The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-10
Vest RiUer TOWns
TOWNSHEND.
Interesting Meeting OF County Sunday
School Association.

po, Mr. Gushee presided at the meet
inc of the Windham County sunday
school association in the Baptist, chuieh
in Townshend last Wednesday afternoon
and evening. In the afternoon MIS- T.,
4 KENYON discussed in her bright anu
interesting way How TO Conduct good
p,imary Depaftmcnt, Mrs. Park had the
nrahlcm. How 10 Get Along with Class
~ Girls and handled IL effectively max
inc for her four main POINTS, heS'
D Because Young in feeling; ., study hot
only the lesson but the Bible ana other
belns; 4, Prayer, Rev. Mr., Gnshee spoNc
of The method adopted IN the Baptlst sun,
day school here where the collection ior
the first Sunday in each month goes 10
some missionary object and those OF the
other SUNDAYS for the expenses OF ths
school. Mr.. Sudbury of Brookline had
tbc tonic How to Secure Good Teachers
and smoke of the Importance OF studying
Gods word saying that one who was
moi well versed in the Scriptures was no
more fitted to train SUNDAY school
class than a man who knew nothing
obout carpentering to teach the carpen'
ter's trade. Miss Balch added much TO
the interest of the afternoon by conduct
ing question box on How TO Have a
Good Home Department. =
In the evening Rev. Mr.. Martin oil
West Townshend gave very instructive
talk ON How to Interest and hold an
Admit Glass. saving that ii was very I'M
nortont 10 leave the main thought of the
lesson deeply impressed upon the minds
of the class. lie considered it poor policy
10 have the adult class the pastors class
rs tbe pastor is needed elsewhere. How
10 Interest and Hold Young Men was
discussed by the Rev. Daniel Mcintyre
The most important question before the
church is the holding of the boy and so
The Young man. Much depends on the
narents and a great deal upon the leader
Have n business man of large experience
and earnest Christian character to teach
the boys if possible. Let the parents IN,
terest themselves in the Sunday, school
and in leading the young step by STEP
from the Sunday school into the church;,
After Mr.. Mcintyre had finished +.
O. Merrifeld sang solo, The Day Is
Passed and Gone, which was treat to
the audience.
Rev Mr.. Gushee discussed the topic,
How to Interest and Hold Young Ladies
Classes saving: THE best way to in
terest YOUR class is to be interested In
the subject you are teaching. in other
words TO be full of your subject Know
the lives of the young ladies by visiting
their homes for the more You are inter
ested in them the more they will be in
terested in YOU. Then the secret of sue
cess is to have those young ladies in
terested in one another. would not
have teacher stop until those young
ladies were safe in Christ and in the
church. NJ,
In closing, the question How to Make
Christians and Train Them in Sunday
School was discussed by Miss Balch and
Others. Miss Balch impressed the fact
that the Sunday school is not separate
organization but a department of the
church and of Christ and spoke OF De
cision Day as observed in some schools.
One strong point is to get those who
are Christians in the class interested in
those who are not At the restless age
set the young people to work.