Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-02-04

wants of the inner man and in pleasant
conversation the convention came together
again at 80 and was opened by singing
and prayer, after which Rev. A. d. Stewart
spoke on the subject, ''The Sunday school
as a training place for the service of
Christ, the church and our country" The
speaker emphasized the Importance Of
making the Sunday school a school in the
best sense of the term and of making the
teaching and training there given effective
in producing good results in the every day
life. He told the story of the old German
who when he had caught some boys, Sab
bath school boys too, throwing stones at
| his dog put to them this question, "Poys,
| is dot vat you learn in Sabbath school?''
showing that outsiders and in fact every
one expects of Sunday school children that
they shall be ladies aud gentlemen and
| shall show every day and everywhere the
| good effects of the training they receive.
Then came an address by Rev. G. L. Story
| in which in his strong, effective way he
spoke of the Importance of sunday school
work, emphasizing in particular the great
| Importance of gaining and holding the
children for Christ in their early years.
He told about being at Sunday school
| convention not great many miles from
here where in the question box was this,
| Chow can we best get the children to
| Christ?' and by way of answering it he
| inquired how many Sunday school teach
ers and officers there were present and
| found there We're over twenty; then he in
| CURED how many of them in the last six
months had made an earnest, honest, low
ing, personal appeal to their scholars to
| give themselves to Christ and asked all
who had to raise their hands and there was
but one hand raised in the house. Then
he said "You have your answer, Bro.
| Story is a very earnest and impressive
| speaker and certainly cannot fail in doing
effective work for the Sunday school cause
! throughout the state. At the close Of his
address a collection was taken amounting
! to S7.69 which Gas the expenses OF the con-
vention had all been paid) was given Mr..
Story to go to help support the state Sun
day school work.
After singing, the closing address was
given by Rev. J. P. Marvin of East Hard
wick. Subject, ''The Home, the Sunday
School and the Church" wherein the
speaker in his peculiarly earnest.and force
full manner made strong plea for more
and better religious training for the chill
dren in the home by the parents. He ar
| raigned church members especially for
| their negligence in this matter and set
| forth in strong terms the results of such
neglect. In answer to the question how
soon can children be taught to love God
and the Savior he said just as early as they
could learn to love their parents. He said
| that there had been a good deal of sport
made of Prov. 22-6, ''Train up child in
the way he should go and when he is old
he will not depart from it, but he believed
it was an absolute fact. He thought when
a child did depart from the right way in
after life there was fault in the training in
some way that accounted for it. Bro.
Marvin's address was well received by the
convention and we were glad that he could
! be with US. After the singing of "COrO-
nation" the benediction was pronounced
| by Rev. l.. o. Sherburn and the convention
! came to a close all seeming to feel that it
! had been day we'll spent and that it had
! been good day for the Sunday school
| cause. Now | would like to make little
plea for more of these town sunday school
conventions to be held in our county. L
!
the county hold these conventions annual
| ly. [ should like to see every town in the
county take up this work. Get your Sun
day school workers together, organize town
association, elect your officers, prepare
program and hold your convention. Rev.
| Story stands ready to help you and you
| will find them, if kept up, great help in
promoting and maintaining an interest in
Sunday school work.
H. w. GILLIs, Pres. T. S. S. Association.
Holland.
Mrs. Cobb of Derby has been visiting at
S. R. Fletcher's.
The Woman's Home Mission society will
meet at S. r. Fletcher's Feb. Z. Come
early and bring your thimbles.
The social at Rev. G. c. McDougals was
well attended and very pleasant evening
enjoyed by all. Proceeds, $3.50.
1t is reported that there is case of scar
let fever in town.-Isaac Hackett is very
sick at the home of his son, William Hack
EFT.
We are sorry to hear of the serious
illness of DR.. G. S. Human at his home in
Charleston. His many friends in Holland
extend their sympathy and hope for his
speedy recovery.-It is very sickIy here,
some one is ill in nearly every family.
Miss Mary Goddard of Manchester, N.
H., who has been visiting relatives here,
returned to her home last Saturday.-Au-
gustus Lowell intends to go to Skinner
Me-, April LIST, where he is engaged to run
planer in Skinner & French's mill for
one year.
IraSburgh.
Mr.. Sheperd's family, with many others