The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-06
MEETING DRAWS
BIG AUDIENCE
Much Interest IN Sunday
School Work.
ADDRESSES ARE INTERESTING
d.. and Mrs. HamiIl Speak Of
Teachers Art and Duty.
seae vsiuasie Lessons On Training
ana Edscating Chndre. I'm the
Aajusets to regular Churches
Series VIII Come to Close
sunday Afternoon.

Friday evenings session of the
course of instruction being given those
interested in Sunday school work in
MONTGOMERY by the Montgomery An
nual Sunday School Institute under the
auspices of the City Sunday School As
sociation. was devoted TO discussion
Of Studies In Mathew" and Teaching
the Sunday school," subjects handled
by DIR. Hammiii. and 1.-THE Child and
the Lesson" discussed by Mrs. Hamill
DR.. Hamill talked at length of Christ
as q worker of miracles, using the
miracles told Of BY Mathew. princi-
paily as his illustrations Of the power
and methods OF Christ.
1t was shown that the miracles of
Christ touched every phase OF nature
being confined not TO the cure of dis
ease nor to the raising of the dead,
but that even inorganic life became
more than once the medium through
which Christ made plain his divine
power.
Discussing the second subject.
Teaching the Sunday School," DIR.
Hamtll said: THE Sunday-school and
the teacher of II and their relation
ship can best be illustrated by means
OF figure showing an arrow drawn
In q bow and the arrow aimed at a
heart--the chiid's heart. The teacher
Is the string of the bow. the arrow
Is the lesson to be taught and the
target aimed at IL the heart OF the
Sunday school pupil.
AN arrow. 10 properly do it's work.
must be 30 constructed that 1t will go
true to the target aimed at. and 1t
must be barbed so II cannot fall out
or be pulled out. It Is Just so with
the Sunday school lesson. The feath-
AZ NJ tlsH a. he ma Of
the teacher. They are; "A better and
broader knowledge Of the Bible. bet
ter and broader knowledge of the
child you are to teach. correct knowl-
edge OF the school you are teaching.
and then you must know the church
of your Sunday school.
1T think thirty minutes long enough
to devote to the teaching Of Sunday
school lesson. and the most important
thing about getting ready Is TO be
on time. II the teacher arrives late
he can never during that lesson catch
up with the spirit of the days work.
There must be cordial greeting
for all present. II you come before
your class out of sorts and scowiing
your class quite naturally viii be re-
PEELED ana you can expect nothing else
and when you get this result blame
not your pupils. but yourself.
Comfortable surroundings are abso-
iutely necessary. 70 the proper scendtict
teacher must not sit at ons end OF q
long bench vita his pupils strung
along its length and then expect "a
retain their attention or interest in
any satisfactory degree. 1t Is simply
impossible Have your class about
you so that all can see you and your
eyes can look into the eyes OF every
member OF your class at nlI times.
Then the lesson must be thoroughly
prepared before nand SO that the book
IL not needed. have seen the. teach
err and even the preacher get up with
q book or manuscript before his face
and delude himself into believing he
held the attention of his hearers. II
Is delusion. Let me beg of you not
to make this mistake.
1.-THE class should be tested contin-
uously throughout lesson. Test each
member to see IL you have held his
attention as well as to discover IL ne
has absorbed what was meant for him
to get.
II make it point to test every au-
dience that Is before me at times dur.
ing the evening. The audience may
not be aware that I am testing 1t, but
I am just the same.
Spoke ut Toxic.
81 was once requested to address the
students OF great college In Toxic
Japan. When the invitation was ex'
tended to me. objected because
knew no Japanese. The old professor
told me to speak in English. declaring
his students knew English perfectly
After had spoken fifteen minutes be-
came doubtful of the comprehension Of
my hearers. I tested them by making
a few remarks not very complimentary
to their country. The scrowls that in
stantly covered the faces OF those be-
fore me made It plain that l was be
ing understood, and that / was be.
ing attentiveIy listened to-"
DIR. Hamill took large nail from
his table and held 1t UP for all to see
He said: This nail represents a les
son to be taught point ii where II
"a to- be driven. that Is preparing the