Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Problems Met with Discussed by
Teachers and Others.
Speakers from boston Give the Den-
eft Of Their Experience at Insti-
tutc Held in Huntington
Church Tuesday.

Congregational Sunday school teachers
Of Burlington and vicinity. to the number
of about so attended the institute in the
vestry of the College Street Church
Tuesday afternoon and evening, where
problems In the line of their work were
considered by speakers from Boston.
a devotional service. led by the Rev.
c. c. Adams OF Essex Junction at three
O'Clock. opened the institute. "Our Sense
Of Need In Sunday School Work" was
treated by the first speaker. the Rev.
DR.. s. G.. Barnes. acting pastor Of the
First Church Of this city. He emphasized
the need in teachers of a sense of respon-
sbility as shown by faithfulness, prompt
ness and efficiency in work, and of a
| sense Of responsibility as personal ex-
amples to their pupils
! The Rev. Arthur w Bnu.t ..terin-
tendent for northern New En.',oni Of the
CONGREGATIONAL Sunday Schop' society
named as actual Possibilities In the
Schools" a rcverent atmosphere. ade-
quatc valuation of tn" schools on the
part of the people and the church, teach
ers who are trained 20 understand how to
| fulfil their duties. and graded Sunday
schools in which the work is adapted 20
tho ages of the pupils
we don't have a steady harvest Of
now Christians" said he In concluding.
Fifty per cent. of our churches in
Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont re-
port no accessons of new members. But
we can have n steady harvest II we Will
work.
Following informal conferences conduct
ed by Miss Frances Weld Danielson as
sociate editor of the CONGREGATIONAL Sun
day School and Publishing society, and
beginners specialist. upon "The Child
and the School" and by DR.. William
Ewing. missionary secretary upon En-
larginE the Kingdom" Mr. Bailey spoke
again
He said that the same call found in
business and the professions is found
strongly in the churches with reference to
teachers. 1t Is call for teachers who
know how to teach and understand meth
DDS of questioning, illustrating and story
telling; call for teachers who know
characteristics and conditions in various
stages of the individuals development
from infancy to maturity.
There is also call. said he. for men
and women who know their Brides
not simply as books. nor merely nav
ing committed passages to memory.
but who know the spirit and message
of the Bible as whole and in its
many parts, and understand the grail
ual revolution which it records. 1t Is
n call for men and women who know
not simply about God. the theological
definitions of His nature and some o;
the things He has done in the past hut
who know Him through personal ex-
perience. AMI who know His relation
to the life of boys girls and men OF
all ages.
At the evening session. following
supper served in the church building
the Rev. d. H. Strong OF Milton led
a devotional service. Mr.. Bailey then
conducted an open conference on
Tools, Leaks and Music" in the course
of which We're discussed various helps
in Sunday school work, emphasizing
the advantages of a suitable type OF
music, rather than the Inferior type
frequently employed. The leakage in
attendance coming when p't,ils reach
about the 14th year was also taken up.
Miss Danielson gave a talk on story
telling, pointing out the way to learn
to tell stories in an appealing way. and
illustrating by examples of an effect
i've sort So closely did she hold the
attention of the adults present thai
when she finished a story the fall OF
; a pin could have been heard.
'ur denomination in the Nations
Religious Education" was the subject
. of the closing address by Dr. Ewing
tho also showed the contribution OF
' Congregationalism to secular educa-
$ ton, early and late. He emphasized
the place of education in life and the
: place of religion in education, and
pointed out the contribution of the
Congre gational Sunday School society
toward that total work
The Boston speakers will leave to.
day for st, Johnsbury where they will
hold an institute this afternoon anG
evening. October 10 they are sched,sl
ed to appear in Bellows Falls They
have also an appointment at Brattle
: oro the date not yet fixed