The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-17
STAMFORD
A Crowded Meeting-A New DecaI0gue
 for Teachers Do not Kill the Super.
 intendent Working Men Wanted St. Patrick's Celebration.

The chapel Of the Congregational church was crowded on Monday even- ing by Sunday school teachers from this town, Putney, Bridgeport, Milford dress on the '.Decalogue for Sunday School Teachers by Rev MT. Rae, of Hartford, formerly of Toronto. Canada. Elliott w Peck took the chair and said her of teachers who take a live inter est in Sunday school teaching. MT. Rae said he had been many times in StratfOrd. The first engag cement he had in Connecticut came from MT. Peck. He was afraid he might say some things which the teachers had heard before, but he would speak di- rectly to the point. The first conn mandment of the Teachers Decalogue iS-Thou Shalt Have Faith in God This is imperative. said MT. Rae He then told the story of a. missionary out in the wild and woolley west. who had field of action in a valley at the foot of the Rocky Mountains The man was distressed because he had so little success in his work, and was un- able to lift the moral gloom from his field. He went up to the top of one of the mountains one night, sat down on a rock, and surveyed the landscape OCT. All was dark. But by and by the sun began to come up, and one
 by one the peaks turned to silver and the valley below was filled with light
 
 God could lift the moral gloom and he went back to his work full of cour- age. Lay hold on God, said Mr. Rae, let Him take the melancholy out of your soul We are the agents through which He works.
 The second commandment for teach CTS is-Thou Shalt Put First Things First. The primary thing is to be a teacher Do the work well. Be a pro- fesional like the clergyman or the doc tor. There is no work which is com parable to that of teaching a Sunday school. Put your schol first. Let your friend and your enemy go, and be teacher
 The third commandment is:-Thou Shalt Not Caricature Your Profession. Let it be known always and every where that you are a Sunday school teacher. Be genial. Carry as much sail as you have ballast and no more. Try to fill up. the harness. As David liar Um used to sa-1et the teacher fill his collar.''
 The fourth commandment reads Thou shalt remember the days of the Sunday school and be there- You never expect one of a quartette choir to be absent on Sunday. once preached for nine years in a church where the lady organist was a very delicate woman. I never worried for fear she would be absent She was always there. So you do not expect the minister to be absent. If he is he takes care to find some enc to supply his place. One-half of the ills in Con- necticut and the United States would vanish if people could be depended upon They could make the wilder ness blossom like the rose.
 The fifth commandment reads-Thou shalt visit the homes of thy pupils in thy class, and honor the parents of thy pupils. He spoke of parents who did school teacher. Mary, who teaches your class?'' a mother once asked her little girl. A visiting pastor. said MT. Rae makes a full church. Not to go to the homes of ones pupils is to neg lect a great opportunity. Consecrate your own home to the pupils of your class.~ A story was then told of a wealthy Inanufa cturer he might have to come to his house and take tea with him. one of his employees. The after effects of such interest and kindness proved very beneficial for the boy and
 The sixth commandment is-Thou shalt not kill the superintendent. Some l of them are tough enough, said MT Rae. But sometimes teachers kill them. They make it hard for him. l Be loyal to the superintendent and he will live long.
 Seventh commandment-Th shalt | Tot kill thy class by indifference, by | and by being late. Bring | est.
 Eighth-Thou shalt live a, white life. | As the negro said of Livingston after | he was dead-He was a white man 1 clear through. All tea ching is the in ,luence of life on life.
 Ninth-Thou shalt not teach from | he lesson helps. Prepare your own | essons Be original. Walk on your ,wE legs, and do not go with crutches. It isn't morally right to steal from | some other persons brains.
 The other commandments were-Thou halt not make excuses; and thou shalt | thy profession by getting a broader outlook. and getting away rom ones little point of view. Alto sether the audience was both instruct I'd and amused.
 Stanley Gates goes ito New York to- lay. While there he will take in the opera.
 Mrs. Commodore Schofield, who is 'topping in town with Mrs. Frank Sammis, will sail in two weeks for St. Petersburg, Russia. She goes with the who is interested in the ale and manufacture of the Lake tor ,edo boats.
 A number of shops in town are be-