Show GH HYMNS i t Sunday School Musi Criticise l lat at Convention 4 t TWO TW SESSIONS AJEtE AltE HELl HELD 4 OPEN ARTTA ENJOYED By THE TEACHERS 4 1 t Moist skies in and slid muddy mud y streets played pla ed havoc with the attendance tt at Saturday evenings ev s session action l n of the Salt Lake Latte coun ty Sunday school convention at the First Firt Fir t tM M Iii E church Lit All of those named to take part pUt In n the with one ti were on Oft hand band and the few fe score of t teachers who wao turned out de despite spite the discouraging dl c weather were treated to an interesting series of en entertainment slid and nd instruction W ty V A Wight president of the asso association and in a a brief ad td address dress explained cx that it was the aS a Q effort to help In every possible way In the Sunday school work workS and a d requested all Sunday schools to assist by sending in reports of their work and Imd needs A singing service opened the meet meef meetIng ing lag This was conducted by T H Gil Gilbert Gilbert Gilbert bert who Interspersed the singing with criticisms of several hymns found in hymn books boales for use by Sunday school schoolchildren schoolchildren schoolchildren children Some of the he be said were so senseless ensele 8 that if put in a book by themselves without music they would not be given house room As ex examples examples examples amples of these th h he pointed to three thre hymns entitled Beautiful B Land What a Wonderful Savior ViO r anji api Cal Calvary al alvary vary The last he called f foolish capable of nothing but afford affording I ing lag a volume v of at t sound He asked 1 teachers to be careful In their choice of hymns and to lect S that while they were musical contained thoughts ht that would appeal app al to chil children children dren tien drenThe The rhe song service was followed by a scripture reading from the Psalms and anda a prayer by y the Rev W V H Bagby Mr Wight VI ht then announced that the as associations letter asking State President C E Brainard to deliver an address had not reached him and that he be had unfortunately made arrangements to go goto goto goto to Idaho before finding that his name was wa on the Mr Wesley I Davis sang a sacred solo and the Rev RevJames RevJames James B Eddy was wes introduced as the speaker of the evening Ideal Sunday School Teacher Mr Eddy spoke briefly on What An n Ideal Sunday S School Teacher Should Be The first essential he said was knowledge and the speaker took the ground that it is as impertinent and andas andas andas as great presumption for a Sunday school teacher thacher t to appear before his bis class without having thoroughly pre pro prepared prepared pared the lesson Jesson as aC for Ol a 8 preacher to step unprepared ared Into the pulpit Equal Equally I ly essential with knowledge Mr Eddy I said is good common sense and tact He was of the opinion that I es I and not rules mien were what were needed I and that the teacher should carefully study each pupils nature The third essential he fie IteM held t to be a large hopeful hopefulness ness and cheerfulness Gloomy people said he may make good mule drivers but they are not fit to associate with children I A broad sympathy and a deep yearn yearning yearning ing lag love were also necessities he said In concluding he be advised all aU teachers to study the th tb character and methods of Christ Chrit w who o he said 8 11 was the one ideal I preacher and teacher Open Parliament Mi Ah Alire Kidwell sang I Am Near Nearer 1 er Cr My Home ay and was followed by Dr E V Sliver Silver presided over Open J I For the next half hour things were kept lively Dr Silver fir firing lag ing at the audience questions on Sun Sunday Sunday Sunday day school work and the audience fir firing firing ing lag back answers Some of the ques questions questIon tIon brought out brief discussions as asfor asfor for instance the one as S to whether I I teachers might be Sev Soy Several Several eral opinions were given and the final decision was W as that Christians C should be I used wherever possible but when Christians could not be found good moral would do As one speaker ker expressed it If you cant deliver your goods in a 8 I wagon deliver eliver them in a cart I Another Anch point of contention was as asto asto asto to whether lesson helps might be taken j I Into the class by the teacher The Th ma majority majority I were against this The Rev W WH WH V I H Bagby was of the opinion that a I teacher had bad the same right to Ito take these helps to his class claas as the preacher to take notes to the pulpit It was ob objected objected objected that helps were other mens notes n es and that the teacher te cher never took to the pulpit any but his own It would be better sometimes if I they did remarked Mr Bagby i The meeting closed with a song by bythe j I the congregation and the pronouncing f of the benediction by the Rev H B Steelman During the afternoon a 8 short session was held In the Y r M C A building J Professor L M presided over overa 1 a workers worker conference during which i subjects subject of 6 Sunday school government and work were brought up by the teachers and discussed d by all ajl ai present This was followed follo ed by all present join joining joining I ing Dr W M Padens regular Satur Saturday sat Saturday ur J day afternoon noon training class for teach teachers t ers era in which the Sunday school les lesson lesson lesson son for today was thoroughly gone goneI I into This morning the Rev Dr A H HHenry HHenry HHenry Henry will m preach at the First M Itt E B church on en the me subject of Sunday schools and all teachers were asked to attend In I the afternoon at the same place 1 at there will be a childrens rally I |