The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
CONVENTION OF EEW HAVEN
 SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

Held Yesterday at Grand Avenue Con-
 gresatIonaI Church-Interesting ses-
 sIons-Features of the Proceedings.
 An excellent Sunday school confer ence was held at the Grand Avenue Congregational church yesterday and about 200 attended. It was a conven- ton of the New Haven Sunday school association. There are about ninety schools in the association and the towns represented were New Haven, North Haven, Bethany, East Haven, Woodbridge, West Haven. Derby. Branford, Sheldon, North Branford, Orange. Hamden. Milford, Mt. Carmel and Cheshire.
 The executive committee of the asso- ciation consists of George S. Denfng, president; Rev. c. o. scoyile, vice pres ident; Frederick M. Ward, secretary treasurer; Rev. Frederic M. Burgess, Charles T. Lincoln, Charles B. stod- dard, John B. Watkins.
 The convention was held according to the programme heretofore published in this paper, and began at 10:30 with a home department rally and address by Mrs. Flora V. stebbins of Fitchburg, Mass, and a conference conducted by that lady. At noon the ladies of the church served lunch.
 The afternoon session was preceded by a devotional service. followed by an address on Practical Methods in the Elementary grades" by Miss Lucy G.. Stock of Springfield. There were also addresses on 1.-The Greatest Institution, on Earth,'' by Mrs. Stebbins and 'Prac- tical Temperance Teaching" by Rev. D. c. Tullar.
 A conference on temperance was con- ducted by MT. Spooner, secretary of the Connecticut Temperance union. He said he was sorry for those who could not teach the temperance lesson four. times "a, year. Why teach temper ancs?" he Inquired.
 Because it is needed was the an swer from one of the conference.
 Yes" he said; everybody needs it-- Sunday school teachers as well as the pupils.
 .'The girls need this teaching as well as the boys. A young woman will go with a young man who drinks, when a young man would not go with a young woman who drinks liquor. Tenn perance is Gods work, and that is why we should teach 1t,
 What should wea teach?" inquired the speaker.
 Total abstinence" came the reply from three all at orles.
 Do you think it better that they should sign the pledgea I believe 1t. I am having calls for pledges ten times as many as one year ago" What else shall we teach ?''
 "The bad influence of the use of to- bacco.''
 "Yes, and abstinence from the use of cigarettes.'' T believe was the only one who stood up and uregd the total abolish ment of cigarettes in this state. The Legislature has a chance to kill the bill, and they will, and they will have an- other chance to kill it two years hence.
 Some states have abolished 1t, and Connecticut ought to sit down in sack cloth and ashes because she tolerates the evil.
 aftrr rasrn,,ss, IA ,ar r,,,ae+ione Mr. 1 Spooner brought out in answers that they should teach the effects of liquor and tobacco, should teach social puri- l ty, reverence for the Sabbath and the house of God. temperance in eating and | drinking, and for the young people to l be at home early at night. At 4:30 there was a primary confer- ence In charge of Miss Edna E. Wilson, | primary superintendent of the Dwight
 Place Sunday school, and a superin- l tendents' and teachers conference on l Practical Grading in Our Sunday I Schools.'' t. Supper was served by the ladies of the church to about $175 people. The evening programme was as follows: l 7:S0, Song service.
 7:45, Scriptures Reading and Prayer, l Rev. w. H. Bawden, Pastor Olivet l Baptist church. 500. Address, The Sunday School,''' Rev. F. F. Stockdale, Pastor of the First Methodist Church, Meriden, | Conn. < $40, Closing Words, Rev. J. ". Sheath, l Pastor of the Grand Avenue Congre- l gational Church.
 | 535ss E55E455 | & 6sATEnoMuANc yrc,nonc