Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-10-26

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"rhese factors must 10 taken into ac-
count in dealing with children in tho
Sunday school. We arc commanded to
go forth and SOW seed We must ohey.
the command but we are to obey IL
with understanding and with judgment.
You would not SOW grain In n sandpilc
and expect to reap unless YOU supplied
| the elements necessary to vegetable
growth. Eut when you sow in rich soil.
you expect the earth 10 bring for n
grain
And so II Is with children. Their mind,
are like the soil. There is rich soil and
soil that Is not rich. Tho lessons YOU try
TO teach must be taught with the cana
cities of your pupils ever in mind. With
some "hil ircn. who grasp ideas readily.
th"r" Is little trouble. With others. there
must he constant cultivation"
y conference Of the adult division fol-
lowed at $50 in the Baptist Church. tho
elementary division meeting at the sam.
TIME in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
MODEL GRADED UNION MEETING
In the afternoon. beginning at four
'io'N' model graded union meeting
was held in the Methodist EpisconaI
Ch'rch parlorS under the direction of
Mrs. {. ;. Cornell Of Morrisvile. The
attendance was large, every seat being
occupied
A lecture on The Value and Method of
Missionary Instruction in the Elernen-
taiE Grades by the Rev A. e Ier.,
was listened to with rapt attention. Mir.
LegC dealt with the psychological s,d,
of teaching, and referred occasionally to
Professor 81. Johns. formerly with p~
Stanley Hail in Clark University. as MI
thority
Professor St Johns. the s1,eakor enid
had given much study as to what ebould
Zoe taught the child of a certain aee tbe
study being from a nuro nSvcboIoai..
standpoint and not from a roltaious vlev-
point. lie 'ad given M his work IA,
Clark University for what ne termed trc
most Important work. oC all -o,ioror
For tho pupils ranging from three ,o
eight years I'm ace. he advised nature les
sons. kindere. rten work. and stories iron,
the Bible. children from eigb, ia - NV,
IL wears Of age .nould nernorizo vorsa and
be- taught stories from the n,iss,ono,.,,
neld
Tho sneal,o, said that ho -ooro.+o, ,h
there yrera ma, ,,or, .,o,.I... ,rn,,,
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p'l,'.'7 '''''''l''''"' WIN n'sn pr""
val 'f'H' """" HeIP 10 give
'''''''' W '"' N""""' O'tter ana
u'' " h'fleSe boys. At present
,"'H '''"H o' mem as low ana degraded
an" beyond nope as tar as Christianity Is
o ,,,.
10 Instruct the child in proctica, ralio5n,
such ay aiding tho n1othcr Tho satbsr
sister ana brother. Talking ia children
about being good is all tight" he said
"uW teaching them how 10 he good Is
uuoh better"
Mr.. I.egg declared that children the
world over We're the same The little BOYS
in china have their mother goose rhymes
ami fairy tales that are practically
.denticnl with those known by American
and European children Environment
ana teaching is what makes them different
as adults
The lecture was followed by sectional
work under tho supervision of Mrs tt T.,