Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-11
Sunday School Workers are Gath
cred in the City.
FOUR COUNTIES ARE REPRESENTED
At First Congregational Church Last
s Evening opel:ins Session of District
Meeting of State Sabbath School
Association Opened.
From rucsday,s Daily.


twenty-third district of the Iowa State
The twenty-third district comprises
the counties of Wapello, Davis, Van
Buren and Jefferson and many of the
prominent workers in the Sunday
schools throughout the four counties
are in attendance The institute was
designed as school for the teachers,
that they may profit By the mutual
exchange of views and receive much |
benefit from tire addresses delivered
by the prominent workers in attend |
ance at the institute The movement
is general throughout the state and
it is anticipated general awakening
in the Sunday schools will be the re-
suit.
Mrs. Paddocl. was the first speaker
and she talked in very interesting
manner. illustrating Ter remarks with
the vario',s equipment which she uses
IN teaching the children of the pri-
r,ary grades. She spoke in part as
fellows:
obicee 81 lnstitute.
THE object Of this institute is to
cifnr pans and suggestions which will
r.cve useful to every SCHOOL that
fhese pastors and delegates represent.
T-a'v do not go home and forget all
about it, ] am here to help your Sun
day cth;cl an,i viii hold IS many eX-
ira cesa' crs as you wish viii answer
cs ;any quest;ons az | can. | will
eive Ca Z ecod program for your
e;ass ser. ! "cr't . be OF service to you.
wish We could bring up the standard
" nriTary worl; in iris state. Had
Il Il No ln1
to visit ea@i, priarary teacher in this
nsscc lat on, and yet am very glad of
this opportunity to lay the burden of
tins work Gpon You delegates. for out
OF these children your church will soon
be made, and you want it to be made
of strong material. that you can lean
upon it in your old age And many
stars will be added to your crown in
the new Jei'usaieni.
Givco All to Master.
''The aaIlt WHO is converted gives
but the ragged end Of wasted life
while with q thild, the best and all
there is Of the HE, is given to the
,Taetei God grant that Iot one shall.
be iost These souls are committed
10 Gu care. Their bodies may be
'8.ea' but their souls are as large as
6 .. ri,y. ard they have it to spend
sggncwheIe. among the saints OF glory,
o, III the prison house OF the lost.
II ~ish had time to impress upon
you teachers the Importance of @hiic
study or the real value of visitors IL
the Sunday school, of house 10 house
calling. rot only upon the older ones,
but upon these babies.
Il eff to S,rday School
"Thc institutions that have charge
of the religious training of the chill,
: dien. are the schocl.the family aud the
church. The school is very seriously
handicapped The family is so busy
getting adjusted to the new socia
environment, that it has little or nc
time to give, so the work is left to tbs
church. Unfortunately there are few
theological seminalies that give
course in pedagogy. And the people
in the peWs seem to be 'scary' If th'
minister knows the way to the hear
of the children. and can talk in simple
language and is capable of giving i
lustration. So this training is left a.
most entirely to the Sunday school,
and no department needs more car
and attention than the primary. Tn
yorngsst scholars are the most easi
impressed and they retain the impres
sioas the longest We work to brin
the souls TO Christ and to build Chri:
tian character. Salvation is as FIRE
to child as an adult.
Character Formed in Infancy.
"Haye you ever noticed how muc
is said in both the old and new test
oh obi i'm
arce of early leading them into til
kingdom. Jesus was never 100 busy
give time and thought to these lit
ones. How much care do we gis
them The older people have two Sc
vices and prayer meeting each wee
the poor children have but half hou
The best teacher in the Sunday Scho
should be in the primary departmen
for do you not know that the charact
of the child is formed in the first Sc
en- years of it's life? 1t is in the'
years that the child should be take
in hand and instructed in the word
Cod
Rev. Murchie Talks.
Rev. VIM. Murchie, the state secl
tary OF the normal departments NOV
ment which at present is attractil
wide attention, followed Mrs. Paddoc
The following is his address in par
Definition of Sunday School.
1.-THE Sabbath school may be defin
as department of the church
Christ, building up souls in Christa
sending out workers for Christ. TIL
we see that the school has defini
work to perform although it is not
dependent, yet it has its specific wo
which is part of the church Wol
From Deuteronomy 81 and II we S
that even in the old testament disp'
sation provision was made for Il
kind of teaching. Here we are t.
that all are to be included in Il
school. Gather the men, women a
children together that they may lea
and that they may fear the Lord A
not only are these included but I
stranger also that is within thy gate
1t is a school that is intended for
Here we have true Christian work
its best form and phase. Our opp
tunity as workers in the school
broad. We have the ones to be sa,
nlthe children and the strangers.