The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-08
CLOSE OF INSTITUTE
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS AS To
 SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
Interesting Addresses by Miss nes- nedy, Mir. Durr. MT. Davids0ns
 Mir. Seay and Judge Joseph Carthel

School Teachers Institute was neid III the Central Presbyterian Church a' s:so o'clock yesterday Afternoon. Rev. c. A. stakeiy. 5. D., pastor of , the ia e First Baptist Church: After Teaar.S r.nS the nineteenth Psalm he said tna' ;o E two haa revealed himself nns dt Nstu9s s1 9 and m the other the Book of Revelation. at and glorious as Is the first DOCK. IL yol needs to be supplemen2sedd en2seddeISyt,sns py sne We We could learn comparatively little of God God If we were dependent solely on Natu,re N,y to reveal Him to us, said Dr., Sthing about ut salvation. but this is the chief theme of the Book of Revelation, the Bible. Not only this, but Lns niud,e nade contains s3b1ss SinS eomPete eanaot be :onnd the Book of Nature. Sooro.
 Miss Kennedy, State Primary ScS SeerSS- tssa se sgS1e spia t6at Sn there Were
 tain underlying principles which we must bear In mind when we eeaen ta young children. One of these sntrai IS trs thought or truth which binds the les. sons of the.Fquarter together m Utis chain. Some one simple truth shoulo be selected and every lesson of the quarter connected with that in some way. In doing this. however, we must bear in mind the fact that the chiro dr under wears or dSe tdhhOt o'NSt stand symbolic language; figures t os speech, allegories, etc. ThereIore. we should take the lessons which are o1 that nature and seek to unders.ano ,or ourselves the truth that 1t contains, and then translate that truth 'hlo l"e experience of children.
 Another principle, said Miss Ken nedy, which underlies the best primary work is that emphasis should De lald upon the positive rather than the neg : alive. upon the good rather than upon VIZ ,la a the use of words. Children so readily misunderstood us when we use words with which they are not familiar
 principal methods of teaching to be
 used Tn the Primary DepartmsntNte ing the Bible story, using the black board, and accurate. wesi-cnosen pic- of impressing any truth or principle oI conduct upon the child's mind, sne said, was by the telling of a Blhle story which incarnated that truth. As an example of how the symbolic les sons from the Bible might be taught Miss Kennedy outlined lesson plan 'SThe Vine and the Branches John
 John " Dur. Jr, spOkfi psi,,Op on s1ms %Tns practical suggestions as to the purposs and conduct of such a class. He said that the class should study he lesson one week in advance of the rest of the
 
 without a teacher on Sunday morning. the Superintendent could draw some one from this class to act as a supstl- tute for that day. He said that 1t was best for the class to have room to It, selFs where it would not be disturbed by others. It Is not wise to invite strangers and visitors to attend thus
 After MT Durr closed. the subject was thrown open for general discus sion. w B. Davidson, one of Mont; cnUnarU'z nrarfiCal Sunday School workers, outlined a plan which he had seen in operation in another sunday School; By, thls plan. the superintend- | ent selected twenty scholars from diff ferent classes in the school, divided them into four courses of i've each. each course" or set being assigned substitutes that day. if needed. In | this way. no one was called on oftener as a substitute or supply teacher was not inteffered with in his regular class studies. The Superintendent of this pected to be absent. to notify him dur | ing the week. so that he would have opportunity to select substitute, Park Methodist Cfnrch. then made a very interesting and helpful talk on the subject of Training, Glasses Io, that there was a time in the history oi our secular education as well as in | Sunday School work. when there was mucn truth in the saying, by one of the In the world who held the book" This period is passing away. and we are coming to an age of trained Sunday sSGhoOi teachers The Ter teacher or Tho ii sWkat we teach? (The Bible How % to reaeh?S' iMethods of Work.1
 We must have our teachers SC trained said MT. Seay, that instead of simply cramming themselves with facts from their lesson helps. which they attempt to pour into the child their lessons will bear the impress oi their own brain and heart"
 l To properly equip the Sunday Schoo of the future, he said, we must now choose from among the most promis.