The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-06-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

| The annual convention of the Waldo
| County Sunday School Association was
held at the Baptist church in Belfast, Fri
day, June LIST.
| The morning session was opened with a
brief devotional service led by Rev. j. w.
Hatch. which was participated in by Rev.
| d. [. Wilson, Rev. f. S. Philbrook and
others. President I. y. Pearson Of Morrill,
took the chair, and in the absence OF the
| secretary and treasurer, Mrs. II. A.
Porter of Searsport, Mr.. Porter was made
secretary and treasurer pro TEN.
i President Pearson then led the discussion
of the question "Why we have come, a
number of the delegates giving reasons tor
their presence some saying that they were
| in search of practical ideas, others to bene-
| fit by the presence of the State workers, ard
| others to carry back ideas to those at home
who were unable to be present.
| The report of the last meeting held at the
| NJ F. church in Belfast was read by the
| secretary pro ten, and accepted. Mi. For
ter also read the treasurer's report, which
| showed a balance of S1647 on hand. The
| reports from the four newly formed dis
| trcts were called for, instead OF reports
| from individual schools. as formerly. AS
| this method is a new and unfamlllar one :,
| the reports we're not as complete as 1t is
| hoped they will be in the future. The four
districts are the Mt. Waldo District, the
West Waldo District, the Winnecook Dis
trict and the South Waldo District.
ard prnhl nnls
in Sunday School Management was led by
Fl. NJ. Prentss. The boy question, the
question of unprepared lessons, the need OF
more men in the Sunday school teaching
force, all were talked over.
Miss Stock, the State Primary Depart
meut Worker, took up the work of the ele-
mentarv grades, first explaining that this
department has four divisions, the cradle
| roll, the beginners or kindergartnerS, the
urinary and the junior. She made out on
the black board model program for a ses-
sion, explaining, illustrating, asking and
| answering questions as she went on. After
her talk, the convention adjourned to the
vestrv. where dinner was served TO the
visitors by committees from the Belfast
| sunday SCHOOLS
The afternoon session opened at 40 With
praise service, followed by All address of
welcome by Rev. f. S Philbrook, and a
response by Mr.. j. H. tiley of Waldo.
Miss Stock then conducted very helpful
| Primary and Junior conference, answering
many questions bearing upon all four de-
partmentS.
| fa}i n
| NAL talk on teachers training, grading and
the home department. lie considers the
| Question of teachers serious one, and re-
CARDS proper training for the work as es-
sential He strongly recommended teach
| ers' meetings as a means to this end. Grad
| ing he thinks is essential to best results,
and he believes that a teacher should md
his or her place and stay in it, while the
pupils pass on from grade to grade The
| Home Department he also considered an
| important factor in successful SUNDAY
| school work.
brief business session followed Mr.,
! Lufkin's remarks.
| Delegates were present from the Belfast
Baptist, Methodist and Congregational
!
| schools in Searsport and from schools III
Park, Waldo, Morrill,, youngstown and
| Searsmont.
| The committee on the time and place for
the next meeting reported in favor OF Unity,
the time to be left for the executive COM
mittee to arrange
| The report of the nominating committee
was unanimously accepted, and was as TO-
| lows:
President, Dr.. T. \. Pearson, Morrill, !;
vice president, Harry NJ. Prentiss, Belfast ;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Mary Robert
son. Belfast: superintendent primary de-
partment, Mrs. Harry HIN, Searsport !;
superintendent home department, MISS
Beulah Phlbrook, Belfast; executive COM
mttee: Rev. I. T. Williams, SearSport
Mr.. r. A. Porter, Searsport: MI. L. {.
Smart, Waldo Mr.. w. F. Langill, Belfast
Rev +. S. Philbrook, Belfast.
On motion of Deacon White Of Morrill, a
rising vote of thanks was given by the coz
venton to the entertaining schools
The convention then listened to an able
and eloquent address by Rev. Z. +. Morse
| of Morrill,, who spoke feelingiy on the i'm
portance and significance of Decision Day.
Supper was served III the VeStry, though
MANY of the delegates from distance We're
obliged to return before the evening ses-
sion.
The evening session began with a praise
service led by Rev. d. L. Wilson. a solo
by Mrs. +. p Frost, ''Come Unto Me- was
much enjoyed. Rev. Fred Morgan, who
was to have delivered an address, was un
able to be present and President Charles
l.. White of Colby College was introduced
by President Pearson as the speaker of the
evening President White took for his
topic "Preparation for Service and spoke
informally upon the intellectual and spirit
ual preparation necessary for successful
teaching. He said that not only must the
teacher have thorough knowledge of the
lesson under consideration, but he mus
also have a clear vision of Christ. He
spoke at some length on Christ as the per
feet arbitrator between God and man, ant
emphasized the growing need and use o.
the methods of arbitration in the worl(
today, both as regards confints between
, nations and between capital and labor
Character, President White said, is tn,
, thing most desired in the world today, an(
the teacher in the Sunday school has {
great opportunity to assist in the fOrma