The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-10-09

address on THE S. S. Teacher Soul
/ Winner" He said the teacher must
first bring Jesus TO the class; they
must get grasp on the "old book"
That Jesus must look out Of the eye
Y of the teacher, be in the ear, in the in
I dividuality Of the teacher The chill
/ dren and those in all classes should
be made 10 feel their need Of a Savior,
feel their sinking in sin. that it was
/ the duty of every Christian TO press
4 conviction upon all unsayed. The busi-
ness of he S. S. should not be forgot
ten and an effort made to III up the
S. S. with no thought of their saliva
ton. He said that life OF purity is a
/ life OF power" and referred to the ties
timony, I'm trusting in Jesus and
know am blessed" of the untalented
man on the front seat who always gave
/ thesame testimony in a meeting held
| by Mr.. Sturgeon which found its wayto
the heart Of an unsayed man and led
I him to Christ. The teacher, he said,
must live al ife Of prayer: 1st. for self
and I'd for the class, and told Of an
| incident of Mr.. Moody and one of his
| teachers visiting the members Of the
class leading them into the light one
by one, and giving Mr.. Moody such a
burdened heart for souls that he was
ruined for business.
Thursday Evening.
! The evening session was opened by
a song and praise service, led by w. S.
1 Lacey of Oskaloosa- In his remarks
in conducting the service he stated
that the Christian man or woman who
| had never led a soul to Christ had lost
the one great opportunity of their life.
Testimonies were called for and
made on What the Lord has done for
me-" and individual pledges to do
some active Christian work in our re-
spective fields.
7:30-Mrs. Mitchell addressed the
convention then on Better S. S. Work
in General" and as someone remark
ed in comparing the union of the cars
| by the coupling pin, with an S. S.
teachers relation TO the class. Her
address was received and appreciated
! by the hearts Of the hearers.
By the help of the black board she
gave some helpful instruction in out
| line and illustration. By the picture
| of the pig and an illustration of the
prodigals journey she showed how a
| tactful teacher drew out the minds of
a class of boys until they became in
| tensely interested. She advised the
messenger service in the Home De-
partment work, and putting the pupils
at work at various things for the ad-
vancement of the class.
S:00-Mrs. S. c. Terrell then con-
Quoted an open conference on Home
Department work, and questions ask
ed by the audience were answered by
Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Terrell and others
Three little girls from Miss Stout's
S. S. class favored the convention
with a trio entitled, Something to do
in Heaven"
President NJ. Hedge received tele-
gram from ]. F. Hardin, stating that
because the train was an hour and
half late that he could not be present.
Friday Morning-3:3 O'clock.
The service of Friday morning was;
opened by the Quiet Hour" conduct
ed by w. S. Lacey-a very solemn
hour and a touching service. The les
son was Isaiah's Vision, from Isaiah s,
personally applied. Questions Srom
the New Testament were asked and
the answer and the application urged
upon each heart Among the ques-
tions were:
why Stand Ye Idle Here?"
What think We of Christi"
Lowest thou Me?"
What, could ye not watch with me.
one hour?"
What wilt thou that shalt do unto
thee?
The reports of committees were
lutions presented their report, the
resolutions being read by Mrs. Terrell,
and adopted by the convention.
Officers.
The officers elected for the year
were:
M Hedge, President.
C. E. Barnard, Vice President.
Mrs. R. A. Kent, Secretary.
DR.. h. c. Payne, Treasurer.
Rev. j. Willard DeYoe, Secretary
Normal Department. with four as
sistant Secretaries, viz: c. Terrell,
H. H. Morrison, G. H. Bowles and A
A. Hornback.)
Geo. H. Bowles, Secretary H. to H..
Visitation.
Miss Mary Hunt, Secretary Primary
Work.
Executive Committee. A. Baitsell,
U. D. Voorhees,, Mrs. Thos. Thornburg,.
A. o. Martin, T. L. Whitehill, A..
Tandy.
Rev. A. M. Duboc having then ar
rived, addressed the convention upon
the subject of Personal Work" in its
Evangelizing Power in the s. s."
There must be the still hunt" he
said. He referred to instances of per-
sonal work in the Gospel of st. John.
He said that talking Christianity and
not living it was driving people from
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