increase the Offerings? by
Prof. f. Mex. Goodwin, Superintendent
Of the Deaf and Dumb Institution at
Morganton
). How TO Improve the Music? by PORT.
5. 7. Hatton, of Claremont College,
Hickory, N. G.
Prof. f.. Mex. Goodwin then gave, in
sign language. Nearer My God to
Thee, while the orchestra and the great
choir and audience joined III tie music
and the words.
Mr.. Joe Ii. Weathcrs, Of RaIpisa. then
gave a very interesting and hclafal ilii,S-
tration of ''How to Use the Blackboard
for Illustrating lie is perhaps as fine
a chalk-talker as there is in the State.
The attendance at the CIautauaua is
fine and il is Il success. There are per-
haps more visitors here than there were
at this time last year. 1t is not thought.
however. that the meeting will be held
here next year, MS the object II to hold II
IN different sections of the State from
year TO year.