Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26


early, and the first influence comes before the
decision. We are often surprised at the depth
of thought in a child, and it is important that
the early thought of the child be guided Alright.
The speaker then gave as illustration the
story of little child taken from an orphanage.
whose cradle roll certificate had on it the verses
of that beautiful hymn beginning II think when
I read that sweet story of old, how, when Jesus
was here among men, he took little children like
lambs to the fold L should like to have been with
him then" Her understanding of the meaning
of the hymn proved how great had been its in
iuence upon her. So the Superintendent OF the
Cradle Roll department sends out not only GER
tificates of membership, but birthday CARDS,
Christmas and Easter Greetings, and these are
valued by the children and help to form their
character. and interests them in the Sunday
School, and often before they are old enough to
attend we find them wanting to go to the Sun
day School.
A second reason is for the sake of her parents
Parents are influenced by the interest taken in
their children, and often not only is way pro-
yided by which the minister can come into touch
with the home, but the parents are led to attend
the Sunday School. And if the little ones are
taken by death from the home 1t is great COM
fort to the parents to know that they had been
connected with the church in this way. Rev.
| Irwin gave his own experience just along this
| line ofthought.
The third reason is that it strengthens the Sun
| day school. BY what is known as the follow up
| system" the Cradle Roll Superintendent visits
| the home and the Primary Department Super
intendent visits the home and the minister visits
! the home, and the little ones are persuaded to
| become regular attendants at Sunday School as
! soon as they are three years old and the parents
| coming with them are taken into classes and
thus the cradle roll department becomes mis-
! sionery agency for the Sunday School
The fourth reason is that it strengthens the
| church. After Sunday School. attendance comes
! church membership. The pastor is kept in touch
with the facts of the child life
The fifth reason is that it helps the pastor IN
| all his work.
| An effort was then made to get the Sunday
| Schools that had no Cradle Roll to pledge that
| one would be started at once.
Rev. Bennett pronounced the benediction.
AFTERNOON SESSION, 200 p. NJ.
Rev n. e. Cleaver led the devotional services
Rev. Allen announced the first speaker, Rev
| Johnston to speak upon Normal Glass Work
! in the Sunday Schools. He said that there were
but two Sunday Schools in the county which
| have Normal Glasses, the First Methodist and
the Presbyterian in Emporium. He then gave q
synopsis of the work done in the Nor
NAL Glasses, including Old Testament
ana New Testament History, Bible Geography
Bible Institutions History of Sunday Schools
Qualifications for teaching and a Study ofChilt
Nature After examination in these subjects
state diploma is given And the work is further
pursued by what is known as seal courses, five il
Al. A.
pursued seals are given and added to thu
diploma.
An urgent appeal was made that each sunda,
school should have a Normal training class.
The second speaker of the afternoon was Rev
Nelson Bennett pastor of the Free Methods
church, who spoke upon the subject, "How cal
the home help the Sunday School," He salt
that if the home would do its whole duty ther
would be little need of the Sunday School. Blu
as the Sunday School exists, the home can be
very great help to the Sunday School by instill
ing in the children the principles of order. l
all our homes were homes of perfect order
would be a miracle for the Sunday Schools. An
every home can exert Christian influence t.
such an extent that when child comes into tn
church it will feel that it IS in the house of God
too many children do not reverence Gods house
supplemented by the practice of the parents
And the question of holding grown up childre
to the Sunday school will be settled when pan
ents no longer send their children to Sunda
school but take them Grown up young peopl
stay away because their parents stay away fror
Sunday school. Like parents, like children
And the instruction of the Sunday school in tn
bible should be supplemented in the homC
Then the objection 10 the international Syster
of Lessons as being topical, will be removed, an
brought out and the bible as a whole will b
learned. And the character of the child will b
moulded in the home. And parents should kee
track of what their children do in the Sunda
school. Then it will be an easy matter to teac
in the Sunday school. If all these things wer
done in the home it would be blessed victor
, for the Sunday School.
Rev. Robertson Rector ofthe Protestant Epi
copal church in Emporium then introduced
and spoke upon Education and Religion
; the Sunday School," Both enter into the yer
essence of the Sunday School, The Sunda
School does not occupy the whole sphere of thes
fields, but each has its realm in Sunday SchoC
work. So that the sphere of religion will mpal
the best educational methods, and education wi
, | be animated by religious aim. Public schot
education in fact is not wholly secular but is an
, mated by the spirit of the teacher which shoul
be noble as to character and christian as to air