Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-23
HELPFUL TALKS
!. FEATURE meeting
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK DISCUSS
Ed At TEACHERS TRAINING
INSTITUTE LAST NIGHT.

Sunday school work was the subject
Of number Of speeches last evening at
the meeting Of the Teachers Training
Institute held in the Y. w. c. A.
The talks by several of the Sunday
school superintendent were quite to
! the point. Five of them spoke on ques-
lions relating to the Sunday school
and the institute.
The flrst speaker was N. p. Harrins-
| ton, superintendent of Trinity Epis-
| copal Sunday school. His subject was
"A Superintendent's Trials or How the
Institute can Help the superintendent"
He struck the keynote Of the thought
of the evening, when he said that gen.
orally the chief trouble, or need Of
Sunday school teacher or officer was
with and pertaining to himself. II he
was what he ought to be ana had the
preparation and training, the devotion,
and courage and enthusiasm he ought
to have. then the class and the school
were quite likely to be alright. People
are generally inclined to DO right II
they have good leaders Therefore the
question OF the success Of Sunday
school class, or OF the Sunday school,
like that of all other institutions where
several people are working together, Is
one of leadership.
Mr.. Harrington gave very forcible
illustration Of the dependence Of the
the Sunday school Of today Is the
church Of tomorrow when he referred
to the death Of Major Lacey Of Oska-
loosa; Major Lacey was prominent
member of the vestry and general
councils of his church and that his
place would be hard to MI with the
younger people.
He closed his remarks by stating
that he Joined the training institute be- !
cause he expected 70 receive much ben I
eft therefrom. 80 that he could be Of
more help to his teachers and Sunday
school.
Mr. Barlow, secretary Of. the Sunday !
school council followed by speaking to !
the question How the. Superintend-
beginning his remarks he told this
story: Two men Nwere looking at a |
large hotel building twenty stories
high. One said to the other you know
our friend John; well he Is Superin-
tendent in this hotel" why you don't
say So" John we used to know down |
on tho farm the superintendent In this !
the soup" The speaker left the audi
ence to make the application. Some OF
the superintendents began to wonder |
If they were not really only paying too !
much attention to the soup and not
enough to, the. real meat and other
spiritual food their scholars needed.
Mr.. Barlow said Sunday school SUI
perintendent, just Ike the superintend- |
ent Of any factory must have his
thought and work related to the end In |
view, the product Of his factory. The |
product Of the Sunday school is char
acter-the greatest thins in the world
besides Gods spirit. Therefore no one
has greater opportunity than the :
asuperintendent Of a. character factory
They must have knowledge and train
Ing and the help Of their fellow work
ers They can help the institute in !
three ways. by coming and giving tho
benefits Of their experiences: second, by !
getting their teachers to join, third by !
all announcements Of tho |
in5titute and lastly and most important j
by praying for the institute that II
may be divinely guided to n1eet the
aims for which it was established
At this time the chairman OF tho
meeting stated the chief aims of the in /
stitute were as follows: /
It's chief purpose is to fit teachers OF
training classes for the specific duties
in their own churches.
It represented the most efficient |
plans Of organization and methods Of
mama cement to superintendent and
officers.
It places the most practical methods
Of teaching annroved by modern edit
cation, so far as they apply to the Sun
day school within the reach Of the
teachers. IS
It is the desire to correlate and har-
monize the various bible study classes
which are offered by each Of the inter
UNCONVENTIONAL organizations Of the
city and to make 1t q real institute for
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