Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-05-16
sUNDAY sOHoo1 ooNvHnr1oN
ConIInned Irom Id. naae-

ard Rev. smead.
Committee on next place Of meet
ing. Rev. G. 1. Weldner and MIR.
Fletcher
COMMITTEES on resolutions, Rev.
Greenieaf and Mr.. Myers.
TIE afternoon session was o,ened
by the president and Rev. Greenieaf
Of Dinsman's Ferry conducted the
devotional services basel on Matt,
IS ;l-2O. After the devotional exer.
cises the nomination committee re.
ported as follows and the report
was adopted as made For presi-
dent for the ensuing year the Rev.
E. III Smead Tor vice president
the Rev o. J. shoop for secretary
Miss Lille Van Tassell for treas
urer Mr.. William Angle for sup.
erintsndent Of the primary depart
ment Miss Huldah Bull for super
intendent of the normal department
Miss Helen Olmsted for superin-
tendent of the home department
Rev. G. l. weidner. These will
therefore be the officers for the com
ing year.
The committee reported Ding
mans Ferry as the next place of
meeting and this report was also
adopted
Mrs. Barnes, who was with us at
this session, gave a most instructive
discussion on Lesson Construo-
ton" She laid down the three
laws Of lesson preparation as fol-
lows; The impression made upon
the child 8 mind by the truth taught
must lead to an expression of it in
their lives or the lesson is a failure.
Secondly, the abstract lesson truth
must be changed into the concrete
form before it can be taught with
eifecti veness and success. Then
she classified all lessons as 60 their
form as story, abstract and warning
lessons. The warning lessons are
found in story and abstract forms
and hence she deduced her third
law from the two preceding ones
as just given.
Mrs. Barnes charming PERSONAL
ity and methods of work endeared
her TO all her audience and we
wished she might have taken the
entire afternoon. We do not won
der at her power over children since
we have felt IL over ourselves
grown up, but children nevorthe.
less.
Mr. Hainer discussed the import
ant theme of wMore and Better
Teachers and How to Obtain
Them" Pray for them. "Pray
the Lord Of the harvest that He
send forth laborers into His har.
vest. Then train them by means
of the normal classes, etc. Finally
let them feel what an honor It is TO
teach and there will be no difficulty.
The evening session was held in
the Methodist church. There was a
large congregation which listened
attentiveiy for one whole hour to
Mr., Hainer's address on "The
Twentieth Century Sabbath
School. " He believed we are only
playing at school now. This will
be changed in tho near future. We
will call It a Bible school because
the Bible will be the only text book
and it will be studied with all the
precision that college OF univer.
sity gives to the best secular litera-
ture. The teachers will be learned
and trained for their work. May
that time soon come. By this we
do not mean TO cast any reflection
on the Sabbath school teacher of
the present. They are conscientious
and faithful and as a rule they know
their Bibles very we'll. But we
need better resources for prepara.
tion and more improved methods of
work. Il is coming and we will
probably all see something of it.
The committee on resolutions
gave the following report;
''We are grateful to the kind
Heavenly Father for giving us so
pleasant a day for our convention. !
We appreciate the kindness Of the
people OF Milford for their kind hos.
pitality, and to all those who have
labored to make the day a success
We appreciate the effort put forth |
by Mr.. Hainer and Mrs. Barnes to
visit US and give US the benefit Of
their wisdom aud inspiration.
Therefore be it resolved,
First, That we express our thanks
to the officials Of the churches to
which we have been admitted tor
day.
Second, That we express our ap-
probation for the efficient service
Of the committee on entertainment,
Third, That We express our sin.
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