New-York tribune., 1905-08-19
CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS NEWS AND NOTES.
COMaIENCEMENT OF CHURCH FEDERATION PAC4-
TION SCHOOLS-OTHER ITEMS.

The commencement Of the Church Federation
Daily Vacation Bible Schools viii take place
Thursday next. August ~. in the olivet Me-
mortal Church, in 2d-st.. near 2d-avc., at Z
O'clock. when the fourteen schools in Manhattan
and Brooklyn VIII unite in an interesting pro-
gramme
The work OF the industrial department viii
be on exhibition. especially sewing and nam
mock work and in the programme itself there
will be illustrated the effects of trained musical
work for seven weeks on the voices of street
children Exhibitions viii be given of the erect
of first aid and health talks and each exercise
on the programme viii be introduced by bioie
motto There will be an illustration or the
method of teaching the Bible lesson The sing
ing promises to be attractive.
In TO Tuesday of this week the school regis
tratfon has risen TO 3,S31. and for the Whole
feriod I'D TO date the aggregate weekly attend
ance has been ; 0S5. or an average daily at
tendance Of 1.O17. One thing seems thoroughly
established by these schools. and that is that
the children love TO work well to play and
respond in such way TO the work done for
them that in many cases they become helpers
and monitors The system OF self-government
has been widely applied, and has produced some
striking results.
The children love the Bible stories. and when
there is any indication Of restlessness it is al
ways found TO be in the teachers failure to
employ effective objective material. The Lost
Sheep and The Lost Piece of Silver" taught
this week have produced deep impression in
all the schools. And yet these children come
from homes" SO poor and so crowded that the
name home has no attractions. Last week. in
a game in one of the schools. in which group
OF children agreed on a word, sending Of
their number out TO retsn and guess what the
word was the girl chosen failed TO fad any
clue To the word. At last boy. anxious to
help her, said: Think of something that has a
very bad smell. and that YOU want 10 get away
from as quick rs you can" The girl imme-
diately guessed the word house"
Some of these children have great possibili-
ties in them, and they are the moral critics Of
men high in the commercial world A girl
eleven years Of axe said of Bible story that IL
lustratcd the lesson of honesty: That is not so
in the case Of the Equitable Life Insurance Com
pauy."
The conviction Of those who have followed the
Work most closely is that this year is only the
hosinninG of what viii prove to be a great move
mont TO bring the Christian elements of our
colleges into closer contact with the tenement
problems Of NeW-York. While it is true that our
COLLEGES have mission to the tenement dis
tricts II is equally true that the children of the
tenement districts can become the most effective
teachers cf our colleges. The forty-five men and
women employ ed during this summer in this
work have given much: but they frankly confess
that they have received more than they have
given.
Tomorrow at p. m, at the Church of the
J8oiy Communion, the men of the schools will
deliver addresses on the child problem in New
OK. on the invitation of the rector, the Rev.
lDI- AoJtct. The men who to speak are
Harry +. Edmonds, Robert Bochman. jr., Roger
Hull ard Ralph EdgeCombe. The Rev. r. G..
Forill1. The director OF the schools, will assist
IA in arFasa
fsN- Wood X. stewart. who is in charge during
tAe absence of DR.. MOttet. The public is in
flTed 10 attend This service. The choir of the
church has prepared special music