The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-10
S. S. INSPIRATION.
Teachers Continued to Be
Taught Last Night at
Parmly Memorial
Mr.. HOYT GIVES FACTS
Tells the Assembly Not to
Despise the Jew Because
of His Importance.

Teachers continued to be taught last
evening at the second session of the Hud-
son County Sunday School Association,
held in Parmly Memorial Baptist Church.
AS early as half-past seven there were
three different sectional meetings, all
going on at once, and 10 as No. !,
which met in the primary room, for prim-
AIRY and Junior teachers; No. 2. which met
in the Sunday School room, for teachers
and Bible students, and No. 3, which met
in the Bible Glass room, for pastors, su-
pe~rintendents. normal scholars and
teachers and all interested in advanced
Sunday School work.
ALI these sectional programmes were
very interesting. No. / consisted of a
talk on Bible Lessons for Beginners"
by Mrs. e. Hicks; Lesson Construction
and Supplemental Work. by Mrs. G. E.
Backus, followed by a general discussion.
No. 2 consisted of 1.-THE Laws of
Teaching" by the Rev. E. Morris Fer
gussen. and Qualification of Teachers
and How Obtained" by the Rev. G. R.
Garretson, followed by the usual discus
s.s.-.
No. 8 consisted of a very interesting
talk on why Have Normal Work and
How by Professor w. E. Drake; an
other on THE Definition of the Sunday
school, by the Rev. T. J. Kommers,
and a third on The Organization of the
Sunday-school,' by Mr. ]. v. Foster.
All these sessions closed promptly at
half past eight and the teachers adjourn
ed to the audience room, where the Rev.
Wayland Hoyt, of Philadelphia, made
the address of the evening on The Fact
of Inspiration The audience last even
ing was much better than on Monday
night, and the programme quite as in
teresting, though not as varied. The
meeting opened at a quarter past eight,
with the usual devotional exercises and
music by the Parmly Church choir. The
Rev. H. c. Cronin was in the chair, and
after about twenty minutes of praise SER
vice introduced the speaker.
Mr.. Hoyt spoke of the hopeful sign of
the times in that so many people were
willing to devote so great a proportion
of their time to the Sabbath-school work.
He spoke of the meaning of the word
inspiration in It's application to the Bible
as God breathed' and proceeded to give
a number of reasons why this inspiration
shoulu be believed in and accepted by
humanity. The Bible,'' said he, claims
for itself inspiration because of its singu-
lar matter. 1t is not a book of this world
though it is a book for this world. Its
thoughts come from man untouched by
Cod
w should believe in this claim of the
Bible, that it is God breathed, because Of
the method of its history, wherein God is
the factor. We should believe in this
claim because we hear continually
throughout its chapters, as it were, a
mysterious voice encouraging, threaten
ing and inspiring men. We should believe
in the claim of the Bible that it is Got
breathed because of its prophecy"
As an example of this last the speaker
mentioned the Jewish nation, saying, "De
not turn up your nose at the Jew, he is
too important a parsonage. Who are you:
You may be the Sons or Daughters of the
Revolutions, but you can seldom gei
farther back than that. You are a con.
| glomerate result" He then went on te
speak of the persecution of the Jews
They are everywhere despised and spii
upon said he, sand yet they are not de
molished. God is preserving them fol
some great purpose. If you ever doubi
the fact Of a Divine controlling power
look at the Jew. 1t is surprising what the
Jews have accomplished despite oppo-
sition. Here they are today precisely
what the prophecy said they would be
one thousand years ago. This should
| teach is two facts: first, the existence Of
| a Divine controlling power, and second
that the Bible is God breathed.
| w should believe that the Bible is
| God breathed because of the results OF
the ruiz of the book AS an example Oh
this the speaker gave the condition OF
Spain, saying that had she opened hel
| gates to the ,Bible instead of closing
them she would not AVE been where she
is today, a ruined nation. DO you sup
| pose said he, ssif Spain had accepted
| the Bible Dewey could have don that?'
Here the speaker snapped his hands te
| illustrate the cannonade.)
At the conclusion of this address the
| choir rendered an anthem while the col
lection plates were passed, the benediction
pronounced and the meeting adjourned
until tonight, when the Rev. Wayiand
Hoyt Will again address the assembly on
1.-THE Method OF Inspiration"