The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-22
Many Papers Read Before
the Institute, and the At
tendance Large. :
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
SHOWED ENTHUSIASM AND
THE SUCCESS OF THE RECENT.
LY ORGANIZED INSTITUTE is
ASSURED.

The sessions of the Pensacola Sun
Gay School Council yesterday were
most interesting, and largely attend.
ed Much interest was shown by
those in attendance and the papers
lead were listened to attentively.
The morning session was well at
tended, and one of the interesting
features was the lecture of VIC.
Mackey on The Home Department"
Miss Kate Conner also read a most
interesting paper on the Primary De-
partment"
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session of the insti-
tute was opened at 4 o'clock with
Rev. f. A. Rogers presiding.
After devotional exercises led by
Rev. Senterfit,. the first topic, Teach
err Training" was presented by Rev.
T. NJ. Galloway who said In part:
I'm the outset will say there are
some things every Sunday School
teacher should know. First, he
should know that he occupies a most
important and responsible position
and one which requires the best of
training and equipment. The world
is calling FOR trained men and those
who are best trained are filing the
important places in business and pro
fessional life while the unframed are
falling to the rear. Should not our
churches keep pace by demanding
trained Sunday school teachers?
mo railroad entrusts fine engine
to an incompetent man. The Sunday
school class is more important, for it
is not a thing Of clay, or wood, or
iron, but deals with human lives and
which other forces are also at work.
A very large part of the responsibility
rests upon the teacher as to the sue
cess or failure of the life committed
to his care.
Second. The teacher should study
| to know the Bible-he Is to teach.
The ideal teacher will not be salts
fed with simply knowing about the
Book or what others have said about
1t, but will seek earnestly for a per-
sonal knowledge Of the Bible as a
whole and in its separate parts.
| "A teacher may be we'll versed in
history, science, literature. philosophy
end all human knowledge, but IL he
is ignorant Of Gods truth as revealed
In His word. his mission as q teacher
will be a failure. But an intellectual
knowledge of the Book is not enough.
The true teacher must have an ex-
perimental knowledge Of the truth
You notice do not say should have
or ought to have, but must have
The Book must not only be in the
head but in the heart.
| Third. The teacher must know
the pupil. There are no two things
in nature exactly alike, SO every per-
son is marked with individuality
The wise teacher will seek to gain a
knowledge of his pupils ignorance Of
his interests, his aims, his ambitions
of his very nature and needs.
Fourth. The teacher should be
trained not only to know what to
teach, and whom he is teaching but
also how to teach. Simply telling
not teaching.
Zone may say the idea is too high.
The cry of the Lord in the Sunday
school is We have incompetent
teachers. What are we to do?.
Lower the standard or seek to ele-
vate the teachers? BY all means the
latter. Let us use what facilities We
have and strain to make those facili-
ties better"
Let us lay greater stress upon
training teachers, upon the teachers
meetings, normal classes, and above
all put ourselves close under the in
struction of the Teacher of Teachers
who said Come, learn of me- for af-
ter all he who has come into true
heart knowledge of the Great Teacher
uyt11 a
blessed in his efforts to make Him
known to Others"
After the paper there was ami
of some further practical means OF
training teachers for the Sunday
school.
It was finally suggested that since
none of the Sunday schools were
quite large enough to conduct a
special department for this purpose
that the various Sunday schools CO
operate with the Y. M. C. A, In con-
| Quoting such class In which male
teachers could be trained for service
in the various churches.
This suggestion was heartily ap-
proved.
An Excellent Paper.
Following this discussion Miss
Emily Morley presented paper upon
THE Graded Sunday School,, which
was in part as follows:
IF the day school should be graded,
SC should the Sunday school. There
are many weighty reasons why the
Sunday school should be at least equal
IL not superior, to the day school in
It's working efficiency. 1t has more
important mission: inasmuch as the
spiritual is more important than the
merely intellectual. One OF the great
est sources of efiiciency in the day