Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-01

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movement which has been successfui-
ly put inro action ny the State school
department, assisted by a cuumittes
on the representative religious work
ing bodies Of The State of Maine.
Credit VIII ne given pupils fur BIZ
Die study n their regular cpurse and
the colleges Of the State nave as
we'll. recognized the pian, anu Will
accepr credit gained by Bihle study
from High school students in cnuncc-
Tim with cnllsss entrance. Such was
the very pleasing announcement ny
DR.. Augustus O. Thomas. State su-
par1nIenuenI Of schools, at the Tues
day afternoon messing Of the United
Baptist convention. held Al the Pen
ney Memorial church. N connection
with tne three DAYS session
A plan is on loot N regard 10 the
teaching o. The Bible II the public
schools. Prof. Il X. Pul4utun III the
Baptist church. ana Rev D. g. Holt
OF the Methodist church called on
Sup1. Of Stnte Schools Thomas and
asked MS assistance IN regard 10 tins
plan. M. Thomas said he was very
t-'sau hat they had come 70 him ana
l.!4I n WAS glad 20 40 all that ne
uli..!A tor hem IN that connection.
,-.!Is lic Was superintendent Of the
a,llss4.. III NehI-} shsG Mr.. Thomas said
i..-lt L..,iie study WAS introduced liIro
u. sl..hstuls with great succass.
3 committee NJ 10 WIS chosen from
tsif repi cse1l-allve religious hoaies ~
The @tate al Maine ~ arr upon me
matter u Bihie study III the shuois-
\ s5In&4li"t COMMITTEES WIS appointed.
nicer nI0neT circumstances n Ger
tl-r mes III stuur. credit VIII ne
gwen High schoui puplis u the StiaIi.
n Dahle study ANA Il will also De rec
ogD4zed IL ne pupils graduation The
as iicEee Z }re state have t.iSo an eel
70 $50, pan ana viii Cooperate with
rA~ y sn .clupls. The colleges VIII
~ e. oil % I3iga scnooi pupils IN
ZAen- pcIl-.a -alus-d IL Bible stud"
4u losing Nj. Thomas SAID that
Il WAS ny he government. not the
raw, non the aI1lv moi the execu-
lv- heads. huI ne humble Christian
60 mes Il ,hs land mai made The ma
t!uu. lie al: LaYus N the next
general on mike as many OF these
hulnote christian homes as possible -
Rev. John z. Mclean. pastor of
ne First b pllsl c.1urch o1 Pur--
land. was present al me Tuest;ay
&f-cf-1oDn JOINT meeting ana what ne
HID n say on Religious education
ana Spiritual Religion" was intense
i interesting. 1t carry impressed
MS listeners thai the matter upon
wnca ne spoke was very near To his
heart
he said n par that -hs rise o.
religious education II the last decade
and halt has bAen verv marked.
MANY people onlac- 70 religious edl-
cation BECAUSE II IS something diff
terelt lhan they have ever done The
duur If argument e closed ID that
class OF people.
The class Of people VINO ofleCt 70
religious education on the claim that
4 IS of the head rather than Of me
heart. that EiIe spiritual feeling ana
dep-u Is missed. ChRJ education OF -he
BiDis & gained without making them
Christians, is the class OF peuple 70
whom Nj. Mclean would address
himself.
- E14iS4UES SIuIdLlUI = -GUtrElL -IE
child they viii have Z well-roundel
conception Of the Bible and will br
better able to accept ne religion. The
child has been receiving the same les
son that has been taught 70 he ollie,
classes. Maybe ths lesson that is drawn,
y Of deeper import and cannot De e.
easily grasped ny me youthful mind Is
could some more simple lesson n The
Bible. r an educational method IS
adopted the ct1ilc may De taught as theE
can understand. Why should the les
kept only for SUNDAY, az a lesson apar.
from the daily life Of ths child" Tbs
daily life Of the child Is what makes the
personality of thu, cnild. Should no.
me religious life Of the child he made
a regular par OF it's life? The people
of the church today are woefully ignpr.
ant NJ the Bible.
Personality is great factor IN The
teaching o1 the Bible. The teacher wnp
should be fitted for the religious euu-
cation should ne carefully selected. lie
should he very well fitted for the work.
for he will be the factor in rounding
out the religious education Of tia Young
folks at their most issp-cssionapie pe-
Rod
Mr.. 5urintnn's Canvass
Have YOU teacher class IT vaur
church and are you trying 70 10 arrv-
rnlng IN the linz Of religious educa-
ton" These are two questions winch
Prof H. r. PurtuInn 81 the United
Baptist convention sRid he sent II sc
letters 10 as many churches of the
State. thus far out Of that number
30 have replied. A characteristic an
swer was -ead by Mr.. Purintor. n
which the correspondent stated ttaA
they had attempted to start teachers
training class Jusi before the influenza
epidemic but that they had to give up
he WORK. Another setback in the work
was that the teachers were high school
pupilsSanu they found that their social
activities Kept them away from the
work. One person wrote that their
Sunday school was really prosperous
hut that II was more like a door thar
an ARMY. The folks seemed 10 he af-