The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-09
Interesting Gathering Is Held
at Westminster Presby-
terian Church.
PROBLEMS CONNECTED
WITH WORK DISCUSSED
Prominent Men Give Advice as
to the Training of
Pupils.

An interesting session of the Salt Lake
Sunday School association was heid III
the Westminster Presbyterian churc"
Monday evening. Roll call at the com
mcncement of the convention showed
nearly every Sunday school OF the CITY
to be represented. both by the super
ntendent OF the school and seVeral mem mem
bcrs. AS opening hymns the consreEm- Gts.-
ton sang Look and Live, count your
Many Blessings" and 20. That WIZ se
Glory followed by the opening prayer
given by the Rev. Greer Allen toote,
pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian
church.
The main purpose of the convention
was TO discuss Il number OF the PROP
lens connected with sunday school work
The Rev Peter A. Simpkin of the Phil
lips Congregational church discussed inc
question OF "Consecrated Teachers we
need teachers in our Sunday school. shl1
the speaker, "who are yitally interested
In the work, and who handle the work
Of Sunday school teaching not simply
as a means of giving the child tHXI
book kDo wedge Of the Bible. hut who VIII
teach To the child the truth and orlnci-
pies of the life OF Christ. The main pur-
pose OF every teacher should be To prlnS
the child into vital relationship with Cod
through Jesus Christ, with view OF
sending out Into the world generation
of men and women who will carry on
the fight for Christ the same as 1t has
been carried on in past ages
BOY GIODleul OlSCuSSeu
THE Boy Problem. or How to Teach
masterfu way by Frank j Lucas of the
First Baptist church Tho reason why
we fall in the teaching OF the bay. &C :
cording to the views of the speaker Is
because the teachers themselves don {
| live near enough 10 the teachings OF
| Christ Example means more than sim
pie teaching does to any boy, and unless me
! lives un to the teachings that he gives
| TO his students. he cannot expect 10 carry
ano hold his class Of boys. Living right
| ~ from Monday morning TIL saturday
night will do more toward teaching
class OF boys than teaching them rells-
ious doctrines all day on sunday
! Thomas Weir of the First Presbyterian
| church discussed the methods TO be fol-
lowed To Increase attendance at Sunday
school and to keep the pupils interested
in sunday school work during the sum-
| mer months.
Prime Requisite.
Mr. Weir said in the first place il is a
prime requisite that every teacher be
| in his place on Sunday morning before
the beginning of the opening exercises in
| order that he may welcome and scat his
| pupils. Another necessary quality for the
| teacher Is to be personally acquainted
with each OF his pupils and TO know their
home life and environment. In THIS way
| he may he able TO better handle the prob
| lem which each individual presents,
Another feature that Is extremely ne
ceSsary for the teacher to look atter IL
| complete preparation Of class assign
ments so that he can give In a few min
utes the important features OF lesson.
which ii would ordinarily take an hour
| TO give
Perhaps the most important work of
| the meeting was the decision TO diScon
tinue trying TO maintain Sunday, school
| libraries. a committee was appointed 10
select books for the children TO read from
the public library. A catalogue of these
Will be made and furnished to each OF
| the Sunday schools. The committee is
composed Of one member from each OF
the seven Sunday schools in the associa-
J ton and its chairman is the Rev. William
F.. Bulkley.
Following the reading of the papers by
| the speakers. general open discussion
was held in which all members OF the
convention took part Refreshments were
served after the convention.