The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-02
SUNDAY-SCH0OLS
DISCUSSED BY INTERNATIONAL sun,
DAy-sCHoOL WORKERS.
TWO MEETINGS IN SAVANNAH.
THE ONE AT NIGHT LARGELY At
TENDED.

Hc,. b. W. SpilImnn spoke of "what
Il Sunday-schoOl Teacher should
Nnow'-Mr. Lawrence of Sunday
school Management" and Mrs.
TAMIL of primary Work"-Mr.
uamiu Too Ill to Take Part-Mr.
T.. o., Excel Conducted the Music.
Mr.. Lawrence Also Addressed a
Meeting of COIOred People.
The members of the international Sun
dsv-school Work Association conducted
.oo meetings in Savannah yesterday, at
wesley Monumental Church. Those that
,o,k part in the meetings were Mr.. Ma
ryn Lawrence, general secretary of the
1nternational Conventions; Rev. r. W.
snillman, field secretary of the Baptist
State Convention Of North Carolina; Mrs.
H. NJ. Hamill. specialist in primary
work, and Mr.. e. o. Excel who conducts
che singing.
The first meeting, which was held in
the afternoon, was rather poorly attend
cI. 1t was opened by number OF songs
conducted by Mr.. Excel, and then, after
a PRAYER by Rev. Robert Van Deventer,
d0uE6SSeQ Dy INcN. ID. W. Opllillldi Ol
the subject of the preparation necessary
to become a successful Sunday-school
teacher He took for granted, he said, a
certain mental and spiritual preparation
apart from what had to do with the les
son proper but in addition to the posses
sion Of these qualities the teacher ought,
he said, to know the Bible as a whole.
He ought to know something of the
authors OF his books, something of the
looks themselves. and the general sweep
of history from the dawn of civilization
in Asia to the time that John returned
from the isle of Patmos. He ought to know
The exact position in chronological Sc
ouence that the books occupy and what
each of them teaches. Besides Bible
geography, which should be carefully
studied he should know also much of con-
temporary history, and as far as possible,
should familiarize himself with the man
ners and customs of the people of whom
the Bible treats.
Not only should he get the facts of the
,esson to be taught firmly implanted in
his mind but also should know the facts
about the lesson; Its connection with
other scenes, and its setting with regard
20 time, place and people"
Mr. Hamll was to have spoken, but
was sick, and so his place was taken
by Mr.. Marion Lawrence, who discussed
Sunday-school management. This he did
Ivy distributing among the congregation
slips containing a number of questions
pertaining to the subject of this talk,
and then. answering such of them as
we're asked by any member of the gather
ing
The evening meeting was much better
attended, in fact, it was splendidly at
tended, not only the main auditorium of
the church being filled, but the galleries
beside. This meeting, also, was begun
with the singing of a number of songs by
the congregation. and about twenty OF
the members of the different church
chors, conducted by Mr.. Excel.
The work of the primary department
was discussed by Mrs. Hamil, who made
a very interesting address. She illustrat-
ed and elucidated her points by means of
anecdotes and citations from personal ex-
perience.s ITO be a successful teacher of
children. she said, necessitated on the
part of the teacher a knowledge OF the
Lord, a knowledge of the Bible, and
a knowledge of the child nature.
She impressed upon her hearers the
value of telling children Bible stories,
and also of illustrating the lesson. In
her work she said she used the black
board for this purpose and heartily rec
commended it to others. In teaching the
said. the saying holds good, THAT
teacher plus a piece of chalk is equal to
TWO teachers"
Further she said that teaching the pri-
mary department of a Sunday-school
means a great deal of hard work, but
that she would discourage from it those
that thought the work easy.
Mr.. Lawrence spoke on the Power and
Improvement of the Sunday-school." He
quoted sayings in favor of Sunday-schools
from jay, Washington, Jefferson and
Bright; said that the Sunday-schools of
more good than all the laws of the land.
Also he gave some interesting statistics
relative to the sale of the Bible. He said
lar novel. one might take the sales of the
five most popular of them for any one
year, and they would equal the sale of
the Bible only when multiplied by four.
As showing the value of the Sunday
schools in their relation to the church.
he said that of every 100 persons that
Joined the church ,eighty-three were mem
bers of the Sunday-school, and that of all
The members added to the Church in Eng
land and Wales five-sixths of them had
come to the altar through the Sunday
schools
Before his address at Wesley, Mr. Law
renee had addressed a meeting of colored
people. which had been arranged for by
Rev. L. 3. Maxwell
me members of the party Of workers
Viii so from Savannah to Jacksonville,
"here March 30, they- Will be in attend
ance on the Florida State Convention.