The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-11-05

mediate department. Both boys ana
girls should be trained for the work.
All should continue their regular
Bible study at the same time while
they are taking the training course.
Those who are to do primary work
should learn storytelling, and TO a
certain extent this gift should be
cultivated by all The junior grade
teacher should learn hand work. All
should study the psychology of child
hood. AS IA rule it is not best TO
have union classes, as better work
can be done by working under de-
nomnational leaders. The last ten
years have seen large develop
ment in grading Sunday schools and
in organizing classes. But in spite
of all the progress that has been
made every denomination in Ameri-
ca is facing a decline. Our Sunday
school enrolment is now eighteen
millions; and there are siXty-four
seminaries and colleges that have
courses in religious education. but
some OF these give no attention to
Sunday School work The depart
ment for religious instruction in any
school or college is always their best
money-getter.
Tuesday evening the second day
of the convention, was given up to
+1,, rhe,-vonoo Of tho tn1ct auniyor-
sary of the founding of the Vermont
Bible society. Dr. w. A. Dawson
presided The first speaker was
Miss Grace Brooks, who has been a
colporteur for this society but is
now in the employ of the State Sun
day School Association and is doing
the same kind of work. She gave a
very interesting talk on Home Wis
itation," telling of he, visits to many
homes where the people are without
Bibles and do not attend religious
services. She said that there are
1900 protestant children in ser
mont at the present time who are
outside the Sunday schools and are
not receiving any instruction in the
Bible. In homes where they have no
Bible the visitor always leaves one.
If the people are able to pay for It
the book Is sold at cost, but in any
case it is left.
The next speaker was DR.. Hamill
who gave an interesting address. his
subject being THE Bible and the
Common People" He quoted Lin
coin as saying that God must have
loved the common people since He
made so many of them. DR.. Hamill
spoke of the culture both intellectu-
al and spiritual that comes as a re-
ward to the student of the Bible and
urged upon his hearers the value OF
systematic and regular study CT the
Book. Following DR.. Hlamills ad.
dress was memorial service III
honor of the late Or. a. l.. Cooper,
in which several ministers partieipa-
ted and one o, two hymns were sung
by the congregation.
The meeting held Wednesday
morning brought the convention to
close. DR.. Hamill gave an al.
dress on THE Modern Sunday
School aud Or. McElfresh spoke for
the last time on What the Sunday
School World is Doing" After this
the Lords Day League Of New Hamp
shire and Vermont had charge of the
meeting for half hour. This was
followed by an open parliament for
summarizing results and girding for
the work e the coming year. Among
The resolutions that were adopted !
wish to quote the following as be-
ing of interest to all who are inter
ested in the welfare of the children
OF our state:
Resolved. That the Association en-.
dorses the attitude of the Congrega-
tional and Baptist State bodies at ST
Johnsbury and Poutney assembled
as expressed in resolutions passed by
those bodies, favoiing and recon.
mending the establishment of the
state home for the homeless children
of Vermont to be operated and main
tanned as a state institution.
Resolved, Being concerned OF the
need of a place where the physical
can be developed. as well as the
mental and spiritual, in the boys Of
the state Vermont Industrial school
we. the Vermont State Sunday
school Association convention. as
sembled at Vergennes. definitely
commit ourselves as fayoring an ap
Precipitation TO be- made by the stat,
for the erection of gymnasium OF
the grounds Of the institution. anC
that the clerk Of the association b,
instructed to communicate the &C
ton taken to the representative o
his town with the request that tn,
matter be presented TO The legisla
ture az its next session.
Nellie S. Hathaway
For All Women